PLACEMENT EXAMS

To ensure you are placed in the appropriate level math, English, and foreign language courses, the following exam scores and courses are used. For additional information, please refer to: http://www.admissions.unc.edu/academics/placement.htm.

Math

During orientation, students are required to submit one of the following to ensure they are placed in the appropriate level math course:

• a math test score,
• an official college transcript reflecting any college courses taken while in high school, or
• an official college math course credit evaluation form from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

Accepted Math Tests

During orientation, students are required to submit a math test score or an official math credit evaluation form from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions to ensure they are placed in the appropriate level math course. Many majors at Carolina require a quantitative reasoning course that you will not be allowed to enroll in without an appropriate placement score (e.g., math and natural sciences, business, health professional fields).

While the SAT Subject Test, Math 2 is typically used to determine your math course placement, the following exam scores and courses can alternatively be used to determine your placement and college course credit:  

• AP Calculus AB exam - if you scored a 3 or higher, you will receive credit for Math 231 and may enroll in Math 232 if needed.
• AP Calculus BC exam - if you scored a 3 or higher, you will get credit for both Math 231 and 232 and may enroll in Math 233 if needed.
• AP Calculus AB or BC exam - if you scored a 2, you will not get credit for a calculus course, but you will be exempted from Math 110.
• IB (HL) Math exam - if you scored a 5 or higher, you will get credit for both Math 231 and 232 and may enroll in Math 233 as needed.
• SAT Subject Test, Math 1 – this exam may be taken instead of the Math 2 exam if you do not want to take Math 231 as your first course at Carolina.
• AP Statistics exam -- if you scored a 3, you will get credit for Statistics (STOR) 151. If you scored a 4 or higher, you will get credit for Statistics (STOR) 155. Note: Credit for STOR 151 or 155 does not give you Math 110 placement.
  
  
• Dual enrollment – if you completed a dual enrollment or other college math course with a C or better, be sure to send your official transcript to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions as soon as the transcript is available so that it can be evaluated for credit before orientation.

Guide to Math Courses

• Math 110 – College Algebra
• Math 231 - Calculus of Functions of One Variable I
• Math 232 - Calculus of Functions of One Variable II
• Math 233 - Calculus of Functions of Several Variables
• Statistics 151 - Basic Concepts of Statistics and Data Analysis I

For more information, please refer to the math placement website.

English

During orientation, students are required to submit an English test score, an official college transcript, or an official college English credit evaluation form from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions to ensure they are placed in the appropriate level English course.

The following exam scores can be used to determine placement for English.

For students testing during or after March 2005:

SAT Writing	ACT English	Advanced Placement Language	Placement Into the Following Carolina Course
460 and below	19 and below	1 or 2	English 100
470-630	20-29	3	English 101
640-680	30-31	4 or 5	English 102
690 and above	32 and above		Exempt

For students testing ONLY prior to March 2005:

SAT Verbal	ACT English	SAT II (Writing)	Advanced Placement Language	Placement Into the Following Carolina Course
470 and below	19 and below	560 and below	1 or 2	English 100
480-650	20-29	570-700	3	English 101
660-680	30-31	710-750	4 or 5	English 102
690 and above	32 and above	760 and above		Exempt

Additionally, Carolina ’s UNC Writing Program offers a placement exam on August 20, 2007 that assesses students' writing ability. The exam is provided for the following students:

• All students with a SAT Writing subscore of 460 or below are required to take the exam.
• Students interested in placing out of English 101 and/or English 102 (who do not have the test scores to do so) are invited to take the exam.
• Transfer students are strongly encouraged to take the exam.

For more information on the exam, click here.

Guide to English Courses

• English 100 – Basic Writing
• English 101 – English Composition and Rhetoric
• English 102 - English Composition and Rhetoric

For additional information, go to: http://english.unc.edu/comp/placement/placement.html

 

Foreign Language

During orientation, you will take a University placement exam in the foreign language you have studied unless you have taken an SAT subject, AP, or IB language test AND have evidence of your exam results with you at orientation.

Even if you have transfer credit in a foreign language course that you completed at another college, we strongly recommend that you take a placement exam in that language if you would like to continue to the next level.

For a list of exams that can be used to determine the course credits you will receive, visit our Placement Examinations page. If you plan on continuing your foreign language work, you will be placed into the next course above the level for which credit is awarded.

If you have studied a language other than French, German, Latin, and Spanish, you should contact the language department to find out about exams and placement.