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PRIOR LEARNING ASSESSMENT
The Prior Learning Assessment (formerly called Advanced Standing Exams) are developed by academic departments on the University of Oklahoma campus for students who have been admitted to OU. Upon satisfactory completion of an exam, you are awarded credit for the course.
The cost of the Prior Learning Assessment exam is $75 per credit hour and it is non-refundable.  The exams are given Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and  2 p.m.
To make an appointment, click on the "Schedule Exams" menu on the left side of screen and set up your appointment. Payment is expected at time of scheduling. Â
Please do not forget to bring in Prior Learning Assessment form which can be found below or within the scheduling menu.
Department Approval required for certain exams so please plan accordingly.Â
Any exams marked with a ** below require a departmental signature. This includes ECON, MATH, MGT, or MKT Prior Learning Assessment exams. For the MGT and MKT exams, please go to the Undergraduate Advising office for your signature.
Please bring this signed form with you when you come in to test. We will not be able to provide the exam without it.Â
**Please note that College of Business MAJORS are not allowed to take the MGT 3013 and MKT 3013 PLA exam.Â
| Course | Time Limit | Passing Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 1113- Principles of Economics - Macro** Study Materials: Economics Today: The Macro View (18th Edition) by LeRoy Miller (ISBN: 139780133884876) | two hours | 70% |
| ECON 1123 - Principles of Economics - Micro** Study Materials: Core Microeconomics, 3rd Edition (ISBN: 139781429278478) | two hours | 70% |
| ECON 2843Â - Elements of Statistics** Study Materials: Please contact department for study materials | three hours | 70% |
| MGT 3013 - Principles of Organization and Management** Study Materials: Management: A Practical Introduction 4th Ed by Angelo Kinicki, Brian Williams (ISBN:10007331489) | two hours, 30 minutes | 75% |
| MKT 3013 - Principles of Marketing** Study Materials: Principles of Marketing (14th Ed) by Philip Kotler and Gary Armstrong  (ISBN: 100132167123) | two hours, 30 minutes | 75% |
| Course | Time Limit | Passing Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| CHEM 1315 - General Chemistry Study Materials: Textbook for CHEM 1315 (please go to efollett.com) Exam info: Covers: Atoms, Molecules, and Ions; Stoichiometry; Thermochemistry; Atomic Structure and Periodicity; Molecular Structure and Bonding; Properties of Gases; Properties of Liquids, Solids, and Solutions; Introduction to Organic Chemistry Aids allowed in exam: non-programmable, non-alphanumeric scientific calculator and scratch paper | three hours | 70% |
| CHEM 1415 - General Chemistry Continued Study Materials: Textbook for CHEM 1415 (please review efollett.com) Exam Info: Covers Kinetics; Equilibrium; Acids/Bases; Titrations, Buffers and Solubility; Chemical Thermodynamics; Electrochemistry; Nuclear Chemistry; Coordination Chemistry Aids allowed in exam: non-programmable, non-alphanumeric scientific calculator and scratch paper | three hours | 70% |
| PSY 1113 - Elements of Psychology Study Materials: The Science of Psychology by Laura King | two hours | 70% |
| Course | Time Limit | Passing Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| CS 1313 - Programming for Non-majors Study Materials: C++ How to Program (6th Edition) by Paul J. Deitel (ISBN: 100136152503)  | two hours | 80% |
| CS 1323 - Introduction to Computer Programming Study Materials: Java Programming, 10th Edition, by Y. Daniel Liang. Pearson 2013 (ISBN: 100133761312) | two hours | 80% |
| CS 2334 - Programming Structures & Abstractions - Exam is open book Study Materials: Java Programming, 10th Edition, by Y. Daniel Liang. Pearson 2013 (ISBN: 100133761312) A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology, Sarah Baase. Prenctice Hall, 2012. (ISBN: 100132492679) | two hours, 30 minutes | 80% |
| CS 2413 - Data Structures Textbook: Contact department for information | two hours | 80% |
| CS 2813 - Discrete Structures Study Materials: Textbook: Contact department for information. | two hours, 30 minutes | 80% |
| Course | Time Limit | Passing Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Â | Â |
| ARAB 1115/1225 (two separate exams) Study Materials for both: Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds (ISBN-10:Â 1589016327) Additional Materials: 1115 - Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya- I (ISBN-10: 1589017366) Units 1-7 1225 - Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya- I (ISBN-10:1589017366) Units 7-16 | two hours each | 75% |
| ARAB 2113/2223 (two separate exams) Study Materials for both: 2113 - Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya- I (ISBN-10:Â 1589017366) Units 16-End 2223 - Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya- II (ISBN-10: 1589010965) Units 1-8 | two hours each | 75% |
| ARAB 3113 Study Materials: Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya- II (ISBN-10: 1589010965) Units 8-End | two hours | 75% |
| ARAB 3223 Study Materials: Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya- III (ISBN-10: 158901149X) Units 1-4 | two hours | 75% |
| Chinese | Â | Â |
| CHIN 1115 Study Materials: Integrated Chinese Level 1, Part 1, Textbook: Simplified Character version, 3rd Edition. Yuehua Liu, Yao, Tao-chung et al. Cheng and Tsui Company. ISBN 9780887276385 Integrated Chinese Level 1, Part 1, Workbook: Simplified Character version, 3rd Edition. Yuehua Liu, Yao, Tao-chung et al. Cheng and Tsui Company. ISBN 9780887276408 Note: Study all the texts, grammar notes, and all the exercises | two hours | 75% |
| CHIN 1225 Study Materials: Integrated Chinese Level 1, Part 2, Textbook: Simplified Character version, 3rd Edition. Yuehua Liu, Yao, Tao-chung et al. Cheng and Tsui Company. ISBN 9780887276705 Integrated Chinese Level 1, Part 2, Workbook: Simplified Character version, 3rd Edition. Yuehua Liu, Yao, Tao-chung et al. Cheng and Tsui Company. ISBN 9780887276743 Note: Study all the texts, grammar notes, and all the exercises. | two hours | 75% |
| CHIN 2113 Study Materials: Integrated Chinese Level 2, Part 1, Textbook, 3rd Edition. Yuehua Liu, Yao, Tao-chung et al. Cheng and Tsui Company. ISBN 780887277849C Integrated Chinese Level 2, Part 1, Workbook, 3rd Edition. Yuehua Liu, Yao, Tao-chung et al. Cheng and Tsui Company. ISBN 9780887276798 Note: Study all the texts, grammar notes, and exercises. | two hours | 75% |
| CHIN 2223 Study Materials: Integrated Chinese Level 2]Two, Part 2, Textbook, 3rd Edition. Yuehua Liu, Yao, Tao-chung et al. Cheng and Tsui Company. ISBN: 9780887277856C Integrated Chinese Level 2, Part 2, Workbook, 3rd Edition. Yuehua Liu, Yao, Tao-chung et al. Cheng and Tsui Company. ISBN 9780887276880 Note: Study all the texts, grammar notes, and exercises. | two hours | 75% |
| CHIN 3113 Study Materials: Reading into a New China, Volume 1, 2010. Duanduan Li, and Irene Liu. Cheng and Tsui Company, Inc. ISBN 9780887276279 Note: Exam questions cover LL. 1-5 | two hours | 75% |
| CHIN 3223 Study Materials: Reading into a New China, Volume 1, 2010. Duanduan Li, and Irene Liu. Cheng and Tsui Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-88727-627-9. Note: Exam questions cover LL. 6-10 | two hours | 75% |
| French | Â | Â |
Study Materials: Interactions, Thomson and Heinle, 6th edition. 2113 2223 | two hours each | 75% |
| German | Â | Â |
| GERM 2113 Study Materials: Deutsch: Na klar! by Di Donato and Clyde, 7th edition;Â Chapters 12, 13, and 14 | one hour, 30 minutes | 82% |
| GERM 3423 Contact German department | two hours | 75% |
| GERM 3523 Study Materials: Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik (World Languages) 6th Edition, by Larry Wells and Jamie Rankin ISBN-10: 1305078845 | oral | 70% |
| Hebrew | two hours | 75% |
| HEBR 1115 and HEBR 1225 (two separate exams) Study Materials: Textbook - Ringvald, Vardit, Bonit Porath, Yaron Peleg, Esther Shorr, and Sara Hascal. Brandeis Modern Hebrew =: ʻivrit Be-Heḳsher. , 2015. Print. (ISBN: 9781611689181) - (for 1115 and 1225) | two hours | 75% |
| HEBR 2113 Study Materials: Textbook - Ringvald, Vardit, Bonit Porath, Yaron Peleg, Esther Shorr, and Sara Hascal. Brandeis Modern Hebrew =: ʻivrit Be-Heḳsher. , 2015. Print. ISBN: 9781611689181 | two hours | 75% |
| Italian | Â | Â |
| ITAL 1115/1225 (two separate exams) Study Materials:Â Prego an Invitation to Italian 6th Edition Text and Study Guide; ITAL 1115 - Chapters 1-8Â ITAL 1225 - Chapters 9-18 | two hours each | 75% |
| ITAL 2113/2223 (two separate exams) Study Materials: Please contact department | two hours each | 75% |
| Japanese | Â | Â |
| JAPN 1115/1225 (two separate exams) Study Materials for both: Book: Nakama 1: Japanese Communication, Culture, Context (ISBN 10: 0618135723) 1115 -NAKAMA 1: Workbook/Laboratory Manual, Makino, Hatasa, and Hatasa, (ISBN: 0669275859); Chapters one through six 1225 -NAKAMA 1: Workbook/Laboratory Manual, Makino, Hatasa, and Hatasa, (ISBN: 0669275859); Chapters seven through twelve | two hours each | 70% |
| JAPN 2113/2223 (two separate exams) Study Materials for both: Nakama 2: Japanese Communication, Culture, Context - Chapters one through eight  (ISBN-10: 0669285048) | two hours each | 70% |
| JAPN 3113/3223 (two separate exams) Study Materials for both:Â Please contact department. | two hours each | 70% |
| Latin | Â | Â |
| LATIN 2113* Study Materials: Wheelock's Latin, 7th Edition (The Wheelock's Latin Series) 7th Edition (ISBN-13: 978-0061997228) | two hours | 75% |
| Persian | Â | Â |
| PERS 1115,/1225 (two separate exams) Study Materials: Â Persian in Use by Anousha Sedighi (ISBN-13: 978-9087282172) Additional material:Â https://sites.google.com/a/pdx.edu/persian-in-use/home http://laits.utexas.edu/persian_teaching_resources/ | two hours each | 75% |
| PERS 2113 Study Materials:Â Persian: Here and Now Book II by Reza Farokhfal (ISBN-13: 978-1933823706) | two hours | 75% |
| Portuguese | Â | Â |
| Please contact Dr. Paulo Moreira at paulo.moreira@ou.edu with any questions on the exams below: PORT 1115 Download materials here. | two hours | 75% |
| PORT 1225 Download materials here. | two hours | 75% |
| PORT 2113 Download materials here. | two hours | 75% |
| PORT 2223 Download materials here | two hours | 75% |
| PORT 3113 | two hours | 75% |
| PORT 3223 | two hours | 75% |
| Russian | Â | Â |
| RUSS 1115/1225 (two separate exams) Study Materials for both: Kudyma, Miller, and Kagan, Beginner's Russian, (New York: 2015), (ISBN: 978-07818-1251-1) | two hours each | 70% |
| RUSS 2113 Study Materials: Nachalo When in Russia, Book Two by Sophia Lubensky (ISBN: 978-0070390409) plus Workbook and Laboratory Manual (ISBN: 978-0070390423) | two hours | 70% |
| RUSS 2223 Study Materials: iTunes offers materials at the following link:Â https://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/v-puti-russian-grammar-in/id434136291?mt=10 | two hours | 70% |
| RUSS 3073 Study Materials: Please contact department  | Oral | 70% |
| RUSS 3323 Study Materials: V Puti: Russian Grammar in Context, 2nd Edition (ISBN: Â 978-0130282804) | two hours | 70% |
| RUSS 3423 Study Materials: Russian: From Intermediate to Advanced by Kagan, Kudyma and Miller ISBN: 978-0415712279 | two hours | 70% |
| RUSS 4613 Study Materials: Please contact department | two hours | 75% |
| Spanish | Â | Â |
| SPAN 2113/2223 (two separate exams) Study Materials for both: Puntos de partida: An Invitation to Spanish by Dorwick, Perez and Becher (ISBN: 978-0073385419) | two hours each | 75% |
| SPAN 3423 Study Materials: Taller de Escritores: Grammar and Composition for Advanced Spanish (Spanish Edition) by Bleichmar and Canon (ISBN:  978-1617671081) | one hour, thirty minutes | 75% |
| SPAN 3073 Study Materials:Â Please contact department for scheduling and study materials | Oral Exam | 75% |
| Course | Time Limit | Passing Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| MATH 1473 - Math for Critical Thinking Study Materials:Â Contact department as the textbook is a custom edition to OU | two hours | 70% |
| MATH 1503 - College Algebra MATH 1523 -Â Precalculus and Trigonometry Study Materials for both: Precalculus by Sullivan and Sullivan, 2nd ed. (ASIN: B00C1G1L68) | three hours | 70% |
| MATH 1643 -Â Precalculus for Business, Life and Social Sciences Study Materials:Â Please contact department as texbook is a custom edition *Graphic calculator allowed | three hours | 70% |
| MATH 1743 - Calculus I for Business, Life and Social Sciences Study Materials: Applied Calculus 2016) by Hoffman (ASIN: B072DT4ZWY) *TI-83/84 calculator allowed | three hours | 70% |
| MATH 1823 -Â Calculus and Analytic Geometry I Study Materials:Â Salas and Hille's Calculus: One and Several Variables - eighth edition. (ISBN:Â 9780471316596) | three hours | 75% |
| MATH 2213 - Math Systems Study Materials: Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers, 2nd ed., by Schults, Chapters 2-7 and 9.1 | three hours | 75% |
| MATH 2423 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry ll MATH 2433 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry llI MATH 2443 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry lV Study Materials for All Three: Salas and Hille's Calculus: One and Several Variables - eighth edition. (ISBN:978-0471316596) | three hours | 75% |
| MATH 1914 - Differential and Integral Calculus I Study Materials: Calculus, Loose-Leaf Version, 8th + WebAssign Printed Access Card for Stewart's Calculus, 8th Edition, (ISBN: 139781305616684) Math topics to be reviewed. | three hours, 30 minutes | 75% |
| MATH 2924 - Differential and Integral Calculus II Study Materials: Calculus, Loose-Leaf Version, 8th + WebAssign Printed Access Card for Stewart's Calculus, 8th Edition, (ISBN: 139781305616684) Math topics to be reviewed. | three hours, 30 minutes | 75% |
| MATH 2934 -Â Differential and Integral Calculus III Study Materials: Calculus, Loose-Leaf Version, 8th + WebAssign Printed Access Card for Stewart's Calculus, 8th Edition, Multi-Term 8th Edition: (ISBN:139781305616684) Math topics to be reviewed. | three hours, 30 minutes | 75% |
