Excelsior College - Degree Completion Question

Hello,

It has been some time since I posted here. I am nearing the end of my BS degree in Philosophy with a public university here in Oregon. I have about a year to go, maybe a little less. The school requires that I take "Formal Logic" for my program - which I wish to avoid (I don't do well with math style courses). However, I have lower division credits in two "Critical Thinking" courses from a previous school and have discovered that Excelsior College will accept those credits as one of a few options within a category (which would include formal logic as an option) in lieu of taking the formal logic course itself.

Here's what I need to know (if anyone can answer it - preferably someone who has attended Excelsior): If I were to take all of my remaining courses at my present school (except the logic course) - and with the required courses of both schools (barring the above exception) being so very similar...does anyone know if I could just transfer all the completed work to Excelsior and get my diploma from them? It would seem that I could, and just pay the fees of entry and degree completion. They do not have a residency requirement, so as far as I can tell no course work would be required.

Any input would be appreciated.

Thanks.

- Shawn

 

I applied to Excelsior with my entire degree completed. (In fact, I chose Excelsior because I was only two courses shy of their requirements when I started looking at schools.) The only time anyone there noticed was when my advisor was going over my credits and congratulated me because I was ready to graduate.

 

The only requirement remaining is the Information Literacy 1-credit course which you can take online in a day. Otherwise, if you have met all other requirements you can be processed for graduation.

Cheers,
Mark

 

Re: Re: Excelsior College - Degree Completion Question

Hey Mark,

Thanks for the heads up. It looks like this school could very well meet my needs so I can get on with my life.

- Shawn