Advanced Placement Equivalencies

Franklin Pierce University equivalencies for Advanced Placement (AP) exams.

While FPU accepts Advanced Placement (AP) scores, not all of the credits will be automatically posted to your record. Upon receipt and review of your AP scores:

Exams for courses outside of your major – General and Liberal Education(GLE), Minor, Certificate, Free Elective – for which you have earned the minimum score for credit will be automatically posted to your record.
Exams for courses that fulfill a major requirement will need a written request before they are posted to your record. If you would like these AP credits posted, please discuss the pros and cons with your advisor. If you and your advisor agree that these AP credits would be beneficial to you at FPU, use the Request to Apply/Remove AP credit form to specify which AP credits you would like to apply to your major.
- If you choose to have AP credits posted, it is recommended that the written request be submitted as soon as possible (but before the end of the add/drop period) so that you have time to adjust your schedule if needed.

Please note that acceptance of AP credits on your record could have a negative impact on graduate school admission.

Once applied, AP credits will count toward a program requirement (GLE, major, minor, certificate and/or free elective) and will be included in your total number of credits required for graduation.

If it is determined at a later date that the AP credits will have a negative impact on graduate school admission, the student and major advisor must use the Request to Apply/Remove AP credit form to request that the credits earned by the exam(s) be zeroed out on the record. This request must include which AP exams will be zeroed out and the reason why the credits are being removed.

Once AP credits have been removed, they cannot be readded.

AP Test	Equivalency	Minimum Score	Credits Earned
2-D Art and Design	FA101	3	3
3-D Art and Design	FA102	3	3
African American Studies	SS Elective	3	3
Art History	FA183 + FA Elective	3	6
Biology	BI102	3	4
Business with Personal Finance	FM214	3	3
Calculus AB	MT221	3	4
Calculus BC	MT221 + MT222	3	8
Chemistry	CH101	3	4
Chemistry	CH101 + CH102	4	8
Chinese Language and Culture	Elective	3	6
Comparative Government and Politics	PO206	3	3
Computer Science A	CIT101	3	3
Computer Science Principles	CIT102	3	3
Cybersecurity (Career Kickstart)	CIT247	3	3
Drawing	FA201	3	3
English Language and Composition	GLE110 + English General Elective	3	6
English Literature and Composition	GLE110 + English General Elective	3	6
Environmental Science	ES101 or ES103	3	3
European History	6 credits of 200-level History, including HM GLE	3	6
French Language and Culture	Elective	3	6
German Language and Culture	Elective	3	6
Human Geography	HS308	3	3
Italian Language and Culture	Elective	3	6
Japanese Language and Culture	Elective	3	6
Latin	Elective	3	6
Macroeconomics	ET101	3	3
Microeconomics	ET102	3	3
Music Theory	MU151	3	3
Networking (Career Kickstart)	3 credits Business elective	3	3
Physics 1	PH101	3	4
Physics 2	PH102	3	4
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism	PH102	3	4
Physics C: Mechanics	PH101	3	4
Pre-Calculus	MT elective	3	4
Psychology	PS101	3	3
Spanish Language and Culture	Elective	3	6
Spanish Literature and Culture	Elective	3	6
Statistics	MT260	3	3
United States Government and Politics	PO201	3	3
United States History	6 credits of 200-level History, including 3 HM GLE	3	6
World History: Modern	6 credits of 200-level History, including 3 HM GLE	3	6

*Students planning on majoring in Biology or Health Sciences need a minimum score of 4 for AP credits to be applied to the major

^Students who have earned a 3 or better on both the English Language and English Literature exams will receive a total of 12 credits(GLE110, GLE230 plus 6 general elective credits)

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