Office of the Registrar
Advanced Placement Credits
Policy
Denison University participates in the Advanced Placement Program (AP) sponsored by the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB). Incoming First-Year students and Transfer students who score a 4 or a 5 on an AP Examination may receive academic credit for their scores. Should results be presented in academic disciplines or areas that are not part of the Denison curriculum, credit will be subject to departmental review and credit hours may or may not be assigned. Credit is usually awarded in the term in which the scores are received or fall semester of the student's first year at Denison University. It is possible for students to attain sophomore standing at the end of their first semester. The scores are not assigned a letter grade and will not count towards a student's Grade Point Average (GPA).
Two other kinds of advanced placement testing can be considered for credit. A student presenting "A" marks on the British System "A" Level Examination or a score of 6 or 7 on an International Baccalaureate (IB) Subject Exam may ask the appropriate Denison department for advanced placement credits. Sometimes positive results from advanced placement examinations can be applied toward general education or major/minor credits but departments reserve the right of review and the final determination of how such credits count.
The College Entrance Examination Board advanced placement tests are given during the month of May. Information concerning the schedule by subjects, places where tests will be given, application fee, and nature of the tests may be obtained by writing to:
CEEB Advanced Placement Tests
Box 592
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
or visiting the College Board website.
Incoming First-Year students and Transfer students should claim such earned Advanced Placement credit within one semester of enrolling at Denison. Beyond this one-semester time limit, re-testing or other similar certification procedures may be required. You can find information on requesting the official AP grade report on the College Board website. Denison's CEEB code is 1164.
Student standing is based upon credit hours earned at the end of each semester at Denison University. Standing is as follows:
| First Year: | 0 - 25.9 |
| Sophomore: | 26.0 - 59.9 |
| Junior: | 60.0 - 89.9 |
| Senior: | 90.0 + |
Note: If a student wishes to take a course in which he has received AP credit, the AP credit must be deleted from the student's record. Credit for a course can only be applied for graduation once.
Denison Equivalent
| AP Test | Score | Denison Equivalent | GE | Course Title/Comments |
| Art Studio (General) | 4 or 5 | ART 115 | A | Painting I Foundation |
| Art Studio (Drawing) | 4 or 5 | ART 110 | A | Drawing I Foundation |
| Art (History) | 4 or 5 | ARTH 155 | A | History of Art Survey |
| Biology | 4 or 5 | BIOL 100 | Modern Topics In Biology | |
| Chemistry | 4 or 5 | CHEM 199 | Introductory Topics in Chemistry | |
| Computer Science (A) | 4 or 5 | CS 171 | Introduction to Computer Science I | |
| Computer Science (AB) | 4 or 5 | CS 171 | Introduction to Computer Science I | |
| Economics (Macro) | 4 or 5 | ECON 101 | E | Introductory Macroeconomics |
| Economics (Micro) | 4 or 5 | ECON 102 | E | Introductory Microeconomics |
| English (Language & Comp) | 4 or 5 | FYS 101 | S | Words & Ideas |
| English (Literature & Comp) | 4 or 5 | FYS 101 | S | Words & Ideas |
| ENGL 199* | General Topics in English *If student has 4 or 5 for both Language and Literature, credit for FYS 101 and for ENGL 199. AP English will not be allowed to count towards Humanities general education requirement. | |||
| Environmental Science 4 | or 5 | ENVS 102 | Science and the Environment. No GE requirement fulfilled with course listed. Will excuse the lower-level science requirement for the major. If student is to continue taking ENVS a consultation needs to take place with department chair. | |
| French (Language) | 4, 5 | FREN 211, FREN 211*, FREN 213 | K K | Intermediate French Intermediate French Conversation & Phonetics *Score of 5 - waiver for FREN 211 and credit for FREN 213 and FREN 298 (Blanket credit). |
| French (Literature) | 4 | FREN 211 | K | Intermediate French |
| French (Literature) | 5 | FREN 211* | K | FREN 215 Intermediate French Readings and Grammar *Score of 5 - waiver for FREN 211 and credit for FREN 215. |
| German (Language) | 4, 5 | GERM 211, GERM 211*, GERM 213 | K K | Intermediate German Intermediate German Intermediate Conversation & Composition *Score of 5 - waiver for GERM 211 and credit for GERM 213. |
| Government & Politics (U.S.) | 4 or 5 | POSC 199 | American Political Behavior & Institutions | |
| Government & Politics (Comp) | 4 or 5 | POSC 199 | Intro to Comparative Politics of Developed States | |
| History (European) | 4 or 5 | HIST 199 | Modern Europe. No GE requirement fulfilled with course listed. Course will also not be counted towards a major or minor in History. | |
| History (U.S.) | 4 or 5 | HIST 199 | American Civilization to 1865. No GE requirement fulfilled with course listed. Course will also not be counted towards a major or minor in History. | |
| History (World) | 4 or 5 | HIST 199 | World History. No GE requirement fulfilled with course listed. Course will also not be counted towards a major or minor in History. | |
| Latin (Lit) or (Virgil) | 4 or 5 | LAT 211 | K | Latin Prose and Poetry |
| Mathematics (AB) or (BC) | 4 or 5 | MATH 199 | Elementary Topics in Calculus. If student takes and successfully passes (grade of C or better) Math 124 (Calculus II) then MATH 199 will be converted to MATH 123. | |
| Mathematics (Statistics) | 4 or 5 | MATH 102 | Statistics - Data Analysis | |
| Music Theory | 4 or 5 | MUS 104 | Music Materials | |
| Physics B, Physics C (Mechanics), Physics C (Elec & Magnetism) | 4 or 5 | PHYS 199 | Introductory Topics in Physics. No GE requirement fulfilled with course listed. If student continues taking Physics, a consultation needs to take place with department chair. | |
| Psychology | 4 or 5 | PSYC 199 | Introductory Topics in Psychology. No GE requirement fulfilled with course listed. If student continues in Psychology as a major, course will allow student to register for Research Methods. Student may wish to discuss this matter with chairperson of Psychology. | |
| Spanish (Language) | 4, 5 | SPAN 211, SPAN 211*, SPAN 299 | K K | Intermediate Spanish Intermediate Spanish Intermediate Topics in Spanish *Score of 5 - waiver for SPAN 211 and credit for SPAN 299. |
| Spanish (Literature) | 4 or 5 | SPAN 211 | K | Intermediate Spanish |
Revised June 16, 2004
Contact Person
Sandra Cook, Records Coordinator
| Phone: | (740) 587-5783 |
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| Fax: | (740) 587-8388 |
| E-mail: | cooks@denison.edu |