Excelsior College Examination Program (formerly ACT PEP or Regents)
NOTE: Effective Fall 2022, Excelsior no longer offers exams.
The University accepts selected examinations in humanities, business and technology, and nursing with the required score 'C' (2.0) level or above. A student should contact a Dominican advisor prior to taking an Excelsior College exam to determine the usefulness of the examination within the student's degree plan. A student must provide an official transcript to have credit counted toward a degree. Students must earn the minimum American Council on Education (ACE) recommended score or higher in order to earn credit. Examination reports include the ACE score. No more than a total of 30 semester units of Excelsior credit may apply towards the bachelor’s degree at Dominican. Credit is lower or upper division and may be applied toward electives, specified Adult Degree Completion General Education areas or CORE categories, and some majors as noted below.
Excelsior examination titles and categories may change more frequently than this catalog is published. For information about examinations not listed here, or about titles that differ from those listed here, please consult the Registrar's Office.
Excelsior College Examinations
| Examination |
Units |
Level |
Dominican Course Equivalent^ |
Adult Degree Completion GE*** |
CORE*** |
Major |
| Humanities |
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| Abnormal Psychology |
3-4 |
U |
|
SS (3) |
SSHB (4) |
PSY Elec |
| Anatomy and Physiology |
6 |
L |
None# |
None# |
None# |
None# |
| Basic Genetics |
3 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Bioethics: Philosophical Issues |
3-4 |
U |
None |
PH (3) |
EL (4) |
None |
| Cultural Diversity |
3 |
U |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Earth Science |
3 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| English Composition |
6** |
L |
None
|
W1 (3) |
None |
None |
| Ethics: Theory and Practice |
3-4 |
U |
None |
PH (3) |
EL (4) |
None |
| Foundations of Gerontology |
3-4 |
U |
None |
SS (3) |
SSHB (4) |
None |
| Interpersonal Communication |
3 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Introduction to Music |
3 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Introduction to Philosophy |
3 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Introduction to Psychology |
3-4 |
L |
None |
SS (3)
|
SSHB (4)
|
None |
| Introduction to Sociology |
3-4 |
L |
HCS 1101 |
SS (3) |
SSHB (4) |
None |
| Juvenile Delinquency |
3 |
U |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Life Span Developmental Psychology |
3-4 |
L |
None |
SS (3) |
SSHB (4) |
None |
| Microbiology |
3 |
L |
None# |
None# |
None# |
None |
| Organizational Behavior |
3 |
U |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Pathophysiology |
3 |
U |
None# |
None# |
None# |
None# |
| Physics |
6 |
L |
None |
Nat Sci
Pre-Matric only |
None |
None |
| Political Science |
3 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Precalculus Algebra |
3-4 |
L |
MATH 1500 |
MT (3) |
QL (4) |
Yes |
| Psych: Adulthood and Aging |
3 |
U |
|
None |
None |
PSY Elec |
| Research Methods in Psychology |
3 |
U |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Science of Nutrition |
3 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Social Psychology |
3 |
U |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Spanish Language |
8 |
L |
None |
None |
IL |
None |
| Statistics |
3-4 |
L |
MATH 2400 |
MT (3)
|
QL (4)
|
BUS Core |
| Weather and Climate |
3 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| World Conflicts Since 1900 |
3 |
U |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| World Population |
3-4 |
U |
None |
SS (3) |
SSHB (4) |
None |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Business & Technology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Business Ethics |
3 |
U |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Business Law |
3 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Financial Accounting |
3 |
L |
None
|
None |
None |
None |
| Human Resource Mgmt |
3 |
U |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Introduction to Macroeconomics |
3 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Introduction to Microeconomics |
3 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Labor Relations |
3 |
U |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Managerial Accounting |
3 |
L |
None
|
None |
None |
None |
| Operations Management |
3 |
U |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Organizational Behavior |
3 |
U |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Principles of Finance |
3 |
U |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Principles of Management |
3 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Principles of Marketing |
3 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Quantitative Analysis |
3-4 |
U |
MATH 1400 |
MT (3) |
QL (4) |
None |
| Workplace Communication with Computers |
3 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
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| Education |
|
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|
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| Literacy Instruction in the Elementary School |
6 |
U |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| |
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|
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| Nursing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fundamentals of Nursing |
8 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Maternal & Child Nursing (associate) |
6 |
L |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Maternal and Child Nursing (baccalaureate) |
8 |
U |
None |
None |
None |
None |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing |
8 |
U |
None |
None |
None |
None |
^ Consult with Department Chair about application of equivalent courses toward lower division requirements in the major.
# May be used as a challenge exam to meet recent requirements for Nursing and Health Science.
** Must be taken prior to matriculation.
***Key to Abbreviations for Adult Degree Completion Program General Education Areas (CORE Category coding is listed in the IB and AP sections above)
| IL = International Language |
RCC = Religion Cross Cultural |
| MT = Mathematical Thinking and Quantitative Reasoning |
SS = Social Science |
| PH = Moral Philosophy/Ethics |
W1 = Expository Writing |
Excelsior College Examinations Information and Transcripts
Excelsior College
7 Columbia Circle
Albany, NY 12203-5159
Telephone: (888) 647-2388
www.excelsior.edu
The Excelsior Examinations code for Dominican University of California is 0256A. Individual computerized testing is available at selected local Prometric Testing Centers.