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The Advanced Placement Program (AP) Administered by the College Entrance Examination Board

This program allows high school students to take examinations for credit at the college level. High school counselors will assist students with testing arrangements. The following is a list of AP examinations for which OU awards credit, and the credit awarded for various scores received.

Scores of 1 and 2 are not acceptable for credit. The courses listed in the various test-score columns are OU courses, and the last digit of the four-digit number indicates the number of semester hours earned when a student is awarded credit for the course.

Test Name
Score
3
4
5
Art
    - History of ArtA HI 1113A HI 1113A HI 1113
    - Studio Art
    - Drawing Portfolio
NoneART 1023ART 1023
Biology ZOO 1114ZOO 1114, 1121ZOO 1114, 1121
ChemistryNoneCHEM 1315, 1415CHEM 1315, 1415
Chinese Language
and Culture
CHIN 1225CHIN 2113CHIN 2223
Computer Science ANoneC S 1323C S 1323
Computer Science ABNoneC S 1323, 2334C S 1323, 2334
Economics - MacroECON 1113ECON 1113ECON 1113
Economics - MicroECON 1123ECON 1123ECON 1123
English Language and
Composition
ENGL 1113ENGL 1113ENGL 1113, 1213
English Literature and
Composition
ENGL 1113ENGL 1113ENGL 1113, 1213
European HistoryHIST 1223, 1233HIST 1223, 1233HIST 1223, 1233
French LanguageFR 1115FR 1115, 1225FR 1115, 1225, 2113
French LiteratureFR 2113FR 2113FR 2113
GermanGERM 1115GERM 1115, 1225GERM 1115, 1225, 2113
Govt. & Politics:
Comparative
NoneP SC 2603P SC 2603
Govt. & Politics:
United States
P SC 1113P SC 1113P SC 1113
Human GeographyGEOG 1103GEOG 1103GEOG 1103
Italian Language and
Culture
ITAL 1225ITAL 2113ITAL 2223
Japanese Language
and Culture
JAPN 1225JAPN 2113JAPN 2223
Latin - VirgilLAT 3213LAT 3213LAT 3213
Latin LiteratureLAT 2213LAT 2213LAT 2213
Math - Calculus ABMATH 1823MATH 1823MATH 1823
Math - Calculus BCMATH 1823MATH 1823, 2423MATH 1823, 2423
Music Theory
    - Aural (subscore)NoneMUTH 1611MUTH 1611, 1622
    - Nonaural (subscore)MUNM 1123MUNM 1123,
MUTH 1511
MUNM 1123,
MUTH 1511, 1522
Physics BPHYS 1114PHYS 2414PHYS 2414, 2424
Physics C
    - MechanicsPHYS 1114PHYS 2514PHYS 2514
    - Elec. & Mag.PHYS 1114PHYS 2524PHYS 2524
PsychologyPSY 1113PSY 1113PSY 1113
Spanish LanguageSPAN 1115, 1225, 2113SPAN 1115, 1225, 2113,
2223
SPAN 1115, 1225, 2113,
2223, 3073
Spanish LiteratureSPAN 2113SPAN 2113SPAN 2113
StatisticsECON 2843ECON 2843ECON 2843
U.S. HistoryHIST 1483, 1493HIST 1483, 1493HIST 1483, 1493
World HistoryHIST 1913HIST 1913HIST 1913


Correspondence concerning AP services should be addressed to AP Services, P.O. Box 6671, Princeton, NJ 08541-6671, (609) 771-7300 or (888) 225-5427 (Toll Free). E-mail: apexams@info.collegeboard.org.

August 2009