Advanced Placement (AP) Credit
The Advanced Placement (AP) program allows students to earn college credit for qualifying exam scores. A student’s performance on the AP exams will determine whether advanced placement and credit will be granted by Bucknell. For any course in which a student has earned both a satisfactory AP test score and college credit at another institution, transfer credit will be awarded only for the AP score or the college credit, not both. Please note that AP credit can only be used to satisfy disciplinary exploration requirements, e.g. those courses with divisional designation of ARHC, NSMC or SLSC. Only one AP credit can be used towards each requirement. AP cannot be used to satisfy the Foreign Language requirement.
| Examinations | AP Score | Credit | Course Information |
Art: | 3,4,5 3,4,5 |
| 100 level Art History Elective 100 level Art & Design Elective |
| African American Studies | 3,4,5 | 1.0 | 100 level Crititcal Black Studies Elective |
| Biology | 4,5 | 1.0 | 100 level Biology Elective / No lab credit |
| Capstone Seminar and Capstone Research | 4,5 | 1.0 | 100 level University Elective One credit, awarded only with qualifying scores on BOTH exams. |
| Chemistry | 4,5 | 1.0 | 100 level Chemistry Elective / No lab credit |
| Computer Science: - A Exam - Principles Exam | 4,5 4,5 | 1.0 1.0 | CSCI 203 100 level elective, not counted toward CSCI major |
| Economics: - Micro - Macro | 4,5 4,5 | 1.0 1.0 | Credit granted for ECON 101 with qualifying scores on BOTH exams; otherwise one 100 level Economics Elective |
| English: - Language & Composition - Literature & Composition | 4,5 4,5 | 1.0 1.0 | Credit awarded for only one English exam. 100 level English Elective 100 level English Elective |
| Environmental Science | 4,5 | 1.0 | 100 level Environmental Studies Elective |
| History: - U.S. History - European History - World History: Modern | 4,5 4,5 4,5 | 1.0 1.0 1.0 | 100 level History Elective 100 level History Elective 100 level History Elective |
| Human Geography | 4,5 | 1.0 | 100 level Geography Elective |
| Government & Politics: - U.S. - Comparative |
| 1.0 1.0 | Can't be counted towards Political Science major. 100 level Political Science Elective 100 level Political Science Elective |
- French Language & Culture | 4,5 4,5 4,5 3,4,5 4,5 4,5 | 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 | 100 level French Elective 100 level German Elective 100 level Italian Elective 100 level Latin Elective 100 level Spanish Elective 100 level Spanish Elective |
| Mathematics: - Calculus AB - Calculus BC - Calculus Subset - Statistics | 4,5 3 4,5 4,5 4,5 | 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 |
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| Music Theory | 3,4,5 | 1.0 | 100 level Music Elective |
| Physics 1 and Physics 2 - C-Mechanics - C-Electricity & Magnetism | 4,5 4,5 4,5 | 1.0 1.0 1.0 | 100 level Physics Elective/One credit, awarded only with qualifying scores on BOTH exams. No lab credit. 100 level Physics Elective / No lab credit 100 level Physics Elective / No lab credit |
| Psychology | 4,5 | 1.0 | PSYC 100 |
*Courses may also be used to satisfy specific major requirements, consult your major for more information.