Credit cannot be reviewed or awarded until official exam results/ transcripts are received directly from the testing organization.
Students are not eligible to receive both exam credit and institutional credit for the same course. If you subsequently take a course at Lafayette for which you were awarded exam credit, the credit for the exam will be rescinded.
| TEST | SCORE | CREDIT | COURSE | NOTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art History | 4, 5 | 1 | Elective in Art | G |
| Art: Drawing, 2-D or 3-D Art and Design | 4, 5 | 1 | Elective in Studio Art | |
| Biology | 5 | 2 | Biology 111, Biology 112 | |
| Calculus AB (test year 2020-2021) | 4, 5 | 1 | Mathematics 125 | K, L |
| Calculus AB (test year 2022) | 4, 5 | 1 | Mathematics 161 | K, L |
| Calculus BC (test year 2020-2021) | 3, 4, 5 | 1 | Mathematics 125 | K, L |
| Calculus BC (test year 2022) | 3 | 1 | Mathematics 161 | K, L |
| Calculus BC (test year 2022) | 4, 5 | 2 | Mathematics 161, Mathematics 162 | K, L |
| Chemistry (test year 2020 and beyond) | 4, 5 | 1 | Chemistry 107 | |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 3, 4, 5 | 1 | Chinese 102 or Chinese 112 | C |
| Computer Science A | 4, 5 | 1 | Computer Science 102 | F |
| Economics (Macroeconomics + Microeconomics) | 4, 5 | 1 | Economics 101 | A |
| English Language or Literature | 4, 5 | 1 | Elective in English | B, G |
| Environmental Science | 4, 5 | 1 | Elective in Environmental Science | H, I |
| European History | 4, 5 | 1 | Elective in European History | J |
| French Language and Culture | 3, 4, 5 | 1 | French 102 or French 112 | C |
| German Language and Culture | 3, 4, 5 | 1 | German 102 or German 112 | C |
| Govt. & Politics: Comparative | 4, 5 | 1 | Government 103 | |
| Govt. & Politics: U. S. | 4, 5 | 1 | Government 101 | |
| Italian Language and Culture | 3, 4, 5 | 1 | Italian 102 or 112 | C |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 3, 4, 5 | 1 | Japanese 102 or Japanese 112 | C |
| Latin | 3 ,4, 5 | 1 | Latin 102 or Latin 112 | C |
| Music Theory | 4, 5 | 1 | Music 121 | |
| Physics 1 | 4, 5 | 1 | Physics 111 | B, D |
| Physics 2 | 4, 5 | 1 | Physics 112 | B, D |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4, 5 | 1 | Physics 131 | B |
| Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism | 4, 5 | 1 | Physics 133 | B |
| Psychology | 4, 5 | 1 | Elective in Psychology | E |
| Spanish Language or Literature | 3, 4, 5 | 1 | Spanish 102 or Spanish 112 | C |
| Statistics (test year 2019 or earlier; 2021 and beyond) | 4, 5 | 1 | Mathematics 186 | |
| Statistics (test year 2020 only) | 4, 5 | 1 | Mathematics 110 | |
| United States History | 4, 5 | 1 | Elective in American History | J |
| World History | 4, 5 | 1 | Elective in World History | J |
NOTES:
A – Must earn score of 4 or higher on both Microeconomics and Macroeconomics.
B – Same course. (Cannot receive credit for Physics 111 & 131/151 and 112 & 133/152.) (Only one credit awarded in English.)
C – Satisfies the elementary proficiency in a second language requirement. (Maximum 1 credit per language.)
D – Engineering majors will not be awarded credit for Physics 111, 112.
E – Course is not equivalent to Psychology 110 and does not meet natural lab science requirement.
F – Course is equivalent to an Intro Computer Science course (104 or 105 or 106), but does not meet Natural Science CCS requirement. Students are not eligible to take Computer Science 104/105/106 if credit is earned for Computer Science 102.
G – Course meets the Humanities requirement in the Common Course of Study.
H – Course does not meet the natural lab science requirement.
I – Course not equivalent to either Environmental Studies 100 or Geology 110.
J – Elective credit cannot be applied in major.
K – A student who wishes to place themselves in their first mathematics course without having credit earned in the necessary prerequisite course(s) (Mathematics 161 and/or Mathematics 162 and/or Mathematics 263) must first pass the credit exam(s) offered by the Department of Mathematics. Credit will NOT be awarded for such exams until the student has passed the subsequent course for which they have registered.
L – Students may not earn credit for both Mathematics 125 + Mathematics 161 through AP and/or department credit exams.
The Lafayette faculty determine score assignments each spring/summer. Credit is awarded based on the policy in effect the year you matriculated at Lafayette (note: some award years also have stipulations on the year you took the AP exam).