Advanced Placement Credit

Students may earn up to 15 semester hours of credit through the Advanced Placement Program of the College Entrance Examination Board. To receive course credit, students should earn a 3, 4, or 5 on an Advanced Placement Exam and be an accepted and registered student at the University of Pikeville.

The AP Exam column aligns with the 38 AP exams that are currently administered by the College Board 
(htts://apstudents.collegeboard.org/course-index-page).

AP ExamRequired ScoreCourse AwardedCredit HoursGrade Awarded
Arts
2D Art & Design3ART 132
*Portfolio review required
3P
3D Art & Design3ART 161
*Portfolio review required
3P
Art History3ART 1XX Art History Elective3P
Drawing3ART 121
*Portfolio review required
3P
Music Theory3MUS 122 Basic Theory & Musical Skills3P
English
English Language & Composition3WRI 118 College Writing3P
English Literature & Composition3ENG 200 Introduction to Literature3P
History & Social Sciences
Comparative Government & Politics3PLS 1XX Political Science 100 Elective3P
European History3HIS 1XX History 100 Elective3P
Human Geography3GEG 1XX Geography 100 Elective3P
Macroeconomics3ECN 201 Principles of Macroeconomics3P
Microeconomics3ECN 202 Principles of Microeconomics3P
Psychology3PSY 110 General Psychology3P
U.S. Government & Politics3PLS 101 American Government and Politics3P
U.S. History3HIS 150 Survey of U.S. History3P
World History: Modern3HIS 160 Survey of World History3P
Interdisciplinary
Capstone Diploma ProgramN/ACredit awarded for the individual course components of this program.N/AN/A
Research3IDS 1XX Interdisciplinary Studies Research Project3P
Seminar3IDS 1XX Interdisciplinary Studies Seminar3P
Math & Computer Science
Calculus AB3MTH 121 Calculus I4P
Calculus BC3

MTH 121 Calculus I and

MTH 222 Calculus II

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4

P

P

Computer Science A3CS 221 Object-Oriented Programming I4P
Computer Science Principles3CS 109 Introduction to Computer Science3P
Statistics3MTH 200 Elementary Probability and Statistics3P
Sciences
Biology3BIO 100 Introduction to Biology and3P
BIO 101 Introduction to Biology Lab
*Lab notebook review required
1P
4BIO 153 Principles of Biology I and3P
BIO 155 Principles of Biology I Lab
*Lab notebook review required
1P
BIO 153 Principles of Biology I and3P
BIO 154 Principles of Biology II3P
5BIO 155 Principles of Biology I Lab and1P
BIO 156 Principles of Biology II Lab
*Lab notebook review required
1P
Chemistry3CHE 100 Introduction to Chemistry and3P
CHE 101 Introduction to Chemistry Lab
*Lab notebook review required
1P
CHE 113 General Chemistry I and3P
4CHE 115 General Chemistry I Lab
*Lab notebook review required
1P
CHE 113 General Chemistry I and3P
CHE 114 General Chemistry II3P
5CHE 115 General Chemistry I Lab and1P
CHE 116 General Chemistry II Lab
*Lab notebook review required
1P
Environmental Science3BIO 200 You & Your Environment
*Lab notebook review required
4P
Physics 1: Algebra-Based3PHY 223 General Physics I
*Lab notebook review required
4P
Physics 2: Algebra-Based3PHY 224 General Physics II
*Lab notebook review required
4P
Physics C: Mechanics3PHY 323 Physics for Scientists & Engineers I
*Lab notebook review required
5P
Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism3PHY 324 Physics for Scientists & Engineers II
*Lab notebook review required
5P
World Languages & Culture
Chinese Language & Culture3FL 111 Foreign Language Elective I and3P
FL 112 Foreign Language Elective II3P
French Language & Culture3FRE 111 Elementary French I and3P
FRE 112 Elementary French II3P
German Language & Culture3GER 111 Elementary German I and3P
GER 112 Elementary German II3P
Italian Language & Culture3FL 111 Foreign Language Elective I and3P
FL 112 Foreign Language Elective II3P
Japanese Language & Culture3JPN 111 Elementary Japanese I and3P
JPN 112 Elementary Japanese II3P
Latin3LTN 111 Elementary Latin I and3P
LTN 112 Elementary Latin II3P
Spanish Language3SPN 111 Beginning Spanish I and3P
SPN 112 Beginning Spanish II3P
Spanish Literature3SPN 1XX Spanish Literature Elective3P

*Additional information needed to award credit.