AP Admission and Recognition

Saint Mary’s is a leader in recognition for Advanced Placement (AP) Exams and AP Capstone Diploma. At Saint Mary’s we value the work and dedication of AP students and want to recognize and reward you for that work.  Students writing AP Exams with scores of 3+ are eligible to receive advanced standing (credit) up to a maximum of 30 credits for individual courses or up to a maximum of 36 credits for the AP Capstone Diploma.

Admission Information

Advanced Placement courses are accepted for admission and can be combined with your provincial, state or national curriculum courses as per the following:

Arts

  • AP English Language or AP English Literature or Grade 12 English
  • Four other AP or Grade 12 subjects

Commerce

  • AP English Language or AP English Literature or Grade 12 English
  • AP Mathematics (Pre-Calculus, Calculus AB or Calculus BC) or Grade 12 Mathematics
  • Three other AP or Grade 12 subjects

Science

  • AP English Language or AP English Literature or Grade 12 English
  • AP Mathematics (Calculus AB or Calculus BC) or Grade 12 Mathematics
  • One AP or Grade 12 Science course (Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science A, Environmental Science, Physics 1, Physics 2, Physics Electricity, or Physics Mechanics)
  • Two other AP or Grade 12 subjects

Engineering

  • AP English Language or AP English Literature or Grade 12 English
  • AP Mathematics (Calculus AB or Calculus BC) or Grade 12 Mathematics
  • AP Chemistry or Grade 12 Chemistry
  • AP Physics (1, 2, or Mechanics) or Grade 12 Physics (AP Biology or Grade 12 Biology can substitute for Physics)
  • One other AP or Grade 12 subject

AP Capstone Diploma

Saint Mary’s will accept the AP Capstone Diploma as basis for admission to any of our undergraduate degree programs provided that students obtain minimum scores of 3+ on each component.  As part of the AP Capstone Diploma students must present the following:

  • AP Seminar
  • AP Research
  • Four AP Exams (subjects dependent upon faculty program as per above)

Students completing the AP Capstone Diploma are eligible to receive the following advanced standing (credits):

  • AP Seminar = six elective credit hours (ELEC 1911 and ELEC 1912)
  • AP Research = six elective credit hours (HUMN 1901 and HUMN 1902)
  • Four AP Exams = credits as per the AP Equivalency Chart (below)

Saint Mary’s University offers university-level credits that recognize the efforts of students who have completed Advanced Placement (AP) final exams with minimum scores of 3+.

AP subjects approved for credit:

AP Courses Equivalent Saint Mary's University Credit
AP Seminar  ELEC 1911 and ELEC 1912
AP Research HUMN 1901 and HUMN 1902
Calculus AB MATH 1190 and MATH 1210
Calculus BC MATH 1210 and MATH 1211
Chemistry CHEM 1210 and SCIE 1901
Chinese Language and Culture CHNS 1101 and CHNS 1102
Computer Science A CSCI 1226 and CSCI 1227
Computer Science Principles CSCI 1226
English Literature  ENGL 1205
English Language ENGL 1901
Environmental Science ENVS 1200 and SCIE 1903
European History HIST 1901 and HIST 1902
French  FREN 2201 and FREN 2202
German Literature and Culture GRMN 1101 and GRMN 1102
Human Geography GEOG 1901 and GEOG 1902
Italian LANG 1901 and LANG 1902
Latin LATN 1100 
Microeconomics ECON 1201
Macroeconomics ECON 1202
Physics 1: Algebra-based PHYS 1901
Physics 2: Algebra-based PHYS 1902
Physics: Electricity SCIE 1904
Physics: Mechanics PHYS 1210
Psychology PSYC 1000 and SCIE 1905
Spanish SPAN 1100
Statistics MGSC 2207
US Government and Politics POLI 1901 and POLI 1902
US History HIST 1903 and HIST 1904
World History HIST 1905 and HIST 1906

Each of the above courses counts as three credit hours with the exception of LATN 1100 and SPAN 1100, each of which count as six credit hours.

Credit for AP-examined subjects, not listed above but with a grade of 3, 4 or 5, will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Note: Credit is not awarded on the basis of interim school, predicted or mock results. In addition, students have the choice of refusing credits.