Advanced Placement (AP) examinations
Each year over 90-percent of the University's incoming freshmen receive advanced placement credit. Northwestern acknowledges the educational value of AP courses by granting credit and/or placement as indicated in the chart below. In some fields-primarily in the sciences and foreign languages-advanced placement and/or credit can be earned through appropriate performance on examinations administered by Northwestern departments, usually during New Student Week.
Northwestern does not offer credit for AP results in comparative government or music.
AP/IB Credit Recognition for Enrolling Students
| Advanced Placement Examination | Score | Northwestern Credit |
| Art (studio) | 5 | 1 art elective |
| Art history | 5 | 1 art history elective |
| Biology | 5 | 1 biology elective |
| Chemistry | 3,4 | Chemistry 101 |
| 5 | Chemistry 101, 102 and 103 (3 courses) | |
| Computer science A and AB | 4,5 | Computer Science 110 |
| Economics (macroeconomics) | 5 | Economics 201 |
| Economics (microeconomics) | 5 | Economics 202 |
| English (language or literature) | 5 | 2 English electives |
| Environmental science | 5 | 1 environmental science elective |
| French (language or literature) | 4 | 1 French elective |
| 5 | 2 French electives | |
| Geography (human) | 5 | 1 geography elective |
| German (language or literature) | 4 | 1 German elective |
| 5 | 2 German electives | |
| Government (American) | 5 | 1 political science elective |
| History (United States, European, or World) | 5 | 2 history electives |
| Latin (Vergil and Catallus) | 4 | 1 Latin elective |
| 5 | 2 Latin electives | |
| Mathematics AB (or AB subscore of Mathematics BC) | 4 | Mathematics 220 |
| 5 | Mathematics 220 and 224 (2 courses) | |
| Mathematics BC | below 4 | see Mathematics AB |
| 4,5 | Mathematics 220 and 224 (2 courses) | |
| Physics B | 5 | Physics 130-1,2 (2 courses) |
| Physics C-1 (mechanics) | 5 | Physics 135-1 |
| Physics C-2 (electricity) | 5 | Physics 135-2 |
| Psychology | 4,5 | Psychology 110 |
| Spanish (language or literature) | 4 | 1 Spanish elective |
| 5 | 2 Spanish electives | |
| Statistics | 4,5 | Statistics 202 |
Northwestern does not offer credit for AP results in comparative government or music.
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