Placement Exam and Exemption Information
Placement Exams are scheduled during Heinz Orientation Week
Students who wish to be placed in a higher, intermediate course or wish to be exempt from any required courses should take the exam held during Heinz Orientation week.
This will be your ONLY opportunity to take the exam. (Heinz faculty reserve the right to adjust exam offerings.)
Please note: A course not required for your degree program may be a pre-requisite for an elective course you would like to take. Be sure to review elective pre-requisites to ensure you take all appropriate placement exams while they are offered.
Have questions about Placement exams? Ask your Program Director any questions regarding Placement Exams on the first day of Heinz College Orientation Week.-
MSPPM
Transcript Review
Faculty review transcripts prior to pre-registration in order to identify placement into the appropriate level of the following courses only: Statistics, Economics and Writing.
The Writing transcript review will only determine placement into the appropriate level of writing class (Business English or Professional Writing), and will not include an auto-exemption. Students will not be notified of their writing placement, but may view their schedule to determine the placement. No exemption is offered.
For Statistics and Economics, a student may be placed into a higher section or may be auto-exempted from the requirement. For example, if you majored in Economics as an undergraduate, you will likely be exempted from the Economics class. Once the review for Stats and Econ is complete (late July or beginning of August), students will be emailed if they have been placed into a higher section or have exempted the requirement.
This transcript review process does not identify students who have on-the-job or self-taught skills, or those students who mastered material through one class. Students who wish to be placed in a higher, intermediate course, or students who wish to be exempt from a core course will be given the opportunity to take the Placement Exam(s) offered only during Heinz College Orientation.
Placement Exams
- 90-710 Applied Economic Analysis
- 90-711 Statistical Reasoning with R
- 90-723 Financial Statements & Analysis of Companies
- 95-716 Principles of Finance
- Pre-Registration is REQUIRED for (95-716) Finance – Students who wish to take this exam must submit their request by Sunday, August 12, 2018, 11:59pm as outlined in the Pre-Registration Form: Download Here
- 90-728 or 93-732 Intro to Database Management and Database Theory & Practice
Exemptions
- 90-718 Strategic Presentation Skills
- Students who wish to attempt an exemption of 90-718 must submit the exemption request form by Sunday, August 12, 2018, 11:59 p.m. as outlined in the SPS Exemption process Form: Download Here
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MSPPM-DA
Transcript Review
Faculty review transcripts prior to pre-registration in order to identify placement into the appropriate level of the following courses only: Statistics, Economics and Writing.
The Writing transcript review will only determine placement into the appropriate level of writing class (Business English or Professional Writing), and will not include an auto-exemption. Students will not be notified of their writing placement, but may view their schedule to determine the placement. No exemption is offered.
For Statistics and Economics, a student may be placed into a higher section or may be auto-exempted from the requirement. For example, if you majored in Economics as an undergraduate, you will likely be exempted from the Economics class. Once the review for Stats and Econ is complete (late July or beginning of August), students will be emailed if they have been placed into a higher section or have exempted the requirement.
For the database core requirement, a data analytics student will be placed either in the 12-unit course 95-703 (Database Management) OR the two 6-unit course sequence of 90-728/90-766 (Introduction to Database Management/Intermediate Database Design and SQL). Placement is based on a review of your resume and transcripts to determine prior technical knowledge and experience, especially with relational databases. Course 95-703 assumes prior academic exposure to relational databases, 90-728/90-766 does not. However, material covered in both courses is equivalent in terms of skills and knowledge required for the advanced use of Oracle SQL to access and manipulate data.
This transcript review process does not identify students who have on-the-job or self-taught skills, or those students who mastered material through one class. Students who wish to be placed in a higher, intermediate course, or students who wish to be exempt from a core course will be given the opportunity to take the Placement Exam(s) offered only during Heinz College Orientation.
Placement Exams
- 90-710 Applied Economic Analysis
- 90-711 Statistical Reasoning with R
- 90-723 Financial Statements & Analysis of Companies
- 90-812 Introduction to Programming with Python
- 95-716 Principles of Finance
- Pre-Registration is REQUIRED for (95-716) Finance – Students who wish to take this exam must submit their request by Sunday, August 12, 2018, 11:59pm as outlined in the Pre-Registration Form: Download Here
- 95-703 Database Management, 90-728 Intro to Database Management, 90-766 Intermediate Database Design and SQL
- If you believe you have sufficient knowledge to exempt your database placement, you should sit for the database exemption exam that correlates with the course for which you are registered.
- If you are registered for course 95-703 (Database Management), then sit for the 95-703 exemption exam held in room HBH A301.
- If you are registered for the two-course sequence of 90-728/90-766 (Introduction to Database Management/Intermediate Database Design and SQL) then sit for the 90-728 exam (which also covers 90-766) held in room HBH 1204
- If you believe you have sufficient knowledge to exempt your database placement, you should sit for the database exemption exam that correlates with the course for which you are registered.
Exemptions
- 90-718 Strategic Presentation Skills
- Students who wish to attempt an exemption of 90-718 must submit the exemption request form by Sunday, August 12, 2018, 11:59 p.m. as outlined in the SPS Exemption process Form: Download Here
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MSHCPM
Transcript Review
Faculty review transcripts prior to pre-registration in order to identify placement into the appropriate level of the following courses only: Statistics, Economics and Writing.
The Writing transcript review will only determine placement into the appropriate level of writing class (Business English or Professional Writing), and will not include an auto-exemption. Students will not be notified of their writing placement, but may view their schedule to determine the placement. No exemption is offered.
For Statistics and Economics, a student may be placed into a higher section or may be auto-exempted from the requirement. For example, if you majored in Economics as an undergraduate, you will likely be exempted from the Economics class. Once the review for Stats and Econ is complete (late July or beginning of August), students will be emailed if they have been placed into a higher section or have exempted the requirement.
This transcript review process does not identify students who have on-the-job or self-taught skills, or those students who mastered material through one class. Students who wish to be placed in a higher, intermediate course, or students who wish to be exempt from a core course will be given the opportunity to take the Placement Exam(s) offered only during Heinz College Orientation.
Placement Exams
- 90-710 Applied Economic Analysis
- 90-711 Statistical Reasoning with R
- 90-723 Financial Statements & Analysis of Companies
- 90-728 or 93-732 Intro to Database Management and Database Theory & Practice
Exemptions
- 90-718 Strategic Presentation Skills
- Students who wish to attempt an exemption of 90-718 must submit the exemption request form by Sunday, August 12, 2018, 11:59 p.m. as outlined in the SPS Exemption process Form: Download Here
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MSHCA
Transcript Review
Faculty review transcripts prior to pre-registration in order to identify placement into the appropriate level of the following courses only: Statistics, Economics and Writing.
The Writing transcript review will only determine placement into the appropriate level of writing class (Business English or Professional Writing), and will not include an auto-exemption. Students will not be notified of their writing placement, but may view their schedule to determine the placement. No exemption is offered.
For Statistics and Economics, a student may be placed into a higher section or may be auto-exempted from the requirement. For example, if you majored in Economics as an undergraduate, you will likely be exempted from the Economics class. Once the review for Stats and Econ is complete (late July or beginning of August), students will be emailed if they have been placed into a higher section or have exempted the requirement.
For the database core requirement, a Health Care Analytics student will be placed either in the 12-unit course 95-703 (Database Management) OR the two 6-unit course sequence of 90-728/90-766 (Introduction to Database Management/Intermediate Database Design and SQL). Placement is based on a review of your resume and transcripts to determine prior technical knowledge and experience, especially with relational databases. Course 95-703 assumes prior academic exposure to relational databases, 90-728/90-766 does not. However, material covered in both courses is equivalent in terms of skills and knowledge required for the advanced use of Oracle SQL to access and manipulate data.
This transcript review process does not identify students who have on-the-job or self-taught skills, or those students who mastered material through one class. Students who wish to be placed in a higher, intermediate course, or students who wish to be exempt from a core course will be given the opportunity to take the Placement Exam(s) offered only during Heinz College Orientation.
Placement Exams
- 90-710 Applied Economic Analysis
- 90-711 Statistical Reasoning with R
- 90-723 Financial Statements & Analysis of Companies
- 90-812 Introduction to Programming with Python
- 95-703 Database Management, 90-728 Intro to Database Management, 90-766 Intermediate Database Design and SQL
- If you believe you have sufficient knowledge to exempt your database placement, you should sit for the database exemption exam that correlates with the course for which you are registered.
- If you are registered for course 95-703 (Database Management), then sit for the 95-703 exemption exam held in room HBH A301.
- If you are registered for the two-course sequence of 90-728/90-766 (Introduction to Database Management/Intermediate Database Design and SQL) then sit for the 90-728 exam (which also covers 90-766) held in room HBH 1204
Exemptions
- 90-718 Strategic Presentation Skills
- Students who wish to attempt an exemption of 90-718 must submit the exemption request form by Sunday, August 12, 2018, 11:59 p.m. as outlined in the SPS Exemption process Form: Download Here
- If you believe you have sufficient knowledge to exempt your database placement, you should sit for the database exemption exam that correlates with the course for which you are registered.
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MAM
Transcript Review
Faculty review transcripts prior to pre-registration in order to identify placement into the appropriate level of the following courses only: Statistics, Economics and Writing.
The Writing transcript review will only determine placement into the appropriate level of writing class (Business English or Professional Writing), and will not include an auto-exemption. Students will not be notified of their writing placement, but may view their schedule to determine the placement. No exemption is offered.
For Statistics and Economics, a student may be placed into a higher section or may be auto-exempted from the requirement. For example, if you majored in Economics as an undergraduate, you will likely be exempted from the Economics class. Once the review for Stats and Econ is complete (late July or beginning of August), students will be emailed if they have been placed into a higher section or have exempted the requirement.
This transcript review process does not identify students who have on-the-job or self-taught skills, or those students who mastered material through one class. Students who wish to be placed in a higher, intermediate course, or students who wish to be exempt from a core course will be given the opportunity to take the Placement Exam(s) offered only during Heinz College Orientation.
Placement Exams
- 90-710 Applied Economic Analysis
- 90-711 Statistical Reasoning with R
- 90-723 Financial Statements & Analysis of Companies
- 95-716 Principles of Finance
- Pre-Registration is REQUIRED for (95-716) Finance – Students who wish to take this exam must submit their request by Sunday, August 12, 2018, 11:59pm as outlined in the Pre-Registration Form: Download Here
- 90-728 or 93-732 Intro to Database Management and Database Theory & Practice
Exemptions
- 90-718 Strategic Presentation Skills
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MEIM
Transcript Review
Faculty review transcripts prior to pre-registration in order to identify placement into the appropriate level of the following courses only: Statistics, Economics and Writing.
The Writing transcript review will only determine placement into the appropriate level of writing class (Business English or Professional Writing), and will not include an auto-exemption. Students will not be notified of their writing placement, but may view their schedule to determine the placement. No exemption is offered.
For Statistics and Economics, a student may be placed into a higher section or may be auto-exempted from the requirement. For example, if you majored in Economics as an undergraduate, you will likely be exempted from the Economics class. Once the review for Stats and Econ is complete (late July or beginning of August), students will be emailed if they have been placed into a higher section or have exempted the requirement.
This transcript review process does not identify students who have on-the-job or self-taught skills, or those students who mastered material through one class. Students who wish to be placed in a higher, intermediate course, or students who wish to be exempt from a core course will be given the opportunity to take the Placement Exam(s) offered only during Heinz College Orientation.
Placement Exams
- 90-710 Applied Economic Analysis
- 90-711 Statistical Reasoning with R
- 90-723 Financial Statements & Analysis of Companies
- 95-716 Principles of Finance
- Pre-Registration is REQUIRED for (95-716) Finance – Students who wish to take this exam must submit their request by Sunday, August 12, 2018, 11:59pm as outlined in the Pre-Registration Form: Download Here
Exemptions
- 90-718 Strategic Presentation Skills
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MPM
Students may apply for exemptions from core courses in which they have a significant background. Contact your academic advisor for further information regarding course exemptions. To exempt a course you will need to prove that you have the basic knowledge of the course to the instructor by providing a copy of your transcript, taking an exemption exam or providing other information as deemed necessary by your advisor and the instructor for that particular course.
Please note that exempting a course does not reduce the required number of units you must complete. Exempting a course does free your schedule to take additional elective courses that interest you.
91-717 Business Writing for Leaders : MPM students have (1) opportunity in October of their incoming year to take this exemption exam. The Exemption exam is given online through the Canvas learning management system. Email Barb Diecks bdiecks@andrew.cmu.edu to register. The exam will be available Thursday, October 25, 2018 – Sunday October 28, 2018. MPM students may take the exam in any location using their laptop. This is a timed exam that must be started and completed in one sitting and requires a written response to a given prompt. Students will be notified via the Canvas system of their results within 10 days of submitting the exam.
90-718 Strategic Presentation Skills : Students who wish to attempt an exemption of 90-718 must submit the exemption request form by Sunday, August 12, 2018, 11:59 p.m. as outlined in the SPS Exemption process Form: Download Here
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MISM 16-Month
- 95-703 Database Management
- 95-710 Economic Analysis
- 95-796 Statistics for IT Managers
- 95-715 Financial Accounting
- Pre-Registration is REQUIRED for (95-715) Financial Accounting – Students who wish to take this exam must submit their request by Sunday, August 12, 2018, 11:59pm as outlined in the Pre-Registration Form: Download Here
- 95-716 Finance
- Pre-Registration is REQUIRED for (95-716) Finance – Students who wish to take this exam must submit their request by Sunday, August 12, 2018, 11:59pm as outlined in the Pre-Registration Form: Download Here
- 95-712 Object Oriented Programming in Java – On Campus web-based via Canvas
- A laptop is required for this exam - All students who wish to exempt Object Oriented Programming in Java are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to take the Java Placement Exam.
- 1. Students MUST have Java JDK and an IDE installed on their laptop so they can write, compile, and run Java program
- 2. Students MUST download Respondus LockDown Browser: Download Here
- A laptop is required for this exam - All students who wish to exempt Object Oriented Programming in Java are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to take the Java Placement Exam.
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MISM 12-Month
- 95-703 Database Management
- 95-710 Economic Analysis
- 95-796 Statistics for IT Managers
- 95-715 Financial Accounting
- Pre-Registration is REQUIRED for (95-715) Financial Accounting – Students who wish to take this exam must submit their request by Sunday, May 6, 2018, 11:59pm as outlined in the Pre-Registration Form: Download Here
- 95-716 Finance
- Pre-Registration is REQUIRED for (95-716) Finance – Students who wish to take this exam must submit their request by Sunday, May 6, 2018, 11:59pm as outlined in the Pre-Registration Form: Download Here
- 95-712 Object Oriented Programming in Java – On Campus web-based via Canvas
- A laptop is required for this exam - All students who wish to exempt Object Oriented Programming in Javaare STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to take the Java Placement Exam.
- 1. Students MUST have Java JDK and an IDE installed on their laptop so they can write, compile, and run Java program
- 2. Students MUST download Respondus LockDown Browser: Download Here
- A laptop is required for this exam - All students who wish to exempt Object Oriented Programming in Javaare STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to take the Java Placement Exam.
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MISM-BIDA and MISM-BIDA 12-Month
- 95-703 Database Management
- 95-710 Economic Analysis
- 95-796 Statistics for IT Managers
- 95-719 Accounting and Finance Foundations
- Pre-Registration is REQUIRED for (95-719) Accounting and Finance Foundations only – Students who wish to take this exam must submit their request by Sunday, August 12, 2018, 11:59pm as outlined in the Pre-Registration Form: Download Here
- 95-712 Object Oriented Programming in Java – On Campus web-based via Canvas
- A laptop is required for this exam - All students who wish to exempt Object Oriented Programming in Javaare STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to take the Java Placement Exam.
- 1. Students MUST have Java JDK and an IDE installed on their laptop so they can write, compile, and run Java program
- 2. Students MUST download Respondus LockDown Browser: Download Here
- A laptop is required for this exam - All students who wish to exempt Object Oriented Programming in Javaare STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to take the Java Placement Exam.
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MSISPMPre-Registration is REQUIRED for (95-719) Accounting and Finance Foundations only– Students who wish to take this exam must submit their request by Sunday, August 12, 2018, 11:59 p.m. as outlined in the Pre-Registration Form: Download Here