ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø grants credit in many fields based on Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and A-Level scores. In most cases, you also can apply transfer credits from other accredited institutions.
AP, IB and A-Level Exams
Except as noted, Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB) and A-Level credit can replace specific courses for purposes of general education, major or minor requirements.
Credit will be posted on your record upon admission and as we receive it. If, after admission to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, you complete a course for which you received credit/exemption on the basis of AP, IB or A-Level examinations, the credit/exemption for that course will be forfeited and will not count toward graduation requirements.
The policies regarding the awarding of credit for Advanced Placement Examinations of The College Board and/or International Baccalaureate Examinations are reviewed annually by departments and are subject to change. The following information will apply to students who matriculate at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Advanced Placement Score Equivalences, Exemptions & Placements
AP Research
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø does not award credit for AP Research
AP Seminar
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø does not award credit for AP Seminar
Art History
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: ARTH 100-TR
This credit cannot be used to satisfy requirements for a major or minor in Art History.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: ARTH 101
Drawing Portfolio
Required score: 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: ARTS 106 or ARTS 216
Final credit awarded to be determined after individual portfolio review by Art Studio Program Director.
2-D Design Portfolio
Required score: 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: ARTS 101 or ARTS 216
Final credit awarded to be determined after individual portfolio review by Art Studio Program Director.
3-D Design Portfolio
Required score: 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: ARTS 100-TR or ARTS 201, 214
Final credit awarded to be determined after individual portfolio review by Art Studio Program Director.
Biology (Score of 4)
Required score: 4
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: BIOL 114
Biology (Score of 5)
Required score: 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: BIOL 200-TR
This credit will satisfy the BIOL 114 requirement for the nursing major.
Chemistry
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 4 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: CHEM 111
This course will meet a requirement of either CHEM 105 or CHEM 111.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: CHEM 106 and 113; or ENGR 145
Computer Science A
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: CSDS 132
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: CSDS 233 or 281
Computer Science Principles
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø does not award credit for Computer Science Principles
Microeconomics
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: ECON 102
Macroeconomics
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: ECON 103
Language/Composition
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: ENGL 100-TR
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: A maximum of three credit hours will be awarded for English AP scores and only after successful completion of a three-credit-hour 300-level ENGL course with a grade of C or better.
Literature/Composition
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: ENGL 100-TR
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: A maximum of three credit hours will be awarded for English AP scores and only after successful completion of a three-credit-hour 300-level ENGL course with a grade of C or better.
Environmental Science
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: EEPS 100-TR
Chinese
Required score: 4
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: CHIN 201, 202
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: CHIN 301
Chinese (Score of 5)
Required score: 5
Credit earned: 9 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: CHIN 201, 202, 301
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: CHIN 302
French
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: FRCH 201, 202
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level FRCH
German
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: GRMN 201, 202
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level GRMN
Italian
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: ITAL 201, 202
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level ITAL
Japanese
Required score: 4
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: JAPN 201, 202
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: JAPN 301
Japanese
Required score: 5
Credit earned: 9 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: JAPN 201, 202, 301
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: JAPN 302
Latin
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: LATN 201, 202
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level LATN
Spanish Language & Culture
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: SPAN 201, 202
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level SPAN
Spanish Literature & Culture
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: SPAN 202, 300-TR
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level SPAN
Comparative Politics
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: POSC 160
U.S. Government
Required score: 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: POSC 109
Three credit hours as POSC 109 will be awarded for U.S. Government AP scores only after successful completion of a 300-level US politics course with a grade of B or better.
European History
Required score: 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: HSTY 100-TR
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: A maximum of three credit hours will be awarded for History AP scores and only after successful completion of the one-credit-hour HSTY 100.
U.S. History
Required score: 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: HSTY 100-TR
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: A maximum of three credit hours will be awarded for History AP scores and only after successful completion of the one-credit-hour HSTY 100.
World History
Required score: 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: HSTY 100-TR
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: A maximum of three credit hours will be awarded for History AP scores and only after successful completion of the one-credit-hour HSTY 100.
Human Geography
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: ANTH 100-TR
Calculus AB
Required score: 5
Credit earned: 4 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: MATH 121*
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: MATH 122 or 126
Calculus BC
Required score: AB subscore = 5
Credit earned: 4 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: MATH 121*
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: MATH 122 or 126
Calculus BC
Required score: 5
Credit earned: 8 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: MATH 121, 122*
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: MATH 223
*Credit for MATH 121 will meet a requirement for either MATH 121 or MATH 125. Credit for MATH 122 will meet a requirement for either MATH 122 or MATH 126.
Music Theory
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: MUTH 103.
This credit cannot be used to satisfy requirements for any music major program.
Physics 1
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 4 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: PHYS 115*
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: PHYS 116
Physics 2
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: PHYS 100-TR*
Physics B
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 4 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: PHYS 115*
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: PHYS 116
Physics C-Mech
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 4 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: PHYS 121*
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: PHYS 122
Physics C-E & M
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: PHYS 100-TR*
*A student may not receive credit for more than one of Physics 1, Physics B, or Physics C-Mechanics (forfeiting the credit if they subsequently earn credit for PHYS 115, 121, or 123) and may not receive credit for more than one of Physics 2 or Physics C-E&M (forfeiting the PHYS 100-TR credit if they subsequently earn credit for PHYS 116, 122, or 124). Students who earned a 4 or 5 on their AP Physics exam but who had little or no high school physics laboratory experience should consult with the department about taking PHYS 113A to build their laboratory skills before moving on to PHYS 116 or 122.
Psychology
Required score: 4 or 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: PSCL 101
Statistics
Required score: 5
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: STAT 201
International Baccalaureate Score Equivalences, Exemptions & Placements
Biology
Required score: HL 5, 6 or 7
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: BIOL 200-TR
Chemistry
Required score: HL 5, 6 or 7
Credit earned: 4 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: CHEM 111
This course will meet a requirement of either CHEM 105 or CHEM 111.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: CHEM 106 and 113; or ENGR 145
Computer Science
Required score: HL 5, 6 or 7
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: EECS 132
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: EECS 233 or 281
Dance
Required score: HL 5, 6 or 7
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: DANC 121
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: DANC 122
Economics
Required score: HL 5, 6 or 7
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: ECON 102, 103
English Language A
Required score: HL 5, 6 or 7
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: WLIT 290
History of Europe
Required score: HL 6 or 7
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: HSTY 100-TR
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: A maximum of three credit hours will be awarded for History IB scores and only after successful completion of the one-credit-hour HSTY 100.
History of the Americas
Required score: HL 6 or 7
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: HSTY 100-TR
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: A maximum of three credit hours will be awarded for History AP scores and only after successful completion of the one-credit-hour HSTY 100.
Chinese B (HL 6)
Required score: HL 6
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: CHIN 201, 202
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level CHIN
Chinese B (HL 7)
Required score: HL 7
Credit earned: 9 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: CHIN 201, 202, 300-TR
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level CHIN
French B (HL 6)
Required score: HL 6
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: FRCH 201, 202
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level FRCH
French B (HL 7)
Required score: HL 7
Credit earned: 9 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: FRCH 201, 202, 300-TR
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level FRCH
German B (HL 6)
Required score: HL 6
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: GRMN 201, 202
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level GRMN
German B (HL 7)
Required score: HL 7
Credit earned: 9 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: GRMN 201, 202, 300-TR
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level GRMN
Italian B (HL 6)
Required score: HL 6
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: ITAL 201, 202
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level ITAL
Italian B (HL 7)
Required score: HL 7
Credit earned: 9 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: ITAL 201, 202, 300-TR
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level ITAL
Japanese B (HL 6)
Required score: HL 6
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: JAPN 201, 202
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level JAPN
Japanese B (HL 7)
Required score: HL 7
Credit earned: 9 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: JAPN 201, 202, 300-TR
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level JAPN
Spanish B (HL 6)
Required score: HL 6
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: SPAN 201, 202
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level SPAN
Spanish B (HL 7)
Required score: HL 7
Credit earned: 9 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: SPAN 201, 202, 300-TR
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: 300-level SPAN
Mathematics
Required score: HL 5, 6 or 7
Credit earned: 7 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: MATH 121 and 100-TR
Credit for MATH 121 will meet a requirement for either MATH 121 or MATH 125.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: MATH 122 or 126
Music
Required score: HL 5, 6 or 7
Credit earned: 6 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: MUTH 103 and MUGN 201
Credit for these courses cannot be used to satisfy requirements for any music major program.
Physics
Required score: HL 5, 6 or 7
Credit earned: 7 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: PHYS 121, PHYS 100-TR
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Placement: PHYS 122
*A student who subsequently earns credit for PHYS 115, 121, or 123 will forfeit IB credit for PHYS 121, and a student who subsequently earns credit for PHYS 116, 122, or 124 will forfeit IB credit for PHYS 100-TR. Students who earned a 5, 6, or 7 on their IB Physics exam but who had little or no high school physics laboratory experience should consult with the department about taking PHYS 113A to build their laboratory skills before moving on to PHYS 116 or 122.
Psychology
Required score: HL 5, 6 or 7
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: PSCL 101
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Required score: HL 5, 6 or 7
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: ANTH 102
Theater Studies
Required score: HL 5, 6 or 7
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: THTR 110
Visual Arts
Required score: HL 5, 6 or 7
Credit earned: 3 hours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Equivalent/Exempt: ARTS 101
College Credit
Once you've been admitted to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and we've received your final transcript and course descriptions of the college-level work you have successfully completed, the Office of Undergraduate Advising Support will evaluate your transfer credits.
Credit can be awarded for courses:
- Equivalent to courses offered by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
- Completed with a grade of C or better
- Taken at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university or technical institute
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø does not grant credit for college courses that were used to meet high school graduation requirements or that repeat courses completed in high school.
Ohio residents in grades 7 to 12 can begin their college educations early by enrolling in College Credit Plus at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. Earn college credit at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and be a part of our world-renowned community before high school graduation.
English Competency Credit
Transfer students who have completed the English Composition/Expository Writing requirement with a grade of C or higher at their previous institution will receive transfer credit for an Academic Inquiry Seminar (AIQS 100) at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.
Nursing Credit
Students may apply for transfer admission for any term (fall, spring or summer). If you’re transferring into the second year of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, you must be able to transfer a minimum of 20 credit hours, including equivalents to the following ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø courses:
- BIOL 114
- CHEM 119
- BIOL 116 and BIOL 117 (Anatomy & Physiology I and II)
- Academic Inquiry Seminar (AIQS)
Nursing transfer students also require additional credits beyond the courses listed above to attain second-year status. Equivalents to the following ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø courses are recommended but not required:
- SOCI 203 (Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan)
- NURS 342 (Medical Microbiology)
- NURS 201(Nutrition)
- STAT 201 (Basic Statistics)
Cleveland-Area Community College Credit
Students applying for transfer admission from Cleveland-area community colleges should review the appropriate .