Advanced Placement Examinations (AP)
Dominican will grant credit toward an undergraduate degree for successful completion of advanced placement exams taken prior to entry. Students must earn a score of 3 or higher to receive credit. Please refer to the first chart below to determine the policy for required scores and modes of awarding credit toward General Education requirements, major requirements, prerequisites, or electives. The policy for the International Language Competency matriculation requirement is contained in the second chart below.
Advanced placement credit is lower division (LD) and may be applied towards specified areas. Credit will be granted for exams passed at the appropriate level, but no letter grade will be assigned. There is no limit to the number of AP or IB exam credits that may apply to General Education requirements; however, no more than a total of 30 semester units of combined IB and/or AP credit may apply towards the bachelor's degree at Dominican.
| AP Exam |
Score |
DUC
Units |
Day GE |
Adult Degree
Completion
Program GE |
DUC Course Equivalent
Major, Minor, Prerequisite, or Elective |
| Art History |
3, 4, 5 |
3 |
None |
None |
Lower division Art History elective |
| Biology* |
3 |
3 |
NSB |
NS |
|
| Biology* |
4, 5 |
8 |
NSB |
NS |
BIO 1000 and BIO 1100 |
| Calculus AB |
3 |
4 |
MT |
MT |
|
| Calculus AB |
4, 5 |
4 |
MT |
MT |
MATH 1600 |
| Calculus BC |
3 |
4 |
MT |
MT |
|
| Calculus BC |
4, 5 |
8 |
MT |
MT |
MATH 1600 and MATH 1700 |
| Chemistry* |
3 |
4 |
NSP |
NS |
|
| Chemistry* |
4, 5 |
8 |
NSP |
NS |
CHEM 2000 and CHEM 2100 |
| Computer Science A |
4, 5 |
3 |
None |
None |
|
| Economics: Macro |
3, 4, 5 |
3 |
SS |
SS |
ECON 1010 |
| Economics: Micro |
3 ,4, 5 |
3 |
None |
None |
ECON 1011 |
| English Lang & Comp |
3 |
3 |
W1 |
W1 |
ENGL 1004 |
| English Lit & Comp |
3 |
3 |
W1 |
W1 |
ENGL 1004 |
| Environmental Science* |
3 |
3 |
NSB |
NS |
|
| Environmental Science* |
4, 5 |
3 |
NSB |
NS |
ENSC 2000 |
| Govt. & Politics/Compar. |
3 |
3 |
SS |
SS |
|
| Govt. & Politics/Compar. |
4, 5 |
3 |
SS |
SS |
POL 1600 |
| Govt. & Politics/US |
3 |
3 |
SS |
SS |
|
| Govt. & Politics/US |
4, 5 |
3 |
SS |
SS |
POL 1100 |
| History/European |
4, 5 |
3 |
None |
None |
Lower division elective |
| History/U.S. |
3 |
3 |
SS |
SS |
|
| History/U.S. |
4, 5 |
3 |
SS |
SS |
HIST 1776 |
| Human Geography |
4, 5 |
3 |
None |
None |
Lower division elective |
| Music Theory |
4, 5 |
6 |
None |
None |
MUS 1001 and MUS 1002 |
| Physics B* |
3 |
3 |
NSP |
NS |
|
| Physics B* |
4, 5 |
8 |
NSP |
NS |
PHYS 2000 and PHYS 2100 |
| Physics C/Mechanics* |
3 |
3 |
NSP |
NS |
|
| Physics C/Mechanics* |
4, 5 |
4 |
NSP |
NS |
PHYS 2000 |
| Physics C/Electricity and Magnetism* |
3 |
3 |
NSP |
NS |
|
| Physics C/Electricity and Magnetism* |
4, 5 |
4 |
NSP |
NS |
PHYS 2100 |
| Psychology |
3, 4, 5 |
3 |
SS |
SS |
PSY 1100 |
| Statistics |
3 |
4 |
**
|
**
|
PSY 1187
|
| Statistics |
4, 5 |
3 |
MT |
MT |
MATH 2400 |
| Studio Art: Drawing |
3 |
3 |
CA |
CA |
|
| Studio Art: 2D Design |
3 |
3 |
CA |
CA |
|
| Studio Art: 3D Design |
3 |
3 |
CA |
CA |
|
| World History |
4, 5 |
3 |
None |
None |
Lower division electives |
* AP exam credit awarded for Dominican GE science lecture courses also fulfills the required lab components.
** A score of 3 in Statistics may qualify to meet the GE Math requirement for certain majors. Check with the academic department.
AP Exams Approved to meet the Matriculation Requirement: International Language Competency
| AP Exams |
Score |
DUC Units |
DUC Course Equivalent
Major, Minor, Prerequisite, or Elective |
| Chinese Language and Culture |
3, 4, 5 |
6 |
|
| French Language and Culture |
3, 4, 5 |
6 |
|
| German Language and Culture |
3, 4, 5 |
6 |
|
| Italian Language and Culture |
3, 4, 5 |
6 |
|
| Japanese Language and Culture |
3, 4, 5 |
6 |
|
| Latin |
3, 4, 5 |
6 |
|
| Spanish Language and Culture |
3, 4, 5 |
8 |
SPAN 2101 and SPAN 2201 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture |
3, 4, 5 |
6 |
|
*** Key to Abbreviations for General Education Areas:
| CA = Creative Arts |
NSB = Natural Science Biological |
| IL = International Language |
NSP = Natural Science Physical |
| MT = Mathematical Thinking and Quantitative Reasoning |
SS = Social Science |
| NS = Natural Science |
W1 = Expository Writing |