Departmental Exams
Note: Georgia Highlands College does not guarantee transferability of K grades.
School of Business and Professional Studies
BUSA 2106: The Environment of Business
Eligibility: For entering Freshman, satisfied RHSC social science requirements and no learning support requirements. For Adult Learners who have worked in Business or Business Related field, have at least 2 years experience in Business or Business related field and no learning support requirements.
Required Score: 60 or above
BUSA 2205: Fundamentals of Computer Applications
Eligibility: For entering Freshman, satisfied RHSC social science requirements and no learning support requirements. For Adult Learners who have worked in Business or Business Related field, have at least 2 years experience in Business or Business related field and no learning support requirements.
Required Score: 60 or above
STAT 1401: Elementary Statistics
Eligibility: has satisfied RHSC mathematics requirements, is following a non-STEM pathway, and SAT MATH (prior to March 2016) 500 or higher, or SAT MATH TEST 26.5 or higher, or ACT MATH 19 or higher.
Required Score: 60 or above
Contact
For more information, contact the School of Business and Professional Studies at business@highlands.edu.
School of Humanities
ENGL 1101: English Composition I
SPAN: Various Spanish courses
Contact
For more information, contact the School of Humanities at (678) 872-8064 or e-mail bkerce@highlands.edu.
School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
MATH 1111: College Algebra
Eligibility: A student is eligible to attempt this exemption exam if they have satisfied one of the following requirements.
- High School GPA of 3.5 or higher
- SAT MATH Score of 530 or higher
- ACT MATH Score of 22 or higher
- Accuplacer Exam score of 283 or higher
Required score: 70% or better. A student may only take the exemption exam once.
Note: A student that passes the MATH 1111: College Algebra exemption exam is eligible to attempt the MATH 1113: Precalculus exemption exam.
MATH 1113: Precalculus
Eligibility: A student is eligible to attempt this exemption exam, or place directly into MATH 1113: Precalculus, if they have satisfied one of the following requirements.
- SAT MATH Score of 570 or higher
- ACT MATH Score of 25 or higher
- MATH 1111 exemption exam score of 70% or higher
- A MATH 1111 grade of
- Direct Placement: C or higher
- Exemption Exam Qualification: B or higher
Required score: 70% or better. A student may only take the exemption exam once.
Contact
For more information on the mathematics exemption exams, please contact STEMFIT@highlands.edu. For MATH 1111: College Algebra or MATH 1113: Precalculus exemption exams, please see our STEMFIT Camp for more details.