Advance Placement Credit

Beginning Summer Semester 2007, students enrolled at the University of Utah who achieved scores of  5, 4, or 3 in an Advanced Placement (AP) examination in high school may be awarded up to six semester  hours of credit  for year courses and three semester  hours of credit for half-year courses.  Students must submit a request for evaluation to the Admissions Office to have credit recorded in their records.  Duplicate credit for other exams and concurrent college courses completed prior to completing the exam, will not be awarded.

General Education waivers are evaluated according to the current policy at the time the request is made for evaluation.

Advance Placement Credit (PDF)

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AP EXAMINATION

SEMESTER HOURS AWARDED

SCORE REQUIRED

GENERAL EDUCATION WAIVERS

REMARKS

AMERICAN HISTORY

6

3

American Institutions

Waives American Institutions

ART HISTORY

6

3

1 Fine Art IE

 

BIOLOGY

6

3

1 Science IE

 

CALCULUS AB

6

3*

QA/QB Requirement

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CALCULUS BC

6

8

3-4*

5*

QA/QB Requirement

QA/QB Requirement

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CHEMISTRY

6

8

3-4

5

1 Science IE

1 Science IE

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COMPUTER SCIENCE AB

COMPUTER SCIENCE A

6


3

3


3

1 Science IE

If a student completes both Comp Sci AB and A, a maximum of 8 hours is awarded.

ECONOMICS  - Macr

 - Micro

3


3

3


3

1 Social Science IE

 

ENGLISH - Comp/Reading

- Comp/Lit

- Language

6


6

6

4**


4**

4**

Writing 2010


Writing 2010

Writing 2010

Waives lower division Writing Requirement

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

3

3

1 Science IE

 

EUROPEAN HISTORY

6

3

1 Humanities IE

 

GEOGRAPHY: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

3

3

1 Social Science IE

 

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

- American

- Comparative

3


3

3


3

1 Social Science IE

1 Social Science IE

 

LANGUAGES - Chinese Lang & Culture

6

8

3-4

5

 

- French

6

8

3-4

5

 

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- French Lit

6

3

1 Humanities IE

 

- German

6

8

3-4

5

 

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- German Lit

6

3

1 Humanities IE

 

- Italian Lang & Culture

6

8

3-4

5

 

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- Japanese Lang & Culture

6

8

3-4

5

 

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- Latin

6

8

3-4

5

 

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- Latin Lit

6

3

1 Humanities IE

 

- Spanish

6

8

3-4

5

 

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- Spanish Lit

6

3

1 Humanities IE

 

MUSIC - Listening & Lit

   - Theory

6


6

3


3

1 Fine Art IE


1 Fine Art IE

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PHYSICS B

PHYSICS C: MECH

PHYSICS C: E & M

6

3

3

3

3

3

1 Science IE

1 Science IE

1 Science IE

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PSYCHOLOGY

3

3

1 Social Science IE

 

STATISTICS

3

3

QB Requirement

Waives Math 1070

STUDIO ART

STUDIO ART 2-D

STUDIO ART 3-D

6

6

6

3

3

3

1 Fine Art IE

1 Fine Art IE

1 Fine Art IE

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WORLD HISTORY

6

3

1 Humanities IE

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IE=Intellectual Exploration

QA/QB=Quantitative Reasoning

*A score of 2 on the Calculus AB or Calculus BC will waive the QA Requirement but no credit hours will be awarded.

**Effective Spring 2007 a score of 4 or higher on Enlgish Comp/Rdg, Comp/Lit, and Engl Language will be required to waive Writing 2010. A score of 3 will waive Writing 1010.

When a student has both AP and CLEP credit, AP is counted first and is considered as course work when evaluating General Education requirements.  In addition, if college credit has been awarded and duplicates the AP course work, the AP credit will be reduced by the amount of credit previously earned.

When computing General Education Requirements, the entire area is waived with two Intellectual Exploration courses earned in one General Education area.

A student must be a matriculated student at the University of Utah to have AP credit recorded. AP scores and General Education waivers are evaluated according to the current policy at the time the request is made for an evaluation.

ADMISSIONS OFFICE 8/31:
Effective September 30, 2007 (Spring 2007 for Writing).