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Excelsior University BS in Business - General/Need Help
#1
Hello everyone,

I am new to Degree Forum and plan on attending Excelsior University for their Bachelor of Science in Business (General Concentration). I currently work full time and I am looking for ways to complete this Degree Program the quickest and cheapest. I have transferred in 31 credits and have to do the remaining 89. I am planning on using external sources like Study.Com, Sophia.Org, StraighterLine, Saylor.org, CLEP, etc. for the 82 out of 89 credits.

Please share your experience/tips in order to my complete my degree in the quickest and cheapest manner.

Thank you for your help,

NewStudent101
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#2
This is a little like saying "I've decided to cook a large meal and I've already purchased some ingredients. What else do I need to buy?"

Without knowing what you already have, and from where, it's impossible to assist.
In progress:
TESU - BA Computer Science; BSBA CIS; ASNSM Math & CS; ASBA

Completed:
Pierpont - AAS BOG
Sophia (so many), The Institutes (old), Study.com (5 courses)
ASU: Human Origins, Astronomy, Intro Health & Wellness, Western Civilization, Computer Appls & Info Technology, Intro Programming
Strayer: CIS175, CIS111, WRK100, MAT210
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#3
Hi rachel83az,

Thanks for your response.

I have received 31 credits for the courses completed  thru my community college as follows:
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Term Title Course Credits Distribution Level
2018/SP ENGL*1180 COMMUNICATIONS I 4 W L
2018/SP ITCS*1010 COMPUTER & INFORMATION PRNCPLS 4 B L
2018/SP PSYC*1010 INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY 4 S L
2018/SU HUMN*1750 INTRODUCTION TO MYTHOLOGY 3 H L
2018/SU BCOM*2050 BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS 4 B L
2018/SU ITOS*1710 INTRO TO LINUX 3 B L
2019/SP MGMT*1010 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 3 B L
2019/SP ECON*1160 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I 3 S L
2019/SU WHES*2015 NUTRITION 3 E L
Total Credits Completed 31
Total Excelsior Credits Attempted 0
Total Excelsior Credits Completed 0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Credits Needed:

CORNERSTONE REQUIREMENT Needed
Cornerstone course 3.0
ARTS AND SCIENCES COMPONENT (60 CREDITS) TO INCLUDE: Needed
ENG 101: English Composition 0.0
ENG 202: Business Writing 3.0
Humanities Requirement 3.0
Ethics 3.0
Social Sciences/History Requirement 2.0
Organizational Behavior 3.0
Macroeconomics 0.0
Microeconomics 3.0
Natural Science/Math Requirement Needed
Mathematics Requirement (College Algebra or above) 3.0
BUS 231: Business Data Literacy 3.0
Natural Science requirement 3.0
Business Data Analysis (formerly Quantitative Analysis) 3.0
Remaining Arts and Sciences Requirement 17.0
Total Arts and Sciences Component 46.0

ADDITIONAL CREDIT COMPONENT (9 CREDITS) TO INCLUDE: Needed
Any Collegiate-level Study 2.0
Information Literacy 1.0
Total Additional Credit Component 6.0

BUSINESS COMPONENT (51 CREDITS of
which 21 must be upper level) TO INCLUDE: Needed
Financial Accounting 3.0
Managerial Accounting 3.0
Introduction to United States Business Law 3.0
Business Communication 0.0
Computers 0.0
Principles of Management 0.0
Principles of Marketing 3.0
Financial Management 3.0
International Business 3.0
Strategic Management Capstone 3.0
Additional Business Credit 16.0
Total Business Component 37.0

Upper Level Credits Needed
Upper-level Business Credit (these upper level credits will come from the business
component and/or additional business credits) 21.0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Key to Distribution and Level Codes:

Distribution Codes
B - Business
E - Applied Professional/Free Elective
H - Humanities
S - Social Science/History
W - Written English Requirement

Level Codes
L - Lower Level
U - Upper Level
G - Graduate Level
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I am planning on using external sources like Study.Com, Sophia.Org, StraighterLine, Saylor.org, CLEP, etc. for the 82 out of 89 credits. I will complete 7 credits at Excelsior (Cornerstone course 3.0 credits, Information Literacy 1.0 credits, Strategic Management Capstone 3.0 credits).

Please share your experience/tips in order to my complete my degree in the quickest and cheapest manner.

Thank you very much for your help,

NewStudent101
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#4
(03-06-2023, 01:16 PM)NewStudent101 Wrote: Hi rachel83az,

Thanks for your response.

I have received 31 credits for the courses completed  thru my community college as follows:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Term Title Course Credits Distribution Level
2018/SP ENGL*1180 COMMUNICATIONS I 4 W L
2018/SP ITCS*1010 COMPUTER & INFORMATION PRNCPLS 4 B L
2018/SP PSYC*1010 INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY 4 S L
2018/SU HUMN*1750 INTRODUCTION TO MYTHOLOGY 3 H L
2018/SU BCOM*2050 BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS 4 B L
2018/SU ITOS*1710 INTRO TO LINUX 3 B L
2019/SP MGMT*1010 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 3 B L
2019/SP ECON*1160 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I 3 S L
2019/SU WHES*2015 NUTRITION 3 E L
Total Credits Completed 31
Total Excelsior Credits Attempted 0
Total Excelsior Credits Completed 0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Credits Needed:

CORNERSTONE REQUIREMENT Needed
Cornerstone course 3.0
ARTS AND SCIENCES COMPONENT (60 CREDITS) TO INCLUDE: Needed
ENG 101: English Composition 0.0
ENG 202: Business Writing 3.0
Humanities Requirement 3.0
Ethics 3.0
Social Sciences/History Requirement 2.0
Organizational Behavior 3.0
Macroeconomics 0.0
Microeconomics 3.0
Natural Science/Math Requirement Needed
Mathematics Requirement (College Algebra or above) 3.0
BUS 231: Business Data Literacy 3.0
Natural Science requirement 3.0
Business Data Analysis (formerly Quantitative Analysis) 3.0
Remaining Arts and Sciences Requirement 17.0
Total Arts and Sciences Component 46.0

ADDITIONAL CREDIT COMPONENT (9 CREDITS) TO INCLUDE: Needed
Any Collegiate-level Study 2.0
Information Literacy 1.0
Total Additional Credit Component 6.0

BUSINESS COMPONENT (51 CREDITS of
which 21 must be upper level) TO INCLUDE: Needed
Financial Accounting 3.0
Managerial Accounting 3.0
Introduction to United States Business Law 3.0
Business Communication 0.0
Computers 0.0
Principles of Management 0.0
Principles of Marketing 3.0
Financial Management 3.0
International Business 3.0
Strategic Management Capstone 3.0
Additional Business Credit 16.0
Total Business Component 37.0

Upper Level Credits Needed
Upper-level Business Credit (these upper level credits will come from the business
component and/or additional business credits) 21.0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Key to Distribution and Level Codes:

Distribution Codes
B - Business
E - Applied Professional/Free Elective
H - Humanities
S - Social Science/History
W - Written English Requirement

Level Codes
L - Lower Level
U - Upper Level
G - Graduate Level
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I am planning on using external sources like Study.Com, Sophia.Org, StraighterLine, Saylor.org, CLEP, etc. for the 82 out of 89 credits. I will complete 7 credits at Excelsior (Cornerstone course 3.0 credits, Information Literacy 1.0 credits, Strategic Management Capstone 3.0 credits).

Please share your experience/tips in order to my complete my degree in the quickest and cheapest manner.

Thank you very much for your help,

NewStudent101

Unless you can pass CLEP exams without studying, I think it's easier to earn credit on Sophia, Study, Coopersmith, etc. 
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Excelsior BSLA-daughter at 16
TESU BALS-son at 20

Study- SAVE 30% code: SMARTER
LawShelf- SAVE $30 BOGO code: SB1D
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#5
The things you MUST take:
ENG-102: Business Writing (Coopersmith)
MAT-303: Quantitative Analysis (Coopersmith)
An Ethics course, and they prefer but don't require Business Ethics (although I'd take that just in case, possibly UL although not sure if that's required either)
Microeconomics
College Algebra
Business Stats (not sure if they will accept regular Stats for this requirement, in which case you can take BUS 212: Business Statistics from SDC
BUS 307: Leadership and Organizational Behavior (Study.com UL)
FIN 301: Corporate Finance (Study.com UL)
BUS 308: Globalization and International Management (Study.com UL)

Davar also has some UL courses that might work instead of Study.com:
MAN-310: Organizational Behavior
MAN-330: International Management
FIN-301: Intro to Finance or FIN-401: Corporate Finance
PHI-370: Business Ethics

Then, lots of options for everything else
1 Humanities course
1 SocSci/History course
1 NatSci course
16cr of Arts & Sciences (so 5 courses plus a 1cr course if you can find one)

Financial Acctg
Managerial Acctg
Business Law
Marketing
4 UL Business electives
1 LL Business elective
1 LL free elective
TESU BSBA/HR 2018 - WVNCC BOG AAS 2017 - GGU Cert in Mgmt 2000
EXAMS: TECEP Tech Wrtg, Comp II, LA Math, PR, Computers  DSST Computers, Pers Fin  CLEP Mgmt, Mktg
COURSES: TESU Capstone  Study.com Pers Fin, Microecon, Stats  Ed4Credit Acct 2  PF Fin Mgmt  ALEKS Int & Coll Alg  Sophia Proj Mgmt The Institutes - Ins Ethics  Kaplan PLA
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#6
@NewStudent101, Excelsior is a good option for your BSBA degree, have you looked at other options such as TESU or UMPI? Can you take some time to complete the template and last post addendum here so we can get a feel of your budget, commitments, etc. Link: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...Area-works

I agree with the Sophia.org/Study.com combo, in addition to the Coopersmith that was mentioned, you may check out some more ACE or NCCRS offerings that can provide you inexpensive credits, lower or upper level, such as from Onlinedegree.com and LawShelf.com or something along those lines... You should create a spreadsheet to reference/track your courses and progress.
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