UW-Platteville
Chemistry Test-Out Exams
If you believe that
your placement or AP score does not accurately reflect
your Chemistry ability
level, then you may want to take a chemistry test-out exam for the
chemistry course
that you have been placed into.
Of course, as you register for classes, you must
sign up for whichever Chemistry course corresponds to your placement
level. However,
if you later take and pass the test-out exam for that class,
then
you will be moved--depending upon availability of seats--into the next
highest Chemistry course.
When
deciding whether or not to try a test-out
exam, please keep in mind that “testing out” of a course means that you
can demonstrate mastery and recall of the skills that are supposed to
have learned in that course. Simply passing a class in high
school
should never be considered a guarantee
that you will not need to retake that class in college. Indeed, your
performance on any AP, placement, or test-out exam is meant to serve
as a measure of what you learned and can remember from
your high-school coursework.
Chemistry
test-out exams are typically 3
hours long and include two components: (i) a two-hour,
multiple-choice written portion, and (ii) a one-hour laboratory
practical.* For any
given exam, both components must be taken at the same
time and can
only be taken once. Therefore, if
you decide to take a given test-out exam, you are
strongly encouraged to carefully review the relevant
material before you take the test. A
list of topics covered in any given UWP chemistry course can
be
found by following the "Course Offerings" link under "Academic
Program," at the left side of this page, or by consulting
the undergraduate
course catalog.
The Chemistry
program
does not provide any review materials for test-out exams.
Chemistry
Test-Out Dates for Spring 2013:
Saturday,
February 2, from 9:00 a.m. – Noon in
OTTS 202/303.
(Please arrive by
8:50
a.m.)
Friday, February 1,
from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 pm in OTTS 202/303 .
(Please arrive by
2:50
P.M)
To register for a
Chemistry
test-out exam, fill out and submit the form at the bottom of this page.
(Alternatively, you may contact Chanaka Mendis at 608-342-1692 or
e-mail mendisc@uwplatt.edu.) You must provide your name,
email address, and the date you are
registering for. You
MUST pay for the cost of the exam (cash or
check** only) on the day of the exam--we
will collect the non-refundable fee before the exam begins. You
will NOT be allowed to take the test-out exam until you have paid the
test-out
fee, which is $20 per credit.
*with
one
exception: CHEM 1020, which has no laboratory component
**make checks payable to "UWP Chemistry Program"
Test-out
exam fees:
Chemistry
1020 –No
laboratory practical – Introductory Chemistry ($40)
Chemistry
1050 – General
Chemistry including the laboratory practical ($100)
Chemistry
1140 –General
Chemistry including the laboratory practical ($80)
Bring
the following items with you to the test-out exam:
1.
Pencil with eraser
2.
Calculator (Please
see calculator policy below for appropriate calculator)
3.
Cash or check
(made out to UW-Platteville) for the appropriate amount listed
above
4.
Current photo ID
Chemistry
Program Test-Out Policies
a)
Test-out exams are administered by the Chemistry program on
the UW-Platteville campus.
b)
A student may not
take a test-out exam for a UW-Platteville Chemistry course in which the
student has
already been assigned a grade or audited. However, a student is still
eligible
to
take a test-out
exam for a course from which
the
student has
withdrawn.
c)
The fee for a
test-out exam in the Chemistry program is $20 per credit hour.
d)
A student will
earn credit for a course if the student scores 70% or better on the
test-out
exam for
that course.
e)
A test-out exam,
once failed, may not be repeated.
f)
The Chemistry program
adheres to the guidelines related to test-out
exams
as
printed in the University undergraduate catalog.
Topics
Covered
CHEM 1020:
2 credits. Introductory Chemistry. Topics covered
include but are not
limited to: Measurements, atomic and molecular structure, periodicity,
stoichiometry, states of matter, intermolecular forces, and solutions.
This
course does not have a laboratory portion.
CHEM 1050:
5 credits. General Chemistry. Topics covered
include but are not limited to:
naming organic and inorganic compounds, measurements, atomic and
molecular
structure, periodicity, stoichiometry, states of matter, intermolecular
forces,
and solutions. This course contains a laboratory portion.
CHEM 1140:
4 credits. General Chemistry. Topics covered
include but are not limited to:
Basic theory and concepts; atomic structure, periodic properties,
stoichiometry, gas
laws, thermochemistry, solutions, chemical bonds, and
oxidation-reduction. This
course contains a laboratory portion.