Advanced Placement (AP)

Students who receive a score of 3, 4, or 5 on Advanced Placement (AP) exams administered by the College Board may receive credit at Catawba College. Students who wish to receive college credit for their AP exam scores must submit an official score report to the Registrar’s Office. Credit awarded for AP exams will have a grade of “S” recorded for the appropriate course on the student’s permanent record. The course will be shown on the transcript as credit awarded but will not be used in calculating the grade point average (GPA).

AP Exam

Score

Catawba Course(s)

Credits

Art History

3, 4, 5    

ART 1111 Introduction to Visual Arts

3

Art 3-D Design

3, 4, 5

ART 1553 Graphic Design

3

Biology

3, 4

BIOL 1501 Molecules & Cells

4

 

5

BIOL 1501 Molecules & Cells and BIOL 1502 Struc. & Func. of Organisms

8

Calculus AB

3, 4, 5

MATH 1801 Calculus

4

Calculus BC*

3, 4, 5

MATH 1801 Calculus

4

Chemistry

3, 4

CHEM 1501 General Chemistry I

4

 

5

CHEM 1501 General Chemistry I and CHEM 1502 General Chemistry II

8

Computer Science A

3, 4, 5

CIS 1400 Introduction to Programming

3

Computer Science Principles 

3, 4, 5

CIS 0001 Computer Information Systems Elective

3

Macroeconomics

3, 4, 5

ECON 1901 Principles of Macroeconomics

3

Microeconomics

3, 4, 5

ECON 1902 Principles of Microeconomics

3

English Language & Composition

3, 4, 5

ENGL 1103 Critical Reading & Writing

3

English Literature

3, 4, 5

ENGL 1114 Reading Literature

3

Environmental Science

3, 4, 5

ENV 1110 Topics in Environmental Science

3

European History

4, 5

HIST 1002 Global History & Cultural Traditions II

3

French Language & Culture

3

FREN 1001 Elementary French I

3

 

4, 5

FREN 1001 Elementary French I and FREN 1002 Elementary French II

6

United States Government & Politics

3, 4, 5

POLS 1101 Introduction to American Politics

3

Comparative Government & Politics

3, 4, 5

POLS 0001 Politics Elective

3

Human Geography

3, 4, 5

SOC 1202 Global Societies

3

Music Theory

3, 4, 5

MUS 0001 Music Elective

3

Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism

3, 4, 5

PHYS 2521 General Physics I

4

Physics C: Mechanics

3, 4, 5

PHYS 2522 General Physics II

4

Precalculus

3, 4, 5

MATH 1516 Pre-Calculus

3

Psychology

3, 4, 5

PSYC 1110 General Psychology

3

Spanish Language & Culture

3

SPAN 1001 Elementary Spanish I

3

 

4, 5

SPAN 1001 Elementary Spanish I and SPAN 1002 Elementary Spanish II

6

Statistics

3, 4, 5

MATH 1132 Introduction to Statistics

3

United States History

4

HIST 1101 Amer Hist & Cult Trad to 1877 or HIST 1102 Amer Hist 1877 to Present

3

 

5

HIST 1101 Amer Hist & Cult Trad to 1877 andHIST 1102 Amer Hist 1877 to Present

6

World History: Modern

4, 5

HIST 1002 Global History & Cultural Traditions II

3

* If a student has taken both AP courses in Calculus, the second one will be awarded as MATH 1802.

 

** No more than 6 hours of credit will be awarded for English.