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Upper Level Business Excelsior Credits Please Help and Thank You - onlinestudent101 - 07-01-2014
I received a degree audit from Excelsior College saying I need 21 upper level business credits. I am trying to earn the BS in General Business.
I did research and found these DSST exams give upper level credit.
Money and Banking
Business Law II
Principles of Finance
Management Information Systems
Instead of taking the DSST exams, if I take the classes at a regionally accredited institute, can I earn upper level credits? For example, instead of taking DSST exam Money and Banking, if I pass a 3 credits class Money and Banking then can I get upper level credits?
I am asking this because I usually do much better in classrooms than exams.
If anyone has taken business courses and earned upper level credits at Excelsior (transferring in the credits) then please list the courses and at what institute you took the course.
Thank you so much.
Upper Level Business Excelsior Credits Please Help and Thank You - EI2HCB - 07-01-2014
Danny,
You more than likely need UL credits in your core subject area. This means if your business degree is in H.R you would need at least 15 credits in that field. General business may be broader. You can't just take RA courses and apply them to Excelsior they have to match the requirements of the degree. They would need to Upper Level UL courses in the RA school before they could be considered and also cover the topic required by Excelsior EC and be approved by an advisor in writing. Upper level courses at Strayer will transfer in as UL at EC but only as long as the course is similar to one offered at EC. Since Strayer break up the subjects into different course objectives they wouldn't transfer in for me and so I didn't take them at Strayer.