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.