AP for Incoming 2020-21 Students
The table below lists the AP exams that have been approved for students entering Baylor in Summer 2020, Fall 2020 and Spring 2021. Baylor offers credit as listed below and does not offer "elective" credit for scores below the required score. Note that the number of credit hours for each Baylor course is denoted by the second digit of the course number. Therefore, English 1302 is a 3-hour course, while Biology 1401 is a 4-hour course. Baylor's Credit by Exam policies are available at CBE Policies.
If an exam is not listed below, then we do not offer credit for that exam. Baylor does not issue "elective credit" for credit by exam.
| Advanced Placement Test | Required Scores | Baylor Course |
| Art History | 4 or 5 | Art 1300 or 2302 |
| Biology | 4 | Biology 1401 |
| Biology | 5 | Biology 1305-1105 & 1306-1106 |
| Calculus AB | 4 or 5 | Math 1321 |
| Calculus BC | 3, 4 or 5 | Math 1321 & 1322 |
| Chemistry | 3 | Chemistry 1300 & 1100 |
| Chemistry | 4 | Chemistry 1301 & 1101 |
| Chemistry | 5 | Chemistry 1301, 1101, 1302, & 1102 |
| Chinese Language & Culture | 3 or 4 | Chinese 2310 |
| Chinese Language & Culture | 5 | Chinese 2310 & 2320 |
| English Language & Composition or English Literature & Composition* |
4 or 5 | English 1302 |
| Environmental Science | 4 or 5 | Environmental Studies 1301 |
| European History | 4 or 5 | History 1307 |
| French Language & Culture | 3 or 4 | French 2310 |
| French Language & Culture | 5 | French 2310 & 2320 |
| German Language & Culture | 3 or 4 | German 2310 |
| German Language & Culture | 5 | German 2310 & 2320 |
| Government & Politics: United States | 3, 4 or 5 | Political Science 1305 |
| Human Geography | 3, 4 or 5 | Geography 1310 or Anthropology 1310 |
| Italian Language & Culture | 3 or 4 | Italian 2310 |
| Italian Language & Culture | 5 | Italian 2310 & 2320 |
| Japanese Language & Culture | 3 or 4 | Japanese 2310 |
| Japanese Language & Culture | 5 | Japanese 2310 & 2320 |
| Latin | 4 or 5 | Latin 2310 |
| Macroeconomics | 4 or 5 | Economics 2307 |
| Microeconomics | 4 or 5 | Economics 2306 |
| Music Theory - 2020 exam only | Total Score 5 | Music 1301 (Students wishing to pursue credit for MUS 1101 should contact the School of Music.) |
| Music Theory | Non-Aural 4 or 5 AND Aural 4 or 5 |
Music 1301 & 1101 |
| Music Theory | Non-Aural score 4 or 5 | Music 1301 (Students with Aural score of 3 may take a Baylor departmental exam for Music 1101.) |
| Music Theory | Aural score 4 or 5 | Music 1101 (Students with Non-Aural score of 3 may take a Baylor departmental exam for Music 1301.) |
| Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism, Physics 1, and/or Physics 2 |
3 | Physics 1405 |
| Physics 1 AND Physics 2 | 4 on both exams | Physics 1408 |
| Physics 1 AND Physics 2 | 5 on both exams | Physics 1408 & 1409 |
| Physics 1 AND Physics 2 AND Physics C: Mechanics** |
4 on all 3 exams | Physics 1420 |
| Psychology | 4 | Psychology 1305 |
| Spanish Language & Culture | 3 or 4 | Spanish 2310 |
| Spanish Language & Culture | 5 | Spanish 2310 & 2320 |
| Spanish Literature & Culture | 3, 4 or 5 | Spanish 2310 & 2320 |
| Statistics | 4 or 5 | Statistics 1380 or Quantitative Methods (QBA) 2302 for BBA students |
| U.S. History | 4 or 5 | History 2365 & 2366 |
| World History | 4 or 5 | History 1305 & 1307 |
*Notes:
(1) AP English: if you have received a score of 4 or 5 on the English Language & Composition exam, you are not eligible for any additional credit if you also score a 4 or 5 on the English Composition & Literature exam. AP Literature students may be interested in taking the CLEP exams for American Literature and/or English Literature.
(2) AP Physics C credit: Click on this link (AP Physics) to see more information on receiving Physics 1420 credit if you only have Physics C: Mechanics exam score.