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 two exceptions: (1) the Level I Writing Requirement (W1) may not be satisfied by AP credits; and (2) Learning Domain requirements may not be satisfied by AP
credits. A maximum of six credits may be awarded for any combination of AP, IB,
Cambridge IE, and CLEP 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—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—French Literature | 3
| One course elective in FREN |
| 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 |
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.