Accelerated College Credit courses

I was going through a college catalog list for DL classes while searching for Accelerated College Credit courses and ran upon this college. It offers fast track courses. Some of this course are 1 month and some of them are only 1 day long and from what I am reading this college actually awards you college undergraduate credit for these classes. The college is Concordia University at St Paul in Minnsota.

Here is their link
http://www.csp.edu/CE/index.asp
http://www2.csp.edu/ce/registration/searchforclasses.asp

Ok, now here are my questions. Has anyone ever taken courses from this college?


I am trying to figure out what would be upper level credit here
They offer a course HRM200 Employment Law & at most colleges this would be classified as a upper level course. I am just thinking how Excelsior would classify this class.

 

Eeer, is this Regionally Accredited?

well, yes I guess it is if its:
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
The Higher Learning Commission

 

Yep that is what I am seeing for accreditation at this link

http://www.csp.edu/AboutUs/Accreditation/index.asp


I know I had to double look at that too. Because I came up on some other colleges that did not have regional accreditation and only had CHEA or DETC and I am not even trying to touch those if I need them to transfer for a 4 year degree for a Regionally accredited school to graduate with a BS degree. But this one is accredited. So I am confused because I never seen a college offer class for semester credit to take a class in this very short amount of time. This is like a dream come true at least for me. Somebody pinch me . Just kidding



Here is what it states

Concordia University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. The University had been accredited since 1967, with reaccredidation given in 1997.

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Higher Learning Commission
30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60602-2504
(312) 263-0456

 

CHEA is not an accreditation. CHEA is the U.S. Department of Education's (USDE) Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). In other words, CHEA, like and alongside the USDE, approves accreditors, but isn't one itself. So any phrase like "only had CHEA or DETC" would, categorically, make no sense.

DETC is a national accreditor -- one of many. It is approved to accredit by both USDE and CHEA.

The six regional accreditors are also approved by both USDE and CHEA to accredit.

Hope that clears that up.

 

a link from the Higher Learning Commission showing the accredidation status of Concordia University, St. Paul

http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org/directory/?Action=ShowBasic&instid=1387