As Psych majors at Excelsior College know, EC changed their requirements last year in such a way that the major can’t be tested out of entirely (unless EC applies credits from a high Psychology GRE score to all major requirements).

I did some research on my distance-learning options for the two required course areas where EC does not provide coursework themselves, as well as the one other area where there is no exam and only EC coursework as an option. Below you’ll find my list of possible alternatives.

Courses prefaced with a * are listed in the Excelsior College course catalog and not all of those are EC courses. I assume that if EC lists the course/exam in their own catalog, it must be an approved substitution. For those courses not prefaced with an asterisk, these are ones I found myself and I do not know if EC will approve them. However, from their descriptions, I am guessing that they might.

I believe all of these courses are through regionally-accredited institutions and I think that my estimate of course fees is correct, however, I did a lot of this research at about 3 am, so do double-check before signing up for anything. I also tried to find upper-level options and noted where something might not be U/L.

Where possible, I included a link to the page for the course.

I hope this helps someone else out!

Alix

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History & Systems/History of Psychology/Psychology Foundations

• *History & Systems of Psychology, University Of Idaho, $325 (will need a proctor)
• History & Systems of Psychology, Park U, $820 (scroll down on page)
• History & Systems of Psychology, Empire State CD-ROM, approx $877
• PSYC 4511 History of Psychology, University of Colorado @ Boulder, $615
• PSY 4391 History and Theory, Texas State University San Marcos, $483

Biological & Physiological Foundations: Biopsychology, Physiological psychology, Animal Behavior, Comparative Psychology, Perception, Sensation, Neuroscience

• * PSYC 372 Physiological Psychology, Idaho, $325 (will need a proctor, also, requires bio 102)
• *PSY 444 Sensation & Perception, University Of Idaho VIDEO, $1323.00 (ahem!)
• 340 Sensation & Perception, University of Missouri, $856.55 (I couldn't find the prefix for this course number)
• HDV-284364 Sensation & Perception, Empire State, approx. $877 (not sure if lack of a PSY/PSYCH prefix is an issue)
• PSYC 370 Brain & Behavior, Kansas U, $751.40 (scroll up slightly to see it)

Cognitive Bases

• *PSY 340 Psychology of Learning, Excelsior College, $890
• *PSY 390 Psychology of Learning CD-ROM, University Of Idaho, $325
• *PSY 330 Educational Psychology, Excelsior College, $890
• *PSY 275 Educational Psychology, Ohio University EXAM, $276 (As a 200 course, does EC accept this as U/L? EC does list it themselves.)
• *PSY 275 Educational Psychology, Ohio University COURSE, $564
• PSYCH 302 Principles of Learning, BYU, $411
• PSY 454 Cognitive Development, Oregon State University Extended Campus (web), $612
• PSYCH 342 Educational Psychology, Colorado State University-Pueblo, $417

Resources for finding more distance-learning courses (which I didn't find until after I made this list, OF COURSE! ):
Distance Learning in Psychology (from socialpsychology.org)
ED-X Links to a variety of psychology courses