American University
Office of the University Registrar
2015-2016 Advanced Standing Articulations
AP (Advanced Placement) Equivalencies (valid for Academic Year 2015-2016)
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All listed AP exams meeting the minimum score requirement or higher are eligible for advanced
credit.
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Score reports must be received directly from the College Board for advanced credit to be awarded.
Please check with the College Board to make certain that all AP examination results you received
appear on your record prior to requesting them to be sent.
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In order to receive elective credit for a non-English Language AP exam, students must receive a
score of 5. To receive credit in the language of instruction, students must take a placement exam
and validate language proficiency by placing in the next sequential course. Students who score a 5
on the AP exam but do not place into the next course in the language sequence, will retain elective
credit. For more information on language placement exams, please consult the following website:
http://www.american.edu/cas/wlc/placement.cfm and if you have further questions please contact
wlc@american.edu.
AP Exam
AU Course 1
Credits
AU Course 2
Credits
Min Score
Art: 2-D Design
ARTS-1**
3
N/A
N/A
4
Art: 3-D Design
Art: Drawing
Art History
Biology
Calculus AB
ARTS-215
ARTS-205
ARTH-105
BIO-110
MATH-221
3
3
3
4
4
N/A
N/A
ARTH-1**
BIO-210
N/A
N/A
N/A
3
4
N/A
4
4
4
4
4
Calculus BC
MATH-221
4
MATH-222
4
4
Calculus AB Subscore
Chemistry
MATH-221
CHEM-110
4
4
N/A
CHEM-210
N/A
4
4
4
Chinese Language
ELEC-1**
5
N/A
N/A
5
Computer Science A
Computer Science AB
English Language*
English Literature
Environmental Science**
European History
French Language
German Language
Govt & Pol: Comparative
Govt & Pol: United States
Human Geography
Italian Language
Japanese Language
CSC-280
CSC-280
WRTG-AP
CAL-110
ENVS-250
HIST-110
ELEC-2**
ELEC-2**
GOVT-130
GOVT-110
GCSI-130
ELEC-2**
ELEC-1**
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
4
5
N/A
CSC-281
N/A
LIT-125
N/A
HIST-140
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3
N/A
3
N/A
3
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
4
4
4
5
5
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American University
Office of the University Registrar
2015-2016 Advanced Standing Articulations
Latin: Vergil
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Music Theory
Physics 1
Physics 2
Physics B
Physics: Electrical
Physics: Mechanical
Psychology
Spanish Language
Spanish Literature
Statistics
United States History
World History
LIT-1XX
ECON-100
ECON-200
PERF-124
PHYS-105
PHYS-205
PHYS-105
PHYS-210
PHYS-110
PSYC-105
ELEC-2**
ELEC-3**
STAT-202
HIST-205
HIST-120
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
4
3
3
N/A
N/A
N/A
PERF-227
N/A
N/A
PHYS-205
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
HIST-206
HIST-140
N/A
N/A
N/A
3
N/A
N/A
4
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
4
4
4
*Incoming Freshmen may satisfy the College writing requirement by scoring a 4 or 5 on the Advanced
Placement English Language and Composition Test and also earning a grade of C or better in WRTG-106
or WRTG-132
**Students who provide evidence of a substantial lab component to their AP Environmental Science
course may request to have their articulation changed from ENVS-250 to ENVS-160. Students have until
the end of their first year at AU to contact the Chair of Environmental Science to provide documentation of
a substantial lab.
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