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AP Credit

Students can potentially receive credits for exams taken prior to the start of Winter 2022. Please review our evaluation guide for more information.

Updated AP Matrix Effective January 1, 2022

Course Subject Course Score Course Name Credit
Art Studio Drawing 4 or 5 ART 220 3
Studio General 4 or 5 ART 220 3
Studio Art 2-D 4 or 5 ART 220 3
Studio Art 3-D 4 or 5 ART 220 3

Note: Studio art courses (Drawing, General, Art 2-D, and Art 3-D), students may receive, "specific course credit based on the portfolio-based evaluation."

Course Subject Course Score Course Name Credit
Biology Biology 3 BIOL 100 3
4 or 5 BIOL 112 & BIOL 113 3 & 3
Chemistry Chemistry 3, 4 or 5 CHEM 100 & CHEM 101 3 & 3
Chinese Language & Culture 3, 4 CHIN 101 4
4, 5 CHIN 101 & CHIN 102 4 & 4
Computer Science Computer Science A 3, 4 or 5 CIS 101 3
Computer Science AB 3, 4 or 5 CIS 101 & CIS 202 3 & 3
Computer Science A/AB 3, 4 or 5 CIS 101 & CIS 202 3 & 3
Economics Mic 3, 4 or 5 ECON 200 3
Mac 3, 4 or 5 ECON 201 3
English Lang & Comp 4 or 5 ENG 101 3
Environmental Science Environmental Science 4 or 5 GEN ELECTIVE CREDIT 3
French Language & Culture 3 FREN 101 & FREN 102 4 & 4
4 or 5 FREN 101, FREN102 & FREN 201 4, 4 & 4
Geography Geography 3, 4 or 5 GEOG 101 3
German Language & Culture 3 WLNG 101 & WLNG 102 4 & 4
4 or 5 WLNG 101, WLNG 102 & WLNG 201 4, 4 & 4
Gov & Politics US 3, 4 or 5 POSC 110 3
Comparative 3, 4 or 5 POSC 150 3
History US 3 HIST 120 3
4 or 5 HIST 120 & HIST 121 3 & 3
Japanese Language & Culture 4 or 5 JPN 101 4
Latin 3 WLNG 101 & WLNG 102 4 & 4
4 or 5 WLNG 101, WLNG 102 & WLNG 201 4, 4 & 4
Math Calculus AB 3 MATH 110 & MATH 111 3 & 3
4,5 MATH 110 & MATH 212 3 & 5
Calculus BC 3,4,5 MATH 212 & MATH 213 5 & 5
Calculus AB Subgrade 3 MATH 110 & MATH 111 3 & 3
4,5 MATH 110 & MATH 212 3 & 5

Note: If a student passes Calc AB and BC 3,4,5 - they will receive MATH 110, 111, 212, and 213 for a total of 16 credit hours."

Course Subject Course Score Course Name Credit
Music Theory Music Theory 3, 4 or 5 MUSC 111 & MUSC 111L 3 & 1
Physics 1- algebra based 4 or 5 PHYS 105/L 3/1
1 & 2*- algebra based 4 or 5 PHYS 105/L, PHYS 106/L 3/1 & 3/1
Phys C-Mechanics 4 or 5 PHYS 121/L 3/1
Phys C-Elec & Magnetism 4 or 5 PHYS 220/L 3/1
Any Physics Test 3 PHYS 100 3

*Note: AP Physics 2- algebra based, taken independently of AP Physics 1- algebra based will not fulfill any course requirements other than PHYS 100.

Course Subject Course Score Course Name Credit
Psychology Psychology 3, 4 or 5 PSYC 111 3
Spanish Language 3 SPAN 101 & SPAN 102 4 & 4
4 or 5 SPAN 101, SPAN 102 & SPAN 201 4, 4 & 4
Literature & Culture 3 SPAN 101 & SPAN 102 4 & 4
4 or 5 SPAN 101, SPAN 102 & SPAN 201 4, 4 & 4
Statistics Statistics 3, 4 or 5 MATH 121 3

*Updated 05/20/2021
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