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Advanced Placement

The following information is intended for students entering during the Fall of 2008 and beyond. To view Summer 2008, click here or return to the Advanced Credit main page.

After completing an Advanced Placement course, high school students have the option of paying a fee to take the appropriate examination. Test scores determine the type and number of credits the UO can award. Follow this link for ordering instructions.

The following AP scores generate university credit:

Subject Score CR Courses Awarded Groups
Art History 4 or 5 8 ARH 204, 206 A&L
Biology 4 or 5 12 BI 211 plus two Biology courses SC
Calculus AB 3
4 or 5
4
8
MATH 251
MATH 251, 252
SC, BS Math
SC, BS Math
Calculus BC 3
4 or 5
8
12
MATH 251, 252
MATH 251, 252, 253

SC, BS Math

SC, BS Math

Chemistry1

4 or 5

12

CH 221, 222, 223

SC

Chinese scores required and credit awarded pending

Computer Science A

4 or 5

4

CIS 210

SC, BS Math

Computer Science AB

3

4 or 5

4

8

CIS 210

CIS 210, 211

SC, BS Math

SC, BS Math

Economics: Macroeconomics

3, 4, or 5

4

EC 202

SS

Economics: Microeconomics

3, 4, or 5

4

EC 201

SS

English Language and Composition

3, 4 or 5

4

WR 121

COMP

English Literature and Composition

3, 4 or 5

4

ENG 104

A&L

Environmental Science

3, 4, or 5

4

ENVS 202

SC

European History

3, 4, or 5

8

HIST 102, 103

SS

French Language

3, 4 or 5

12

FR 201, 202, 203

A&L, BA Lang

French Literature

3, 4 or 5

4

FR 301

A&L, BA Lang

German Language

3, 4 or 5

12

GER 201, 202, 203

A&L, BA Lang

Government and Politics:

United States

Comparative

 

4 or 5

4 or 5

 

4

4

 

PS 201

PS 204

 

SS

SS

Human Geography

3, 4, or 5

4

GEOG 142

SS, IC

Italian Language and Culture scores required and credit awarded pending

Japanese Language and Culture

scores required and credit awarded pending

Latin:  Vergil

3, 4, or 5

12

LAT 301, 302, 303

A&L, BA Lang

Latin:  Literature

3, 4, or 5

4

LAT 303

A&L, BA Lang

Music Theory

4 or 5

8

MUS 131, 132, 134, 135

Elective

Physics B2

4 or 5

12

PHYS 201. 202, 203 SC

Physics C2

  Electricity & Magnetism

 

  Mechanics

 

 

4 or 5

 

4 or 5

 

4

 

4

 

PHYS 253

 

PHYS 251

 

SC

 

SC

Psychology

3, 4, or 5

4

One PSY course SS
Russian scores required and credit awarded pending

Spanish Language

3, 4 or 5

12 SPAN 201, 202, 203 A&L, BA Lang

Spanish Literature

3, 4 or 5 4 SPAN 301 A&L, BA Lang

Statistics

4 or 5

4

MATH 243

SC

Studio Art

4 or 5

4

One Art course Elective

US History

3, 4, or 5

8

HIST 202, 203

SS

World History

3, 4, or 5

8

HIST 105, 106

SS, IC

 

Notes for Advanced Placement:

1

Students should complete CH 227, 228, 229 (labs) prior to organic chemistry or should complete honors chemistry 224, 225, 226 with labs 237, 238, 239 prior to organic chemistry.

2

No lab credit is awarded so science and health profession students should discuss with their advisers the desirability of completing PHYS 251, 252, 253 and accompanying labs or of proceeding to next appropriate level of physics.

 

Key to Group Requirements:

A&L

Arts and Letters Group Satisfying

SS

Social Science Group Satisfying

SC

Science Group Satisfying

COMP

Composition (written English requirements)

BS Math

Counts toward the Bachelor of Science Mathematics requirement

BA Lang

Satisfies the Bachelor of Arts Foreign Language requirement


Contact the Office of the Registrar for more information.

registrar@uoregon.edu
220 Oregon Hall, 5257 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-5257
Phone: (541) 346-2935
Fax: (541) 346-6682
Transcript fax: (541) 346-6682