28 credits needed for Excelsior Bachelor of Professional Studies Business and Mgt

[sterlingg]

28 credits needed for Excelsior Bachelor of Professional Studies Business and Mgt
Here is what i received from the Military preliminary evaluation of my existing transcripts

Thank you for your service and interest in Excelsior College. Please see the results of the preliminary review of your credits and enrollment information below.

Please note, most courses are suggested and there may be other courses to fulfill degree requirements. The full list of Excelsior College courses is available at Excelsior College | Courses

Bachelor of Professional Studies (BPS) Business and Management - approximately 28 semester credits needed as follows:

3 credits in English Composition - ENG 102 Composition II, ENG 201 Writing for the Professions, or ENG 202 Business Writing
3 credits in math - MAT 116 PreCalculus Algebra or BUS 233 Statistics
6 upper level credits in arts and sciences - CJ 350 International Terrorism, CJ 352 Domestic Terrorism, CJ 450 Counterterrorism, and CJ 456 Bioterrorism, MIL 301 Great Military Leaders, and HIS 335 US Civil War,
3 upper level credits in ethics – BUS 323 or HUM 300
3 credits leadership – BUS 452
3 credits project management – IT 390
3 credits international/global business – BUS 435
3 credit Capstone course – BUS 490 Integrated Business & Mgt. Assessment
1 credit Information Literacy Requirement – INL 102 Information Literacy


From this i am working on a test out plan using any and all the Excelsior accepted tests.
I have been in IT for 25 years - How do i get out of information literacy? can it be done quickly if there is no test out / credit out

Some of the above i know are straight Uexcel exams.... However, if another option is easier that would be my desired path. I am more interested in ease of completion and the fastest path than cost savings (within reason

Now the kicker - I work for the largest employer in Alabama which happens to be a university. My degree plan with them is 2 years traditional class. Not going to happen at 50 years of age. I have been told i cannot advance without a masters. So it is time to get it over with



Please help me in developing the quickest degree plan

[dfrecore]

I'm not 100% certain of all of the equivalencies at EC, so you may want to check before you take any of these:

English Comp II - UExcel, CLEP College Comp, TECEP, Straighterline

PreCalc - ALEKS, CLEP, UExcel, SL
Statistics - ALEKS, Saylor, DSST, UExcel, TECEP, SL, JumpCourse, TCC, Propero, Sophia.org

Terrorism - CSU-Pueblo IS (add'l UL CJ & History courses)
Civil War - DSST
CSU-Global has some UL CJ courses

Leadership - CSU-Global

Project Management - Sophia.org

International Business - TorCollegeCredits, Penn Foster

Info Lit - TorCollegeCredits, Penn Foster (not sure if they're accepting either of these at this time, I've seen conflicting reports) - I don't think this has anything to do with IT

[KayV]

Are you sure this particular Excelsior degree is the fastest option for you? The Excelsior BS in Liberal Arts (depths in Business and a liberal arts subject) and several TESU and Charter Oak degrees often are easier to complete more quickly. If you list all the credits you already have, we may be able to help you better.


(Sorry for typos, hands not awake yet lol)

[sterlingg]

the liberal arts was what i thought would be the best option but this is what they recommended. I believe it was because my last credit earned was in 1995
I Will list out the credits i have in the morning

[sterlingg]

Here is my transcript

course year credits
JEFFERSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE - AL
PSY 201 GEN PSY 84 3
HPR 145 KARATE 84 1
BUS 121 into to business 85 3
MUS 101 Music Apreciation 87 3
REL 151 Survey old test 87 3
PED 103 Weight Training 87 3
REL 152 Survey new test 87 3
PED 146 ADV life saving 87 1

SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE - IL
BUS 201 MACRO ECON 91 3
HIST 250 20th cent west civilize 91 3
MATH 94 basic algebra 91 0
ART 116 Photography 91 3
EL 100 INTRO TO ELECTRONICS 91 3
MATH 110 INTERMED ALGEBRA 91 3
SPCH 151 PUBLIC SPEAKING 91 3
BUS 202 MICRO ECON 92 3
BUS 126 MARKETING 92 3
CIS 190 COMPUTER LOGIC 92 3
BUS 214 PRINCIPLES OF MGT 92 3
BUS 215 BUS LAW 1 92 3
CIS 134 NETWORKING 92 1
CIS 299 ADV NETWORKING 92 2
ENG 101 COMPOSITION 1 92 3
LIT 113 INTO TO LIT 1 92 3
POL 150 AMERICAN GOV 92 3
BIO 101 BIOLOGY 1 93 4
BUS 216 BUS LAW 2 93 3
CIS 183 QBASIC 93 3
CIS 246 SYS DEV & DESIGN 93 3

COMMUNITY COLLEGE USAF -MIL
PHE 1000 PSY ED 91 4
EDP 1106 COMP OPS 91 5
EDP 2613 COMP CONSOLE OPS 91 4
EDP 2621 COMM COMP PROG 91 4
TNT 5000 JOURNEYMAN COMM 91 4
EDP 2183 ADV COMP NETWORKI 91 2

MCKENDREE UNIVERISTY - IL
CSI 450 TELECOM & NETWORK 93 3
CSI 130 PASCAL PROG 1 93 3

DSST
SE 532 PRINC OF SUPERVISN 94 3
SF 530 HUMAN RESRS MGT 94 3
SF 531 ORG BEHAVIOR 94 3

NATIONAL LEWIS UNIVERISTY -IL
MGT 311 ASSMT OF MANAGERIAL 94 2
MGT 410 MFT AND SUPERVISION 94 4
MGT 411 ORG BEHAVIOR 94 4
MGT 415 RESEARCH FOR MANAGERS 94 3
MGT 430 COMM IN ORINIZATIONS 95 4
MGT 431 COMM KILLS 4 MANAGERS 95 2
MGT 439 COMPUTING & INFO SYS 95 3
MGT 450 HR MANAGEMENT 95 3
MGT 419 ECONOMICS 4 MGRS 95 3
MGT 425 ACCOUNTING & FIN 4 MGRS 95 3
MGT 455 QUALITY ASSURANCE 95 2
MGT 458 MARKETING 4 MGRS 95 4
MGT 465 DIVERSITY IN WORKPLACE 95 3
MGT 466 LEGAL ISSUES IN MGT 95 2
MGT 467 MANAGERAL ETHICS 95 3
MGT 482 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 95 4


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[dfrecore]

I think if you applied at TESU, you would be in a similar state with the BSBA in CIS. You have a lot of the necessary credits, but just need to fill in the blanks.

You could do the Enrolled Options plan for $3300 and take the courses however you wanted. Or you could take 8 TECEP's for $111 each, and it would probably take 3 terms to complete them (you can only sign up for 3 courses per term, so you could do the April, May & June terms). But, almost all of the courses you need are available as TECEP's.

Here's what I show you need to take:
English Comp II (TECEP or other)
College Algebra (TECEP or other)
Statistics (TECEP or other)
Info Lit Requirement - Technical Writing (TECEP or DSST) or World Religions (SL or DSST)
Financial Accounting (TECEP or other)
Managerial Accounting (TECEP or other)
Principles of Finance (possibly fulfilled by Accounting & Finance for Managers, otherwise DSST/PF)
Business in Society (TECEP) or International Business (TCC)
Management Info Systems (DSST)

I'm assuming they will accept your Strategic Management course, but if they won't, that's another TECEP or PF/CSU-Global course to take.

24-30 credits needed.

[sterlingg]

I think i will do the Math via ALEK and english comp II via CLEP or DSST

EC requirements
3 credits in English Composition - ENG 102 Composition II, ENG 201 Writing for the Professions, or ENG 202 Business Writing
3 credits in math - MAT 116 PreCalculus Algebra or BUS 233 Statistics

TOSC requirements
English Comp II (TECEP or other)
College Algebra (TECEP or other)
Statistics (TECEP or other)

[sterlingg]

after finally getting the official evaluation from Excelsior i need:

1 - information literacy (checking on Information Literacy (ENG-103) @ Coopersmith English Courses - Tor College Credits </title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=1"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link rel="pingback" href="http://secularcourses.com/xmlrpc.php" as i have heard it transfers

3 - written english (checking on Business Writing (ENG-102) @ Coopersmith English Courses - Tor College Credits </title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=1"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link rel="pingback" href="http://secularcourses.com/xmlrpc.php" as i have heard it transfers - other options? local Community college? ($600)

3 - college algebra or stats (what is the lowest ALEKS which will comer these?)
3 - Math elective (what is the easiest they will take?)

5 UL arts and sciences
Uexcel?
Cultural Diversity
Social psychology
World conflicts since 1900
World population
Other EASY options - quick / test / CLEP / DSST?

3 - Leadership (any testing out?)
3 - project management (will six sigma green belt cover this) PMP will
3 - Global Business - I can take a free semester locally (I work for a public university)
3 - BUS 490* capstone - FALL

5.01 - any Colligate-level study - I have the following:....... think i can get this covered with existing
14 classes evaluated as excess credit
3 classes duplicate credit
CISSP - qualifies as 6 credit on excelsior site
https://my.excelsior.edu/documents/78666...d9cebf03ba
6 Credits: (Upper Level)
• Bachelor of Science in Technology - Computer Technologies Area of Focus
• Bachelor of Science in Information Technology -Overview of Computer Security Information Assurance Management
• Bachelor of Science in Cyber Operations - Fundamentals of Information Assurance

had 9 DSST credit which did not show on my evaluation.

SO I NEE 30 Credits

Goal is to be done in DEC for graduation and start Masters in Jan.

[bjcheung77]

after finally getting the official evaluation from Excelsior i need:

1 - information literacy (checking on Information Literacy (ENG-103) @ Coopersmith English Courses - Tor College Credits </title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=1"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link rel="pingback" href="http://secularcourses.com/xmlrpc.php" as i have heard it transfers

3 - written english (checking on Business Writing (ENG-102) @ Coopersmith English Courses - Tor College Credits </title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=1"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link rel="pingback" href="http://secularcourses.com/xmlrpc.php" as i have heard it transfers - other options? local Community college? ($600)

3 - college algebra or stats (what is the lowest ALEKS which will comer these?)
3 - Math elective (what is the easiest they will take?)

5 UL arts and sciences
Uexcel?
Cultural Diversity
Social psychology
World conflicts since 1900
World population
Other EASY options - quick / test / CLEP / DSST?

3 - Leadership (any testing out?)
3 - project management (will six sigma green belt cover this) PMP will
3 - Global Business - I can take a free semester locally (I work for a public university)
3 - BUS 490* capstone - FALL

5.01 - any Colligate-level study - I have the following:....... think i can get this covered with existing
14 classes evaluated as excess credit
3 classes duplicate credit
CISSP - qualifies as 6 credit on excelsior site
https://my.excelsior.edu/documents/78666...d9cebf03ba
6 Credits: (Upper Level)
• Bachelor of Science in Technology - Computer Technologies Area of Focus
• Bachelor of Science in Information Technology -Overview of Computer Security Information Assurance Management
• Bachelor of Science in Cyber Operations - Fundamentals of Information Assurance

had 9 DSST credit which did not show on my evaluation.

SO I NEE 30 Credits

Goal is to be done in DEC for graduation and start Masters in Jan.

I replied to your thread in regards to satisfying the Project Management with the Six Sigma Green Belt - Short answer, no.
Anyways, from looking at what you've got to take, my question is - do you have tuition reimbursement from work?
I am asking as there's a chance that you can take two courses and Sophia.org and four courses at Excelsior to take advantage of the 20% discount.

If not, no biggie as you can take ALEKS for the two math courses (College Algebra and Precalculus)
Use Straighterline for Eng Comp II and Info Lit (Intro Religions), this is the fastest/easiest and cheapest.
You can find the two courses at your local university for the UL Arts/Sciences or do DSST/UEXCEL exams.
You can see for the other 3 remaining courses if Penn Foster courses are acceptable, they're $237/course.

[dfrecore]

I replied to your thread in regards to satisfying the Project Management with the Six Sigma Green Belt - Short answer, no.
Anyways, from looking at what you've got to take, my question is - do you have tuition reimbursement from work?
I am asking as there's a chance that you can take two courses and Sophia.org and four courses at Excelsior to take advantage of the 20% discount.

If not, no biggie as you can take ALEKS for the two math courses (College Algebra and Precalculus)
Use Straighterline for Eng Comp II and Info Lit (Intro Religions), this is the fastest/easiest and cheapest.
You can find the two courses at your local university for the UL Arts/Sciences or do DSST/UEXCEL exams.
You can see for the other 3 remaining courses if Penn Foster courses are acceptable, they're $237/course.

I don't think Info Lit can be done at EC using Intro to Religions - it actually has to be the Info Lit course. TCC has it, so does Penn Foster - but you should get them preapproved before you take them. I'd read that there were issues on this forum in the past.

I think you can use ALEKS Intermediate Algebra and College Algebra as your two maths, but not certain - I would check to see what level of math you need from them.

Project Management from Sophia is ACE-approved and it's $329.

Leadership - if EC accepts courses from CSU-Global (CBE's), they have several exams for $250/course; LowCostGenEd.com also has a course.

You need to ask why the DSST's didn't show up.

There are some DSST's that are UL, they are listed as such right on the website.