The Advanced Placement exams and courses for which credit is granted are listed below. Credit granted for a specific course counts toward the satisfaction of any requirement toward which the listed course counts, with the exception of General Education requirements. Credits from AP courses may not be used to satisfy General Education category (A, L, H, N, S, Q, or W) requirements. A maximum of six credits may be awarded for any combination of AP, IB, and Cambridge IE exam credits.
| AP Exam |
Min. Score |
Hendrix Course Equivalent |
| Art—Drawing |
3
|
*One course elective in ARTS |
| Art—History |
3
|
*One course elective in ARTH
|
| Biology |
3
|
BIOL 101 Concepts in Biology (w/Lab)
|
| Chemistry |
3
|
CHEM 100 Concepts in Chemistry
|
Chemistry
|
4
|
CHEM 110 General Chemistry I (w/Lab)
|
| Computer Science A |
3 |
CSCI 150 Foundations of Computer Science |
| Economics—Macroeconomics |
3
|
ECON 100 Survey of Economic Issues |
| Economics—Microeconomics |
3
|
ECON 100 Survey of Economic Issues |
Economics—Both Macro & Micro
|
3
|
ECON 100 and one course elective in ECON |
| English—Language and Composition |
3
|
ENGL 110 Intro to Academic Writing |
| English—Literature and Composition |
3
|
*One course elective in ENGL |
| Environmental Science |
3
|
BIOL 104 Environmental Biology (w/Lab) |
| History—African American Studies |
3 |
*One course elective in HIST |
| History—European |
3
|
*One course elective in HIST |
| History—United States |
3
|
*One course elective in HIST |
| History—World |
3
|
*One course elective in HIST |
| Languages—Chinese (Mandarin) |
3
|
**CHIN 110 Elementary Chinese I |
| Languages—French |
3
|
**FREN 110 First Year French I |
| Languages—Latin |
3
|
**LATI 110 Fundamentals of Latin I |
| Languages—Spanish |
3
|
**SPAN 110 Fundamentals of Spanish I |
| Languages—Spanish Literature |
3
|
One course elective in SPAN
|
| Mathematics—Calculus AB |
3
|
MATH 130 Calculus I |
| Mathematics—Calculus BC |
3 |
MATH 130 Calculus I |
| Mathematics—Calculus BC: AB Subscore |
3 |
MATH 130 Calculus I |
| Mathematics—Calculus BC |
4 |
MATH 130 Calculus I and MATH 140 Calculus II |
| Mathematics—Precalculus |
3 |
MATH 120 Precalculus |
| Mathematics—Statistics |
3
|
MATH 215 Introductory Statistics |
| Music |
3
|
**MUSI 100 Music Fundamentals |
| Physics—Physics 1 |
3
|
PHYS 210 Gen. Physics I (w/Lab) |
| Physics—Physics 2 |
3
|
PHYS 220 Gen. Physics II (w/Lab) |
| Physics—Physics C: Mech |
3
|
PHYS 235 Gen. Physics I Workshop (w/Lab) |
| Physics—Physics C: E & M |
3
|
PHYS 245 Gen. Physics II Workshop (w/Lab) |
| Politics—U.S. Government/Politics |
3
|
*One course elective in POLI |
| Politics—Comparative Government/Politics |
3
|
*One course elective in POLI |
| Psychology |
3
|
*PSYC 110 Introduction to Psychology |
* This elective course credit can count toward elective requirements in the associated department's majors and minors.
** The Languages and Music Departments give a placement exam that may result in a recommendation to take this course rather than receive the AP credit.