Advanced Placement Chart

Accepted Equivalent
Examination Requirement Met Numeric Credit
Scores Brandeis Courses
Art History 5 School of Creative Arts 4 None
Biology 5 School of Science 4 BIOL 15b

School of Science
Chemistry* 4, 5 8 CHEM 11a,b,18a,b
Quantitative Reasoning
Chinese Language 4, 5 Foreign Language 4 CHIN 30-level
Comparative Government and
5 School of Social Science 4 None
Politics
Computer Science 5 School of Science 4 COSI 11a
Economics: Macro 4, 5 School of Social Science 4 ECON 20a
Economics: Micro School of Social Science
4, 5 4 ECON 10a
Quantitative Reasoning
Environmental Science 4, 5 School of Science 4 None
English: Language 4, 5 None 4 None

English: Literature 4, 5 School of Humanities 4 None

4
European History 4, 5 School of Social Science None

French Language 4, 5 Foreign Language 4 FREN 30-level

4, 5 Foreign Language 4
French Literature FREN 30-level

German Language 5 Foreign Language 4 GER 30-level

German Literature None None 0 None

Government: U.S. 5 School of Social Science 4 POL 14b

Italian Language 4, 5 Foreign Language 4 ITAL 30-level

Italian Literature None None 0 None
Japanese 5 Foreign Language 4 JAPN 30-level
Latin: Literature 5 Foreign Language 4 LAT 30-level
4 School of Science 4 MATH 10a
Mathematics AB**
5 School of Science 8 MATH 10a,b
3 School of Science 4 MATH 10a
Mathematics BC**
4, 5 School of Science 8 MATH 10a,b
4
Music Theory 5 School of Creative Arts MUS 5a
School of Science
Physics 1*** 4, 5 4 PHYS 10a
Quantitative Reasoning
School of Science
Physics 2*** 4, 5 4 PHYS 10b
Quantitative Reasoning
School of Science 4
Physics C: Mechanical*** 4, 5 PHYS 11a
Quantitative Reasoning

School of Science
Physics C: Electrical*** 4, 5 4 PHYS 11b
Quantitative Reasoning

PSYC 10a (formerly

Psychology 4, 5 School of Social Science 4
PSYC 1a)
Spanish Language 4, 5 Foreign Language 4 HISP 30-level

Spanish Literature 4, 5 Foreign Language 4 HISP 30-level

Quantitative Reasoning
Statistics 4, 5 4 MATH 8a
School of Science
U.S. History 4, 5 School of Social Science 4 None

World History 4, 5 School of Social Science 4 None

* Students electing to receive AP credit for first-year chemistry cannot take CHEM 11a/b, CHEM 15a/b, CHEM 18a/b, or CHEM 19a/b for credit.
**Students may receive credit for either Mathematics AB or Mathematics BC, but not for both.
***Students may not receive credit for both Physics 1 and Physics C: Mechanical, or for both Physics 2 and Physics C: Electrical. Students electing to receive AP credit
for Physics 1 or Physics C: Mechanical cannot take PHYS 10a or PHYS 11a. Students electing to receive AP credit for Physics 2 or Physics C: Electrical cannot take
PHYS 10b or PHYS 11b. If a student claims AP credit AND elects to take PHYS 15, the AP credit earns course credit, but does not count towards the physics major.
+Students may not enroll in a lower level course at Brandeis University and also claim AP exam credit that has a higher level course equivalent. For example, students
cannot enroll in MATH 10a at Brandeis and also receive AP credit for MATH 10b. This policy regarding lower-level sequence courses applies to AP Chemistry,
Mathematics and Physics exams. If students enroll in lower-level courses after claiming their AP exam credit, that credit will be subject to revocation.
Updated June 2018