Cutoff Scores, Placement Messages, and Credit Policies for 2015-2016
Proficiency credit is awarded for most A-Level exams on the basis of sufficiently high scores (grades C and above) and is subject to change upon annual review. The policies below apply to all students entering the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Summer 2015, Fall 2015, or Spring 2016.
If a student takes an equivalent course for part of the A Level at Illinois, only partial credit will be awarded. All grades will be posted as "credit.”
New undergraduate students who have not already earned college-level credit in a particular subject are allowed to take the departmental proficiency exam in the sciences and /or humanities if they wish to try to proficiency out of an introductory course. Click here for details.
Questions? A-Level credit is processed through the Office of Undergraduate International Admissions. Click here for contact information.
Subject
|
Course Proficiency (credit hours earned)
|
Placement
|
| Biology |
MCB 150 (4 hours)
IB 150 (4 hours) |
- |
| Chemistry |
CHEM 202-203 (5 hours)
CHEM 204-205 (5 hours) |
CHEM 236-237 |
| Computing |
CS 125 (4 hours) |
- |
| Economics |
ECON 102 (3 hours)
ECON 103 (3 hours) |
- |
| Geography |
GEOG 104, or GEOG 103 and 104 (either 4 or 8 hours,
depending on examining board and syllabus) |
- |
| Mathematics |
MATH 220 (5 hours) |
- |
| Further Math |
MATH 225 (2 hours)
MATH 2-- (3 hours) |
- |
| Physics |
PHYS 211 (4 hours)
PHYS 212 (4 hours) |
- |
| Psychology |
PSYC 100 (4 hours) |
- |