Help me build a degree program - Excelsior/WGU

[namwen]

Not sure how much you're counting on that timeline in your signature but plan on altering it a bit if you're doing the excelsior method. First your sig says you haven't even graduated Paramedic school, this is required and mandatory unless you're an LPN. Second you need verified Paramedic experience and a passing score on the entrance exam before they will grant admittance into the program. Lastly the time it takes to complete Excelsior will depend on you. They have three ways of working towards completing the program as of right now. First is by Exam, which is exactly like it sounds. You study and then take an exam. There's a lot of content to master and the questions on the exams can be super specific to a topic you might have just grazed over so if you choose this method make sure to put in the work, Second is by Nursing conferences, where you listen to audio lectures and then take the same exam as if you studied in your own. Lastly they have actual courses now where you're assigned homework and all that jazz. Regardless of the method you choose the end always culminates with the FCCA's (two exams) and the CPNE (an intensive clinical test). Currently the wait time for the CPNE is 7-12 months to receive a clinical date. The FCCA's are always 8 weeks. Right there is 14 months, this is not taking into account any of the exams. I accelerated through the exams quickly and finished in about 5 months. Im currently waiting for a clinical date but predict that all in all it would've taken me around the same time as a B&M school. Excelsior is tough and definitely not for the faint of heart, you really have to know your stuff. This is why the program is targeted at those who have extensive experience in their respective medical fields.

You know, I've been looking into EC for a long long time but really haven't done in depth research in the last few years. This is news to me as far as the wait time. I appreciate the heads up, though. I've been around degree boards for at least 15 years and continue to be amazed at how much collective knowledge there is.