AP Credit
Hartwick College offers advanced placement and credit for scores of 3 or better on many of the advanced placement (AP) tests of the College Board. In order to receive AP credit, students must have their official exam scores submitted to the Registrar's Office directly from the testing agency. Scores will not be accepted from high school or college transcripts. Need to have your AP test scores sent to Hartwick? Click here to visit the College Board AP web site or call 1-888-225-5427.
The following policies are subject to change as periodic reviews of all placement and credit policies are made. Students with specific questions about course credit should contact the Registrar's Office.
| Dept | AP Exam | Required Score* | Credits | Courses Credited | LAiP |
| ART | Studio Art: 2-D Design, 3-D Design or Drawing |
3+ | 4 | General Credit | HUM |
| ART | Art History | 3+ | 3 | General Credit | HUM |
| BIOL | Biology** | 4+ | See Note Below | ||
| BIOL | Environmental Science | 3+ | 3 | BIOL 230 | SCI |
| CHEM | Chemistry*** | 4+ | 4 | General Credit | SCI |
| CISC | Computer Science A | 3+ | 4 | CISC 120 | QFR |
| ECON | Macroeconomics | 4+ | 3 | ECON 102 | SOC |
| ECON | Microeconomics |
4+ | 3 | ECON 101 | SOC |
| ENTA | English Literature and Composition | 3+ | 3 | General Credit | GEN |
| ENTA | English Language and Composition | 3+ | 3 | General Credit | GEN |
| HIST | European History | 3+ | 3 | General Credit | SOC |
| HIST | United States History | 3+ | 3 | General Credit | SOC |
| HIST | World History | 3+ | 3 | General Credit | SOC |
| MATH | Calculus AB | 3+ | 4 | MATH 121 | QFR |
| MATH | Calculus BC | 3+ | 7 | MATH 121 & 235 | QFR |
| MATH | Statistics | 3+ | 3 | MATH 108 | QFR |
| MOCL | French Language and Culture |
3 | 3 | FREN 101 | LN1 |
| MOCL | French Language and Culture |
4+ | 6 | FREN 101 & 102 | LN2 |
| MOCL | German Language and Culture |
3 | 3 | GERM 101 | LN1 |
| MOCL | German Language and Culture |
4+ | 3 | GERM 101 & 102 | LN2 |
| MOCL | Spanish Language | 3 | 3 | SPAN 101 | LN1 |
| MOCL | Spanish Language | 4+ | 6 | SPAN 101 & 102 | LN2 |
| MOCL | Spanish Literature and Culture |
3 | 3 | SPAN 201 | LN3 |
| MOCL | Spanish Literature and Culture |
4+ | 6 | SPAN 201 & 202 | LN3 |
| MUSI | Music Theory | 3 | 3 | MUSI 140 | HUM |
| NDEP | Human Geography | 3 | 3 | General Credit | GEN |
| PHYS | Physics B | 3+ | 8 | PHYS 140 & 141 | LAB |
| PHYS | Physics C: Mechanics | 3+ | 4 | PHYS 201 | LAB |
| PHYS | Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3+ | 4 | PHYS 202 | LAB |
| POSC | Government and Politics: United States |
3+ | 3 | POSC 101 | SOC |
| POSC | Government and Politics: Comparative |
3+ | 3 | General Credit | GEN |
| PSYC | Psychology**** | 4+ | 3 | PSYC 110 or 111 | SOC |
| PSYC | Psychology | 3 | 3 | General Credit | SOC |
| NDEP | Human Geography | 3 | 3 | General Credit | GEN |
| * | Any exam with less than the required score will not be accepted. |
| ** | Students with AP credit must still take BIOL101. Achievement of an "A" in BIOL101 will allow students with an AP score of 4 or 5 to SKIP the pair of Concepts courses and progress directly to the upper-level courses. |
| *** | Students may choose to take a placement exam for chemistry to become eligible for CHEM 109. |
| **** | With a score of 4 or higher a student may choose which requirement to satisfy (PSYC 110 or 111). |
KEY TO LAiP DESIGNATIONS
SOC - Social and Behavioral Sciences (Breadth and Depth)
HUM - Humanities (Breadth and Depth)
SCI - Physical and Life Sciences (Breadth and Depth)
GEN - General Credit (Elective only)
LAB - Laboratory requirement, Physical and Life Sciences
LN1, 2, 3 - Foreign Language Requirement
QFR - Quantitative and Formal Reasoning
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