Depths at Excelsior?

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I guess my understanding was the a depth had to be the same "level" as the majors. For example, math would be a depth, not natural science? Do I have that wrong?

Yep... The depth is Natural Science and can contain math and hard science credits (Chem, Bio, Geology, so on..)

A depth is 12 credits from the same area with 3 at the upper level.

Majors are 30 credits in a specific category, 18 lower level credits & 12 upper level credits. For liberal arts, the only major I think you might be able to totally test out of (*) is Psychology. Possibly History.

Areas of Focus are basically like Minors. You need 21 credits for an Area of Focus, 6 at the upper level. Both Majors and Areas of Focus can replace the depth requirements. (You can have a Major & 1 depth, An AoF & 1 depth, or a Major and an AoF and no depths)

* To fulfill a Major at EC you have to take an additional 1 credit research and writing class.

As far as what tests will fulfill the areas for Majors, the LA catalog has all the major descriptions & requirements, or you can use your MyEc login to access the publications and get just the PDF that has the specific information for each of the Majors they offer.