School for Adult Learning (SAL) at the University of Indianapolis

Read down to the part where on the page it states - there is no limit to the number of credit hours you may earn through these exams at UIndy. We've had two students earn over 60 hours of credit by exam—over HALF of their degree. That would cut the 4-year total shown above to under $55,000 , nearly half price. Mind you, this has only happened twice at UIndy that we know of, but it is possible.


Only two students were able to test out of 60 hrs? We instantcert folks could definately test out of that many credits and then some.

Two people testing out of 60 credits and still paying $55,000! yikes. I vow never to complain about my Excelsior fees again!

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PURSUING BS in LIBERAL STUDIES @ Excelsior

Completed so far:
Military - 58 credits
Traditional - 12 credits
Clep - 15 credits
Excelsior Exams - Organizational Behavior(B), World Population (A), Ethics (A), Cultural Diversity (B),Psychology of A&A (A), Gerontology (B)
DSST -Drugs & Alcohol (A), Civil War (A), Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (A)

8 more credits and info lit left!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very enlightening--thanks for posting. This web page would be a great resource for anyone who has to justify the testing-out-of-a-degree process. It would be tough to argue that the process was somehow invalid or substandard when you have the University of Indianapolis charging almost $10K per semester for the VERY SAME THING--except not doing it nearly as well as the Big 3.

I ESPECIALLY like the fact that they accept Excelsior exams. What a great validation.

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Michael

CLEP - ISCA 68, Sociology 72, Psych 73, A&I Lit 61, HG&D 65, Ed Psych 70, Marketing 72, Management 69, Macroeconomics 63, Microeconomics 67
DSST - Intro to Comp 66, MIS 61, Supervision 67, Counseling 58 - no study!, Personal Finance 67, Statistics 60, Criminal Justice 57, Ethics 58, Finance 63 (All A's at EC)
COC - 2007 (Community College) - Acctg I&II 10c, Work/Study 4c, Intro to Research (Info Lit req) 1c, Society and Rock & Roll 3c, Fund of Music 3c, Guitar I & II 4c, Bass Guitar I 2c
ECE - Ethics (A), HRM (B), Organizational Behavior (B) | CSU - Operations Mgmt. (A) | TECEP - Business Policy 80 (CR)

My Excelsior Degree Journey

Bachelor of Science in General Business, cum laude
Excelsior College
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I'm shocked that U of Indy advertises these exams openly on their website. You don't see that very often, especially for a school as pricey as they are. Someone is bound to get interested in CLEP and DSST and stumble onto IC and then see the light and transfer to one of the Big 3...

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Excelsior BS - General Business - 2008
Enrolled at Jacksonville State University - MBA - complete in 2010 (60% complete)

121 credits...ALL DONE BABY!!!

54 credits transfered in from prior college
54 credits by examination
6 credits from community college
3 credits from CSU-Pueblo (Operations Management)
4 credits for Information Literacy and Business Strategy from Excelsior

CLEP:
Principles of Macroeconomics (64)
Principles of Microeconomics (61)
Principles of Marketing (66)
Principles of Management (72)
Info Systems and Comp Applications (57)
Introductory Business Law (65)
Social Sciences & History (61)
DSST:
Principles of Supervision (58)
Principles of Statistics (67)
Introduction to Computing (60)
Principles of Financial Accounting (56)
Principles of Finance (55)
Money and Banking (52)
Ethics in America (66)
Management Information Systems (58)
ECE:
Ethics: Theory and Practice (B)
Organizational Behavior (C)

GMAT: 600

Maybe--or maybe someone like a gcalvin or a barbara2bba would register for a semester over there and blow through all 120 credits in one semester (assuming they have at least one degree for which all or most of the requirements may be met via testing). Then you could have a University of Indianapolis degree--for a few more $$$--but some folks might want to pay a little extra for a more "name" university (assuming U of Indy is, in fact, a more name university. It sounds like one to me, anyway). I'd like to see THAT happen. I wonder if they would add that to their page along the lines of their 60 credit folks--or if it would make them a little nervous...

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Michael

CLEP - ISCA 68, Sociology 72, Psych 73, A&I Lit 61, HG&D 65, Ed Psych 70, Marketing 72, Management 69, Macroeconomics 63, Microeconomics 67
DSST - Intro to Comp 66, MIS 61, Supervision 67, Counseling 58 - no study!, Personal Finance 67, Statistics 60, Criminal Justice 57, Ethics 58, Finance 63 (All A's at EC)
COC - 2007 (Community College) - Acctg I&II 10c, Work/Study 4c, Intro to Research (Info Lit req) 1c, Society and Rock & Roll 3c, Fund of Music 3c, Guitar I & II 4c, Bass Guitar I 2c
ECE - Ethics (A), HRM (B), Organizational Behavior (B) | CSU - Operations Mgmt. (A) | TECEP - Business Policy 80 (CR)

My Excelsior Degree Journey

Bachelor of Science in General Business, cum laude
Excelsior College
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Thanks for finding that gem!!!
I love that they award 4 credits for the human growth and development exam
Odd though, I think they are a little more CLEP-friendly than AP-friendly. In any event, I noticed they award lower credit for a few of the standard 6 credit exams.
Awesome though!

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Jennifer
ALM, Master of Liberal Arts, Harvard University, 2099 or sometime sooner
AA & BA, Social Sciences, Thomas Edison State College, 2008
AOS, Culinary Arts, Culinary Institute of America, 1990

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