Straigherline credit transferred to Excelsior

[DIYcollegeMom]

Does anyone have any experience transferring Straighterline credit to Excelsior and if so, the results.

I have just re-started my journey after a 20 year hiatus and am looking to complete it as fast and inexpensive as possible since we are socking away every spare dollar for our children's college future. I have been able to successfully transfer 38 credits from my previous experience at a State college.

I have just been accepted to Excelsior and I just enrolled for the dual degree program for BS in Business with a concentration in Finance along with a MBA with a concentration in Leadership.

I am interested in taking the following courses from Straighterline, if they are transferable to Excelsior. These are the only courses with the same name under the business component so I would also be curious if any other of the Straighterline courses would count as an elective:

Business Ethics
Business Law
Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Organizational Behavior
Principles of Management - would this count as Excelsior's Financial Management?

I also have to take these courses:

Computers
Pre-Calc
Statistics
Principles of Marketing
Production Management
Operations Management
3 additional business credit
10 credit hours in the Arts and Sciences

I would greatly appreciate any and all suggestions on which plan of attack for each course. I am have researched CLEP, DSST, Straighterline, Saylor, Aleks, TECEP and Uexcel.

Thanks in advance!
DIYcollegeMom

[mednat]

Does anyone have any experience transferring Straighterline credit to Excelsior and if so, the results.

I have just re-started my journey after a 20 year hiatus and am looking to complete it as fast and inexpensive as possible since we are socking away every spare dollar for our children's college future. I have been able to successfully transfer 38 credits from my previous experience at a State college.

I have just been accepted to Excelsior and I just enrolled for the dual degree program for BS in Business with a concentration in Finance along with a MBA with a concentration in Leadership.

I am interested in taking the following courses from Straighterline, if they are transferable to Excelsior. These are the only courses with the same name under the business component so I would also be curious if any other of the Straighterline courses would count as an elective:

Business Ethics
Business Law
Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Organizational Behavior
Principles of Management - would this count as Excelsior's Financial Management?

I also have to take these courses:

Computers
Pre-Calc
Statistics
Principles of Marketing
Production Management
Operations Management
3 additional business credit
10 credit hours in the Arts and Sciences

I would greatly appreciate any and all suggestions on which plan of attack for each course. I am have researched CLEP, DSST, Straighterline, Saylor, Aleks, TECEP and Uexcel.

Thanks in advance!
DIYcollegeMom

They transfer really easily, SL will send it directly to Excelsior. The equivalency can be found here: Excelsior College Course Equivalency Guide | StraighterLine or https://my.excelsior.edu/documents/46041...cc22f76400. I posted both links in case one is removed in the future. The SL link is easier ot read.

Principles of Management will not count as Financial Management. The penn foster course may count (using ACE), however I haven't tested this at Excelsior.

[lavagirl]

I also have to take these courses:

Computers
Pre-Calc
Statistics
Principles of Marketing
Production Management
Operations Management
3 additional business credit
10 credit hours in the Arts and Sciences

DIYcollegeMom

You can take Precalculus and Statistics through ALEKS. For arts - Penn Foster Music Appreciation or World of Art probably will be the easiest way. For sciences - Straighterline Environmental Science.

[mednat]

Principles of Marketing can be done at Saylor. Operations Management has a TECEP.

[DIYcollegeMom]

You can take Precalculus and Statistics through ALEKS. For arts - Penn Foster Music Appreciation or World of Art probably will be the easiest way. For sciences - Straighterline Environmental Science.

How does Aleks work, is there online proctoring?

[gingerbeefE]

How does Aleks work, is there online proctoring?

No Proctoring, Basically how it works is you take a Pre-test that is roughly 30 questions. Depending on how well you do it will be reflected on a pie chart ( could be done with class after pretest if you do really well) I would say typically after the pretest you should expect to end up with ~30%. you then do topics it says you are weak at. after every 5 or so hours in ALEKS you are given a new test. Once you hit 70% ( after a test) you can submit the credit for ACE

[DIYcollegeMom]

Thanks for the info, it is a bit overwhelming at first, but I have had some great help to ease the stress!