Advanced Placement Credit

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Lyon College accepts credit for certain AP exam scores in various disciplines as described in the table below. If a student comes in with an AP score in a discipline not listed below, consult with the Registrar, but Lyon will not guarantee credit in disciplines not listed below. 

In cases where consultation with or permission from disciplinary faculty is required, the disciplinary faculty will notify the Registrar of the credit to be awarded, if any, after the consultation has taken place.

Consult this link for a current list of AP exams available to students: https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse
 

Disciplinary AP Exam Credit

Discipline/Exam

AP Score(s) Required

Credit

ART HISTORY

4 or 5

ART 201 

STUDIO ART

(DRAWING)

4 or 5

ART 101 OR, after consultation with the art faculty, possible credit for ART 110.

STUDIO ART

(2-D DESIGN)

4 or 5

ART 101 OR, after consultation with the art faculty, possible credit for ART 120.

STUDIO ART

(3-D DESIGN)

4 or 5

ART 101 OR, after consultation with the art faculty, possible credit for ART 234.

BIOLOGY

4 or 5

BIO 100

CALCULUS (AB)

3, 4, or 5

Score of 3 gives credit for MTH 110.  Score of 4 or 5 gives proficiency for MTH 110 and credit for MTH 210.

CALCULUS (BC)

3, 4, or 5

Score of 3 gives proficiency for MTH 110 and credit for MTH 210.  Score of 4 or 5 gives proficiency for MTH 110 and credit for MTH 210 and MTH 220.

CHEMISTRY

4 or 5

Possible credit for CHM 110/110L after consultation with the chemistry faculty.

COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

4 or 5

POL 201

COMPUTER SCIENCE A

3, 4, or 5

CSC 115

ECONOMICS
(MICRO or MACRO)

4 or 5

ECO 101

ENGLISH 

(LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION or LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION)

4 or 5

ENG 101 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

4 or 5

SCI 100

FRENCH
 

See details below.

See details below.

EUROPEAN HISTORY
 

4 or 5

HIS 112 or HIS 202, depending on the student’s choice.

WORLD HISTORY: MODERN

4 or 5

HIS 112 or HIS 202, depending on the student’s choice.

UNITED STATES HISTORY

4 or 5

HIS 101 or HIS 102, depending on the student’s choice.

MUSIC THEORY

4 or 5

MUS 110

PHYSICS 1

3 (possible after verification exam and consultation with physics faculty), 4, or 5

PHY 210/211 (with permission of physics faculty, PHY 241 may be substituted for
PHY 211)

PHYSICS 2

3 (possible after verification exam and consultation with physics faculty), 4, or 5

PHY 220/221 (with permission of physics faculty, PHY 251 may be substituted for
PHY 221)

PHYSICS C

(MECHANICS)

3 (possible after verification exam), 4, or 5

Possible credit for PHY 240/241 after consultation with physics faculty)

PHYSICS C

(ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM)

3 (possible after verification exam), 4, or 5

Possible credit for PHY 250/251 after consultation with physics faculty)

PSYCHOLOGY

3, 4, or 5

PSY 101

SPANISH 

See details on the next page.

See details on the next page.

STATISTICS

4 or 5

MTH 105

U.S. GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

4 or 5

POL 105

Foreign Language AP Credit 

Note: where course credit may be granted, such credit is only available to students who are not native speakers of the language in question.

KEY

P =  give proficiency (proficiency does not carry course credit but does allow the student to take the next class in sequence

PX = possibly give proficiency after consultation with disciplinary faculty

C =  give course credit

CX = possibly give course credit after consultation with disciplinary faculty

N   =  no credit or proficiency possible
 

French LANGUAGE AND CULTURE AP exam

AP Score

FRN 101

FRN 102

FRN 201

FRN 202

3

PX

PX

N

N

4

P

P

CX

N

5

P

P

C

CX
Spanish LANGUAGE AND CULTURE AP exam

AP Score

SPN 101

SPN 102

SPN 201

SPN 202

3

PX

PX

N

N

4

P

P

CX

N

5

P

P

C

CX
Spanish LITERATURE AND CULTURE AP exam
AP Score

SPN 101

SPN 102

SPN 201

SPN 202

3

P

P

CX

N

4

P

P

C

CX

5

P

P

C

CX