Odd numbers of credits

[rjc311]

Ok, I really couldn't think of a good way to title this thread....sorry if it doesn't make sense...Anyway, here's what I am getting at:

I took some classes back in the day that were 4 and 5 credits. For example, I took Spanish I which was only 3 credits but then I took Spanish II which was 5 credits...add in my art class of 3 credits and I have 11 Humanities credits. Also, I took Biology with lab and Chemistry with lab for 4 credits a piece. There's another 8 credits that, when you add a 3 credit math class gives you 11 credits again. When looking over Excelsior's Gen Ed requirements for the History degree it says you need to meet a Humanities requirement, a Social Sciences/History requirement, and a Natural Sciences/Math requirement which are 9 credits for one, and 12 credits for each of the others (however you want to do it). That's where my problem lies...I have 11 credits for 2 of those groups. I want to be as efficient as possible in getting my degree so I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions (are there any 1 credit courses out there??) as to what I should do. I will probably just have to take another 3 credit elective exam for each area but I don't want to if I don't have to.

Does any of this make sense? Hopefully it does...