Transfer of Advanced Placement (AP) Credit

Advanced Placement (AP)

–This chart was replaced as of July 1, 2016–

Credit award and course equivalency information listed in this table applies only to degree programs completed at the Denver Campus, including Bioengineering. Health programs at the Anschutz Medical Campus have different credit award and prerequisite policies; visit www.ucdenver.edu/academics and/or contact the program office directly for additional information. 

This chart represents credit awarded for exams taken during the 2015-2016 catalog year. For exams taken in prior or future catalog years, consult those academic catalogs for exam equivalency information.

Note 1: For this exam, an AP exam score of 3 requires a minimum grade of A in the second semester of the high school AP course for credit to be awarded.

Note 2: Students may take the corresponding CU Denver laboratory course to meet a lab science core curriculum or major requirement. See the academic department for additional information.

Note 3: Students must meet the major department’s laboratory proficiency standards before enrolling in additional laboratory courses. See the academic department for additional information.

Note 4: Computer science majors who demonstrate proficiency in C++ programming will receive credit that substitutes for CSCI 1410. Business majors will receive credit that substitutes for ISMG 2200.

Note 5: AP Music Theory credit does not fulfill the CU Denver co-requisite requirements for Ear Training and Sightsinging I or Piano Class I.

Note 6: A maximum of nine total credit hours is applied to the degree for students receiving credit for both the Literature and Composition and Language and Composition exams.

Note 7: A maximum of eight total credit hours is applied to the degree for students receiving credit for both the Calculus AB and Calculus BC exams.

*College credit for courses and/or from exams (IB,AP,CLEP,etc.) evaluated as similar or identical to courses appearing on the CU Denver transcript is considered duplicate credit. 

Unless approved otherwise, credit may be applied only once toward CU Denver graduation requirements. 

**1999AE courses apply as generic credit in the department of the exam subject area.

CU Denver School Code:
4875

Send Official Score Reports To:
CU Denver Office of Admissions
Campus Box 167
P.O. Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217-3364

Official Score Reports and Information May Be Obtained By Contacting:
The College Board
AP Services
P.O. Box 6671
Princeton, NJ 08541-6671
888-225-5427

www.collegeboard.org