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Excelsior College Examinations
(formerly Regents College, formerly ACT/PEP)

 
 

To register by phone or to obtain more information about Excelsior College Examinations, call toll free: 888-72-EXAMS (888-723-9267) or visit www.excelsior.edu.

Free study guides are available by writing to:
     Excelsior College Test Administration
     7 Columbia Circle,
     Albany, NY 12203-5159
Please give the name of the test you will be taking when requesting a study guide.

Note: Excelsior assumed the administration of the examinations from ACT in September 1998.

To be eligible for credit you must receive a minimum score or grade of C as indicated below.

   
 

Examination Source

Examination Title

Course Equivalents

Score Required

Number of Credits

EXCELSIOR

Abnormal Psychology

PSYC 353

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Adult Nursing

No equivalent

C

8 UL

EXCELSIOR

American Dream 

Humanities, no equiv

C

6 UL

EXCELSIOR

Anatomy & Physiology

BIOL 201 & BIOL 202 (not lab sci)
Should also take BIOL 161 or 102 to meet lab requirement.

C

6 LL

EXCELSIOR

Bioethics : Philosophical Issues

PHIL no equivalent

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Community-Focused Nursing

No equivalent

C

4 UL

EXCELSIOR

Community Health Nursing

No equivalent

C

4 UL

EXCELSIOR

Cultural Diversity

SOCY

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Earth Science

GEOL 100

C

3 LL

EXCELSIOR

English Composition

3rd Writing or Speech in GERs

C

6 LL

EXCELSIOR

Essentials of Nursing Care: Chronicity

Voc/Tech – AA

C

3 LL

EXCELSIOR

Essentials of Nursing Care: Heath Differences

Voc/Tech – AA

C

3 LL

EXCELSIOR

Essentials of Nursing Care: Health Safety

Voc/Tech – AA

C

3 LL

EXCELSIOR

Essentials of Nursing Care: Reproductive Health

Voc/Tech – AA

C

3 LL

EXCELSIOR

Ethics: Theory and Practice

PHIL 140

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Foundations of Gerontology

GERO 100

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Fundamentals of Nursing

No equivalent – AA

C

8 LL

EXCELSIOR

Health Differences Across the Life Span 1

Voc/Tech – AA

C

3 LL

EXCELSIOR

Health Differences Across the Life Span 2

Voc/Tech – AA

C

3 LL

EXCELSIOR

Health Differences Across the Life Span 2

Voc/Tech – AA

C

3 LL

EXCELSIOR

Human Resource Mgmt

HRMN 300

C

   3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Introduction to Music

MUSC/HUMN

C

3 LL

EXCELSIOR

Juvenile Delinquency

CCJS 350

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Labor Relations

HRMN362

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Life Span Developmental Psychology

EDHD 320

C

3 LL

EXCELSIOR

Literacy Instruction in the Elementary School

No equivalent

C

6 UL

EXCELSIOR

Management in Nursing

No Equivalent

C

4 UL

EXCELSIOR

Maternal & Child  Nursing 

Voc/Tech – AA

C

8 UL

EXCELSIOR

Maternity Nursing

Voc/Tech – AA

C

3 LL

EXCELSIOR

Microbiology

BIOL 230

C

3 LL

EXCELSIOR

Nursing  Concepts 1

Voc/Tech  - AA

C

4 LL

EXCELSIOR

Nursing Concepts 2

Voc/Tech – AA

C

4 LL

EXCELSIOR

Nursing Concepts 3

Voc/Tech – AA

C

4 LL

EXCELSIOR

Nursing Concepts 4

Voc/Tech – AA

C

4 LL

EXCELSIOR

Nursing Concepts 5

Voc/Tech –AA

C

4 LL

EXCELSIOR

Nursing Concepts 6

Voc/Tech – AA

C

4 LL

EXCELSIOR

Nursing Concepts -Foundation of Professional Practice

Voc/Tech AA

C

4 LL

EXCELSIOR

Organizational Behavior

BMGT 464

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Pathophysiology

BIOL elec

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Psychology of Adulthood and Aging

PSYC 357 and
GERO 220

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

No Equivalent

C

8 UL

EXCELSIOR

Religions of the World

HUMN 350

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Research in Nursing

No Equivalent

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Research Methods in Psychology

PSYC elective

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Social Psychology

PSYC 321

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Spirituality in Life Transitions

Elective

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Symptom Management in End of Life Care

Elective

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Teaching Across Cultures

Elective

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

Transition to the Registered Professional Nurse Role

Voc/Tech

C

3 LL

EXCELSIOR

World Conflict Since 1900

GVPT 200

C

3 UL

EXCELSIOR

World Population

GEOG 422

C

3 UL

   
   
 
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