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 2023 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	Art: History	3	3	General ART transfer credit
AP	Studio (Drawing)	0	NC
AP	Studio (2-D Design)	0	NC
AP	Biology	4 or 5	8	BIOL 100
AP	Biology	3	4	General BIOL transfer credit
AP	Chemistry	3	5	General CHEM transfer credit
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 A	3	3	General COSC transfer credit
AP	Computer Science Principles	3	3	General COSC transfer credit
AP	Computer Science Principles	4 or 5	3	COSC 100
AP	Economics - Macro	3	3	General ECON transfer credit
AP	Economics - Macro	4 or 5	3	ECON 200
AP	Economics - Micro	3	3	General ECON transfer credit
AP	Economics - Micro	4 or 5	3	ECON 201
IB	English A1 HL/SL	5 or 6	6	ENGL 110 and English Electives
AP	English Lang/Comp	3	3	General ENGL transfer credit
AP	English Lang/Comp	4 or 5	6	English Electives
AP	English Lit/Comp	3	3	General ENGL transfer credit
AP	English Lit/Comp	4 or 5	6	ENGL 110 and English Electives
AP	Environmental Science	0	NC
AP	Gov’t and Politics - US	3	3	General PLSC transfer credit
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	3	3	General HIST transfer credit
AP	History - European	4 or 5	3	HIST 201	CUL5
AP	History - US	3	3	General HIST transfer credit
AP	History - U.S.	4 or 5	3	HIST 206 or 207	CUL4
AP	History - World	3	3	General HIST transfer credit
AP	History - World	4 or 5	3	HIST 101	CUL6
AP	Latin Literature	0	NC
AP	Latin Vergil	0	NC
AP	Modern Languages: Chinese	3	4	General CHIN transfer credit	CUL7
AP	Modern Languages: Chinese	4 or 5	8	CHIN 120 and 121	CUL7
AP	Modern Languages: French	3	4	General FREN transfer credit	CUL7
AP	Modern Languages: French	4 or 5	8	FREN 120 and 121	CUL7
AP	Modern Languages: German	3	4	General INTD transfer credit	CUL7
AP	Modern Languages: German	4 or 5	8	General INTD transfer credit	CUL7
AP	Modern Languages: Spanish	3	4	General SPAN transfer credit	CUL7
AP	Modern Languages: Spanish	4 or 5	8	SPAN 120 and 121	CUL7
AP	French Lit	0	NC
AP	Spanish Lit	3	4	General SPAN transfer credit
AP	Spanish Lit	4 or 5	8	Spanish Electives
AP	Math: Calculus AB*	3	4	General MATH transfer credit
AP	Math: Calculus AB*	4 or 5	4	MATH 141	COM1
AP	Math: Calculus BC*	3	4	General MATH transfer credit
AP	Math: Calculus BC*	4 or 5	8	MATH 141 and 142	COM1
AP	Music Theory	3	1	Music Electives
AP	Music Theory	4	2	Music Electives
AP	Music Theory	5	4	Music Electives
AP	Physics 1	3	4	General PHYS transfer credit
AP	Physics 1	4 or 5	4	PHYS 135A
AP	Physics 2	3	4	General PHYS transfer credit
AP	Physics 2	4 or 5	4	PHYS 135B
AP	Physics C: Mechanics	3	4	General PHYS transfer credit
AP	Physics C: Mechanics	4 or 5	4	PHYS 150	COM1
AP	Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism	0	NC
AP	Psychology	3	3	General PSYC transfer credit
AP	Psychology	4 or 5	3	PSYC 100
AP	Statistics	3	3	General MATH transfer credit
AP	Statistics	4 or 5	3	MATH 080	COM1

* Credit is only given to either Calculus AB or Calculus BC if a score of 4 or 5 is earned, not both. For a score of 3, 8 general MATH transfer credits will be applied

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