AP/IB/A-Level Equivalencies

Credit Equivalencies

Subject

AP Score

Tulane Course Credit Granted

Art History

4 or 5

3 credit hours (ARHS 1010)

Art Studio: Drawing

4 or 5

3 credit hours (ARST 1101) Students may consult with Art Department to be considered for ARST 2101 credit

Art Studio: 2D Design

4 or 5

3 credit hours (ARST 1101) Students may consult with Art Department to be considered for ARST 2101 credit

Art Studio: 3D Design

4 or 5

3 credit hours (ARST 1490)

Biology

5

4

4 credit hours (EBIO 1010/1015) and choose 3 credit hours (CELL 1010) or 4 credits hours (CELL 1500/1505)

3 credit hours (CELL 1500)

Chemistry

5

4

8 credit hours (CHEM 1070/1075 and 1080/1085)

4 credit hours (CHEM 1070/1075)

Chinese Language and Culture

4 or 5

4 credit hours (ASTC 2030)

Computer Science A

4 or 5

3 credit hours (CPST 2200)

Computer Science Principles

4 or 5

3 credit hours (CMPS 1950)

Economics
Microeconomics

4 or 5

3 credit hours (ECON 1010)

Economics
Macroeconomics

4 or 5

3 credit hours (ECON 1020)

English Language or Literature

4 or 5

4 credit hours (ENGL 1010)

Environmental Science

4 or 5

4 credit hours (EENS 1300/1305)

French Language or Literature

5

4

3 credit hours (FREN 3150)

4 credit hours (FREN 2030)

German Language

4 or 5

4 credit hours (GERM 2030)

History - European

4 or 5

3 credit hours (HISE 1220)

History - United States

4 or 5

3 credit hours (HISU 1420)

Italian - Language and Culture

4 or 5

4 credit hours (ITAL 2030)

Japanese - Language and Culture

4 or 5

4 credit hours (ASTJ 2030)

Latin - Literature or Virgil

4 or 5

4 credit hours (LATN 2030)

If both exams are passed with scores of 4 and above: 7 credit hours (LATN 2030 and LATN 3070)

Mathematics - Calculus AB

4 or 5

4 credit hours (MATH 1210)

Mathematics - Calculus BC

4 or 5

3 with an AB sub-score

of 4 or higher

8 credit hours (MATH 1210 and 1220)

4 credit hours (MATH 1210)

Credit will not be awarded for a 3 if AB subscore is below a 4

Mathematics - Statistics

4 or 5

3 credit hours (MATH 1110)

Music -Theory

4 or 5

3 credit hours (MUSC 1000)

Physics 1 - Algebra Based

4 or 5

4 credit hours (PHYS 1210)

Credit will not be awarded for PHYS 1210 and 1310

Physics 2 - Algebra Based

4 or 5

4 credit hours (PHYS 1220)

Credit will not be awarded for PHYS 1220 and 1320

Physics B - Algebra and Trigonometry

4 or 5

8 credit hours (PHYS 1210 and 1220)

Credit will not be awarded for PHYS 1210 and 1310, or 1220 and 1320

Physics C - Mechanics

4 or 5

4 credit hours (PHYS 1310)

Credit will not be awarded for PHYS 1210 and 1310

Physics C - Electricity and Magnetism

4 or 5

4 credit hours (PHYS 1320)

Credit will not be awarded for PHYS 1220 and 1320

Political Science - U.S. Government

4 or 5

3 credit hours (POLA 2100)

Political Science - Comparative Government

4 or 5

3 credit hours (POLC 2300)

Psychology

4 or 5

3 credit hours (PSYC 1000)

Spanish - Language or Literature

4 or 5

4 credit hours (SPAN 2030)

Subject

IB Score

Tulane Course Credit Granted

Biology

6

7

3 credit hours (CELL 1500)

4 credit hours (EBIO 1010/1015) and choose 3 credit hours (CELL 1010) or 4 credit hours (CELL 1500/1505)

Chemistry

5

6 or higher

4 credit hours (CHEM 1070/1075)

8 credit hours (CHEM 1070/1075 and CHEM 1080/1085)

English Literature or
English A Language and Literature

6 or higher

4 credit hours (ENGL 1010)

Economics

5 or higher

6 credit hours (ECON 1010 and ECON 1020)

Film

5 or higher

3 credit hours (COMM 1150)

French A Language

5 or higher

3 credit hours (FREN 3210)

French A Language and Literature

5 or higher

3 credit hours (FREN 3150)

French B

5 or higher

4 credit hours (FREN 2030)

Geography

5 or higher

3 credit hours (EENS 2060)

German

5 or higher

4 credit hours (GERM 2030)

German A Literature

5 or higher

3 credit hours (GERM 3160) EFFECTIVE STARTING FALL 2022

German A Language & Literature

5 or higher

3 credit hours (GERM 3050) EFFECTIVE STARTING FALL 2022

German Language B

5 or higher

4 credit hours (GERM 2030) EFFECTIVE STARTING FALL 2022

History, European

5 or higher

3 credit hours (HISE 1220)

Mathematics

5 or higher

4 credit hours (MATH 1210)

Mathematics - Analysis and Approaches

5 or higher

8 credit hours (MATH 1210 & MATH 1220)

Mathematics - Application and Interpretation

5 or higher

7 credit hours (MATH 1210 & MATH 1110)

Music

5 or higher

3 credit hours (MUSC 1000)

Philosophy

5 or higher

3 credit hours (PHIL 1010)

Physics

5 or higher

8 credit hours (PHYS 1210 and PHYS 1220)

Psychology

5 or higher

3 credit hours (PSYC 1000)

Spanish A Literature

5 or higher

3 credit hours (SPAN 3270)

Spanish A Language and Literature

5 or higher

3 credit hours (SPAN 2040)

Spanish B

5 or higher

4 credit hours (SPAN 2030)

Theatre

5 or higher

3 credit hours (THEA 1020)

Exam

Minimum Grade

Tulane Course Credit Granted

Biology

A

EBIO 1010 & 1015

Biology

B

EBIO 1940 & 3 credit hours of CELL 1010 or 4 credit hours for CELL 1500/1505
CELL 1500 and 1505 count towards the Scientific Inquiry Core Requirement. Note that CELL 1500/1505 credit does not count
toward CELL major or minor, but pre-med students are still strongly encouraged to accept the CELL 1500/1505 credit, as many
professional schools require that all prerequisites, such as CELL 1010, be taken on a college campus. 

Biology

C

EBIO 1940 & 3 credit hours of CELL 1500

Does not count toward CELL major or minor.

Chemistry

 

Meet with department to complete ACS test.

Chinese

C

ASTA 4350 & ASTC 3501

Economics

A

ECON 1010 & ECON 1020

English

B

ENGL 1010

English Literature

B

ENLS 1940

French

B

FREN 3150

French

C

FREN 2030

Geography

B

EENS 2060

Math - Pure Math, Mechanics, &
Probability & Statistics

A

MATH 1210, 1220, & 1110

Math - Pure Math & Probability
& Statistics

A

MATH 1210, 1220, & 1230

Physics

B

PHYS 1210 & 1220

Psychology

B

PSYC 1000

Spanish

B

SPAN 2030