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AP Credit

Guidelines for Advanced Placement Credit

AP Course Exam Score Credits Course Equivalent

Simpson Core Requirements

Notes
Art
Studio Art     No equivalent   Performance exam available
History of Art     3, 4, 5 4 Elective ART  Historical Inquiry  
Biology
Biology  4 or 5 4  Elective BIOL Scientific Inquiry  
Chemistry
Chemistry 3, 4, 5 8 CHEM 101 & CHEM 102

Scientific Inquiry

 
Computer Science
Computer Science A 3, 4, 5 4 CMSC 150    
Computer Science Principles 3, 4, 5 4 Elective CMSC Data Analysis  
Economics
Microeconomics 3, 4, 5 4 ECON 100* Human Behavior & Society *If Credit for Micro & Macro   one gets ECON 100 other is ECON Elective.
Macroeconomics 3, 4, 5 4 ECON 100* Human Behavior & Society  
English
English Lang/Compstn 3, 4, 5 4 Elective ENG    
English Lit/Composition 3, 4, 5 4 Elective ENG Cultural & Textual Inquiry  
Environmental Science
Environmental Science 3

4

Elective BIOL Scientific Inquiry  
Environmental Science 4,5 4 BIOL 103 Scientific Inquiry No lab credit
History
U.S. History 3, 4, 5 4 HIST 121 Historical Inquiry  
European History 3, 4, 5 4 Elective
HIST
Historical Inquiry  
World History 3, 4, 5 4

Elective
HIST

Historical Inquiry  
Human Geography
Human Geography 3, 4, 5 4 Elective INTST    
Mathematics
Calculus AB 3 4 MATH 151    
Calculus AB 4,5 8 MATH 151 & MATH 152    
Calculus BC 3, 4, 5 8 MATH 151 & MATH 152    
Statistics 3, 4, 5 4 ECON 135 Data Analysis  
Modern Languages
Chinese Language 3, 4, 5 8 Elective WLCS Cultural & Textual Inquiry  
French Language 3, 4, 5 8 Elective WLCS Cultural & Textual Inquiry  
German Language 3, 4, 5 8 Elective WLCS Cultural & Textual Inquiry  
Italian Lang/Culture 3, 4, 5 4 Elective
WLCS
Cultural & Textual Inquiry  
Japanese Lang/Culture 3, 4, 5 4

Elective 
WLCS

Cultural & Textual Inquiry  
Latin 3, 4, 5 4 Elective 
HUM
Cultural & Textual Inquiry  
Spanish Language 3, 4, 5 8 SPAN 110 & SPAN 111 Cultural & Textual Inquiry  
Spanish Literature 3 4 SPAN 221 Historical Inquiry  
Spanish Literature  4, 5 8 SPAN 221 & SPAN 343 Historical Inquiry  
Music
Music Theory  3, 4, 5  3 & 1  MUS 151 & 153    
Physics
Physics 1: Algebra Based 3, 4, 5 4 PHYS 151 Scientific Inquiry  
Physics 2: Algebra Based 3, 4, 5 4 PHYS 152    
Phys C: Mechanics 3, 4, 5 4 PHYS 191 Scientific Inquiry  
Phys C: Elect & Magnetism 3, 4, 5 4 PHYS 192 Scientific Inquiry  
Political Science
Govt & Politics, U.S. 3, 4, 5 4 POSC 101 Human Behavior & Society  
Govt & Politics, Comprtv 3, 4, 5 4. Elective POSC Human Behavior & Society  
Psychology
Psychology 4, 5^ 4 PSYC 101 Scientific Inquiry ^Students entering in Spring 2021 or after.
Seminar 3, 4, 5 4 Elective HUM    
Research 3, 4, 5 4 Elective HUM