Cambridge Credit

UNC Charlotte recognizes credits for Cambridge exams taken during a student's high school career.

Credits granted for Cambridge exams are shown as transfer hours on the student's transcript and are included in the hours completed toward a degree.

Students need to earn a grade of C or higher on these exams in order to receive the credits listed below.​

Exam Level Credit Total Credits
Biological Sciences AS Level BIOL 1110 and BIOL 1110L 4
  A Level BIOL 1110 and BIOL 1110L and BIOL 2120 and BIOL 1ELE 8
Accounting AS Level ACCT 1ELE 3
  A Level ACCT 2121 and ACCT 2122 6
Business AS Level BUSN 1ELE 3
  A Level BUSN 1101 and BUSN 2ELE 6
Economics AS Level ECON 1101 3
  A Level ECON 2101 and ECON 2102 6
Information Tech AS Level INFO 2130 3
  A Level INFO 2130 and INFO 2ELE 6
Mathematics A Level MATH 1103 and MATH 1241 6
  Further Mathematics A Level MATH 1242 and MATH 2164 6
Chemistry A Level CHEM 1251 and CHEM 1251L and CHEM 1252 and CHEM 1252L 8
Computer Science AS Level ITSC 1110 3
  A Level ITSC 1110 3
English - Literature AS Level ENGL 1ELE 3
  A Level ENGL 2ELE 3
English - Language and Literature AS Level ENGL 1ELE 3
English - Language AS Level UWRT 1ELE 3
   A Level UWRT 1ELE 3
Environmental Science AS Level ESCI 2101 3
  A Level ESCI 2101 3
Geography AS Level GEOG 1ELE 3
  A Level GEOG 1ELE 3
History Component 2 AS Level European HIST 1121 3
  AS Level USA HIST 1161 3
  AS Level International HIST 1121 3
History Component 4 A Level European HIST 1121 and HIST 2001 6
  A Level USA HIST 1161 and HIST 2000 6
  A Level International HIST 1121 and HIST 2003 6
  A Level Africa HIST 1121 and HIST 2211 6
  A Level Southeast Asia HIST 1121 and HIST 2201 6
Classics AS Level HIST 1120 3
  A Level HIST 1120 and HIST 2221 6
Languages/Culture Studies AS Level 1201/1202  
  Arabic ARBC 1201 and ARBC 1202 6
  Chinese CHNS 1201 and CHNS 1202 6
  French FREN 1201 and FREN 1202 6
  German GERM 1201 and GERM 1202 6
  Japanese JAPN 1201 and JAPN 1202 6
  Portuguese PORT 1201 and PORT 1202 6
  Spanish SPAN 1201 and SPAN 1202 6
  Afrikaans LACS 1201 and LACS 1202 6
  Hindi LACS 1201 and LACS 1202 6
  Tamil LACS 1201 and LACS 1202 6
  Urdu LACS 1201 and LACS 1202 6
  A Level 2201/2202 6
  Arabic ARBC 2201 and ARBC 2202 6
  Chinese CHNS 2201 and CHNS 2202 6
  French FREN 2201 and FREN 2202 6
  German GERM 2201 and GERM 2202 6
  Japanese  JAPN 2201 and JAPN 2202 6
  Portuguese PORT 2201 and PORT 2202 6
  Spanish SPAN 2201 and SPAN 2202 6
Law-Political Science AS Level POLS 1ELE 3
  A Level  POLS 1ELE 3
Physics AS Level PHYS 1101 and PHYS 1101L and PHYS 1102 and PHYS 1102L 8
  A Level PHYS 1101 and PHYS 1101L and PHYS 1102 and PHYS 1102L 8
Psychology AS Level PSYC 1101 3
  A Level PSYC 1101 3
Sociology AS Level SOCY 1101 3
  A Level SOCY 1101 3
Thinking skills - Philosophy AS Level PHIL 1ELE 3
  A Level PHIL 1ELE 3