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Advanced Placement (AP) Scoring Chart

Credit will be awarded for earning the qualifying score, or higher, in each of the exams noted below. A qualifying score will result in credit, but no grade, on the student's transcript unless otherwise noted. Limitations and additional requirements may apply.

ART/MUSIC
Exam Qualifying
Score
Credits/Course
Awarded
Art History 3 ART elective (3 credits)
Music Theory 3 Open elective (3 credits)
Studio Art 3 ART elective (3 credits)
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Exam Qualifying
Score
Credits/Course
Awarded
Computer Science A/AB 4 CIT 160 (3 credits)
Computer Science A/AB 3 Course exemption, but no credit; credits must be fulfilled by completing an additional CIT course.
LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
Exam Qualifying
Score
Credits/Course
Awarded
Literature & Composition 4 ENL 111 (3 credits)
Language & Composition 4 ENL 111 (3 credits)
Language Exams (Spanish, French, German, Latin) 3 Foreign Language
(6 credits)
MATHEMATICS
Exam Qualifying
Score
Credits/Course
Awarded
Calculus AB 3 MTH 240 (4 credits)
Calculus BC, AB subscore 3 MTH 240 (4 credits)
Calculus BC, overall score 3 MTH 240 & MTH 242
(8 credits)
Statistics 3 MTH 160 (4 credits)
NATURAL SCIENCES
Exam Qualifying
Score
Credits/Course
Awarded
Biology 3 BIO 120
(4 credits)
Chemistry 4 CHM 111 and 121
(8 credits)
Chemistry 3 CHM 100, 111, or 108
(4 credits)
Environmental Science 3 SCI100 (3 credits)
Physics B 4 PHS 115 and 125
(8 credits)
Physics B 3 PHS 114 (4 credits)
Physics C/Electricity & Magnetism 3 PHS 202 (4 credits)
Physics C/Mechanics 3 PHS 201 (4 credits)
SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES
Exam Qualifying
Score
Credits/Course
Awarded
Economics/Macroeconomics 3 ECO 111 (3 credits)
Economics/Microeconomics 3 ECO 112 (3 credits)
Government & Politics/Comparative 4 PSC Social Science elective (3 credits)
Government & Politics/U.S. 4 PSC Social Science elective (3 credits)
History/European 4 HIS Humanities elective
(3credits)
History/U.S. 4 HIS Humanities elective
(3 credits)
History/World 4 HIS Humanities elective
(3 credits)
Psychology 4 PSY 111 (3 credits)
Psychology 3 No credit; satisfies
PSY 111 prerequisite for upper-level PSY courses