Test Exemption Grid

Exemptions for DePaul University Placement Tests
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All Students (First Year, Transfer, Adult and Current Students)

School/College	Math	Writing	Modern Language
All Schools/Colleges	Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus AB or BC score of 3 or higher	AP English Language and Composition score of 4 or higher	AP Language or Literature score of 3 or higher in German, French or Spanish
	IB Higher Level Math 5 or higher	SAT Verbal 600 or greater	AP Latin Literature or Vergil score of 3 or higher
	CLEP Calculus 50 or higher	ACT Reading Score of 20 or greater AND an ACT English scores of 24 or greater	CLEP score of 50 or higher in German, French or Spanish

Students with Transfer Credit

Liberal Arts & Sciences excluding Biology, Economics, Chemistry, Physics and Environmental Science	All other LA&S majors: Exempt from the placement test if the student transfers Calculus, quantitative reasoning, and in some cases certain statistics courses, with a grade of  "D" or higher	LA&S majors that require  Calculus: Exempt from the placement test if the student transfers Calculus with a grade of "C-" or higher	Successful completion of "Composition and Rhetoric II" with a C- or better. Applies to all schools.	Continued study in a language requires a placement test. Applies to all schools
Commerce	College Calculus with a grade of C- or better
Computing and Digital Media	College Calculus with a grade of C or better
Education	College Calculus with a grade of C or better

    •    Your transfer credit must be noted on your DePaul record for you to be exempt. All external credit should be sent to the Office of Admission.
    •    Adult students in the School For New Learning must take placement tests through that school, call 312/362.8001.
    •    Non-Degree students should consult course prerequisites before enrolling in a Math, Writing or Modern Language course. Non-Degree students will need to contact dpcl@depaul.edu to request a placement test be activated.