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Advanced Placement Policy (effective 6/03)

Converse regularly grants academic credit to students who have achieved a specified minimum score on the Advanced Placement Tests of the College Entrance Examination Board. These tests are based on college-level courses taken in high school, and they are administered by the high school faculties, not by Converse.


COURSE
MINIMUM SCORE		 SEMESTER CREDIT
  HOURS

ART
   History of Art
   Studio Art
    Drawing/2D Design/ 3D Design

3
3

3
3

BIOLOGY


3


4

CHEMISTRY

3 or 4
5

4
8


COMPUTER SCIENCE
   Computer Science A/AB

 3 4


ECONOMICS
   Microeconomics/Macroeconomics

 3 3

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
3
4

ENGLISH
  Language and Composition/Literature and Composition
3
4 or 5
3*
6


FRENCH
  Language/Literature

 3 3 or 6**


GERMAN
  Language

 3 3


GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
  Comparative/United States

 3 3


HISTORY
  European

  United States


3
4 or 5
3
4 or 5


3
6
3
6


MATHEMATICS
  Calculus AB
  Calculus AB
  Calculus BC
  Calculus BC

3 or 4
5
3
4 or 5

3
6
3
6

MUSIC
  Theory
3
4 or 5
0***
3


PHYSICS
  Physics B
  Physics C Mechanics/Physics C Electricity & Mechanics

3
3

8
4

PSYCHOLOGY
3
3


SPANISH
Language /Literature

 3 3 or 6**

STATISTICS
3
3

*Students who score 3 in English will be placed in English 290 (Advanced Composition) and will receive the AP credit only upon successful completion of English 290. This will be explained in greater detail by the student’s adviser.
** Students who score 3 in French or Spanish will be placed in either French/Spanish 201 or 202 on the basis of placement tests at Converse and will receive AP credit of 3 or 6 depending on placement test results.
*** Exemptions but no credit in Music will be awarded on the basis of placement tests at Converse.
 
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