AP, IB, and A-Level Exam Equivalencies

Advanced Placement (AP) Credit

Students who have taken advanced placement courses in secondary school and wish to be considered for advanced credit or placement must take advanced placement tests of the college board. All entering students who submit a score of four or five on these tests may receive one course credit for each test area toward the 32 course graduation requirement.

AP Course Title

Gettysburg College Catalog

GC Curricular Requirement

AP Art History

ARTH 100-AP

Adv Placement Art History

MI-Arts

AP Studio Art: Drawing

ARTS 141-AP

Introduction to Drawing

MI-Arts

AP Studio Art:  2D Design

ARTS 145-AP

Basic Design 2D

MI-Arts

AP Studio Art:  3D Design

ARTS 146-AP

Basic Design 3D

MI-Arts

AP Biology

BIO 100-AP

Advanced Placement Biology

MI - Natural Science with lab

Does not fulfill major requirement

AP Chemistry

CHEM 107-AP

Chemical Structure and Bonding

MI - Natural Science with lab

AP Chinese Language & Culture

CHN 202-AP

Chinese Language

Second Language  Counts toward requirement, but does not fulfill

AP Computer Science A

CS 111-AP

Computer Science I

MI – Formal Science

AP Computer Science Principles

CS 103-AP

Introduction to Computing

MI – Formal Science

AP  Macroeconomics

ECON 104-AP

Principles of Macroeconomics

Elective

AP  Microeconomics

ECON 103-AP

Introductory Economics

MI - Social Science

AP English Literature & Composition

ENG 111-AP

Writing through Literature

Elective

AP English Language & Composition

ENG 101-AP

Introduction to College Writing

Elective

AP Environmental Science

ES 121-AP

Environmental Issues

Elective

 

AP French Language & Culture

FREN 202

Intermediate French

 Second Language  Counts toward requirement, but does not fulfill

AP German Language & Culture

GER 202-AP

Intermediate German

Second Language  Counts toward requirement, but does not fulfill

AP United States Government & Politics

POL 110-AP

U.S. Government & Politics

MI - Social Science

AP Comparative Government & Politics

POL 104-AP

Intro to Comparative Politics

MI - Social Science

AP Human Geography

ES 161-AP

Physical and Human Geography

MI - Social Science

AP United States History

HIST 131-AP

History of the U.S.

MI - Humanities

AP European History       

HIST 101-AP

History of Europe

      MI - Humanities

AP World History

HIST 119-AP

World History (AP)

MI - Humanities

AP Latin

LAT 202-AP

Intermediate Latin

Second Language  Counts toward requirement, but does not fulfill

AP Math AB (4 or 5)

MATH 111-AP

Calculus I

MI – Formal Science

AP Math BC (4 or 5)

MATH 112-AP

Calculus II

MI – Formal Science

AP Music Theory (4 or 5)

MUS 141-AP

Theory I

MI-Arts

Aural (4 or 5)

Must have dept. approval to fulfill major requirements

AP Music Theory (4 or 5)

MUS 111-AP

Fundamentals of Music

MI-Arts

Aural > 4

Must have dept. approval to fulfill major requirements

AP Physics C: Mechanics

PHY 103-AP

Introductory Modern Physics

MI - Natural Science with lab

AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

PHY 104-AP

Introductory Modern Physics

MI - Natural Science with lab

AP Psychology

PSY 101-AP

General Psychology

Elective

AP Spanish Language & Culture

SPAN 202-AP

Intermediate Spanish

Second Language  Counts toward requirement, but does not fulfill

AP Spanish Literature & Culture

SPAN 205-AP

Read in Span & Span-Amer Lit

Second Language  Counts toward requirement, but does not fulfill

AP Statistics

MATH 107-AP

Applied Statistics

MI – Formal Science

AP Seminar

APTC 102-AP

AP Seminar

Elective

AP Research

APTC 101-AP

AP Research

Elective