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AP Credit Table

AP Exam

Score

Credits Awarded

HCC Credit Equivalents

Art

   

Art History

3

4 or 5

3

6

ARTS-260

ARTS-260, ARTS-261

2-D Art and Design4 or 53ARTS-101

3-D Art and Design
 

4 or 5

3
 

ARTS-102

Drawing4 or 53ARTS-103

Biology

   

Biology

3

4 or 5

4

8

BIOL-101 for non-STEM majors only!

BIOL-141, BIOL-142

Students cannot receive credit for both Biol-101 and Biol-141!

Chemistry

   

Chemistry

3

4 or 5

4

8

CHEM-101

CHEM-101, CHEM-102

Chinese                                                                                                           

Chinese Language and Culture

3, 4, 5

8

CHNS-101, CHNS-102

Computer Science

   

Computer Science A
Note: Please consult Chair of Computer Science for additional course options.          

3 or 4

5

3

4

CMSY-156

CMSY-166

Computer Science Principles3, 4, 53CMSY-120

Economics

   

Macroeconomics

3, 4 or 5

3

ECON-101

Microeconomics

3, 4 or 5

3

ECON-102

English

   

Literature and Composition

3
4 or 5

3
6

ENGL-121
ENGL-121, ENGL-210

Language and Composition

3, 4 or 5

3

 

ENGL-121

Environmental Science

   

Environmental Science

3, 4 or 5

4

ENST-105, ENST-115

French

   

French Language and Culture
French Language

3, 4 or 5
3, 4 or 5

8
8

FREN-101, FREN-102
FREN-101, FREN-102

Geography

Human Geography

 

3, 4 or 5

 

3

 

GEOG-102

German

   

German Language and Culture
German Language

3, 4 or 5
3, 4 or 5

8
8

GERM–101, GERM-102
GERM–101, GERM-102

Government and Politics

   

United States

3, 4 or 5

3

POLI-101

Comparative

3, 4 or 5

3

POLI-201

History

   

United States

3
4 or 5

3
6

HIST-111
HIST-111, HIST-112

European

3
4 or 5

3
6

HIST-123
HIST-122 & HIST-123

World History

3
4 or 5

3

HIST-132
HIST-122 & HIST-132

Italian                                                                       

Italian Language & Culture

3, 4 or 5

8

ITAL-101, ITAL-102

Japanese                                                                                                            

Japanese Language & Culture

3, 4 or 5

8

JPNS-101, JPNS-102

Latin

                                                      

Virgil

4 or 5

3

Humanities Elective

Mathematics

                                                                

Calculus AB

3
4 or 5

5
4

MATH-155
MATH-181

Calculus BC

3
4 or 5

4
8

MATH-181
MATH-181, MATH-182

Music

   

Music Theory

3,4 or 5

3

MUSA-100
Students enrolling as a Music Major must contact the Music Department to have their placement determined!

Physics

   

Physics 1: Algebra-Based

Physics 2: Algebra-Based

 

3, 4 or 5

3, 4 or 5

 

4

4

 

Phys-103

Phys-104

 

Physics C

-Mechanics

-Elec. & Magnetism

 

3, 4 or 5

3, 4 or 5

 

4

4

 

PHYS-110

PHYS-111

Psychology

   

Psychology

3, 4 or 5

 

3

 

PSYC-101

Research
Seminar
3, 4 or 5
3,4 or 5
3
3
INFO-100
INFO-100

Spanish

   

Spanish Language

3, 4 or 5

8

SPAN-101, SPAN-102

Spanish Literature

3

3

Humanities Elective

Statistics

   

Statistics

3

4

MATH-138

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