Odd numbers of credits

[rjc311]

Ok, I really couldn't think of a good way to title this thread....sorry if it doesn't make sense...Anyway, here's what I am getting at:

I took some classes back in the day that were 4 and 5 credits. For example, I took Spanish I which was only 3 credits but then I took Spanish II which was 5 credits...add in my art class of 3 credits and I have 11 Humanities credits. Also, I took Biology with lab and Chemistry with lab for 4 credits a piece. There's another 8 credits that, when you add a 3 credit math class gives you 11 credits again. When looking over Excelsior's Gen Ed requirements for the History degree it says you need to meet a Humanities requirement, a Social Sciences/History requirement, and a Natural Sciences/Math requirement which are 9 credits for one, and 12 credits for each of the others (however you want to do it). That's where my problem lies...I have 11 credits for 2 of those groups. I want to be as efficient as possible in getting my degree so I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions (are there any 1 credit courses out there??) as to what I should do. I will probably just have to take another 3 credit elective exam for each area but I don't want to if I don't have to.

Does any of this make sense? Hopefully it does...

[ShotoJuku]

Originally Posted by rjc311

Ok, I really couldn't think of a good way to title this thread....sorry if it doesn't make sense...Anyway, here's what I am getting at:

I took some classes back in the day that were 4 and 5 credits. For example, I took Spanish I which was only 3 credits but then I took Spanish II which was 5 credits...add in my art class of 3 credits and I have 11 Humanities credits. Also, I took Biology with lab and Chemistry with lab for 4 credits a piece. There's another 8 credits that, when you add a 3 credit math class gives you 11 credits again. When looking over Excelsior's Gen Ed requirements for the History degree it says you need to meet a Humanities requirement, a Social Sciences/History requirement, and a Natural Sciences/Math requirement which are 9 credits for one, and 12 credits for each of the others (however you want to do it). That's where my problem lies...I have 11 credits for 2 of those groups. I want to be as efficient as possible in getting my degree so I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions (are there any 1 credit courses out there??) as to what I should do. I will probably just have to take another 3 credit elective exam for each area but I don't want to if I don't have to.

Does any of this make sense? Hopefully it does...

I get what you're saying but more importantly does your advisor get it????

[rjc311]

I'm not enrolled yet...so no advisor. My plan is to take some other exams for subjects that I will need no matter what (other core stuff) and go from there. I was just hoping someone on here might have had a similar situation...

[sgloer]

Have you already taken into account Excelsior's mandatory 1-credit course?

[sgloer]

Oh yeah--also those FEMA courses people were mentioning were 1 credit each

[rjc311]

I forgot about Excelsior's 1 credit course so maybe that will help me out . I looked into the FEMA courses but I think I would prefer to just spend the extra 10 bucks to take another CLEP for 3 credits than pay to have the FEMA course transcribed or whatever you have to do to have Excelsior accept it....

By the way...does anyone know why Excelsior changed their name from Regents? Just curious...

[anar579]

rjc311,
I wouldn't worry much about the odd number of credits you have. The credits may just balance out and you'll just have one or two extra hours at most. For example, the 1 credit you're missing in humanities will just roll into your Remaining Arts and Sciences Credit area.

I'm only speculating here, though, because I don't have the Liberal Arts/History catalog, which details Arts & Sciences requirements. The History guidelines available on the Publications page only shows the specific History requirements.