Advanced Placement

Entering students may receive Advanced Placement (AP) credit based on examination scores. Piedmont College accepts the following AP Credits:

AP Examination
Title
Minimum Grade
For Credit

Piedmont College
Equivalent

Semester
Hours
ART HISTORY
3
ART 301
6
BIOLOGY
3
BIO 101 & BIO 102
8
CALCULUS AB
3
MATH 211
3-4
CALCULUS BC
3
MATH 212
6-8
CHEMISTRY
3
CHEM 101 & 102
8
COMPUTER SCIENCE A
3
CIS 101
3-4
COMPUTER SCIENCE AB
3
CIS Elective
6-8
ECONOMICS: MACRO
3
ECON 221
3
ECONOMICS: MICRO
3
ECON 220
3
ENGLISH LANG & COMPOSITION
3
ENG 101
6
ENGLISH LIT & COMPOSITION
3
ENG 102
6
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
3
BIO 207
4
EUROPEAN HISTORY
3
HIS 310
6
FRENCH LANGUAGE
3
FRE 101 & 102
6-8
FRENCH LITERATURE
3
FRE Lit Elective
6-12
GERMAN LANGUAGE
3
GER 101 & 102
6-8
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS: Comparitive
3
PS Elective
3
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS:United States
3
PS 220
3
LATIN: VIRGIL
3
Foreign Language Elective
6-8
LATIN LITERATURE
3
Foreign Language Lit Elective
6-8
MUSIC THEORY
3
MUS 105
6
PHYSICS B
3
PHY 211 & 212
8
PHYSICS C:  Mechanics
3
PHY 211
4
PHYSICS C:  
Electricity and Magnetism
3
PHY 212
4
PSYCHOLOGY
3
PSY 201
3
SPANISH LANGUAGE
3
SPA 101 & 102
6-8
SPANISH LITERATURE
3
SPA Literature Elective
6-12
STATISTICS
3
MATH 210
3
STUDIO ART: Drawing
3
ART 120
6
U.S. HISTORY
3
HIS 301 & 302
6