Trinity College AP credit

What each AP score earns at Trinity College: 29 exams, credit shown in semester hours. Always confirm with the school before you plan your schedule.

Rules that apply to every exam

A maximum of nine course credits will be awarded for any of the AP exams listed.
Students taking College Board AP exams must receive a score of 4 or 5 to earn Trinity credit.
Receipt of an official advanced placement score report will be considered an application for advanced placement credit.
No course credit will be awarded without official AP scores.
If an AP exam lists an equivalent Trinity course, students may not take that course for credit.
AP exams with no listed equivalent course award elective credit that may not satisfy general education requirements, except the second language foundational requirement.
Students may not earn credit for both a course and its advanced placement equivalent.
Students may earn no more than one advanced placement credit in the Phys-101/Phys-141 category and no more than one in the Phys-102/Phys-231 category.
Students who have been granted credit in a subject may not enroll in Trinity courses that repeat that work.

AP exam	Score	Credit	Courses
AP AP-B (discontinued)	4+	2	Phys 101, Phys 102Admission to Phys 231, provided general physics and mathematics background is satisfactory after departmental review.
AP Art History	4+	1	AHIS 101, AHIS 102
AP Biology	4+	1	—May not be counted toward the biology major or minor, and does not exempt students from required major or minor courses.
AP Calculus AB	4+	1	MATH 131
AP Calculus BC	4+	2	MATH 131, MATH 132
AP Chemistry	4+	1	—May not be counted toward the chemistry major or minor. Fulfills the chemistry requirement for the engineering major.
AP Comparative Government and Politics	4+	1	POLS 103Does not count toward the Political Science major but fulfills prerequisites for upper level courses.
AP Computer Science A	4+	1	CPSC 110
AP Computer Science Principles	4+	1	CPSC 110
AP English Language and Composition	4+	1	—May not be counted toward the English major or minor, and does not exempt students from required major or minor courses.
AP English Literature and Composition	4+	1	—May not be counted toward the English major or minor, and does not exempt students from required major or minor courses.
AP Environmental Science	4+	1	ENVS 149L
AP European History	4+	1	—May not be counted toward the history major or minor, and does not exempt students from required major or minor courses.
AP foreign language and literature exams	5	2	—Students with two AP language credits may not enroll for Trinity credit below a fifth semester course in that language.
	4	1	—Students with one AP language credit may not enroll for Trinity credit below a fourth semester course in that language.
AP Latin	4+	1	—Students wishing to continue Latin must consult the Classics Department for placement.
AP Macroeconomics	4+	1	—Non-major course credit. Does not exempt students from ECON 101 when it is a prerequisite.
AP Macroeconomics and AP Microeconomics	4+	1	ECON 101Awarded for scores of 4 or 5 in both exams.
AP Microeconomics	4+	1	—Non-major course credit. Does not exempt students from ECON 101 when it is a prerequisite.
AP Music Theory	4+	1.25	MUSC 101One and one quarter course credits.
AP Physics 1	5	1	Phys 101Admission to Phys 102.
	4	1	Phys 101
AP Physics 2	5	1	Phys 102Admission to Phys 231, provided general physics and mathematics background is satisfactory after departmental review.
	4	1	Phys 102Admission to Phys 102 or Phys 231, provided general physics and mathematics background is satisfactory after departmental review.
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism	4+	1	Phys 231
AP Physics C: Mechanics	4+	1	Phys 141Admission to Phys 231.
AP Physics C: Mechanics and AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism	4+	2	Phys 141, Phys 231Admission to Phys 232.
AP Psychology	4+	1	—May not be counted toward the Psychology major, and does not exempt students from required major courses.
AP Statistics	4+	1	MATH 107
AP United States Government and Politics	4+	1	POLS 102Does not count toward the Political Science major but fulfills prerequisites for upper level courses.
AP United States History	4+	1	—May not be counted toward the history major or minor, and does not exempt students from required major or minor courses.
AP World History: Modern	4+	1	—May not be counted toward the history major or minor, and does not exempt students from required major or minor courses.