Excelsior College® Updates

Please contact The College Network’s® Academic Support department at 1-800-634-1443 or by email at academics@collegenetwork.com if you have questions regarding any of the following curriculum changes.

ADN Program Changes - Updated May 2012

Excelsior College ADN Exam Acceptance Limitation Policy Change
The College Network®  (TCN) has recently learned that, for students enrolling with Excelsior College®  on or after October 1, 2012, Excelsior College’s®  School of Nursing will limit the acceptance of credit from the National College Credit Recommendation Service (National CCRS) and the American Council on Education (ACE) to 25 percent of the general education component towards the nursing degree requirements. Credit from these sources, with the exception of military training, CLEP® and DSST® examinations, will not be accepted for core requirements, including Anatomy and Physiology, Lifespan Developmental Psychology, Microbiology and Sociology. In addition, a maximum of six semester hours of general education courses can be completed through TCN exams. Please note: Those who enroll with Excelsior College® prior to October 1, 2012 and remain enrolled will not be affected by this change.

How this May Impact You

• If you have already enrolled with Excelsior College® and remain in good standing, you will be able to continue to complete your degree requirements using TCN exams. You must remain enrolled with Excelsior College® in order for your credit earned through TCN exams to count towards your degree requirements.
• If you have not yet enrolled with Excelsior College® and wish to use TCN exams to count towards your degree requirements, we encourage you to enroll before October 1, 2012 to avoid the possibility of additional coursework. For admission and enrollment information, please visit http://www.excelsior.edu/admissions. You may also contact the Excelsior College® Admissions Office at (888) 647-2388 ext 27. We advise you to start the admission and enrollment process no later than mid-August to ensure you are admitted and enrolled by the deadline.
• If you will NOT be ready to enroll with Excelsior College® by October 1, 2012, please remember that you will only be able to transfer six semester hours of general education credit earned from TCN exams. If you need any further assistance or have any questions, please contact Academic Support at (800) 634-1443 or by email at academics@collegenetwork.com.

Excelsior College ADN Anatomy and Physiology and Microbiology Requirement (New Five-Year Rule)
The College Network® (TCN) has recently learned that the Anatomy and Physiology and Microbiology requirements for students enrolling with Excelsior College® on or after October 1, 2012 will only be accepted toward degree requirements if they were completed no more than five years prior to the date of enrollment with Excelsior College®. Please note: Those that enroll in Excelsior College® prior to October 1, 2012 and remain enrolled will not be affected by this change.

How this May Impact You

• If you have already enrolled with Excelsior College® and remain in good standing, you will be able to continue to work toward the completion of your degree under the program requirements in place at the time of your enrollment.
• If you have not yet enrolled with Excelsior College® and it has been more than five years since you completed Anatomy and Physiology and/or Microbiology, we encourage you to enroll before October 1, 2012 to avoid the possibility of additional coursework. For admission and enrollment information, please visit http://www.excelsior.edu/admissions. You may also contact the Excelsior College® Admissions Office at (888) 647-2388 ext 27. We advise you to start the admission and enrollment process no later than mid-August to ensure you are admitted and enrolled by the deadline.
• If you will NOT be ready to enroll with Excelsior College® by October 1, 2012 or if you need any further assistance or have any questions, please contact Academic Support at (800) 634-1443 or by email at academics@collegenetwork.com. 

Excelsior College ADN Prerequisite to Enrollment
Effective October 1, 2012, enrollment in Excelsior College® will be required in order to complete the Essentials of Nursing Care: Health Safety examination. Students will still be able to take the Transition to the Registered Professional Nurse Role examination prior to enrolling with Excelsior College®. In addition, Anatomy and Physiology and the Microbiology requirements must be completed prior to registering for the nursing theory examinations, with the exception of the Transition to the Registered Professional Nurse Role examination.

BSN Program Updates - Updated January 2012
Effective October 1, 2011, students are required to complete the written English, information literacy, and ethics requirements and enroll into Excelsior College® prior to completing the nursing theory examinations (Research in Nursing, Community Focused Nursing, and Management in Nursing).  The written English requirement consists of 3 semester hours of composition at the freshman level and 3 semester hours at the intermediate or upper level. In addition, Excelsior College has removed the depth requirement from the program. 

ADN Curriculum Changes - Updated July 2011
Anyone enrolling into an Excelsior College® associate degree program on or after October 1, 2011 will be required to take a minimum of two-semester hours in mathematics at the College
Algebra level or above.

If you have not previously completed a College Algebra (or higher) course and are not yet enrolled into Excelsior College, we encourage you to enroll before October 1, 2011 to avoid the possibility of additional coursework. For admission and enrollment information, please visit http:// www.excelsior.edu/admissions. You may also contact the Excelsior College Admissions Office at (888) 647-2388, ext. 27.

If you are not ready to enroll into Excelsior College by October 1, 2011, please contact the Academic Support department to discuss how this change may allow for the exchange of one of your current Comprehensive Learning Modules™ for our College Algebra module.

BSN Curriculum Changes - Updated July 2011
Anyone enrolling into an Excelsior College® bachelor degree program on or after October 1, 2011 will now be required to take six semester hours of Written English.

If you have not previously complete six hours of Written English and are not yet enrolled into Excelsior College, we encourage you to enroll before October 1, 2011 to avoid the possibility of additional coursework. For admission and enrollment information, please visit http://www.excelsior.edu/admissions. You may also contact the Excelsior College Admissions Office at (888) 647-2388, ext. 27.

ADN Curriculum Changes-Updated June 2010
This message is intended to inform you that anyone enrolling into Excelsior College® on or after January 1, 2011 may be required to take Essentials of Nursing Care: Health Differences if the NCLEX-PN was not completed within the last five years from the date of enrollment into Excelsior College. If you have not taken the NCLEX-PN within the last five years, we encourage you to enroll into Excelsior College before January 1, 2011 to avoid additional coursework.

ADN Curriculum Changes – Updated December 2009
Effective December 1, 2009 Excelsior College® implemented a change for the Associate of Science in Nursing program. According to the information posted on Excelsior College’s® web site www.excelsior.edu, Essentials of Nursing Care-Health Safety and Transition to the Registered Nurse Role can be completed prior to enrollment in Excelsior College®. Now it is required to be enrolled with Excelsior College® to complete Essentials of Nursing Care-Health Differences if applicable to a students program.

ADN Curriculum Changes – Updated October 2007
If you did not enroll in Excelsior College® by September 30, 2007, please read the following information: Effective October 1, 2007, Excelsior College® implemented curriculum changes for the Associate of Science in Nursing program. According to the information posted on Excelsior College's® web site at www.excelsior.edu, the Nursing Concepts theory examinations have changed, including the number of examinations required for program completion. In addition, a new three-part clinical competency assessment, Focused Clinical Competencies Assessment (FCCA^SM), has been introduced. All students will still be required to complete the Clinical Performance in Nursing Examination (CPNE®).

If you did not make the September 30th application deadline, we encourage you to complete your general education courses (if applicable) prior to starting the nursing courses.
If you only have the Nursing Concepts modules, you will NOT be able to take the corresponding examination until you receive the new nursing theory modules because there is additional material that is not in the current module. The Essentials of Nursing Care: Health Safety replaced the Nursing Concepts 1 module and is available. However, if you plan on studying any other Nursing Concepts modules, please contact The College Network's Academic Support department before starting.

Statistics Learning Module – Updated October 2007
Effective December 31, 2007, the Excelsior College® Examination in Statistics will no longer be offered. If you cannot take the Excelsior College® Statistics exam by December 30, 2007, call the Academic Support department. We will send you the DSST® Statistics module at no charge.

BSN Curriculum Changes – Updated March 2007
On October 1, 2007, the Community Health Nursing Excelsior College® Examination will be replaced by the Community-Focused Nursing Examination. Customers who plan on taking the current version of the exam must do so prior to September 30, 2007. Those who plan on completing the exam after September 30th, will take the Community-Focused Nursing exam. The content outline for the new exam will not be available until July 2007.