AP (Advanced Placement)

 

A student who has received college level training in secondary school and who has a score of 3, 4, or 5 on the appropriate Advanced Placement examination, upon request will be granted credit for comparable courses at Collin College.  Collin College will award up to 75% of your degree (approximately 45 hours) of course-specific college credit in subject appropriate areas on all AP exams with scores of 3 or above.

A student must have successfully completed 3 semester credit hours (developmental education not included) at Collin College within the past 5 years to have AP credit applied to their record.

AP credit previously applied at another institution of higher education does not automatically transfer to Collin College. For the credit to be applied at Collin College, the credits must have applied to another public Texas college transcript, and the student must request a transfer credit evaluation. If the student attended a private or out-of-state college, the student must have their AP score report sent to Collin College from the College Board and request the credit be applied to their Collin College record.
Credit earned by examination may not be earned in any course for which the student has previously received a grade, either at this institution or elsewhere. (Grades of 'F' and 'W' are included.)

An official score report must be sent to Collin from the College Board. The College Code for AP is 1951. Please note: Score reports can take 3 or more weeks to arrive in the Testing Office. The student must contact the Testing Office after those 3 weeks have passed at CreditByExam@collin.edu to request AP credit be applied to the student's record. This is not an automatic process upon receipt of the College Board official AP Score Report. Be sure to include your full name and CWID number in your email. If you need to have an archived score mailed, please use the following address: Director of Testing, 2200 W. University Dr., McKinney, TX 75071.

 

AP Exams Accepted for Credit at Collin College
AP Examination Collin Equivalent
Art General (2-D or 3-D Art & Design) ARTS1311
Art Drawing ARTS1316
Art History ARTS1303
Biology BIOL1406 and 1407
Calculus (AB) MATH2413
Calculus (BC) AP Score of 3: MATH2413
AP Score of 4 or 5: MATH2413 and 2414
Chemistry CHEM1411 and 1412
Chinese Language and Culture
CHIN1411 and 1412
Computer Science (A) COSC1436
Computer Science Principles
COSC1315
Economics (Macro) ECON2301
Economics (Micro) ECON2302
English Lang. & Comp AP Score of 3: ENGL1301
AP Score of 4 or 5: ENGL1301 and 1302
English Lit. & Comp AP Score of 3: ENGL1301
AP Score of 4 or 5: ENGL1301 and 1302
Environmental Science I ENVR1401
European History HIST2311 and 2312
French Language and Culture
FREN1411 and 1412
German Language and Culture
GERM1411 and 1412
Government & Politics US GOVT2305
Human Geography GEOG1302
Music Theory MUSI1311
Pre-Calculus MATH2412
Physics 1 PHYS1401
Physics 2 PHYS1402
Physics C - Mechanics PHYS2425
Physics C - Electricity & Magnetism PHYS2426
Physics B (historical) PHYS1401 and 1402
Psychology PSYC2301
Spanish Language and Culture
SPAN1411 and 1412
Statistics MATH1342
US History HIST1301 and 1302
World History: Modern HIST2311 and 2312

 

For further information regarding the AP (Advanced Placement) program, please refer to College Board.

For further information regarding AP (Advanced Placement) credit, please contact the Testing Office by email at creditbyexam@collin.edu.