Guidelines for Advanced Placement Credit
AP Course Exam | Score | Credits | Course Equivalent | ECC/Gen Ed Requirements | Notes |
Art | |||||
Studio Art | No equivalent | Performance exam available | |||
History of Art | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | ART 202 | Historical Perspective | |
Biology | |||||
Biology | 4 or 5 | 4 | Elective BIOL | Scientific Reasoning | |
Chemistry | |||||
Chemistry | 3, 4, 5 | 8 | CHEM 101 & CHEM 102 | Scientific Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning | |
Computer Science | |||||
Computer Science A | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | CMSC 150 | Quantitative Reasoning | |
Computer Science AB | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | CMSC 155 | Quantitative Reasoning | |
Computer Science Prncpls | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | Elective CMSC | Critical Thinking, Quantitative Reasoning | |
Economics | |||||
Microeconomics | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | ECON 100* | *If Credit for Micro & Macro one gets ECON 100 other is ECON Elective. | |
Macroeconomics | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | ECON 100* | ||
English | |||||
English Lang/Compstn | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | Elective ENG | Written Communication | |
English Lit/Composition | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | Elective ENG | Written Communication | |
Environmental Science | |||||
Environmental Science | 3 |
4 |
Elective BIOL | ||
Environmental Science | 4,5 | 4 | BIOL 103 | Scientific Reasoning | No lab credit |
History | |||||
U.S. History | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | HIST 121 | Historical Perspective | |
European History | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | Elective HIST |
Historical Perspective | |
World History | 3, 4, 5 | 4 |
Elective |
Historical Perspective | |
Human Geography | |||||
Human Geography | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | Elective INTST | Critical Thinking | |
Mathematics | |||||
Calculus AB | 3 | 4 | MATH 151 | Quantitative Reasoning | |
Calculus AB | 4,5 | 8 | MATH 151 & MATH 152 | Quantitative Reasoning | |
Calculus BC | 3, 4, 5 | 8 | MATH 151 & MATH 152 | Quantitative Reasoning | |
Statistics | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | ECON 135 | Quantitative Reasoning | |
Modern Languages | |||||
Chinese Language | 3, 4, 5 | 8 | Elective CHIN | Global Perspective, Intercultural Communication | |
French Language | 3, 4, 5 | 8 | FREN 110 & FREN 111 | Global Perspective, Intercultural Communication | |
French Literature | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | FREN 305 | ||
German Language | 3, 4, 5 | 8 | GER 110 & GER 111 | Global Perspective, Intercultural Communication | |
Spanish Language | 3, 4, 5 | 8 | SPAN 110 & SPAN 111 | Global Perspective, Intercultural Communication | |
Spanish Literature | 3 | 4 | SPAN 221 | Global Perspective, Oral Communication, Written Communication | |
Spanish Literature | 4, 5 | 8 | SPAN 221 & SPAN 322 | Global Perspective, Oral Communication Written Communication, Historical Perspective, Critical Thinking | |
Music | |||||
Music Theory | 3, 4, 5 | 3 & 1 | MUS 151 & 153 | ||
Physics | |||||
Physics 1: Algebra Based | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | PHYS 151 | Scientific Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning | |
Physics 2: Algebra Based | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | PHYS 152 | Scientific Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning | |
Physics B | 3, 4, 5 | 8 | PHYS 151 & PHYS 152 | Scientific Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning | |
Phys C: Mechanics | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | PHYS 191 | Scientific Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning | |
Phys C: Elect & Magnetism | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | PHYS 192 | Scientific Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning | |
Political Science | |||||
Govt & Politics, U.S. | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | POSC 101 | Civic Engagement | |
Govt & Politics, Comprtv | 3, 4, 5 | 4. | Elective POSC | Global Perspective | |
Psychology | |||||
Psychology | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | PSYC 101 | Exams taken prior to spring 2015 | |
Psychology | 3,4,5 | 4 | PSYC 101 | Scientific Reasoning* | *Exams taken spring 2015 and after |
Psychology | 4, 5^ | 4 | PSYC 101 | Scientific Reasoning | ^Students entering in Spring 2021 or after. |