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Advanced Placement
Depending upon your College Board Advanced Placement exam scrores, you may receive both advanced placement and credit for the appropriate subjects:
Tulane also awards credit or advanced placement for International Baccalaureate scores of 5 or greater on a higher level test. No credit or placement will be awarded for the subsidiary tests. Specific decisions regarding credit or placement will be made by individual departments.
This table shows the level of placement and amount of credit students typically receive. Students should have their score reports sent directly to Tulane from the College Board.
Table of Advanced Placement Criteria
Exam |
Score |
Credits Received |
Courses |
Art (History) |
5 |
6 |
ARHS 101 and 102 |
4 |
3 |
ARHS 101 |
|
Art (Studio) Drawing or 2D Design |
4 or 5 |
3 |
ARST 105 |
4 or 5 |
3 |
ARST 149 |
|
Biology |
5 |
7 or 8 |
EBIO 101/11 and CELL 101 or CELL 103/106 |
4 |
4 |
CELL 103/106 |
|
Chemistry |
5 |
8 |
CHEM 107/117 and CHEM 108/118 |
4 |
4 |
CHEM 107/117 |
|
Chinese |
4 or 5 |
4 |
ASTC 203 |
| Computer Science A | 4 or 5 |
4 |
CPSC 101 |
Computer Science AB |
4 or 5
|
8 |
CPSC 101 and 102 |
Economics |
4 or 5
|
3 |
ECON 101 |
Economics |
4 or 5
|
4 |
ECON 102 |
English |
4 or 5
|
4 |
ENGL 101 |
Environmental Science |
4 or 5
|
3 |
EBIO 104 |
French |
4 or 5
|
4 |
FREN 203 |
German Lang. |
4 or 5 |
4 |
GERM 203 |
History |
4 or 5
|
3 |
HISU 142 |
History |
4 or 5
|
3 |
HISE 122 |
| Italian Language and Culture |
4 or 5 | 4 |
ITAL 203 |
Japanese |
4 or 5 |
4 |
ASTJ 203 |
| Latin Literature or Virgil |
4 or 5 | 4 |
LATN 203 (Note: if both exams are passed with socres of 4 and above, 7 credit hours- LATN 203 and LATN 307) |
Math |
4 or 5
|
4 |
MATH 121 |
| Math Calculus BC |
4 or 5 | 8 |
MATH 121 and 122 |
Math |
4 or 5
|
3 |
MATH 111 |
Music |
4 or 5 |
3 |
MUSC 100 |
Physics B |
4 or 5
|
8 |
PHYS 121 and 122 (Note: credit will not be awarded fo PHYS 121 and 131, or PHYS 122 and 132) |
Physics C |
4 or 5
|
4 |
PHYS 131 |
Physics C |
4 or 5
|
4 |
PHYS 132 |
Polit. Science |
4 or 5
|
3 |
POLA 210 |
Polit. Science |
4 or 5
|
3 |
POLC 230 |
Psychology |
4 or 5
|
3 |
PSYC 100 |
Spanish |
4 or 5 |
4 |
SPAN 203 |
