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Undergraduate Majors and Interests
UNT offers several ways for you to earn credit toward your bachelor's degree even before you attend your first class as a freshman. While you are still in high school, you may take Advanced Placement (AP) courses and examinations, as well as College Level Examination Program (CLEP) subject examinations, to earn college credit. These examinations are administered by the College Board. You also may take International Baccalaureate (IB) higher-level examinations to earn credit while you are still in high school. Once you enroll at UNT, you may take examinations administered by UNT departments to test out of courses and earn credit.
As a UNT undergraduate, you may apply credit earned by examinations taken when you are still in high school, examinations taken at another college or university and examinations taken once you enroll at UNT. AP examinations and their equivalent UNT courses are listed in the following section. For other tests, the dean of the UNT school or college in which you will earn your degree will decide whether the credit you earn can be applied toward your degree. Credit by examination may not be used to reduce certain general requirements you must meet to earn a bachelor's degree. These requirements include completing at least 31 semester credit hours on the UNT campus, completing in residence at least 24 of the last 30 semester hours required for your degree, and completing at least 24 semester hours of advanced courses at UNT, including 12 advanced hours in your major. You cannot use an examination to receive credit for any course that is a prerequisite to a course in which you have already earned college credit. Credit by examination cannot be substituted for any grade, including an "F", that you earned for a course in high school, at UNT or at another college or university. The credit you earn through examination will not be included in your grade point average at UNT, but it will be included in your accepted semester credit hours and on your UNT transcript.
Students typically complete an AP course offered by their high school to before taking an AP examination in that subject. However, in consideration of homeschooled students and students whose schools do not offer AP, The College Board does not require you to complete an AP course before taking an AP examination. AP examinations are offered each May in most school districts. You must score a 3, 4 or 5 to earn college credit. Specify code 6481 to have your test scores sent to the UNT admissions office.
AP Examination | Semester credit hours |
UNT course equivalent |
---|---|---|
Composition and Literature | ||
English language and composition | 6 | ENGL 1310-1320 |
English literature and composition | 6 | ENGL 2210-2220 |
Fine arts | ||
Art history | 6 | ART 2350-2360 |
Music, listening and literature | 3 | MUMH 2040 |
Music theory | 3 | MUTH 1260 |
Studio art - drawing portfolio | 3 | ART 1500 |
Studio art - 2D design | 3 | ART elective hours, 1000 or 2000 level or ART 2900 |
Studio art - 3D design | 3 | ART 1450 |
Languages | ||
French language | 14 | FREN 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
French literature | 17 | FREN 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 and 3 elective hours (lower level) |
German language | 14 | GERM 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
German literature | 17 | GERM 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 and 3 elective hours (lower level) |
Latin literature | 17 | LATI 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 and 3 elective hours (lower level) |
Latin (Vergil) | 14 | LATI 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Spanish language | 14 | SPAN 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Spanish literature | 17 | SPAN 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 and 3 elective hours (lower level) |
Mathematics | ||
Calculus AB | 4 | MATH 1710 |
Calculus BC | 7 | MATH 1710-1720 |
Calculus BC subscore | 4 | MATH 1710 |
Statistics | 3 | MATH 1680 |
Natural and computer sciences | ||
Biology | 8 | BIOL 1710, 1730 and 1720, 1740 |
Chemistry | 8 | CHEM 1410, 1430 and 1420, 1440 |
Computer science A | 6 | CSCE 1010-1030 |
Computer science AB | 6 | CSCE 1030-1040 |
Environmental Science | 3 | BIOL 2140 |
Physics B | 8 | PHYS 1410, 1430 and 1420, 1440 |
Physics C (electricity and magnetism) | 4 | PHYS 2220, 2240 |
Physics C (mechanics) | 4 | PHYS 1710, 1730 |
Social sciences and history | ||
Economics - macroeconomics | 3 | ECON 1110 |
Economics - microeconomics | 3 | ECON 1100 |
Government and politics - comparative | 3 | Political science elective hours |
Government and politics - U.S. | 3 | PSCI 1050 |
History - European | 6 | History elective hours |
History - U.S. | 6 | HIST 2610, 2620 |
History - World | 6 | HIST 1050-1060 |
Human geography | 3 | GEOG 1170 |
Psychology | 3 | PSYC 1630 |
CLEP examinations are scheduled throughout the year at college campuses and are open to anyone. Each examination requires a fee. To find out where CLEP subject examinations are offered in your city, contact your high school counselor or the testing center of a local college. When you take a CLEP examination, specify code 6481 to have your test score sent to the UNT undergraduate admissions office. The office will certify the examination credit if you score at or above the average national CLEP score for that subject. Certified credit may or may not be applied toward your bachelor's degree by the dean of your school or college.
Following are the CLEP subject examinations you may take and the maximum number of credit hours that may be applied toward your bachelor's degree with acceptable scores on the examination. For a current list of acceptable scores, contact the UNT undergraduate admissions office.
CLEP subject examination | Maximum semester credit hours |
---|---|
Languages | |
College French (two to four semesters, depending on score) | 8-14 |
College German (two to four semesters, depending on score) | 8-14 |
College Spanish (two to four semesters, depending on score) | 8-14 |
Mathematics | |
Calculus with elementary functions | 6 |
College algebra | 3 |
College algebra - trigonometry | 3 |
Trigonometry | 3 |
Natural Sciences | |
General biology | 8 |
General chemistry | 8 |
Social sciences and history | |
American government | 3 |
History of the United States I | 3 |
History of the United States II | 3 |
Human growth and development | 3 |
Introduction to educational psychology | 3 |
Introductory psychology | 3 |
Introductory sociology | 3 |
Principles of macroeconomics | 3 |
Principles of microeconomics | 3 |
Western Civilization I | 3 |
Western Civilization II | 3 |
UNT awards a minimum of 24 semester hours credit to students who have completed the International Baccalaureate Program and have received the International Baccalaureate Diploma. Students must make a minimum score of 4 on all tests that count toward the diploma.
A student who has completed a high school International Baccalaureate Program but has not earned the diploma and who has scored 5, 6 or 7 on the higher level IB examination will receive college credit at UNT. Credit is awarded as listed in the chart below.
IB examination | Semester credit hours | UNT course equivalent |
---|---|---|
Arabic - Language B | 14 | LANG 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Art/Design | 3 | ART 2900, counts as lower-level elective |
Biology | 8 | BIOL 1710/1730, 1720/1740 |
Chemistry | 8 | CHEM 1410/1430, 1420/1440 |
Chinese - Language B | 14 | LANG 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Computer Science/ Computing Studies | 8 | CSCE 1030, 1040 |
Danish - Language B | 14 | LANG 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Dutch - Language B | 14 | LANG 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Economics | 3 | ECON 1100 |
English - A1 | 12 | ENGL 1310, 1320, 2210, 2220 |
French - Language B | 14 | FREN 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Geography | 3 | GEOG 1200 |
German - Language B | 14 | GERM 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Hebrew - Language B | 14 | LANG 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Hindi - Language B | 14 | LANG 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
History | 6 | HIST 1060, HIST elective |
History - Culture of the Islamic World | 3 | HIST elective |
History of the Americas | 3 | HIST elective |
Italian - Language B | 14 | ITAL 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Japanese -Language B | 14 | JAPN 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Management | 3 | MGMT elective |
Mathematics | 4 | MATH 1710 |
Norwegian - Language B | 14 | LANG 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Physics | 8 | PHYS 1410/1430, 1420/1440 |
Portuguese | 14 | LANG 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Psychology | 3 | PSYC 1630 |
Russian - Language | 14 | RUSS 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Spanish - Language B | 14 | SPAN 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Swedish - Language B | 14 | LANG 1010, 1020, 2040, 2050 |
Visual Arts | 3 | Visual Arts elective |
Once you enroll at UNT, you may earn credit in certain courses by taking examinations offered by UNT departments. Check with the departments to learn which examinations are offered.