2018

Advanced Placement Credit

Syracuse University accepts Advanced Placement credit for many courses. To be eligible to receive this credit, you must have taken the Advanced Placement examination and earned the appropriate minimum score as noted below. We cannot record your credit until Syracuse University has received an official copy of your scores from the Advanced Placement Program/The College Board. Below you will find an explanation of how your AP credit can be applied toward your Newhouse degree. A maximum of 30 test credits may be applied toward your degree.

Subject Score SU Course Equivalent
Art/Drawing 5 FND 101 (Elective)
Art/2-D Design 5 FND 103 (Elective)
Art History 3 HOA 105 and 106 (Humanities Divisional Requirement)
Biology 4 BIO 121 and 123/124 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement)
Chemistry 3

5

CHE 103 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement)

CHE 106/107 and CHE 116/117 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement)

Chinese Language and Culture 3

4

CHI 102 (Skills Requirement)

CHI 201 (Skills Requirement)

Comparative Government and Politics 4 PSC 123 (Social Sciences Divisional Requirement)
Computer Science A or AB 3 CPS 196 (Additional Skills)
Economics—Microeconomics 4 ECN 101 (Social Sciences Divisional Requirement)
Economics—Macroeconomics 4 ECN 102 (Social Sciences Divisional Requirement)
English Language & Composition 4 WRT 105 and 205 (Basic Writing Skills and Elective)
English Literature & Composition 4 WRT 105 (Basic Writing Skills) and one of the following: ETS 117 or 118 or 151 or 152 or 153 (Humanities Divisional Requirement)
Environmental Science 3 EAR 200 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement)
European History 4 HST 111 and 112 (Humanities Divisional Requirement)
French Language and Culture 3 FRE 102 (Skills Requirement)
German Language and Culture 3 GER 102 (Skills Requirement)
Human Geography 4 GEO 105 or GEO 171 (Social Sciences Divisional Requirement)
Italian Language and Culture 3 ITA 102 (Skills Requirement)
Japanese Language and Culture 3

4

JPS 102 (Skills Requirement)

JSP 201 (Skills Requirement)

Latin 3

4

5

LAT 102 (Skills Requirement)

LAT 201 (Skills Requirement)

LAT 201 and LAT 320 (Skills Requirement)

Mathematics—Level II (Puerto Rico) 4 MAT 194 (Elective)
Mathematics—Calculus AB 3

4

MAT 285 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement)

MAT 285 and 286 or MAT 295 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement)

Mathematics—Calculus AB Subscore

on BC Exam

3

4

MAT 285 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement)

MAT 285 and 286 or  MAT 295 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement)

Mathematics—Calculus BC 4 MAT 295 and 296 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement)
Music Theory 3 HOM/MTC 125 (Humanities Divisional Requirement)
Physics I 3 PHY 101 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement)
Physics II 3 PHY 102 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement)
Physics B 3 PHY 101 and 102 (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement)
Physics C (Mechanics) 3 PHY 101 or PHY 211(221) (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement)
Physics C (Electricity & Magnetism) 3 PHY 101 or PHY 212(222) (Natural Sciences/Math Divisional Requirement)
Psychology 4 PSY 205 (Social Sciences Divisional Requirement)
Spanish Language 3 SPA 102 (Skills Requirement)
Spanish Literature 3

4

SPA 102 (Skills Requirement)

SPA 201 (Skills Requirement)

Statistics 3 MAT 221 (Quantitative Skills)
U.S. Government & Politics 4 PSC 121 (Social Sciences Divisional Requirement)
United States History 4 HST 101 and 102 (Social Sciences Divisional Requirement)
World History 4 HST 121 and 122 (Social Sciences Divisional Requirement)

Most of the AP areas listed above substitute for specific courses in the Arts and Sciences Requirements. For example, if you received credit for United States History, you would have completed the equivalent of HST 101-102. Six credits will be posted on your Syracuse transcript.

Since you are granted AP credit with the understanding that the work you have done is equivalent to the courses listed, YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE THE COURSES FOR WHICH YOUR AP CREDIT SUBSTITUTES. You can receive credit only once for this work, so if you take the equivalent course at Syracuse, your AP credit will no longer count toward your degree. If you have AP credit in a foreign language, you may not receive credit for a lower level course or equivalent course in the same language. For example, if you have AP credit for Spanish 102, you may not receive additional credit for Spanish 101 or 102.