Excelsior College Examinations

Excelsior College Examinations

Unlike the other testing methods included in this section, some Excelsior examinations include written essays. There are some that are multiple choice and other alternative formats.

Excelsior offers exams in the following areas, and some even count for upper division credit.

  • Arts & Sciences Exams
  • Business Exams
  • Education Exams
  • Nursing Exams (Baccalaureate)

The table below shows the Excelsior examinations that Grand Canyon University will transfer that meet the minimum score.

General Examination

Score

Credits

General Education Competency

Abnormal Psychology

C or better

3 UD

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Adult Nursing

C or better

8 UD

Critical Thinking

Anatomy and Physiology

C or better

6

Critical Thinking

Bioethics: Philosophical Issues

C or better

3 UD

Critical Thinking

Community-Focused Nursing

C or better

4 UD

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Cultural Diversity

C or better

3 UD

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Earth Science

C or better

3

Critical Thinking

English Composition

C or better

6

Effective Communication

Essentials of Nursing Care:  Chronicity

C or better

3

Critical Thinking

Essentials of Nursing Care:  Health Differences

C or better

3

Critical Thinking

Essentials of Nursing Care:  Health Safety

C or better

3

Critical Thinking

Essentials of Nursing Care:  Reproductive Health

C or better

3

Critical Thinking

Ethics: Theory and Practice

C or better

3 UD

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Foundations of Gerontology

C or better

3 UD

Critical Thinking

Fundamentals of Nursing

C or better

8

Critical Thinking

Health Differences Across the Life Span 1

C or better

3

Critical Thinking

Health Differences Across the Life Span 2

C or better

3

Critical Thinking

Health Differences Across the Life Span 3

C or better

3

Critical Thinking

Human Resource Management

C or better

3 UD

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Interpersonal Communication

C or better

3

Effective Communication

Introduction to Microeconomics

C or better

3

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Introduction to Macroeconomics

C or better

3

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Introduction to Music

C or better

3

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Introduction to Philosophy

C or better

3

Critical Thinking

Juvenile Delinquency

C or better

3 UD

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Labor Relations

C or better

3 UD

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Lifespan Developmental Psychology

C or better

3

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Literacy Instruction in the Elementary School

C or better

6 UD

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Management in Nursing

C or better

4 UD

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Maternal and Child Nursing (Associate)

C or better

6

Critical Thinking

Maternal and Child Nursing (Baccalaureate)

C or better

8 UD

Critical Thinking

Maternity Nursing

C or better

3

Critical Thinking

Microbiology

C or better

3

Critical Thinking

Organizational Behavior

C or better

3 UD

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Pathophysiology

C or better

3 UD

Critical Thinking

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

C or better

8 UD

Critical Thinking

Psychology of Adulthood and Aging

C or better

3 UD

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Research in Nursing

C or better

3 UD

Critical Thinking

Research Method in Psychology

C or better

3 UD

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

OR

Critical Thinking

Social Psychology

C or better

3 UD

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics

Transition to the Registered Professional Nurse Role

C or better

3

General Electives

World Conflicts Since 1900

C or better

3 UD

Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics


For more information on Excelsior College Examinations, please see https://www.excelsior.edu/Excelsior_College/Excelsior_College_Examinations.

Be sure to contact your advisor to make sure this testing option is the best option for your educational situation.

Students interested in taking an Excelsior exam, should visit http://www.excelsior.edu/home for more information.