American Literature CLEP and Excelsior- anyone had experience?

[daniellevine]

I have been under the assumption that American Literature CLEP (6 credits) would fulfill the Literature in English major's requirement a two-semester survey. Recently I was advised by another poster that this CLEP is technically a humanities courses. So can it be used to fill core requirements? Likewise, does the English literature exam fulfill requirements? The reqs I am talking about are taken from the Liberal Arts Handbook:

B. British Literature survey (one semester) with close reading of works by early writers such as Chaucer, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne, Mavel, Congreve, Pope and Dryden/ Sheridan.

D. Survey of American Literature (two semesters) with close readings in the first semester of early writers such as Franklin, Douglass, Wheatley, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthrone, Melville, Dickinson and Whitman, and in the second semester of works by later writers such as James, Crane, Dreiser, Frost, Chopin, Wharton, Faulkner, Hemingway, O'Neil, Wright, Morrison, Walker and others.

If there are any other Literature in English majors to confirm this, I would appreciate it. It seems logical to me that American Lit would take care of this requirement, but I wanted to confirm before I begin the grueling study for this one (there is no IC for this exam.)

[NAP]

I thought there was a list posted on the forum that showed which exams could be used toward the Literature major. I did a quick search and wasn't able to find it. Maybe I am thinking of something else.

Here is one thread that could help:

http://www.degreeforum.net/excelsior-tho...ajors.html

I think that you and the other poster were talking about 2 different things. For you, I think the Literature CLEPs could be used toward the Literature major. Can anyone confirm this for him?

[daniellevine]

I thought there was a list posted on the forum that showed which exams could be used toward the Literature major. I did a quick search and wasn't able to find it. Maybe I am thinking of something else.

Here is one thread that could help:

http://www.degreeforum.net/excelsior-tho...ajors.html

I think that you and the other poster were talking about 2 different things. For you, I think the Literature CLEPs could be used toward the Literature major. Can anyone confirm this for him?

I just tried a few searches based on your keywords. I found a post from 07 where someone said the British Lit transferred to Excelsior as part of the core requirement. I hope it is the same for American Lit, and I assume it is. Thanks for the tip.

If anyone can confirm this with experience, it would still be appreciated.