AP exams usually are administered at the end of an advanced placement course taken at a student’s high school. However, there are opportunities to take AP courses and exams through an approved provider. If you wish to share your AP score reports with AACC, you must ask the College Board to send them directly to AACC Records and Registration.
Consult the chart below to see how your AP scores equate to AACC courses. Keep in mind that each college has different standards for accepting AP scores, so be sure to consult the requirements of the four-year school to which you plan to transfer as you plan your course load. It is very possible that if you score a 3 on an AP exam and AACC awards credit for that score, but the four-year school to which you transfer requires a 4, you will not receive credit at your four-year school for that course.
AP Exam Title | Passing Score | AACC Equivalent | Credit Awarded |
Art History | 3 | ART 209, ART 210 | 6 |
Biology | 4 | BIO 101 | 4 |
Calculus AB (on/prior 06/30/19) | 3 | MAT 151, MAT 191 | 8 |
Calculus AB (on/after 07/1/19) | 3 | MAT 151 | 4 |
Calculus AB (on/after 07/1/19) | 4 | MAT 191 | 4 |
Calculus BC (on/prior 06/30/19) | 3 | MAT 191, MAT 192 | 8 |
Calculus BC (on/after 07/1/19) | 4 | MAT 191, MAT 192 | 8 |
Calculus AB Subscore | 3 | MAT 151 | 4 |
Chemistry | 3 | CHE 111, CHE 112 | 8 |
Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | CHI 112, CHI 211 | 6 |
Comparative Government and Politics | 3 | PLS 131 | 3 |
Computer Science (A) | 3 | CTP 115, | 4 |
4 | CTP 115, CTP 150 | 8 | |
Computer Science Principles | 3 | CTP 103 | 3 |
English (Language and Composition) | 3 | ENG 101, ENG 102 | 6 |
English (Literature and Composition) | 3 | ENG 101, ENG 102 | 6 |
Environmental Science | 4 | BIO 107 | 4 |
European History | 3 | HIS 111, HIS 112 | 6 |
French Language and Culture | 3 | FRE 211, FRE 212 | 6 |
German Language and Culture | 3 | GER 211, GER 212 | 6 |
Human Geography | 3 | GEO 103 | 3 |
Italian Language and Culture | 3 | ITA 211, ITA 212 | 6 |
Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | JPN 113, JPN 211 | 6 |
Latin | 3 | LAT 111, LAT 112 | 6 |
Macroeconomics | 3 | ECO 211 | 3 |
Microeconomics | 3 | ECO 212 | 3 |
Music (Theory) | 3 | MUS 113, MUS 114 | 6 |
Aural and Non-Aural Subscores | 3 | See Department | |
Physics 1 | 4 | PHY 111 | 4 |
Physics 2 | 4 | PHY 112 | 4 |
Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism | 4 | PHY 212 | 4 |
Physics C: Mechanics | 4 | PHY 211 | 4 |
Psychology | 3 | PSY 111 | 3 |
Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | SPA 211, SPA 212 | 6 |
Spanish Literature and Culture | 3 | SPA 211, SPA 212 | 6 |
Statistics (on/prior 06/30/19) | 3 | MAT 135 | 3 |
Statistics (on/after 07/1/19) | 4 | MAT 135 | 3 |
Studio Art | 4 | See Department | 3 |
U.S. Government and Politics | 3 | PLS 111 | 3 |
United States History | 3 | HIS 211, HIS 212 | 6 |
World History | 3 | HIS 111, HIS 112 | 6 |