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Exam College Expert Unit/Department Test Score Course Equivalency Units

ArtHistory CFA Art 5 60-011 9Biology MCS BiologicalSciences 4 03-011 9Biology MCS BiologicalSciences 5 03-110** 9CalculusAB*** MCS MathematicalSciences 4,5 21-120 10CalculusBC*** MCS MathematicalSciences 4,5 21-120,21-122 20Chemistry MCS Chemistry 4 09-101&105 13Chemistry MCS Chemistry 5 09-101,105&106 23ChineseLanguage&Culture HSS ModernLanguages 4 82-231 12ChineseLanguage&Culture HSS ModernLanguages 5 82-231&82-232 24ComputerScienceA SCS ComputerScience 4,5 15-100 10ComputerScienceAB SCS ComputerScience 4 15-100 10ComputerScienceAB SCS ComputerScience 5 15-100&15-111 20Economics:BothMacro&Micro H&SS Economics 4&4 73-100 9Economics:BothMacro&Micro H&SS Economics 4&5 73-011/12&73-100 18Economics:BothMacro&Micro H&SS Economics 5&5 73-013&73-100 18Economics:Macro H&SS Economics 4 73-011 9Economics:Macro H&SS Economics 5 73-100 9Economics:Micro H&SS Economics 4 73-012 9Economics:Micro H&SS Economics 5 73-100 9English:LanguageorLiterature/Composition H&SS English 5 76-011(musttake76-101) 9EnvironmentalScience H&SS H&SS 4,5 38-012 9EuropeanHistory H&SS History 5 79-011 9FrenchLanguageorLiterature H&SS ModernLanguages 4 82-201 9FrenchLanguageorLiterature H&SS ModernLanguages 5 82-201&202 18GermanLanguage H&SS ModernLanguages 4 82-221 9GermanLanguage H&SS ModernLanguages 5 82-221&222 18Government&Politics:Comparative H&SS SocialandDecisionSciences 4,5 88-011 9Government&Politics:U.S. H&SS SocialandDecisionSciences 4,5 88-012 9HumanGeography H&SS H&SSInterdisciplinaryElective 4,5 66-011 9Italian H&SS ModernLanguages 4 82-261 9Italian H&SS ModernLanguages 5 82-261&82-262 18JapaneseLanguage&Culture H&SS ModernLanguages 4 82-172 12JapaneseLanguage&Culture H&SS ModernLanguages 5 82-172&82-271 24LatinVergilorLiterature H&SS ModernLanguages 4 82-011 9LatinVergilorLiterature H&SS ModernLanguages 5 82-011&012 18MusicTheory CFA Music 4,5 57-012 9PhysicsC:Mechanics MCS Physics 5 33-106or33-111 12PhysicsC:Elec.&Magnetics MCS Physics 5 33-107or33-112 12Psychology H&SS Psychology 4,5 85-011 9SpanishLanguageorLiterature H&SS ModernLanguages 4 82-241 9

Placement/CreditforCollege-levelWorkListedbelowandonthefollowingpageareAdvancedPlacementandInternationalBaccalaureateExamswiththecorrespondingscoresandcreditusuallyawardedatCarnegieMellon.Ifanexamyouhavetaken,ortestscoreyouhavereceived,isnotlistedinthefollowingcharts,pleasenotethatadvancedcreditwillnotbegranted.MostcoursedescriptionscanbefoundintheCarnegieMellonUndergraduateCatalog,senttoallapplicantsonCDwiththeapplicationreceiptletterandfoundonlineat<http:my.cmu.edu/site/admission/page.catalog>.Pleasenotethatthisinformationissubjecttochangeandthatthegrantingofcreditwillvaryfromdepartmenttodepartment.Thecollege/schoolinwhichyouenrollwilltellyouhowadvancedcreditwillaffectyourdegreerequirements.

Itispossibletoreceivecreditthatdoesnotcounttowardyourmajor.Also,ifyouchangemajors,realize

thatcreditwhichdidfulfillrequirementsforyouroriginalmajormaynotnecessarilyfulfillrequirementsforyournewmajor.

Advanced Placement (AP)CarnegieMellonmaygrantadvancedplacementandcreditforscoresoffourandfiveonexamstakenintheCEEBAdvancedPlacementprogram.Whenyoutakethetests,besureyourequestthattheresultsbesenttoCarnegieMellon.Uponenrollment,yourcollege/schoolwillevaluateyourscoresandletyouknowifAPcredithasbeenawarded.

International Baccalaureate (IB)CarnegieMellonalsorecognizestheInternationalBaccalaureateExaminations.Wemaygrantadvancedstandingand/orcreditinvariousfieldsforscoresofsixandsevenonthehigherlevel

examinations.SendtheresultsoftheIBexamstoCarnegieMellon,andyourcollege/schoolwillevaluateyourscoresandnotifyyouifcredithasbeenawardedonceyouhaveenrolled.

College-level workWemaygrantplacementorcreditforcollegeworkyou’vecompletedwhileinhighschool.Pleasehaveyourcollegetranscript(s)senttotheCarnegieMellonOfficeofAdmissionfortransfercreditevaluation.Pleasesendthedescriptionsofthecollegecoursesaswell.

Cambridge General Certificate of EducationCarnegieMellonrecognizestheCambridgeGCEA-Level(advancedlevel)examinationsinvarioushigherlevelsubjectsandmaygrantadvancedplacementand/orcreditforexemplarygrades.

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AppliedChemistry/Chemistry MCS Chemistry 6 09-101&105 13AppliedChemistry/Chemistry MCS Chemistry 7 09-101,105&106 23Biology MCS Biology 6 03-011 9Biology MCS Biology 7 03-1101 9ComputerStudies SCS ComputerScience 6 15-100 10ComputerStudies SCS ComputerScience 7 15-100&111 19DesignTechnology CFA Design 6,7 51-013 9Economics H&SS Economics 6,7 73-011 9EnglishA1,B-Pilot,B H&SS English 7 76-0112 9ExperimentalSciences MCS MCSInterdisciplinary 6,7 38-011 9Geography H&SS History 6,7 66-011 9History/CultureofIslamicWorld H&SS History 7 79-013 9History,HistoryoftheAmericas H&SS History 7 79-014 9HistoryofAfrica,Hist.ofE.&S.E.Asia H&SS History 7 79-014 9HistoryofEurope,Hist.ofW.&S.Europe H&SS History 7 79-011 9Latin H&SS ModernLanguages 6 82-011 9Latin H&SS ModernLanguages 7 82-011&012 18MathwithFurtherMaths MCS MathematicalSciences 6 21-1203 10MathwithFurtherMaths MCS MathematicalSciences 7 21-120&1223 20Music CFA Music 6,7 57-012 9Organization&Mgt.Studies H&SS SocialandDecisionSciences 7 70-101 9Philosophy H&SS Philosophy 6,7 80-011 12Physics MCS Physics 7 33-106 12Psychology H&SS Psychology 6,7 85-102 9SocialAnthropology H&SS History 6,7 79-201 9

*Testscoresaretentativebasedondepartmentalreview.1.WithanIBscoreof7,studentscanelecttotakeanattainmentexam.Studentswhopassthisexamwillreceivecreditfor03-121insteadof03-110.2.Althoughascoreof7willearnEnglishIBcredit,studentsarestillrequiredtocomplete76-101oranotherdesignatedwritingcourse.3.CreditandplacementforcalculusdependontheresultsofaCarnegieMellonplacementtestaswellasIBexamscores.Inaddition,creditforcalculuscourses

isconditionaluponsuccessfulcompletionofasubsequentMathematicscourse.

International Baccalaureate (IB) Credit (higher level only)*

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SpanishLanguageorLiterature H&SS ModernLanguages 5 82-241&242 18Statistics H&SS Statistics 4 36-011 9Statistics H&SS Statistics 5 36-201 9StudioArt:2-DDesign CFA Art 4,5 51-011 9StudioArt:3-DDesign CFA Art 4,5 51-012 9StudioArt:Drawing CFA Art 5 60-012 9UnitedStatesHistory H&SS History 5 79-012 9WorldHistory H&SS History 5 79-015 9

NOTE:Nocreditisgivenforanyexamscoreof1,2or3.* Testscoresaretentativebasedondepartmentalreview.** WithanAPscoreof5,studentscanelecttotakeanattainmentexam.Studentswhopassthisexamwillreceivecreditfor03-121insteadof03-110.***CreditandplacementforcalculusdependsontheresultsofaCarnegieMellonplacementtestaswellasAPexamscores.Inaddition,creditforcalculuscoursesisconditionaluponsuccessfulcompletionofasubsequent

Mathematicscourse.