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Degree Plan – BS Math Major at Excelsior
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My degree plan has changed a lot since my original post, so here is my final list of credits and costs.  Please see the end of this post for further updates.  

Bachelor of Science Degree in Liberal Arts
with an Area of Focus in Biological/Life Science at Excelsior College


My Transcript and Costs

Course/Exam - credit - grade/score

English Composition I summer course -€“ 3 credits -€“ A

Humanities:

Spanish I correspondence course – 4 credits - A+
Analyzing & Interpreting Literature CLEP -€“ 6 credits -€“ 78
Humanities CLEP - 6 credits - 67
Business Ethics & Society DSST - 3 upper-level credits - 458

Social Sciences/History:

US History I CLEP -€“ 3 credits -€“ 77
US History II CLEP - 3 credits -€“ 78
Civil War & Reconstruction DSST -€“ 3 upper-level credits -€“ 73=A
American Government CLEP -“ 3 credits - 72
Social Sciences & History CLEP - 6 credits - 75

Natural Sciences/Math:

College Algebra II & Analytic Geometry correspondence course - 3 credits -€“ A
Astronomy DSST - 3 credits -€“ 57=A
Chemistry CLEP - 6 credits -€“ 67
Biology CLEP - 6 credits - 77
Natural Sciences CLEP -“ 6 credits -€“ 73
College Math CLEP - 6 credits - 76
Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology GRE score 580, 69th percentile, 12 lower-level and 12 upper-level credits earned
Intro to Statistics ALEKS - 3 upper-level credits - Pass
Analytic Geometry & Calculus I LSU correspondence course - 5 credits - A
Analytic Geometry & Calculus II LSU correspondence course - 4 credits - A

Other:

Information Literacy EC online course -€“ 1 credit -€“ Pass
Orientation EC online course -€“ 0 credit
Fire Service Supervision NFA Q318 -€“ 1 credit - Pass
Introduction to Computing DSST -€“ 3 credits -€“ 72=A
Information Systems & Computer Applications CLEP - 3 credits - 76
Management Information Systems DSST - 3 upper-level credits - 73=A
Substance Abuse DSST - 3 upper-level credits - 471
Health DSST - 3 upper-level credits - 479
Personal Finance DSST - 3 credits - 463
Marketing CLEP - 3 credits - 72

Depths were in Biology and Math.

My feedback and resources used for each exam: http://www.degreeforum.net/excelsior-tho...#post52148

Credits for Associate in Science Degree - http://www.degreeforum.net/excelsior-tho...lsior.html

Total Cost:

20 CLEP/DANTES exams plus $15 test center fees - $1805
2 other exams - GRE and ALEKS - $170
study guides and materials - $1000
class ring and celebration dinners -€“ $875
6 correspondence courses -€“ $3400 (not required by EC, could have substituted exams)
7 transcripts -€“ $115
application fee -€“ $75
enrollment fee - $895 (for associate degree)
AS graduation fee -€“ $480 ($495 - $15 for 1 credit course discount)
re-enrollment fee -€“ $440 (lasts 1 year - for bachelor's degree)
2 Student Service Annual Fees - $950 (for second and third year of enrollment for bachelor's degree)
BS graduation fee -€“ $495

Bachelor's Degree Total = $10,700 ($89 per credit) plus 2 trips to graduation ceremonies

Keep in mind there are lots of ways to save even more time and money than I did!

Also, remember several policies have changed since I enrolled for my degrees in 2010.  I needed to pay to stay enrolled in order to keep locked-in to my academic policy date.  Being enrolled helped in some cases, but it was not a complete guarantee of the policies I needed for the degree I wanted.  For new students, a capstone course requirement and English II have been added.  Excelsior no longer accepts the Subject GRE for credit.  Intro to Computing DSST and new version of Information Systems & Computer Applications CLEP are now being considered duplicates.  I was also planning to take the Physical Science DSST to finish my bachelor's degree, but I was told that it would duplicate Chemistry and Natural Science CLEP.

I hope this helps with creating a degree plan.  Be sure to download the latest school catalog and Student Guide to Credit by Exam:  http://www.excelsior.edu/publications
AS in 2010 and BS in 2013 at Excelsior College - Transcripts and Costs
MS Biostatistics in 2019 at Texas A&M University - Graduate School

Sharing Credit-by-Exam*
Resources Used - 20+ Exams Passed & General GRE
Practice Tests - Available for CLEP and DSST

* Link posted with permission from forum admin; thank you!


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Degree Plan - BS Math Major at Excelsior - by NAP - 03-14-2013, 03:02 PM

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