Advanced Placement Exams (AP) AP Exam Title Sub Title Score Related Course Cr Maj Core GenEd Notes Art History 3, 4, 5 ARTH100 3 No Yes No ARTH100 fulfills CORE- Arts requirement. Contact department for placement, 301-405-1479. Art Drawing 4, 5 ARTT110 3 Yes No Yes Students interested in establishing credit for specific courses must submit portfolio for evaluation; call 301-405- 1442 General 4, 5 Lower Level Elective 3 No No No 3D 4, 5 Under Review 3 Biology 4 BSCI105 & 8 Yes Yes Yes BSCI fulfills a major requirement in all Biological Sciences; it also fulfills CORE-Lab (Life) Science requirement or GenEd-Distributive Studies-Natural Sciences Lab requirement. Contact the College of Computer, Mathematical, & Natural Sciences for placement, 301-405-2080. Lower Level elective No No No 5 BSCI105 & 8 Yes Yes Yes BSCI106 Yes Yes Yes Chemistry 4 CHEM131 & CHEM132 4 Yes Yes Yes CHEM fulfills a major requirement in all Biological Sciences, Chemistry, and Biochemistry majors; it also fulfills CORE-Lab (Physical) Science requirement or GenEd- Distributive Studies-Natural Sciences Lab requirement. Contact department for placement, 301-405-1791. 5 CHEM131 & 6 Yes Yes Yes CHEM132 & Yes Yes Yes CHEM271 No No No Computer Science JAVA (2004+) A 5 Lower Level Elective 4 No No No Credit will be given for either the A or the AB exam but not both. Credit may be earned for both the C++ and Java exams. Students receiving an acceptable score on the Java exam (5 on A, 4 or 5 on AB) are exempt from CMSC131. Contact department for placement, 301-405-2672. JAVA (2004+) AB 4, 5 Lower Level Elective 4 No No No C++ (pre-2004) A 4, 5 Lower Level Elective 4 No No No C++ (pre-2004) AB 4 Lower Level Elective 4 No No No 5 Lower Level Elective 6 No No No AP Exam Title Sub Title Score Related Course Cr Maj Core GenEd Notes Economics Macroeconomics 4, 5 ECON201 3 Yes Yes Yes Economics majors must score 4 or 5 to receive credit toward the major. ECON fulfills one of two CORE- Social/Behavioral Science requirements or one of the GenEd-Distributive Studies-History & Social Sciences requirements. Contact department for placement, 301-405-3266. Microeconomics 3 ECON105 3 No Yes No 4, 5 ECON200 3 Yes Yes Yes English Literature & Comp 3 Lower Level Elective 3 No No No Students with score of 4 or 5 on Lang and Comp exam satisfy CORE-Fundamental Studies Freshman Writing requirement or the GenEd- Fundamental Studies- Academic Writing requirement (*ENGL 101). Students with credit for the Language exam may not receive credit for ENGL291 or its equivalent. ENGL240 fulfills CORE-Literature requirement. Contact department for placement, 301-405-3825. 4, 5 Lower Level Elective & 6 No No No ENGL240 Yes Yes No Language & Comp 3 Lower Level Elective 3 No No No 4, 5 ENGL101 3 No * Yes Environmental Science 4, 5 Lower Level Elective 3 No Yes Yes Fills CORE-Physical Science requirement or GenEd-Distributive Studies-Natural Sciences. French Language 4 FREN203 4 No Yes No Language: Students with score of 4 who wish to continue must enroll in FREN 204; with a score of 5 must enroll in FREN250 or higher. 5 FREN204 & 6 Yes Yes No FREN211 No Yes No Literature 4 FREN204 3 Yes Yes No Literature: Students with score of 4 must enroll in FREN 250; with score of 5 may enroll in 300-level courses. FREN203, 204, or 211 fulfills CORE- Humanities requirement; FREN250 fulfills CORE- Literature requirement. Contact department for placement, 301-405-4034. 5 FREN204 & 6 Yes Yes No FREN250 Yes Yes No AP Exam Title Sub Title Score Related Course Cr Maj Core GenEd Notes Geography Human 4, 5 GEOG202 3 Yes Yes Yes GEOG202 fulfills one of two CORE Social/Behavioral Science requirements or one of two GenEd-Distributive Studies-History & Social Sciences requirement. Contact deptartment for placement 301-405-4073. German Language 4 GERM203 4 No Yes No Students with score of 4 who wish to continue must enroll in GERM204; with score of 5 must enroll in GERM 220. Contact department for placement, 301-405-4091. 5 GERM203 & 7 No Yes No GERM204 Yes Yes No Gov't & Politics United States 3, 4, 5 GVPT 170 3 Yes Yes Yes GVPT170 fulfills one of two CORE- Social/Behavioral Science requirements or one of the GenEd-Distributive Studies-History & Social Sciences requirements. Contact department for placement, 301-405-4124. Comparative 3, 4, 5 GVPT280 3 Yes No No History United States 4 HIST200 or HIST201 3 Yes Yes Yes U.S. History: A score of 4 earns three credits as chosen by the student (HIST200 or HIST201). A score of 5 earns six credits (HIST200 & HIST201). Either fulfills CORE-History or the GenEd-Distributive Studies-History & Social Sciences requirement. 5 HIST200 & HIST201 6 Yes Yes Yes European 4 HIST112 or 3 Yes Yes No European History: A score of 4 will be awarded 3 credits as chosen by the student (HIST112 or HIST113). A score of 5 will be awarded 6 credits (HIST112 & HIST113). HIST112 fills CORE- Humanities requirement; HIST113 fills CORE- History requirement or one of the GenEd-Distributive Studies-History & Social Sciences requirements; see department for placement. HIST113 Yes Yes Yes 5 HIST112 & 6 Yes Yes No HIST113 Yes Yes Yes AP Exam Title Sub Title Score Related Course Cr Maj Core GenEd Notes World 4,5 HIST219 3 Yes Yes No World History: Fills CORE- History requirement; see department for placement, 301-405-4272 Italian 5 ITAL204 & ITAL211 6 Yes No ITAL204 fulfills the CORE-Humanities requirement; contact department for placement, 301-405-4024. Latin Vergil 4, 5 LATN201 4 Yes Yes No Students with score of 4 or 5 may not take LATN201 or lower for credit. Students with a score of 4 or 5 in more than one AP Latin test may receive additional credit. Contact department for placement and credit adjustment, 301-405-2013. Catullus & Cicero 4, 5 LATN201 4 Yes Yes No Catullus & Horace 4, 5 LATN201 4 Yes Yes No Catullus & Ovid 4, 5 LATN201 4 Yes Yes No Mathematics Calculus AB 4, 5 MATH140* 4 Yes Yes Yes *MATH141 may be completed through credit- by-exam. MATH140 fulfills CORE-Fundamental Studies Math and CORE- Math & Formal Reasoning Non-Lab. MATH140 fulfills GenEd-Fundamental Studies-Math and GenEd- Fundamental Studies- Analytic Reasoning requirements. Students who receive credit for MATH140 or 140 & 141 may not receive credit for MATH220 or 220 & 221. Contact department for placement, 301-405-5053. The Calculus BC w/AB subscore is treated as if the BC exam was the AB exam. Students may not receive AB subscore credit if credit was awarded for the BC exam. Calculus BC 4, 5 MATH140 & 8 Yes Yes Yes MATH141 Yes Yes No Calculus BC with AB Subscore 4, 5 MATH140 4 Yes Yes Yes AP Exam Title Sub Title Score Related Course Cr Maj Core GenEd Notes Music Listening/Literature 3, 4, 5 MUSC130 3 No Yes Yes MUSC130 or 140 fulfills CORE Arts History/Theory requirement or one of the GenEd-Distributive Studies-Humanities requirements. Majors should contact department for placement, 301-405- 5563. Theory 4 MUSC140 3 No Yes Yes 5 MUSC150 3 No No No Physics Physics B 4, 5 PHYS121 & PHYS122 8 No Yes Yes PHYS121 and 122 fulfill CORE-Lab (Physical) Science requirement or GenEd-Distributive Studies-Natural Sciences Lab requirement. Physics C exams fulfill major requirements in Biological Sciences, Engineering, or Physics; they also fulfill the CORE-Lab (Physical) Science requirement or GenEd-Distributive Studies-Natural Sciences Lab requirement. A score of 4 or 5 on the Physics C exams will be awarded four credits as chosen by the student and his/her advisor. Students must have credit for AP Calculus BC to take the next course in sequence. Contact department for placement, 301-405-5979. Physics C : Mechanics 4, 5 PHYS141 or 4 No Yes Yes PHYS161 or Yes Yes Yes PHYS171 Yes Yes Yes Physics C : Elec./Magnet. 4 PHYS 142 or 4 No Yes Yes PHYS260/1 Yes Yes Yes 5 PHYS142 or 4 No Yes Yes PHYS260/1 or Yes Yes Yes PHYS272 Yes Yes Yes Psychology 4, 5 PSYC100 3 Yes Yes Yes The AP exam counts towards the 35 required major credits. If a student enters with AP credit, s/he must complete PSYC221 with a grade of B or better. CORE: PSYC100 fulfills one of two CORE- Social/Behavioral Science requirements. GenEd: PSYC100 fulfills either one of the Distributive Studies-History & Social Sciences OR the Distributive Studies-Natural Sciences requirement Contact department for placement, 301-405-5866. AP Exam Title Sub Title Score Related Course Cr Maj Core GenEd Notes Spanish Language 4 SPAN203 4 No Yes No Language: Students with a score of 4 who wish to continue must enroll in SPAN204, 207, or 211; with score of 5 must enroll in 300-level courses. Literature: Students with score of 4 or 5 must enroll in 300-level courses. SPAN 203 or 204 fulfills CORE-Humanities requirement. SPAN221 fulfills CORE-Literature requirement. SPAN207 fulfills one of the GenEd- Distributive Studies- Humanities requirements. Contact department for placement, 301-405-6452. 5 SPAN204 & 6 No Yes No SPAN207 Yes No Yes Literature 4 SPAN221 3 Yes Yes No 5 SPAN207 & 6 Yes No Yes SPAN221 Yes Yes No Statistics 4, 5 STAT100 3 * Yes Yes STAT100 fulfills CORE- Fundamental Math and CORE-Math & Formal Reasoning Non-Lab. STAT100 fulfills GenEd- Fundamental Studies-Math & GenEd-Fundamental Studies-Analytic Reasoning requirements. * STAT100 fulfills program requirements in certain majors. Consult advisor. Please Note: "Lower Level" refers to courses at the lower (100 and 200) level. Students may not receive credit for AP courses AND for equivalent University of Maryland courses or transfer courses (including IB or CLEP). Credit will be deleted in such cases. Decisions about applicability of courses to CORE or General Education are updated on an ongoing basis. Consult Schedule of Classes for most recent information. Native speakers may not earn AP credit for the French, German, or Spanish language exams.