How does Northwestern handle AP credit?

SteveC
Tue, 07 May 2013 10:21:39 +0000

The link above should answer all your questions and it’s authoritative in a way no one on this forum can be (unless there’s someone from NU lurking about).

Calculus BC: 4 or 5 will get you two credits (MATH 220 and 224) and an invitation to MENU. You may apply one of these credits to distribution area II.

Biology: 5 will get you one credit, BIOL SCI 1XX. I’ll get to what that’s good for later.

Chemistry: 5 will get you three credits (CHEM 101, 102, 103); 3 or 4 will get you 1 credit (CHEM 101). You may apply one of these credits to distribution area I. Credit for CHEM 101 does not place you into CHEM 102; it places you into the CHEM 171 and 172 sequence.

English: 5 will get you two credits, ENGLISH 1XX. See biology.

World History: 5 will get you two credits, HISTORY 2XX. You may apply one of these credits to distribution area IV.

Spanish: 4 will get you one credit, 5 will get you two credits, SPANISH 2XX. Either way, you will have met your WCAS foreign language requirement.

You may apply credits to two different distribution areas.

All credits (with some exceptions based on classes you end up taking) can be subtracted from the 45 required for a Weinberg BA (i.e., can be used as general electives) but they don’t apply to the undergraduate residence requirement (i.e., no graduating in three years based on AP credit). This what the Biology, English, etc. credits are good for.