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AP and IB Credits

Shepherd University provides course credit for Advanced Placement (AP) testing and International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum, based on the respective score requirements outlined below.

Advanced Placement (AP)

To receive credit for AP tests, students must send the official exam results to the Office of Admissions through their CollegeBoard account.

Content Area AP Score Requirement Credits Awarded
American History 3, 4, 5 HIST 201, HIST 202
Art History 3, 4, 5 ART 103
Art History 4, 5 ART 203 (art majors only)
Biology 3, 4, 5 BIOL 103, BIOL 104
Calculus AB 3, 4, 5 MATH 207
Calculus BC 3, 4, 5 MATH 207, MATH 208
Chemistry 3, 4, 5 CHEM 207, CHEM 207L, CHEM 209, CHEM 209L
Comparative Politics and Government 3, 4, 5 PSCI 304
Computer Science AB 3, 4, 5 CIS 104
Economics (Macro and Micro) 3, 4, 5 ECON 205, ECON 206
English (Language and Composition) 3, 4, 5 ENGL 101
English (Literature and Composition) 3, 4, 5 ENGL 102
Environmental Science 3, 4, 5 ENVS 201
European History 3, 4, 5 HIST 102, HIST 103
French Language 3, 4 FREN 101
French Language 5 FREN 101, FREN 102
German Language 3, 4 GERM 101
German Language 5 GERM 101, GERM 102
Government and Politics (American) 3, 4, 5 PSCI 101
Human Geography 3, 4, 5 GEOG 105
Music (Theory) 3, 4, 5 MUSIC 111
Music (Theory) 4, 5 MUSC 103 (music majors only)
Physics B 3, 4, 5 PHYS 201, PHYS 201L, PHYS 202, PHYS 202L
Physics C (Mechanics) 3, 4, 5 PHYS 201, PHYS 201L
Physics C (Electricity and Magnetism) 3, 4, 5 PHYS 202, PHYS 202L
Psychology 3, 4, 5 PSYC 101
Spanish Language 3, 4 SPAN 101
Spanish Language 5 SPAN 101, SPAN 102
Statistics 4, 5 MATH 314
World History 3, 4, 5 HIST 101, HIST 102

As new AP tests are developed, additional credit(s) may be awarded. 

International Baccalaureate

IB is recognized as a strong pre-university academic program. Advanced standing will be awarded for higher-level exams, with scores of 5, 6, or 7 to students holding the IB diploma or individual IB exam scores. Credit is not awarded for standard-level exams.

To receive credit for IB higher-level exams, students must send the official exam results to the Office of Admissions.

Content Area IB Score Requirement Credits Awarded Credit Hours
Art (Design) 5, 6, 7 ART 104, ART elective 6
Biology 5, 6, 7 BIOL 101, BIOL 102  8
Chemistry 5, 6, 7 CHEM 207, CHEM 207L, CHEM 209, CHEM 209L  8
Computer Science 5, 6, 7 CIS 211, CIS 314  8
Economics 5, 6, 7 ECON 205,  ECON 206  6
English A 5, 6, 7 ENGL 101  3
French B 5, 6, 7 FREN 101, FREN 102  6
Geography 5, 6, 7 GEOG 101, GEOG elective  6
German B 5, 6, 7 GERM 101, GERM 102 6
History (America) 5, 6, 7 HIST 201, HIST 202 6
History (Africa) 5, 6, 7 HIST 320, HIST elective 6
History (Europe) 5, 6, 7 HIST 102, HIST 103 6
Mathematics 5, 6, 7 MATH 108, MATH 205 7
Philosophy 5, 6, 7 PHIL 101, PHIL 305 6
Physics 5, 6, 7 PHYS 201, PHYS 201L, PHYS 202, PHYS 202L 8
Psychology 5, 6, 7 PSYC 203, PSYC elective 6
Social Anthropology 5, 6, 7 ANTH 315, ANTH elective 6
Spanish 5, 6, 7 SPAN 101, SPAN 102 6