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ACAT Descriptions

ACAT exit tests are available for agriculture, art, biology, business, communication, criminal justice, geology, history, literature in English, political science, psychology, and social work.
 

Agriculture

  • Agri-Business and Economics
  • Agricultural Education, Extension, Rural Sociology
  • Agricultural Mechanization
  • Animal Science
  • Forestry and Wildlife
  • General: Role, Scope, History and Trends
  • Genetics
  • Plant Science
  • Soil Science

Curriculum A: Contains all 9 areas from the list above.  Time:  120 minutes. 
Curriculum B: Contains a base test consisting of Animal Science, Plant Science, and Soil Science.  Select 2 additional content areas from the list above. Time:  84 minutes.
Curriculum C:  Contains a base test consisting of Animal Science, Plant Science, and Soil Science.  Select 1 additional content area from the list above. Time:  72 minutes.
Curriculum D:  Contains only the base test consisting of Animal Science, Plant Science, and Soil Science.  Time:  60 minutes.

Art

  • History of Arts (Ancient to Industrial Revolution)
  • Design (General)
  • Studio Art (Includes: Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Weaving)
  • Time:  60 minutes.

Biology

  • Animal Physiology
  • Animal & Plant Physiology (Note 1)
  • Bacteriology
  • Biochemistry
  • Cell Physiology
  • Cellular Biology
  • Ecology (including Field Ecology)
  • Embryology
  • Evolution (including Molecular)
  • Forestry and Wildlife
  • Genetics
  • Human Anatomy and Physiology
  • Invertebrate and Vertebrate Zoology (Note 2)
  • Invertebrate Zoology
  • Plant Physiology
  • Vascular and non-Vascular Botany (Note 3)
  • Vascular Botany
  • Vertebrate Zoology

Curriculum A: Select 10 content areas from the list above. Time:  120 minutes.
Curriculum B: Select 5 content areas from the list above.  Time:  60 minutes. 
Curriculum C: Select 7 content areas from the list above.  Time:  84 minutes.
Curriculum G: Select 4 content areas from the list above.  Time:  48 minutes.
Note 1: May not be used with the animal physiology and plant physiology individual subtests
Note 2: May not be used with the invertebrate zoology and vertebrate zoology individual subtests.
Note 3: May not be used with the vascular botany individual subtest.

Business

  • Accounting
  • Business Law
  • Corporate Finance
  • Economics
  • Management
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Production and Operation Management
  • Statistics

Curriculum B: Select 8 content areas from the list above. Time:  96 minutes.
Curriculum C: Select 6 content areas from the list above.  Time:  72 minutes.
Curriculum D: Select 5 content areas from the list above.  Time: 60 minutes.
Curriculum E: Select 4 content areas from the list above.  Time: 48 minutes.

Communication

  • Interpersonal Communications
  • Laws and Ethics (Journalism emphasis)
  • Mass Communication/Mass Media
  • Production: Radio
  • Production: Television
  • Production: Theater
  • Public Speaking/Debate
  • History of Arts
  • Production: Radio, Television, and Theater (Note 1)
  • Production: Radio and Television (Note 2)

Curriculum A: Select 6 content areas from the list above. Time:  72 minutes.
Curriculum B: Select 5 content areas from the list above. Time:  60 minutes.
Curriculum C: Select 4 content areas from the list above. Time:  48 minutes.
Curriculum I: This version is offered for compatibility with versions available prior to June 1, 2009. Time:  48 minutes.
Production:  Radio, Television, and Theater
-OR- Production:  Radio and Television
Public Speaking/Debate
History of Arts
Other
Note 1: May not be used in conjunction with the radio, television and theater production individual subtests.
Note 2: May not be used in conjunction with the radio and television production individual subtests.

Criminal Justice

  • Administration
  • Correction Processes
  • Criminal Law
  • Criminology
  • Criminal Justice Systems
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Law Enforcement
  • Legal Aspects
  • Research Methods

Curriculum A: Select 9 content areas from the list above. Time:  108 minutes.
Curriculum B: Select 6 content areas from the list above.  Time:  72 minutes.
Curriculum C: Select 4 content areas from the list above.  Time: 48 minutes.

Literature in English

  • American to 1865
  • American Modern (1860's to present)
  • British Medieval
  • British Renaissance
  • British Romantic Period
  • British Victorian Literature
  • Linguistics (Includes: Grammar, History, Structure, Usage)
  • Restoration/18th Century/Romantic
  • Shakespeare

Time:  108 minutes.

Geology

  • Geomorphology
  • Historical Geology
  • Mineralogy
  • Oceanography
  • Paleontology
  • Petrology/Petrography
  • Physical Geology
  • Stratigraphy
  • Structural Geology

Curriculum A: Select 9 content areas from the list above. Time:  108 minutes.
Curriculum D: Select 4 content areas from the list above. The time required to administer this test is 48 minutes.

History

  • European: Ancient
  • European: Early Modern
  • European: French Revolution and Napoleon
  • European: Medieval
  • European: Modern to Present
  • Non-European: Latin America
  • U.S.: 1763-1820
  • U.S.: 1820-1890
  • U.S.: 1890-1940
  • U.S.: 1940 to Present
  • U.S.: Black History
  • U.S.: Colonial to 1763
  • U.S.: Military/Diplomatic
  • U.S.: Social / Intellectual / Cultural

Curriculum A: Select 10 content areas from the list above.  Time:  120 minutes.
Curriculum B: Select 6 content areas from the list above. Time:  72 minutes.
Curriculum C: Select 4 content areas from the list above. Time:  48 minutes.

Political Science

  • American Studies
  • International Politics/Comparative Governments
  • Normative and Empirical Theory
  • Public Administration

Curriculum A: Contains all of the areas listed above.  Time:  120 minutes.
Curriculum B: Contains the American Studies and Normative and Empirical Theory segments only.  Time:  72 minutes.
Curriculum C: Contains the American Studies and International Politics/Comparative Governments segments only.  Time:  84 minutes.

Psychology

  • Abnormal
  • Animal Learning and Motivation
  • Clinical and Counseling
  • Developmental
  • Experimental Design
  • History and Systems
  • Human Learning and Cognition
  • Personality
  • Physiological
  • Sensation and Perception
  • Social
  • Statistics

Curriculum A: Select 10 content areas from the list above.  Time:  120 minutes.
Curriculum B: Select 8 content areas from the list above. Time:  96 minutes.
Curriculum C: Select 6 content areas from the list above. Time:  72 minutes.
Curriculum D: Select 4 content areas from the list above. Time:  48 minutes.

Social Work
Curriculum A (120 minutes):

  • Human Behavior in the Social Environment
  • Social Policy
  • Social Work Practice
  • Research Methods
  • Diversity
  • Populations at Risk
  • Social and Economic Justice
  • Values and Ethics

Curriculum B (60 minutes):

  • Human Behavior in the Social Environment
  • Social Policy
  • Social Work Practice
  • Research Methods

Curriculum C (120 minutes):

  • Human Behavior in the Social Environment
  • Social Policy
  • Social Work Practice
  • Research Methods

      
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