Please help! I desperately need an alternative to a course

[leeloodallas]

A student loan for a couple thousand is not the disaster that financing an entire master's degree plus living expenses is. If you're sure about the utility of your degree, (it will make you money) then I wouldn't worry about a small loan to get over the hump.

You're right, and the bigger issue is definitely the timeframe.  The grad school I want to attend is in another country, and it would be an awful strain on my family and life plans to delay my attendance by a full year.  The unexpected expense of taking the Excelsior class would just be insult added to injury.

You should be able to go into your MAP plan and choose the requirements section for that Finance Course and click the exams tab and it should list the exams you can take to meet the requirement. It's possible PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE (BUSX350) Uexcel might meet the requirement. Its only  145 dollars and that includes the practice tests, see if that works for you?

I checked it and the BUSX350 Uexcel was listed under the Financial Management course, but not under the Advanced Financial Management course that I need.  Thank you for the suggestion, this is useful to know anyway.