Academic
Catalog August 2006 - August 2007 Undergraduate
and Graduate
If you took a College Entrance Exam Board Advanced Placement course in your secondary school and received a score of 5 or 4 on it, you receive credit as well as advanced placement. For some exams, you receive credit with a score of 3.
The following table shows how much credit we give for specific advanced placement exams.
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Credit for Advanced Placement Exams |
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AP Exam and Scores |
NAU Course(s) Credited |
Units of Credit Granted |
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American/US History |
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4 or 5 |
HIS 291 and 292 |
6 |
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Art History |
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4 or 5 |
ARH 141 and 142 |
6 |
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Biology |
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4 or 5 |
BIO 181-181L and 182 |
8 |
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3 |
BIO 100 and 100L |
4 |
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Chemistry |
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4 or 5 |
CHM 151, 152, 151L, and 152L* *Department will evaluate. |
8–9 |
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3 |
CHM 151 and 151L |
5 |
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Computer Science A |
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4 or 5 |
CS 126 |
3 |
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Computer Science AB |
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4 or 5 |
CS 126 and 136 |
6 |
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Economics |
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4 or 5- Micro |
ECO 284 |
3 |
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4 or 5 - Macro |
ECO 285 |
3 |
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English—Language and Composition |
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5 |
ENG 105 |
4 |
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4 |
composition credit |
2 |
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English—Literature and Composition |
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5 |
ENG 105 |
4 |
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4 |
composition credit |
2 |
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(If you score a 4 on both the Language and Composition and the Literature and Composition exams, you will be granted credit 2 units for composition credit and 2 elective credit.) |
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Environmental Science |
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4 or 5 |
ENV 101 and 101L |
4 |
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European History |
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4 or 5 |
HIS 240 and 241 |
6 |
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Human Geography |
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4 or 5 |
geography elective |
3 |
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Latin—Virgil |
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5 |
LAT 101, 102, 201, and 202 |
16 |
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4 |
LAT 101, 102, and 201 |
12 |
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3 |
LAT 101 and 102 |
8 |
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Latin—Literature |
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5 |
LAT 101, 102, 201, and 202 |
16 |
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4 |
LAT 101, 102, and 201 |
12 |
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3 |
LAT 101 and 102 |
8 |
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Mathematics—Calculus AB |
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3, 4, or 5 |
MAT 136 |
4 |
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Mathematics—Calculus BC |
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4 or 5 |
MAT 136 and 137 |
8 |
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3 |
MAT 136 |
4 |
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Music Listening and Literature |
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4 or 5 |
MUS 100 and 293 |
6 |
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3 |
MUS 100 |
3 |
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Music Theory |
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4 or 5 |
MUS 100 and 293 |
6 |
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3 |
MUS 100 |
3 |
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Physics B |
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3, 4, or 5 |
PHY 111, 111L, 112, and 112L |
8 |
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Physics C—Mechanics |
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3, 4, or 5 |
PHY 161 and 161L |
4 |
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Physics C—Electricity and Magnetism |
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3, 4, or 5 |
PHY 262 |
3 |
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Political Science—U.S. Government and Politics |
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4 or 5 |
POS 110 |
3 |
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Political Science—Comparative Government and Politics |
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4 or 5 |
POS 201 |
3 |
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Psychology |
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4 or 5 |
PSY 101 |
3 |
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Spanish, French, or German Language |
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4 or 5 |
101, 102, 201, and 202 |
16 |
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3 |
101 and 102 |
8 |
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Spanish, French, or German Literature |
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4 or 5* Spanish ONLY - 3 |
304 and 321 321 |
6 3 |
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(*Additional credit may be given by the department for a score of 5.) |
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Statistics |
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3, 4, or 5 |
STA 270 |
3 |
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World History |
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4 or 5 |
HIS 102 |
3 |