Student Michelle Morrow Applies Study.com Credit to Her Excelsior Degree Program
Students have many options for taking online courses and applying them toward their degree. One option is Study.com, an online education platform that helps learners succeed academically and close skills gaps.
Study.com’s online courses, short animated video lessons, and study tools make learning simple for over 30 million students, teachers, and working professionals. The online platform also offers homework help, test preparation help, and career planning. A blog, FAQ, and interactive resources also help make staying on track easy.
Excelsior student Michelle Morrow, of Beacon, New York, has taken nine Study.com courses as she pursues a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences. So far, Morrow has applied 27 credits from Study.com toward her degree. She has taken Study.com courses in healthcare informatics, earth science, health care finance and budgeting, psychology, and strategic human resource management, and added that credit to credit transferred from a prior institution, earned through UExcel exams, and awarded for a professional certification.
In November 2020, she began a new job as the manager of coding reimbursement for two hospitals within the Northwell Health organization, after holding various leadership roles in radiology. Morrow is on track to earn her degree in August 2021.
Her experience with Study.com shows a route students can take to pursue their educational goals. Check out what Morrow says about her time with Study.com and Excelsior below.Learn more about all of Excelsior College’s Health Science programs.
Q: How did you find out about Excelsior College?
A: My former boss got his bachelor’s degree through Excelsior.
Q: How did you find out about Study.com?
A: My friend was using Study.com to study for a UExcel exam, and the Study.com advisor explained that Excelsior is affiliated with them and as long as we got prior approval from our Excelsior advisor, we could take courses that would transfer credits that would satisfy Excelsior requirements.
Q: What do you like best about Study.com?
A: I love Study.com! It has allowed me to take nine courses over the last 8 months because I can fit it into my already busy schedule.
Q: How did you end up in your current career?
A: I started as a mammography/radiology technologist in 1992 and parlayed my clinical experience into a supervisory position. I continued to grow into different radiology leadership roles until November of 2020, when I was advanced into this current position, which oversees the connection of clinical and financial components of patient care.
