University Excel Certification Requirements
Some schools requirea Microsoft Office Specialist Excel certification to stay in the major, enroll in a course, or graduate. Others don’t require it, but teach a course built around the examand say so in their own catalog. These pages set out which of the two each school does, which exam it maps to, and what that means for you — every claim sourced from the school’s own published pages, with the date a human last read them.
Schools we cover
At Appalachian State, Excel certification is not a major-specific hoop — it is a condition of admission to the Walker College of Business itself. Here is what CIS 1060 requires, which exam it uses, and how to be ready for it.
At Chaminade the Excel certification is built into a course and gates the next one. Pass it in BU-104 or you cannot enrol in BU-225.
GTCC does not require an Excel certification — but OST 238 is built to get you ready for one. Here is what the course says it prepares you for, which exam that is, and how to find out whether you are actually ready.
Excel proficiency is a hard gate on two MBA courses at Providence — miss it and you are withdrawn. A Microsoft Excel certification is one of the accepted ways to clear it.
At Seattle Pacific, several School of Business, Government, and Economics majors route first-year students through a one-credit course built around a single exam. Here is what it requires.
Albers does not treat Excel certification as a nice-to-have. It is a graduation requirement for every undergraduate in the school. Here is what counts and how to be ready.
At SMU's Cox School, two first-year courses stand between a Business Direct student and admission to the major — and Excel Associate certification is built into that same first year.
Every TCU business major has to pass a Microsoft Office Specialist Excel exam in their first year, or they cannot continue as a business student. Here is which exam it is, what it costs, and how to be ready for it.
At Towson the Excel certification is not a separate hoop — it is how you pass the course. Fail the exam and you do not get a satisfactory grade in EBTM 250.
At Daniels, one Excel exam does three jobs: it gates other courses, it gates secondary admission, and it gates your degree. Here is what it is and how to be ready for it.
Business Analytics students at LSBE have to show Excel proficiency one of two ways. The certification is the one that leaves you with something an employer recognises.
At UTSA, a Microsoft Office Specialist Excel certification does not just prepare you for a course — it can stand in for one. Here is exactly which courses that applies to.
Not seeing your school?
We only publish a page when we can link the school’s own statement — either of the requirement, or of a course that prepares students for the exam — so this list grows slowly and on purpose. If your school does one of those and is not here, send us the page that says so and we will look into it.
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