2023-2024 College Catalog

Advanced Placement Credit

Hartwick College offers advanced placement credit for most scores of three or better on the Advanced Placement Exams of the College Board. Several Advanced Placement tests have been designated by academic programs as equivalent to one or more Hartwick courses. If an Advanced Placement test is not designated equivalent to a Hartwick course or courses, credits toward the general education curriculum or elective credit may still be offered. AP transcripts must be submitted to the Office of the Registrar so that credit may be awarded.

Hartwick AP Exam Course Equivalents

Advanced Placement Equivalency Table

The following equivalencies are subject to change as periodic reviews of placement exams and credit policies are conducted.

Dept AP Exam Score Credits Equivalency
ART Studio Art 3+ 4 ART-AP
ART 2-D Design 3+ 3 ART-AP2
ART 3-D Design 3+ 3 ART-AP3
ART Drawing 3+ 3 ART-AP4
ART General Art 3+ 3 ART-AP5
ARTH Art History 3+ 3 ARTH-AP
BIOL Biology 4+ 4 See Note Below*
CHEM Chemistry 4+ 4 CHEM-APL
CISC Computer Science A 3+ 4 CISC-120
CISC Computer Science Principles 3+ 3 CISC-AP
ECON Economics-Macro 4+ 3 ECON-102
ECON Economics-Micro 4+ 3 ECON-101
ENTA English Literature and Composition 3+ 3 ENGL-AP
ENTA English Language and Composition 3+ 3 ENGL-AP2
HIST European History 3+ 3 HIST-AP
HIST United States History 3+ 3 HIST-AP2
HIST World History 3+ 3 HIST-AP3
MATH Calculus AB 3+ 4 MATH-121
MATH Calculus BC 3+ 7 MATH-121 & MATH-235
MATH Statistics 3+ 3 MATH-108
MOCL Chinese Language and Culture 3 3 CHIN-101
MOCL Chinese Language and Culture 4+ 6 CHIN-101 & CHIN-102
MOCL French Language and Culture 3 3 FREN-101
MOCL French Language and Culture 4+ 6 FREN-101 & FREN-102
MOCL German Language and Culture 3 3 GERM-101
MOCL German Language and Culture 4+ 6 GERM-101 & GERM-102
MOCL Italian Language and Culture 3 3 LANG-AP
MOCL Italian Language and Culture 4+ 6 LANG-AP2
MOCL Japanese Language and Culture 3 3 LANG-AP3
MOCL Japanese Language and Culture 4+ 6 LANG-AP4
MOCL Latin 3 3 LANG-AP5
MOCL Latin 4+ 6 LANG-AP6
MOCL Spanish Language 3 3 SPAN-101
MOCL Spanish Language 4+ 6 SPAN-101 & SPAN-102
MUSI Music Theory 3+ 3 MUSI-140
NDEP Human Geography 3+ 3 SCIE-AP
PHYS Physics 1: Algebra-Based 3+ 3 PHYS-AP
PHYS Physics 2: Algebra-Based 3+ 3 PHYS-AP2
PHYS Physics B 3+ 8 PHYS-140 & PHYS-141
PHYS Physics C Mechanics 3+ 4 PHYS-201
PHYS Physics C Electricity and Magnetism 3+ 4 PHYS-202
POSC Government and Politics: United States 3+ 3 POSC-101
POSC Government and Politics: Comparative 3+ 3 POSC-AP
PSYC Psychology 3 3 PSYC-AP
PSYC Psychology 4+ 3 PSYC-110 OR PSYC-111***
SCIE Environmental Science 3+ 3 SCIE-AP2

*Credit is applied to the requirement listed in this column. LN1-3 = foreign language, QFR = quantitative and formal reasoning. Elective credit = credit not applied to specific general education requirement but does count toward the overall 120 academic credits required for graduation.

**Students with AP credit must still take BIOL-191. For a BIOL score of 4 or better, BIOL-192 OR BIOL-293 are WAIVED if an A is achieved in BIOL-191.

***Students with a score of 4+ can choose whether they want AP PSYC to count as PSYC-110 or PSYC-111