AP Equivalencies (Catalog Year 2016-2017)

These AP Equivalencies are for students who entered Binghamton University in 2016-2017.

Art History
Score Equivalency Credits General Education
3 elective credit 4 Aesthetics (A)
4, 5 elective credit 4 Aesthetics (A)
Biological Sciences
Score Equivalency Credits General Education
3 elective credit 4  
4 BIOL 117 or BIOL 118 4 Laboratory Science (L)
5 BIOL 117 and BIOL 118 8 Laboratory Science (L)
Calculus AB
Score Equivalency Credits General Education
3, 4, 5 MATH 224 (2 credits) and MATH 225 (2 credits) 4 Mathematics/Reasoning (M)
Calculus BC
Score Equivalency Credits  General Education
3 MATH 224 (2 credits) and MATH 225 (2 credits) 4 Mathematics/Reasoning (M)
4 MATH 223 (2 credits), MATH 224 (2 credits), MATH 225 (2 credits) & MATH 226 (2 credits) 8 Mathematics/Reasoning (M)
5 MATH 224 (2 credits), MATH 225 (2 credits), MATH 226 (2 credits) and MATH 227 (2 credits) 8 Mathematics/Reasoning (M)
Less than 3 with AB subscore of 3 MATH 223 (2 credits) and MATH 224 (2 credits) 4 Mathematics/Reasoning (M)
Less than 3 with AB subscore of 4 or 5 MATH 224 (2 credits) and MATH 225 (2 credits) 4 Mathematics/Reasoning (M)
Chemistry
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3 CHEM 101 4  
4 CHEM 107 or CHEM 111 4 Laboratory Science (L)
5 CHEM 107 and CHEM 108 8 Laboratory Science (L)
Chinese Language and Culture
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 elective credit 4 Foreign Language (FL3)
Comparative Government and Politics
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 PLSC 113 4 Social Science (N)
Computer Science A
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 elective credit 4  
English Language and Composition
Score Equivalency Credits General Education  Notes
3, 4, 5 elective credit 4   *Does not fulfill the Harpur College Writing Requirement
English Literature and Composition
Score Equivalency Credits General Education  Notes
3, 4, 5 elective credit 4 Humanities (H) *Does not fulfill the Harpur College Writing Requirement
Environmental Science 
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3 ENVI 101 4  
4, 5 ENVI 101 4 Laboratory Science (L)
European History
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 elective credit 4 Social Science (N)
French Language and Culture
Score Equivalency Credits General Education  Notes
3 elective credit 4 Foreign Language (FL3) *Course placement - next course would be FREN 215
4 elective credit 4 Foreign Language (FL3) *Course placement - next course would be FREN 241
5 elective credit 4 Foreign Language (FL3) *Course placement - next course would be FREN 241 or above
German Language and Culture
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4 elective credit 4 Foreign Language (FL3)
5 GERM 203 4 Foreign Language (FL3)
Human Geography
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 GEOG 101 4 Social Science (N)
Italian Language and Culture
Score Equivalency Credits General Education  Notes
3 ITAL 211 4 Foreign Language (FL3) *Course placement - next course would be ITAL 215
4 ITAL 215 4 Foreign Language (FL3) *Course placement - next course would be ITAL 241
5 ITAL 215 4 Foreign Language (FL3) *Course placement - next course would be ITAL 241 or above
Japanese Language and Culture
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 elective credit 4 Foreign Language (FL3)
Latin Virgil/Vergil

Exam discontinued following May 2012 exam administration

Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 elective credit 4 Foreign Language (FL3)
Latin
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3 elective credit 4 Foreign Language (FL3)
4, 5 LAT 203 4 Foreign Language (FL3)
Macroeconomics
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 ECON 162 4 Social Science (N)
Microeconomics
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 ECON 160 4 Social Science (N)
Music Theory
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 elective credit 4 Aesthetics (A)
Physics 1: Algebra-based
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4 elective credit 4  
5 PHYS 121 4 Laboratory Science (L)
Physics 2: Algebra-based
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4 elective credit 4  
5 PHYS 122 4 Laboratory Science (L)
Physics B
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4 elective credit 4  
5 PHYS 121 and PHYS 122 8 Laboratory Science (L)
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4 elective credit 4  
5 PHYS 132 4 Laboratory Science (L)
Physics C: Mechanics 
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4 elective credit 4  
5 PHYS 131 4 Laboratory Science (L)
Psychology
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3 elective credit 4  
4, 5 PSYC 111 4  
Spanish Language and Culture
Score Equivalency Credits General Education  Notes
3 SPAN 211  4 Foreign Language (FL3) *Course placement - next course would be SPAN 215
4 SPAN 215 4 Foreign Language (FL3) *Course placement - next course would be SPAN 250
5 SPAN 215 4 Foreign Language (FL3) *Course placement - next course would be SPAN 251
Spanish Literature and Culture
Score Equivalency Credits General Education  Notes
3 SPAN 250 4 Foreign Language (FL3) *Course placement - next course would be SPAN 251
4, 5 SPAN 251

4

Foreign Language (FL3) *Course placement - next course would be SPAN 344
Statistics
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 MATH 147 4 Mathematics/Reasoning (M)
Studio Art and Drawing
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 elective credit 4 Aesthetics (A)
Studio Art : 2-D Design
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 elective credit 4 Aesthetics (A)
Studio Art: 3-D Design
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 elective credit 4 Aesthetics (A)
United States Government and Politics
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 PLSC 111 4 Social Science (N)
United States History
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 elective credit 4 Social Science (N)
World History
Score Equivalency Credits General Education 
3, 4, 5 elective credit 4 Social Science (N)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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