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