2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog - Belmont University


Advanced Placement

Belmont University participates in the Advanced Placement Program of the College Entrance Examination Board, and gives advanced placement and appropriate hours of university credit to qualified entering students. Advanced placement is awarded automatically through the Registrar's Office upon receipt of an official grade report sent directly from the College Board for the courses listed below to students who receive the scores indicated.

University credit is awarded in the amount carried by the course for which the student is receiving advanced placement. This credit is recorded as “P” and is not used in calculating overall grade point average.

A maximum total of 24 hours of credit may be earned through Advanced Placement, I.B., and / or CLEP combined. The AP tests accepted by Belmont University are listed as follows.

Advanced Placement Credit
AP TEST   AP SCORE    
American Government   4 or 5   PSC 1210
American History   4 or 5   Either HIS 2010 or HIS 2020
Art History   4   ART 2000
Art History 5 ART 2800
Studio Art (All Disciplines)*
*Specific course credit awarded upon review of AP portfolio by Art faculty.
4 or 5 Specific Art Foundations Credit
Biology   4   BIO 1010
    5   BIO 1010 and BIO 1110
Chemistry   3   PHY 1010
    4   CEM 1610
    5   CEM 1610 & CEM 1620
Comparative Government   4 or 5   3 hours PSC elective
Computer Science:        
Test A   4 or 5   CSC 1110
Test AB   3   CSC 1110
Test AB   4 or 5   CSC 1110 & CSC 1120
English* (Language and Composition or Literature and Composition)   4 or 5
  ENG 1010
English* (Language and Composition and Literature and Composition)   At least 4 on both tests   ENG 1010 and 3 hours of general elective credit
Enviromental Science 4 or 5 ENV 1110
European History   4 or 5   HIS 1020 or 3 hours of HIS elective
French Lang.or Lit.   3, 4 or 5   FRE 1010, 1020, 2010 or 2020
German Lang. or Lit.   3, 4 or 5   GER 1010, 1020, 2010 or 2020
Latin Lang. or Lit.   3, 4 or 5   LAT 1010, 1020, 2010 or 2020
Macroeconomics   4 or 5   ECO 2210
Microeconomics   4 or 5   ECO 2220
Math-Statistics   4 or 5   MTH 1150
Math AB calculus   4 or 5   MTH 1210
Math BC calculus   3   MTH 1210
    4 or 5   MTH 1210 & MTH 1220
Music: Listen/Literature   4 or 5   MUH 1200 or MUH 2000
Music: Theory**   4 or 5   MUT 1310 or MUT 1380
Physics B   4   PHY 1010
    5   PHY 1110
Physics C    3   PHY 1010
4 PHY 1110
5 PHY 1110 and PHY 1120
Psychology   4   PSY 1100
Spanish***   3, 4 or 5   SPA 1010, 1020, 2010 or 2020
World History   4 or 5   HIS 1020 or 3 hours of HIS elective
         

* See English Department for a full explanation of AP credit in English
**Pending results of Theory Placement Test for music majors and minors.
***Meet with the appropriate language coordinator for proper placement and credit.