AP Credits

Colleges & Universities Johns Hopkins University
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<p>With all of the talk about AP scores, how does Hopkins award AP credit? What AP credit can be used for Core Curriculum requirements?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.jhu.edu/admis/faqs/apib.html[/url]”>About Us | Johns Hopkins University. There is no core curriculum at JHU.</p>

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<p>Instead of a core curriculum, we have distribution requirements (where humanities majors are required to take science courses and vice-versa) and AP credits can count towards those requirements. They can also let you skip intro level courses in the sciences and move on to more advanced stuff.</p>

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<p>Can you please explain the “distribution requirements” please, tanman? As in numbers of credits…</p>

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<p>In many cases, distribution requirements depend on the major. For example, Public Health has no distribution requirements. If you double major, you need only fulfill the distribution requirements of one of your majors.</p>

<p>From the Undergraduate Student Handbook:

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<p><a href=“http://www.advising.jhu.edu/academic_manual/BA_BS.html[/url]”>http://www.advising.jhu.edu/academic_manual/BA_BS.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>A simple Google search would have gotten you that answer.</p>

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<p>What do you mean Public Health has no distribution requirements? Turns out…thats the major I’m interested in!</p>

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<p>I’m not sure what you’re asking. Public Health does not have any requirements beyond what is required for the major.</p>

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<p>Here is the requirements checklist for a Public Health Studies major: <a href=“http://www.jhu.edu/advising/images/checklists_pdf/PublicHealthStudiesC_7F3.pdf[/url]”>http://www.jhu.edu/advising/images/checklists_pdf/PublicHealthStudiesC_7F3.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Those are all the classes you have to take in order to graduate with that major. There are no actual distribution requirements, because the major is very diversified and has a lot of required classes. However, Public Health majors are still subject to the university requirements listed at the bottom (120 credits, 12 credits of writing intensive classes, etc.)</p>

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<p>How many courses are required if you decide to go Natural Sciences emphasis? It does not list the number but just notes the different Chemistry and Physics classes possible.</p>

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<p>All of them are required. That is the curriculum for the natural sciences emphasis.</p>

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<p>Do AP credits count toward those required classes? Ex: AP Chemistry and AP Physics?</p>

<p>Or do you just receive elective credit? The website is not specific.</p>

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<p>AP Chem gives you credit for Intro Chem I and II, AP Physics for Intro Physics I and II etc so yes, they can count towards your major requirements. Also, with AP science credits, you either get credit for the labs as well or you get the lab requirement waived, so you don’t need to take the lab if you get AP credit for the course. (If you’re pre-med, Preprofessional Advising has specific recommendations on what courses to take to fill pre-med requirements if you use AP credit)</p>

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<p>Turns out Hopkins is really cheap with giving out AP credits: It does not give credits for the following classes:
-Physics B
-Spanish Lit.
-French Lit.
-German Lit.
-American Govt. and Politics
-Comparative Govt. and Politics
-American History
-European History
-Art History
-Latin: Horace and Catullus
-Latin: Vergil
-English Language And Composition
-English Literature And Composition
-Psychology</p>

<p>(I personally don’t get credit for good exam scores on 4 of the 7 AP courses I took in high school…argh.)</p>

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<p>redcrosseknight, what’s your source for: “If you double major, you need only fulfill the distribution requirements of one of your majors.”</p>

<p>Does this imply that if someone gets a BS and a BA he needs only to fulfill the distribution requirements for the BA? Got a link?</p>

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<p>scorp, it’s in the advising manual: <a href=“http://www.advising.jhu.edu/academic_manual/majors.html#restrictions[/url]”>http://www.advising.jhu.edu/academic_manual/majors.html#restrictions&lt;/a&gt;

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<p>Note that if you have one major in WSE and the second in KSAS you must still fill the 12 writing intensive credit requirement.</p>

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<p>What tanman said. I read the undergraduate student handbook when I’m bored, I guess.</p>

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<p>I used to have the handbook in the bathroom, so I got familiar with it too, guess I missed that section. I guess that means if I have a BA & BS in WSE I just have to fulfill 18 humanities, and 6 Ws right?</p>

<p>Thanks guys. (Not that I’m planning to double major but I considered it at some pt.)</p>

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<p>Can you get a handbook at the Info Sessions?</p>

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<p>Why wait until the info session? Unless you want to keep a copy in the bathroom, too…</p>

<p>PDF: <a href=“Office of the Dean of Student Life | Student Affairs”>Office of the Dean of Student Life | Student Affairs;
HTML: <a href=“http://www.advising.jhu.edu/academic_manual/[/url]”>http://www.advising.jhu.edu/academic_manual/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Seriously, smder99, search engines may not be as personable as CCers but you’ll get your answers much more quickly.</p>

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<p>I suppose…</p>