U.W. Colleges Department of History

Credit by Examination Policy

1.  The College Board Advanced Placement Examination (AP)

 

United States History:

 Students who score four (4) or five (5) on the Advanced Placement Examination in United States History will earn six (6) credits in History 101 (The History of the United States:  From the Era of the Columbian Exchange to the Era of the Civil War) and History 102 (The History of the United States-the Era of the Civil War to the Present).

 

Students who score three (3) on the Advanced Placement Examination in United States History will earn three (3) credits of history elective.

 

European History:

Students who score four (4) or five (5) on the Advanced Placement Examination in European History will earn six (6) credits in History 119 (The Making of Modern Europe) and History 120 (Europe and the Modern World 1815 to the Present).

 

Students who score three (3) on the Advanced Placement Examination in European History will earn three (3) credits of history elective.

 

World History:

Students who score four (4) or five (5) on the Advanced Placement Examination in World History will earn six (6) credits in History 161 (World History to 1500) and History 162 (World History Since 1500).

 

Students who score three (3) on the Advanced Placement Examination in World History will earn three (3) credits of history elective.

 

Modern History:

 

“Modern History shall be interpreted as the study of European or Western History since the Renaissance.  This would include History 119, History 120, and History 106.

 

Approved: August 27, 1998

Amended: August 30, 2001

 

2.  The College Level Examination Program (CLEP)

Students who score 57 and above in the Humanities section will earn three (3) credits of history elective.  Students who score 57 and more in the Social Sciences section will earn three (3) credits of history elective contingent on the department doing its own additional assessment of such students analytical and communication skills

 

Approved by Department:   April 15, 2005

 

Webpage Updated: April 16, 2005