Hi, I’m planning to pursue an A.S. degree (liberal arts) through Excelsior college. I already have 33 credits from various schools. Therefore, I need 27 credits from Excelsior in order to graduate. If someone could advise me on what CLEP and Dantes exams I need to take in order to meet the school’s graduation requirements, I would greatly appreciate it. My goal is to take as many 6cr. CLEP/Dantes exams as possible. It appears that I’ve already fulfilled the Humanities, Math/Science and Info literacy requirements from my previous coursework. Credits received thus far: Bucks Cty. Comm. College: Various music credits – 9cr. U of P: Skills for lifelong Learning – 3cr. History to 1870 – 3cr. Montgomery Cty. Comm. College: Intro to Cultural Anthro – 3cr. National Univ.: Intro to Communications – 3cr. Info Literacy & Report Writing – 3cr. Intro to Statistics/Prob – 3cr. Business Knowledge Mgmt – 3cr. UL Survey of Bioscience – 3cr. Total = 33cr. Thanks, Tom
Only an Excelsior advisor can tell you for sure, but going by what you posted and the catalog you need the following for an Associate in Science: Total Credits 60 30 Arts & Sciences Minimum including 3 Written English Requirement 3 Arts & Sciences Electives 24 mix of Humanities, Social Sciences/History and Natural Sciences/Math And 30 Arts & Sciences Electives or Applied Professional Credits My guess is that your mix is the following: Various Music 9 – Humanities Skills for Life Long Learning – 3 Professional History – 3 Social Sciences/History Cultural Anthro – 3 Social Sciences/History Intro to Comm – 3 Humanities Info Literacy – 3 Humanities Intro to Statistics – 3 Natural Sciences/Math Business Knowledge Mgt – 3 Professional Survey of Bioscience – 3 Natural Sciences/Math Totals 15 Humanities 6 Professional 6 Social Sciences/History 6 Natural Sciences/Math Total 33 Now assuming that’s all correct you need the following: 27 Total Credits 0 Humanities Either 3 Social Sciences/History OR 3 Natural Sciences/Math to complete General Education Requirements 3 Written English Requirement (an Excelsior Exam such as College Writing or a course) 21 Applied Professional or Additional Arts & Sciences This breakdown opens you up to many possibilities with CLEP. The following should be pretty safe. CLEP: Psychology Sociology Management Marketing Natural Science College Math Human Growth & Development Educational Psychology And a ton of other tests. I suggest you download the Excelsior Student Guide to Credit by Examination. You should be pretty safe with nearly any test that doesn’t appear to overlap in content with courses you’ve already taken. I see your sig lists you as a psychology student. If you're still interested in that subject starting with the various CLEP psychology tests might be one plan. Good Luck.
Re: In the area Hi, Wow, small world. I just moved from Abington to North Wales. No, I am not in the military. I work right next to the Willow Grove air station though. Close enough to see Air Force One take off and land. Are you in the armed forces?? - Tom