I am looking at the Excelsior Technology Catalog, and it says that 16 credits in Technology must be at the upper level, and cannot be transferred from a two year college. Where would you get these courses from? It also does not elaborate on what these courses should be? Anyone with experience with this?
The 104-page catalogue http://www.excelsior.edu/pdf/cat_tech.pdf describes several different technical specialties. Which one are you interested in? It seems to suggest courses for each specialty. It says "15 or 16 upper-level credits within the technology component, depending on the discipline selected". If it doesn't say specifically which courses have to be upper-level, then any upper-level technology courses ought to do. As for where you could take them, the first place to look would be the Preferred Provider Catalog, http://ppc.excelsior.edu/. They seem to be quite keen on Ohio University exams. For a wider choice, see http://distancelearn.excelsior.edu. Sorry, I have no experience in this; the above is speculation only.
PLCScott, I forgot to show you this (I remember you were interest in industrial education or technology education or something to that extent right?): http://web.odu.edu/webroot/orgs/AO/DL/teletechnet.nsf/files/OTSTS2002.pdf/$FILE/OTSTS2002.pdf I am not sure if that's what your interested in and if you don't live in the carolinas or virginia, I don't think you can do it anyhow. For the BST (Bachelor Science in Technology) they have suggested courses in the specialty boxes for each concentration (eg. electro-mechanical, computer technology, electronics and instrumentations, etc.) For the electro-mechanical: you would need 15 upper level. Courses like thermodynamics, mechanics, circuit analysis, robotics, etc. I think you can you a bunch of these courses here: http://www.odu.edu/dl/navycollege/bset.html All these are upper level courses. You may be able to knock out a bit of the upper level with these classes. You can do them through video stream, teletechnet, or CDrom. If you are interested in the technology program at Excelsior, you might be interested in ODU's BSGET (the program with the courses I showed you). If you were referring to any of the other technology programs in the Excelsior catalog, then you may have a little more difficulty finding requirement for them (BS in electronics engineering technology for example). Because of the ABET accreditation, they have very strict transfer rules (only 12 credits from military, 8 lab courses minimum, etc.) Excelsior is pretty liberal in what is accepted in the BST program ( (that AAS in technical studies I showed you in the other thread fit right into that program 30 credits in lower level technical area for the eletro-mechanical technology specialty) Hope this helps, Bill
The BST would be fine. I looked at the ppc link and most of these courses are the courses that I had in my Assoc. program. I will try to call them Monday if I do not find out anything. The link from ODU is interesting. I will check it out. I really do not care if I get a degree in technology or vocational education both are in the direction I want to go. Neither are required for certification to teach a trade in SC, but they cannot hurt. I have already jumped that hurdle. I may never teach, but I want to head in that direction in case I change my mind. As of now I just want to get a good plan laid out, so I will know which exams to take to satisfy a degree. Thanks for the help! Scott
I called Excelsior today, and asked about the 15 upper level credits. They cannot be from a two year school, they must be upper level, and they must be in your technical specialty. They also recommended some of them be labs. I ask them where I could get those credits, and they told me any 4 year school. So, any suggestions. There are no 4 year schools near me that have any electronics, or engineering courses. I could probably test through if any schools offer such. Regards, Scott
Ok Scott, I made this list using Excelsior distance learning database and ODU's CDROM course list for their BSGET program. Some/ALL these courses may noy Jyve with Excelsior and/or the list it self might not have accurate data (eg. course is no longer available), so take this with a grain of salt, please (this is just to show you that you might be able to pull something off with minimal B&M course work). A LOT of these courses (especially the upper level) require prerequisites (usually calculus, intro to electronics, physics, etc.) so keep that in mind. I made this referring to the electro-mechanical specialty.. it was the easiest to look for considering it had two fields of courses. Here ya go: Ohio University ETCH 135 Alternating Current Circuit Analysis (2.66 credits) ETCH 134 Direct Current Circuit Analysis (2.66 credits) Coastline Community College ELEC 300 Introduction to Electronics SUNY: Mohawk Valley Community College ET 230 Ac Motors and Controls Brigham Young University CE EN 103 Engineering Mechanics - Statics CE EN 204 Engineering Mechanics-Dynamics CE EN 203 Engineering Mechanics-Mechanics of Materials Morgan State University EEGR 303 Electromagnetic Theory and Applications I Thomas Edison State College MET 311-CL Machine Design I MET 312-CL Machine Design II Your programming requirement: Rio Salado Community College CIS 162AB C++: Level I Upper level credit: (electro-mechanical specialty) California State University-Dominguez Hills QAS 332 Electrical Metrology (Maybe digital systems or technical elective?) Franklin University COMP 360 Computer Architecture I (Microprocessors) Old Dominion University EET 350 Fundamentals of Electrical Technology (Circuit Analysis) Old Dominion University MET 305 Principles of Mechanics Old Dominion University EET 415 Programmable Machine Controls (Technical elective) Old Dominion University Electrical Power and Machinery (Maybe electro-mechanical devices or technical elective?) Old Dominion University EET 365 Electrical Power and Machinery Laboratory (your suggested lab component) 1 credit Remember that specialty list is just suggest courses (so they may take different courses) best regards, Bill
Assuming Scott wants to get his degree as quickly as possible, taking courses should be his last resort. If not exams, then next stop: portfolios.
Bill: Thanks for the information. Do you think the upper level courses are courses that you can test out of? I would like to know if there are credit exams in these fields. I will loook into this when I get some more time. Thanks again. Scott
Mark: I would like to try to do some exams, or portfolio credit. I have gotten some info. from COSC, and TESC also, but I was leaning to Excelsior until now. I do not know what to do. If the portfolio option works well then that would be fine also. I am starting to get discouraged about even going this way. I do not mind studying for, and taking test or even a new course here and there. However, I do not have the time to take a course on a campus. I sometimes have to go out of town on a day or two notice, and this would be next to impossible. Scott
Scott, I am not sure. The person to ask is Dr. Rob Curry. When I was interest in the program, I talked to him and he was very helpful. Maybe they have a test out option, or portfolio (I don't know). Here is his email: [email protected] Bill
I believe UMASS has a test out option for all their courses (it was a while ago when I emailed them so I don't remember the specifics). Anyways, they have an engineering technology AND engineering program (residential), but maybe you could test out of that? Best Regards, Bill
