The Big Three and credit transfers

I'm so excited!!

My husband went to college for seven years to earn a civil engineering degree years ago but never finished. He was in his last semester of classwork but failed the same civil engineering class three times (only one professor taught the subject and did not have great english skills) and then finally stopped trying. He hasn't gone back to school since and has always considered it a great failure. He doesn't want to be a civil engineer anymore, but he always wondered about trying to finish a more general Bachelor of Science degree.

Because I found this site, I now know about the Big Three and how they take almost unlimited credit transfers. I've been looking at Excelsior for my own education needs recently and I started to wonder... how much could my husband transfer there for a Bachelor of Science degree?

He couldn't remember much about his transcript, so I logged his student ID into our old RA university's site and lo and behold: he completed 131 semester credits before he quit school! This includes all of that university's general requirements for science degrees. I couldn't believe it. He hasn't had a degree these past seven years simply because that university doesn't offer general studies for bachelors degrees!

So now I'm trying to find out-- if all of these credits transfer, how many classes will he actually have to take from one of these schools to finish a general degree? I've read about the 1-credit Information Literacy test at COSC and Excelsior, but would they require any more classes if his transfer credits covered all of their BS requirements?

I'm so excited for him, but now I have to wait until Monday to get ahold of these schools!

 

At Excelsior, assuming he has met all of their degree requirements, he'd be required to take no other courses.

That's actually the primary issue that makes these The Big Three, they do not require (as do most other schools) that you complete any courses through their program; only that you meet their degree requirements.

Excelsior does require information literacy and while there are completion options, they aren't any better than just taking the 1 hour class from Excelsior.

There are also some rules about duplicate credit, written English, PE activity, and computer applications courses that cause some credit not to transfer.

At 131 hours having completed to his last semester, it's very possible that your husband has completed or very nearly completed the Excelsior requirements for a BS (Liberal Studies) and possibly even one of the majors.

 

The only way to find out is to apply.

I think Excelsior evaluation is like $60-85 . I think COSC, TES are little bit more expensive

The only requirment EC has is the 1sh in Infomation Lit, and the EC IL course can be complete in few days

 

Thank you all for the info!

Now I just have to convince him to pony up the $1500 or so in fees to enroll and graduate and all that. He's not very enthusiastic about it-- I couldn't figure out why until I found an ad with a circled flat screen TV by his desk.