AP - Advanced Placement Examinations

AP - Advanced Placement Examinations
The following Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations of the 
College Examination board (CEEB)
are accepted for credit toward a degree: 

              
CEEB AP TEST   APSU COURSE(S)  CREDITHOURS     MINIMUM SCORE
Art Drawing    ART 1040  3    3
Art General    ART 1010  3    3
Biology   BIOL 1010 & 101L    4    3
Calculus AB    MATH 2010 5    3
Calculus BC    MATH 2010 & 2020    10   3
Chemistry CHEM 1010 & 101L, or     4    3
     CHEM 1110 & 111L
Chemistry CHEM 1010, 101L, or 8    4
     1110, 111L, 1120, &
     112L, or CHEM 1020,
     102L
Computer Science A  CSCI 1010 3    3
Computer Science AB CSCI 1010 & 2010    6    3
Economics ECON 2010 3    3
Economics ECON 2010 & 2020    6    4
English: Language and 
Composition  ENG 1010  3    3
English: Literature and
Composition  ENG 1010 & 1020     6    3
European History    HIST 1020 3    3
French Language     FREN 1010, 1020     8    3
French Literature   FREN 1010, 1020     8    3
German Language     GER 1010, 1020 8    3
Government and Politics:
United States     PSCI 2010 3    3
History of Art ART 2000  3    3
Music Theory   MUS 1110  4    3
Music Theory   MUS 1110 & 1120     8    4
Music Listening & 
Literature   MUS 1950  2    3
Music Listening & 
Literature   MUS 1950 & 1960     4    4
Physics B*     PHYS 2010 4    3
     PHYS 2010 & 2020    8    4
Physics C*     PHYS 2110 4    3
     PHYS 2110 & 2120    8    4
Spanish Language    SPAN 1010, 1020     8    3
Spanish Literature  SPAN 1010, 1020     8    3
Studio Art General  ART 1010  3    3
Studio Art Drawing  ART 1040  3    3
U.S. History   HIST 2010 3    3
U.S. History   HIST 2010 & 2020    6    4
**No laboratory credit awarded

Certified Professional Secretary

Upon completion of 12 semester hours at APSU, a student who has successfully passed the Certified Professional Secretary examination, may apply the following credits only to the A.A.S. degree in Management Technology with an Administrative Office Management emphasis:

APSU COURSES   CREDIT HOURS

     AOM  2210 3
     AOM  2300 3
     AOM  2350 3
     ECON 2010 3
     MT     2010    3
     MT     2050    3
     MT     2250    3
          __
          Total  21

CLEP - College Level Examination Program General Examinations In order to receive credit for the CLEP General Examinations: 1.the student must not have earned in excess of 60 semester hours of college credit as of the date he or she takes the exam. 2.the student must not have received college credit in a similar course for which the credit is to be awarded. (Example: Humanities examination = Art Appreciation and Music Appreciation.) A waiting period of six months is required before a student is eligible to repeat any General Examination.

CLEP
GENERAL   MINIMUM
EXAMINATION    SCORE     APSU CREDIT/COURSES
English Composition*     460  3 hours elective credit
Humanities     420  6 hours for ART 2000 & MUS 2000
Mathematics    450  3 hours elective credit
Natural Science     420  8 hours elective credit
Social Sciences and      420  6 hours elective credit History

*Essay required, subject to review and approval by academic department. CLEP - College Level Examination Program Subject Examinations In order to receive credit for the CLEP Subject Examinations; the students must not have received credit in a similar course for which the credit is to be awarded. Both the objective tests and the essay tests may be required for Subject Examinations. A waiting period of six months is required before a student is eligible to repeat any Subject Examination. Contact the Counseling and Testing Center for additional information on

CLEP Examinations. 
CLEP SUBJECT        CREDIT    MINIMUM
EXAMINATIONS   APSU COURSES   HOURS     SCORE
American Government PSCI 2010 3    47
American History I:
Early Colonizations 
to 1877 HIST 2010 3    50
American History II:
1865 to the 
Present HIST 2020 3    50
Analysis and Interpre-
tation of Literature*  ENG 1020  3    49
Calculus with Elemen-
tary Functions    MATH 1610, 1620     6    50
College Algebra     MATH 1210 3    50
College French
(Level I)    FREN 1010, 1020     8    41
College German
(Level I)    GER 1010, 1020 8    41
College Spanish
(Level I)    SPAN 1010, 1020     8    41
Freshman College
Composition* ENG 1010  3    48
General Biology     BIOL 1010, 101L     4    50
General Chemistry   CHEM 1110, 111L,    8    48
     1120, 112L, or CHEM
     1010, 101L, 1020, 102L
Information Systems
and Computer
Applications CSCI 1000 3    49
Introductory 
Accounting** ACCT 2010, 2020     6    50
Introductory Business    BLAW 3300 3    51
Law
Introductory 
Psychology   PSY 1020  3    47
Introductory
Sociology    SOC 2010  3    47
Principles of
Macroeconomics    ECON 2010 3    48
Principles of 
Management   MGT 3010  3    47
Principles of
Marketing    MKT 3010  3    50
Principles of 
Microeconomics    ECON 2020 3    47
Trigonometry   MATH 1330 3    52
Western Civilization I:
Ancient Near East
to 1648 HIST 1010 3    50
Western Civilization II:
1648 to the Present    HIST 1020 3    50
*Essay required, subject to review and approval by academic department.
**Free-response
section required.

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