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Applicants who complete AP exams with a minimum grade of 4 will be granted advanced standing credit, subject to the discretion of the appropriate Faculty, to a maximum of 3.0 credits. Advanced standing will be assessed upon presentation of official AP exam results.
| AP Course |
Carleton Equivalence | |
|---|---|---|
| AP Art History | ARTH 1100 (0.5) + ARTH 1101 (0.5) | |
| AP Biology | BIOL 1103 (0.5) + BIOL 1104 (0.5) | |
| AP Calculus AB | MATH 1007 (0.5) | |
| AP Calculus BC | MATH 1007 (0.5) + MATH 2007 (0.5) | |
| AP Chemistry | CHEM 1001 (0.5) + CHEM 1002 (0.5) | |
| AP Chinese Language | CHIN 2XXX (1.0) | |
| AP Micro Economics | ECON 1001 (0.5) | |
| AP Macro Economics | ECON 1002 (0.5) | |
| AP English Language | ENGL 1XXX (1.0) | |
| AP English Literature and Composition | ENGL 1XXX(1.0) | |
| AP Environmental Science | ENSC 1XXX (0.5) | |
| AP European History | HIST 1XXX (1.0) | |
| AP French: Language or Literature | FREN 1XXX (1.0) (NB: the French department will assess each case individually of applicants declaring a major in French) | |
| AP German Language | GERM 1XXX (1.0) | |
| AP Government & Politics: Comparative | PSCI 1XXX (0.5) | |
| AP Government & Politics: United States | PSCI 1XXX (0.5) | |
| AP Human Geography | GEOG 1XXX (0.5) | |
| AP Latin: Literature or Virgil | LATN 2200 (0.5) + LATN 2201 (0.5) | |
| AP Music Theory | MUSI 1106 (0.5) + MUSI 1107 (0.5) | |
| AP Physics B | PHYS 1007 (0.5) + PHYS 1008 (0.5) | |
| AP Physics C (Mechanics) | PHYS 1001 (0.5) | |
| AP Physics C (Electricity and Magnetism) | PHYS 1002 (0.5) | |
| AP Physics 1 & 2 | PHYS 1007 (0.5) + PHYS 1008 (0.5) (PHYS 1XXX if taken individually) | |
| AP Psychology | PSYC 1001 (0.5) + PSYC 1002 (0.5) | |
| AP Spanish: Language | SPAN 3010 (0.5) | |
| AP Spanish: Literature | IASS 1XXX (1.0) | |
| AP Statistics | STAT 2507 (0.5) | |
| AP United States History | HIST 1XXX (1.0) | |
| AP World History | HIST 1XXX (1.0) |
