EC 12 credit residency?

[cookderosa]

I'm not up on EC, can someone confirm my understanding of this Excelsior College fees and tuition - excelsior.edu does EC require 12 credits taken in house at a rate of $390/cr?

[Stitching Belle]

Not exactly. If you pay the higher enrollment fee ($1015) you do not need to take any EC classes. If you pay the Excelsior Course Option enrollment fee ($395) then you must take a minimum of 12 EC courses.

[NAP]

For the reduced enrollment fee of $395, you are required to take 12 credits at EC for $390 each.

The better option (for many of us who have transfer and credit-by-exam credits) is the Multi-source enrollment fee of $1015. This does not require any credits to be taken through EC except the 3 credit capstone course.

And the Student Service Annual fee is not charged for the first year.

[cookderosa]

got it guys, thanks!

[columbia]

I second what NAP said.
If you start in the "Excelsior Course Option" and decide to switch to the "Multi-Source Option" during the first year you only have to pay the difference between enrollment fees and you don't have to re-enroll.
The graduation fee is reduced $15 for each course you take and (I think) the cost of each exam is slightly cheaper if you're enrolled with Excelsior as opposed to an outside student (I think it's $5-$15 cheaper but don't quote me on it).

[irnbru]

A third way is to enroll with one of Excelsior's partnership/alliance programmes. This is similar to the Excelsior source option (12cr residency requirement).

It drops the enrollment and graduation fees and also the per credit fee for EC courses. Since a BA/BS with EC effectively involves a six credit residency now, this isn't a bad deal at all. Six credits would cover: the one credit LL Info policy/plagiarism course, the three credit UL capstone course and the two cr UL research and writing in the major course.

This leaves open two, three-credit courses which would probably be best spent on UL courses not available through testing out (or interest courses for GPA, etc).

I enrolled through a partnership programme and enjoyed the opportunity to take a couple of extra courses. Was enrolled while a research and writing waiver was still available. Hope this makes sense!