application of English/Lit Credit at Excelsior

I have passing CLEP credit for:

* English Comp (w/o essay) general
* Analyzing and Interpreting Literature subject
* Freshman College Composition (w/o essay) subject

I also have RA traditional classroom credit for:

* Eng. 100 (a remedial freshman course at UofSC) - 3 hrs
* Eng 287 - "Major American Writers" (from a state community college) - 3 hrs
* Eng 253 - "Poetry" ( a poetry writing course from a state community college) - 3 hrs


I also have one english related course from AARTS

* Business Communication (from MOSC 71L30) - 3 hrs.

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I'm interested in comments about how Excelsior might apply these courses for credit. I know that the CLEP comps won't meet the writing requirement and that the remedial english will prob. not transfer at all. I also understand that those two community college courses will be considered lower level but the poetry is institutionally designated as "writing intensive".

My question is really about how I can expect Excelsior to treat the obvious duplication of credit between the three CLEP exams and possibly with the American Writers and Analyzing & Interpreting Lit.

Any thoughts?

By the way, for those preparing for exams, I took those two CLEP subjects this morning in one sitting with no prep at all in order to meet core requirements at an institution that doesn't accept the CLEP general exams. I didn't find either test difficult at all.

 

Coach

I'm working on my BA at Excelsior right now. The Analy. and Int. Lit. credit will definitely apply to the general lit course needed.

Poetry and American Writers will count in terms of the domains that credits are applied. For instance, whether upper or lower, some credits that relate to a certain literary "era" are required, as well as a certain "genre." The Poetry class could count for your "genre" specification, whether they are counted as upper or lower. They may not classify it as upper level, elective type credit, but it would reduce some of the requirements of the degree.

Call them.

Chris