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Excelsior Business Degree finished 6/5/08
Principles Of Management Clep: 72
Principles of Macro-Economics Clep: 58
Business Law Clep: 68
Organizational Behavior ECE: B
Principles Of Accounting Clep : 52
Human Resource Management ECE: C
Ethics ECE: A
Operations Management (Pueblo): A
MIS DSST: A
Info Systems & Computer App Clep: 63
Drug and Alcohol Abuse DSST: A
Principles Of Finance DSST: A
Business Policy TECEP: PASS

Getting into grad school is the primary purpose of my General Business degree. I will specialize in corporate security and protection, but Generals Business is a good foundation to most specialties in business; I have sure learned a lot. It will be interesting to see how other people use a nontraditional degree to pursue their goals, particularly those seeking entry level positions like I am.

Good question. It's kind of funny that when I was in my twenties I only had an A.A. Liberal Arts degree, but ended up as a buyer and district manager for a chain of video stores in Chicago. Then when I hit 30 I moved to Florida and started my own business, which I have operated since 1988.

I really want a Masters, so going this route made sense. I also realized that times have changed, and I wanted to catch up on the latest and greatest practices. From that standpoint it has been very interesting and rewarding.

I will probably go for a Masters in Non-Profit Management (MBA lite) or Education: Instructional Technology for corporate training. I'm not sure at this point that I will use either one directly, but I'm involved in a group that bids on government grants for educational/ job training programs outside the US (training the workers, not management), and I needed to boost my resume and credentials.

Just like in business, you always have to keep a few irons in the fire, in case option 1,2 or 3 doesn't work out. Having the degrees represent another option.

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Excelsior - BS Business


CLEP's: Macroeconomics 58, Microeconomics 51, Principles of Accounting 59, Intro to Marketing 71, Intro to Mgmt 70 Business Law 55, Humanities 61, Analyzing & Interpreting Literature 68, Social Sciences & History 62
DANTES: MIS 65, Intro to Business 68, Money & Banking 48 , Intro to Computing 61, Statistics 61, Ethics in America 67
ECE: Org. Behavior C, Ethics C
PENN F: Technical Math I C, Fin Mgmt. B, Info Lit A
TECEP: Ops Mgmt, Bus Policy