Turn your high school advanced placement courses into college credits at Montco!
Did you take Advanced Placement (AP) courses in high school? You already may have earned college credits at Montgomery County Community College. Have the College Board send your scores directly to us today. Get the credits you earned–and complete your degree sooner!
The course for which credit is granted must be acceptable toward your degree. The following are credit course equivalencies given for successful completion of the AP examination (a score of 3 or better).
| AP Examination | Minimum Score | Course Equivalency | Course Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art–Drawing | 3 | ART 111 | Drawing I |
| Art 2-D Design | 3 | ART 130 | Two-Dimensional Design Principles |
| Art 3-D Design | 3 | ART 140 | Three- Dimensional Design Principles |
| Art History | 3 | ART 101 | Art History (Cave Painting to Renaissance) |
| Biology | 3-5 | BIO 121 and BIO 122 | General Biology I and II |
| Biology | 5 | And BIO 151 | Principles of Biology I |
| Calculus (AB) | 3 | MAT 190 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry I |
| Calculus (BC) | 3 | MAT 190 and MAT 201 |
Calculus and Analytic Geometry I and II |
| Chemistry | 3 | CHE 121 | General Chemistry Inorganic |
| Chemistry | 4 and 5 | CHE 151 and CHE 152 | Principles of Chemistry I and II |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 3 | POL 997 for 3 credits | General Political Science |
| Computer Science A | 3 | CIS 999 | General Computer Science |
| Computer Science A | 4 and 5 | CIS 111 | Computer Science I: Programming and Concepts |
| Computer Science A | 5 | CIS 111B | Computer Science I: Programming and Concepts |
| Computer Science Principles | 3 | CIS 997 for 3 credits | Computer Science Principles |
| Economics/Macro | 3 | ECO 121 | Macroeconomics |
| Economics/Micro | 3 | ECO 122 | Microeconomics |
| English Language and Composition | 3 | ENG 101 | English Composition I |
| English Literature and Composition | 3 | ENG 201 | English Literature I |
| Environmental Science | 3 | BIO 115 | Environmental Biology |
| French Language | 3 | FRE 101 and FRE 102 | Elementary French I and II |
| German Language | 3 | GER 101 and GER 102 | Elementary German I and II |
| Government and Politics | 3 | POL 124 | American National Government |
| History, European | 3 | HIS 102 | History of Western Civilization II–Modern European History |
| History, United States | 3 | HIS 203 and HIS 205 | History of the United States: to 1877 and History of the United States: from 1877 |
| History, World | 3 | HIS 121 and HIS 122 | World Civilizations I: to 1500 World Civilizations II: from 1500 |
| Human Geography | 3 | GEO 130 | Cultural Geography |
| Japanese Language | 3 | JPN 101 | Japanese I |
| Music Theory | 3 | MUS 120 | Music Fundamentals |
| Physics B | 3 | PHY 121 and PHY 122 | General Physics I and II |
| Physics 1: Algebra-based | 3 | PHY 121 | General Physics I |
| Physics 2: Algebra-based | 3 | PHY 122 | General Physics II |
| Physics–C Mechanics | 3 | PHY 121 | General Physics I |
| Physics–C Mechanics and Electricity | 3 | PHY 121 and PHY 122 | General Physics I and II |
| Psychology | 3 | PSY 101 | Introduction to Psychology |
| Spanish Language | 3 | SPA 101 and SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish I and II |
| Statistics | 3 | MAT 131 | Introduction to Statistics I |