
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.
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.