Guidelines for Advanced Placement Credit
AP Course Exam | Score | Credits | Course Equivalent |
Simpson Core Requirements |
Notes |
Art | |||||
Studio Art | No equivalent | Performance exam available | |||
History of Art | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | Elective ART | Historical Inquiry | |
Biology | |||||
Biology | 4 or 5 | 4 | Elective BIOL | Scientific Inquiry | |
Chemistry | |||||
Chemistry | 3, 4, 5 | 8 | CHEM 101 & CHEM 102 |
Scientific Inquiry |
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Computer Science | |||||
Computer Science A | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | CMSC 150 | ||
Computer Science Principles | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | Elective CMSC | Data Analysis | |
Economics | |||||
Microeconomics | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | ECON 100* | Human Behavior & Society | *If Credit for Micro & Macro one gets ECON 100 other is ECON Elective. |
Macroeconomics | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | ECON 100* | Human Behavior & Society | |
English | |||||
English Lang/Compstn | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | Elective ENG | ||
English Lit/Composition | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | Elective ENG | Cultural & Textual Inquiry | |
Environmental Science | |||||
Environmental Science | 3 |
4 |
Elective BIOL | Scientific Inquiry | |
Environmental Science | 4,5 | 4 | BIOL 103 | Scientific Inquiry | No lab credit |
History | |||||
U.S. History | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | HIST 121 | Historical Inquiry | |
European History | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | Elective HIST |
Historical Inquiry | |
World History | 3, 4, 5 | 4 |
Elective |
Historical Inquiry | |
Human Geography | |||||
Human Geography | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | Elective INTST | ||
Mathematics | |||||
Calculus AB | 3 | 4 | MATH 151 | ||
Calculus AB | 4,5 | 8 | MATH 151 & MATH 152 | ||
Calculus BC | 3, 4, 5 | 8 | MATH 151 & MATH 152 | ||
Statistics | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | ECON 135 | Data Analysis | |
Modern Languages | |||||
Chinese Language | 3, 4, 5 | 8 | Elective WLCS | Cultural & Textual Inquiry | |
French Language | 3, 4, 5 | 8 | Elective WLCS | Cultural & Textual Inquiry | |
German Language | 3, 4, 5 | 8 | Elective WLCS | Cultural & Textual Inquiry | |
Italian Lang/Culture | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | Elective WLCS |
Cultural & Textual Inquiry | |
Japanese Lang/Culture | 3, 4, 5 | 4 |
Elective |
Cultural & Textual Inquiry | |
Latin | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | Elective HUM |
Cultural & Textual Inquiry | |
Spanish Language | 3, 4, 5 | 8 | SPAN 110 & SPAN 111 | Cultural & Textual Inquiry | |
Spanish Literature | 3 | 4 | SPAN 221 | Historical Inquiry | |
Spanish Literature | 4, 5 | 8 | SPAN 221 & SPAN 343 | Historical Inquiry | |
Music | |||||
Music Theory | 3, 4, 5 | 3 & 1 | MUS 151 & 153 | ||
Physics | |||||
Physics 1: Algebra Based | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | PHYS 151 | Scientific Inquiry | |
Physics 2: Algebra Based | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | PHYS 152 | ||
Phys C: Mechanics | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | PHYS 191 | Scientific Inquiry | |
Phys C: Elect & Magnetism | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | PHYS 192 | Scientific Inquiry | |
Political Science | |||||
Govt & Politics, U.S. | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | POSC 101 | Human Behavior & Society | |
Govt & Politics, Comprtv | 3, 4, 5 | 4. | Elective POSC | Human Behavior & Society | |
Psychology | |||||
Psychology | 4, 5^ | 4 | PSYC 101 | Scientific Inquiry | ^Students entering in Spring 2021 or after. |
Seminar | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | Elective HUM | ||
Research | 3, 4, 5 | 4 | Elective HUM |