Plan so far; soliciting comments

[Dassey]

Plan so far. I need 12 credits to be from excelsior; thats why the UExcel test. Study.com has ACE accreditation and it seems cheap. I am in the process of developing a plan to give Excelsior for approval. My priorities are: Easy, Speed and then Cost. PLEASE, any and all suggestions are welcome. The ones at the bottom seem difficult to find a test out solution for; soliciting

Written English Requirement | 6 Credits
- Fulfill with College Composition | CLEP | 6 Credits

Humanities Requirement | 9 Credits
- Fulfill with Analyzing and Interpreting Literature | 6 | CLEP
- Fulfill Intro to Philosophy | 3 | Uexcel

Social Sciences/History Requirement | 9 Credits
- Fulfill with Social Sciences and History | 6 | CLEP
- Fulfill Cultural Diversity (545) | 3 | Uexcel*

Macroeconomics | 3 Credits
- Fulfill with Macroeconomics - ECON101 | 3 | Straighterline

Microeconomics | 3 Credits
- Fulfill with Microeconomics - ECON102 | 3 | Straighterline

Statistics Requirement | 3 Credits
- Fulfill with Business Statistics - MAT150 | 3 | Straighterline

Natural Science requirement | 3 Credits
- Fulfill with Anatomy & Physiology I - BIO201 | 3 | Straighterline

Financial Accounting | 3 Credits
- Fulfill with Accounting I - ACC101 | 3 | Straighterline

Managerial Accounting | 3 Credits
- Fulfill with Accounting II - ACC102 | 3 | Straighterline

Introduction to Business Law | 3 Credits
- Fulfill with Business Law | 3 | JumpCourse

Principles of Management | 3 Credits
- Fulfill with Principles of Management | 3 | Study.com

Principles of Marketing | 3 Credits
- Fulfill with Principles of Marketing | 3 | Study.com

Financial Mangement | 3 Credits
- Fulfill with BUS208 Principles of Management | 3 | Saylor

Production/Operations Management | 3 Credits
- Fulfill with Corporate Communication | 3 | Saylor

Business Policy (You must complete BUS*495 at Excelsior College) | 3 Credits
- Fulfill with BUS495 | 3 | Excelsior

Organizational Behavior | 3 Credits
- Fulfill with Organizational Behavior | 3 | Study.com

Ethics | 3 Credits
- Fulfill with Ethics: Theory & Practice (484) | 3 | Uexcel*

Mathematics Requirement (College Algebra at the level of Precalculus or higher) | 3 Credits
Remaining Arts and Sciences Requirement | 21 Credits
Information Literacy | 1 Credits
IA. A Business Programming Language | 3 Credits
IB. Database Management | 3 Credits
IC. Data Communications or Telecommunications or Networking | 3 Credits
ID. Systems Analysis and Design | 3 Credits
Upper-Level Business Concentration | 1 Credits
Upper-Level Business Elective | 9 Credits

[Lindagerr]

As I understand it study.com does not give you any credit they just "prepare" you to take the CLEP/UExcel/DSST/AP exam and "help" you transfer that credit through ACE. If this is so you are paying a lot just to watch videos or equivalent materials
that you might find free or at a cheaper price elsewhere.

Do others know about this am I reading it wrong?

[ajs1976]

I'm not that familiar with Excelsior, but I see some overlap between what you have listed and what i'm planning to do at TESC.

"Fulfill with Social Sciences and History | 6 | CLEP" --> Is it easier to do the 6 credit clep or take to 3 credit ones on specific subjects such as Into to Soc and a History course. Seems like a lot of diverse information to be tested on at once.

"Fulfill with Macroeconomics - ECON101 | 3 | Straighterline" --> I have read that straighterline is a lot of work for this course. I am considering the CLEP and using the IC flash cards, AP book, and sparknotes. I already have Micro, but when you do them, make sure to do them together. A lot of overlap.

"Fulfill with Principles of Management | 3 | Study.com" and "Fulfill with Principles of Marketing | 3 | Study.com" --> I'm not familiar with study.com, but others here have commented that these are easy and can be completed with the IC flashcards.

"Fulfill with Organizational Behavior | 3 | Study.com" --> I have completed part of this course at SL. I like the material and if you get the ebook, it should only take a couple of weeks. 4 tests, 1 midterm, and 1 proctored final.

"IC. Data Communications or Telecommunications or Networking | 3 Credits" and "Upper-Level Business Elective | 9 Credits " --> Have you considered the TECEP exams?

"IA. A Business Programming Language | 3 Credits" --> Look through the forum. I believe Sanantone just posted info about a new excelsior exam on Java.

"ID. Systems Analysis and Design | 3 Credits" --> Will they accept CSU Global CBE? Look through the forum for a thread with more info. https://csuglobal.edu/undergraduate/prog...ions/cbes/

"IB. Database Management | 3 Credits" --> Does this need to be UL? If not, maybe a course at your local CC?

[mednat]

As I understand it study.com does not give you any credit they just "prepare" you to take the CLEP/UExcel/DSST/AP exam and "help" you transfer that credit through ACE. If this is so you are paying a lot just to watch videos or equivalent materials
that you might find free or at a cheaper price elsewhere.

Do others know about this am I reading it wrong?

Study.com has great tools for preparing, but they also offer ace credit on some courses. Most have cheaper options,but study's format looks neat.

https://study.com/academy/get-credit.html

[Leherself]

Plan so far. I need 12 credits to be from excelsior; thats why the UExcel test. Study.com has ACE accreditation and it seems cheap. I am in the process of developing a plan to give Excelsior for approval. My priorities are: Easy, Speed and then Cost. PLEASE, any and all suggestions are welcome. The ones at the bottom seem difficult to find a test out solution for; soliciting

Written English Requirement | 6 Credits
- Fulfill with College Composition | CLEP | 6 Credits

Some really quick notes:

You said you need 12 credits from Excelsior? So I assume you signed up for the Excelsior course option? In which case, you need to know that Uexcels *don't* count toward that. What they mean by 12 credits at Excelsior is 12 credits of actual online courses. Exams don't count.

The other thing I noticed immediately was that you planned to use CLEP for English. Excelsior does not accept CLEP to cover the written english requirement. They offer their own in-house exam (they actually have two - you want the 6 credit one, not the 3 credit), or you can take actual English 101 & 102 courses. I believe they do accept Straighterline for this, if you prefer that route.

[Dassey]

Well...that blows.

[mednat]

Well...that blows.

Is there a reason you specifically choose Excelsior? The BSBA CIS is generally easier to test out of at TESC.

Edit--

I see now it's because of your certs. How did they apply them? It may still be easier to test out at TESC if they didn't apply any as UL or in your Area of Study.

[Dassey]

Who proctors the finals at SL?

[Prloko]

Who proctors the finals at SL?

ProctorU I believe.

[Dassey]

Hopefully you can see my attachment as to how they did my certs. Some of the MS ones can come in through ACE I assume. The CCNA one does not though.