Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate

Whittier College accepts Advanced Placement scores for credit toward graduation. The list of scores below represent the current course credit equivalencies beginning in the Fall 2016 semester.

Entering students who have passed International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examinations with a score of 5 or above will receive credit toward graduation on a case-by-case basis upon approval of the academic department.

AP/IB	Exam	Score	Credit	Whittier Equivalent	Lib Ed
AP	Art: History	4 or 5	6	ART 205 and 206	CUL5
AP	Studio (Drawing)	0	NC
AP	Studio (2-D Design)	0	NC
AP	Biology	4 or 5	8	BIOL 100
AP	Chemistry	4	5	CHEM 110A
AP	Chemistry	5	10	CHEM 110A and 110B
AP	Computer Science A	4 or 5	3	COSC 120
AP	Computer Science Principles	4 or 5	3	COSC 100
AP	Economics - Macro	4 or 5	3	ECON 200
AP	Economics - Micro	4 or 5	3	ECON 201
AP	English A1 HL/SL	5 or 6	6	ENGL 110 and English Electives
AP	English Lang/Comp	4 or 5	6	English Electives
AP	English Lit/Comp	4 or 5	6	ENGL 110 and English Electives
AP	Environmental Science	0	NC
AP	Gov’t and Politics - U.S.	4 or 5	3	PLSC 110	CUL4
AP	Gov’t and Politics - Comp	0	NC
AP	History - European	4 or 5	3	HIST 201	CUL5
AP	History - U.S.	4 or 5	3	HIST 206 or 207	CUL4
AP	History - World	4 or 5	3	HIST 101	CUL6
AP	Latin Literature	0	NC
AP	Latin Vergil	0	NC
AP	Modern Languages: Chinese	4 or 5	8	CHIN 120 and 121	CUL7
AP	Modern Languages: French	4 or 5	8	FREN 120 and 121	CUL7
AP	Modern Languages: German	4 or 5	8	GERM 120 and 120	CUL7
AP	Modern Languages: Spanish	4 or 5	8	SPAN 120 and 121	CUL7
AP	French Lit	0	NC
AP	Spanish Lit	4 or 5	8	Spanish Electives
AP	Math: Calculus AB*	4 or 5	4	MATH 141	COM1
AP	Math: Calculus BC*	4 or 5	8	MATH 141 and 142	COM1
AP	Music Theory	4	2	Music Electives
AP	Music Theory	5	4	Music Electives
AP	Physics 1	4 or 5	4	PHYS 135A
AP	Physics 2	4 or 5	4	PHYS 135B
AP	Physics C: Mechanics	4 or 5	4	PHYS 150	COM1
AP	Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism	0	NC
AP	Psychology	4 or 5	3	PSYC 100
AP	Statistics	4 or 5	3	MATH 080	COM1

* Credit is only given to either Calculus AB or Calculus BC, not both.

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Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate

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