Nat, my impression has been that CS is heavier in math, while CIS is a bit more 'practical'. I'm enrolled in the Excelsior CIS program but have...
With regards to Excelsior, I would rate them as okay. General inquiries (from an enrolled student) might take a week or two for a reply, while I...
Oops, overlooked one... Add ICCP Exam 816 (Systems Development) as upper level credit.
According to the Excelsior 2001 "Student Guide to Credit by Examination" the following MS exams are upper level credit: 70-015, 019, 056, 059,...
He does not *have* to take the RCE/ECE English Composition exam. He can fulfill the THREE credit WER by passing a suitable college course. This...
I'm currently enrolled in the Excelsior CIS program, feel free to contact me here or via email for assistance. If you need English Comp. you'll...
For RCE (now ECE) exams, you can check the Excelsior website to see what books they offer as study guides then, to save money, check out eBay and...
John... bravo! Furthermore, I doubt one needs a numerical rating to assess other's ability to 'do' a DL degree. Inquisitive minds are likely...
Awarding a MSCS in Visual Basic 6, with no prequisites, and unproctored exams, I think not ;-)
John, thanks for the chuckle, but perhaps you were not so far down the epic ladder after all -- toss in the 'siesta' time popular in equatorial...
Agreed, but my intent was to illustrate -- poorly, perhaps ;-) -- one way that newcomers to the DL arena might put the cart before the horse in...
I'm enrolled in an Excelsior BS program and I can assure you that they have a 6 credit-hour Written English Requirement. Excelsior does not...
I would add here that although it appears to be a somewhat popular trend amongst the savvy, the average person (new to DL) might discover some...
I can't give a definitive answer on the first item but I think it is a paper based test. As to shopping insitutions for scores, be advised that...
Excelsior assigns a letter grade for the CLEP Subject exams. For CLEP General exams they award a Pass/Fail only. For DANTES exams they award...
Of possible interest for those on a tight budget (all DL students? ;-) I share the following. On the verge of ordering the Excelsior 'kit' for...
As a new Direct TV customer I have stumbled across a PBS learning channel called "PBS You" (PBSU in my channel listing -- Direct TV channel 377)....
Traci, I can only speak definitively for Excelsior (sorry ;-) but I would hazard that for any RA Associate degree you will need somewhere around 9...
There has been a bit of a change with Sylvan over the past year or so... their testing arm is now called Prometric and does not appear to offer...
The 1999-2000 Regents Technology Catalog discusses Latin honors on page 66. GPA 3.5 and up gets them, and you must have a minimum of 30...
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