Submitting your AP test scores
The easiest way to ensure that the UW receives your AP scores is to name us as a recipient when you sign up for exam(s). You can use this procedure even if you take the exam as a junior in high school; the UW will keep your scores until your senior year. If you do not name the UW as a recipient when you take your exam, just contact the College Board and request that scores be sent to the UW Office of Admissions. When you enroll at the UW, you may be eligible for UW credit; if so, information about courses and credit awards will be accessible to you via MyUW. To ensure that your AP scores match up with your UW academic record, be sure to identify your name and date of birth with the College Board in the exact same way you identify, or expect to identify, yourself on your UW application.
AP Policy Overview
The UW recognizes AP coursework as a challenging academic program that provides excellent preparation for university study. College Board Advanced Placement (AP) exams are scored on a scale of 1 – 5. At the UW, scores of 3 or higher are considered for college credit awards or placement into UW courses. The table below shows the UW’s departmental policies for awarding course equivalencies and credits for each exam.
Students who duplicate subject content of an exam with another exam (e.g. AP and IB) and/or an exam with a college course will be awarded credit for only one exam or course.
Note: AP scores may be submitted only for courses taken while in high school and for tests taken during or within six months after leaving high school. AP test results may not be used to waive admission requirements.
Applicability toward UW graduation requirements
The following abbreviations show which graduation requirements apply to the course assignments indicated for each subject exam in the table below.
Areas of Knowledge
- I&S = Individuals and Society
- NW = Natural World
- VLPA = Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts
Basic Skills:
- C = Composition
- QSR = Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning
- FL = Foreign (World) Language
Advanced Placement (AP) exams by subject
MIN. AP Score FOR CREDIT | UW COURSE | CREDIT AWARD | MEETS UW REQUIREMENT | |
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Art: History of Art | 3,4, 5 | ART H 100 | 5 | VLPA |
Art: Studio Art - Drawing | 3,4,5 | ART 102 | 5 | VLPA |
Art: Studio Art - 2D Design | 3,4,5 | ART 103 | 5 | VLPA |
Art: Studio Art - 3D Design | 3,4,5 | ART 104 | 5 | VLPA |
Biology | 4,5 | BIOL 161, 162 | 5,5 | NW |
Biology | 3 | BIOL 161 | 5 | NW |
Calculus AB | 3,4,5 | MATH 124 | 5 | NW, QSR |
Calculus AB | 2 | Placement into MATH 124 only | 0 | |
Calculus BC | 4,5 | MATH 124,125 | 5,5 | NW, QSR |
Calculus BC | 3 | MATH 124 | 5 | NW, QSR |
Calculus BC | 2 (with subgrade of 3,4,5) |
MATH 124 | 5 | NW, QSR |
Chemistry | 5 | CHEM 142, 152, 162 | 5,5,5 | NW, QSR |
Chemistry | 4 | CHEM 142, 152 | 5,5 | NW, QSR |
Chemistry | 3 | CHEM 142 | 5 | NW, QSR |
Chinese Language & Culture | 5 |
CHIN 133,231,232 |
5,5,5 | VLPA (231, 232 only), FL |
Chinese Language & Culture | 4 | CHIN 133,231 | 5,5 | VLPA (231 only), FL |
Chinese Language & Culture | 3 | CHIN 133 | 5 | FL |
Computer Science A | 4,5 | CSE 142 | 4 | NW, QSR |
Computer Science A | 3 | CSE 112 | 4 | NW, QSR |
Computer Science Principles | 3,4,5 | CSE 120 | 5 | NW, QSR |
Computer Science AB (exam no longer offered) | 5 | CSE 142, 143 | 4,5 | NW, QSR |
Computer Science AB (exam no longer offered) |
3,4 | CSE 142 | 4 | NW, QSR |
Economics: Micro |
4,5 |
ECON 200 |
5 | I&S, QSR |
Economics: Micro | 3 | ECON 190 | 5 | I&S |
Economics: Macro |
4,5 |
ECON 201 |
5 | I&S, QSR |
Economics: Macro | 3 | ECON 191 | 5 | I&S |
English: Language & Composition | 3,4,5 | ENGL 106 | 5 | |
English: Literature & Composition | 3,4,5 | ENGL 106 | 5 | |
English: Language & Composition AND English: Literature & Composition | 3,4,5 | ENGL 106 | 10 | |
Environmental Sciences | 3,4,5 | ESC 110 | 5 | NW |
French Language | 5 | FRENCH 201,202,203 | 5,5,5 | VLPA, FL |
French Language | 4 | FRENCH 201,202 | 5,5 | VLPA, FL |
French Language | 3 | FRENCH 201 | 5 | VLPA, FL |
French Literature (exam no longer offered) | 5 | FRENCH 298 | 15 | VLPA |
French Literature (exam no longer offered) | 4 | FRENCH 298 | 10 | VLPA |
French Literature (exam no longer offered) | 3 | FRENCH 298 | 5 | VLPA |
Geography, Human | 3,4,5 | GEOG 100 | 5 | I&S |
German Language | 5 | GERMAN 201,202,203 | 5,5,5 | VLPA, FL |
German Language | 4 | GERMAN 201,202 | 5,5 | VLPA, FL |
German Language | 3 | GERMAN 201 | 5 | VLPA, FL |
Government and Politics: United States | 3,4,5 | POL S 202 | 5 | I&S |
Government and Politics: Comparative | 3,4,5 | POL S 204 | 5 | I&S |
History: European | 4,5 | HSTEU 113 | 5 | I&S |
History: European | 3 | HSTEU 100 | 5 | I&S |
History: United States | 4,5 | HSTAA 101 | 5 | I&S |
History: United States | 3 | HSTAA 100 | 5 | I&S |
History: World | 3,4,5 | HSTRY 100 | 5 | I&S |
Italian Language & Culture | 5 | ITAL 201,202,203 | 5,5,5 | VLPA, FL |
Italian Language & Culture | 4 | ITAL 201,202 | 5,5 | VLPA, FL |
Italian Language & Culture | 3 | ITAL 201 | 5 | VLPA, FL |
Japanese Language & Culture | 5 | JAPAN 133,231,232 | 5,5,5 | VLPA (231, 232 only), FL |
Japanese Language & Culture | 4 | JAPAN 133,231 | 5,5 | VLPA (231 only), FL |
Japanese Language & Culture | 3 | JAPAN 133 | 5 | FL |
Latin | 4,5 | LATIN 305,307 | 5,5 | VLPA, FL |
Latin | 3 | LATIN 103 | 5 | FL |
Latin: Literature | 4,5 | LATIN 305,306 | 5,5 | VLPA, FL |
Latin: Literature | 3 | LATIN 103 | 5 | FL |
Latin: Literature AND Latin: Vergil (exam no longer offered) | 4,5 | LATIN 305,306,307 | 5,5,5 | VLPA, FL |
Latin: Literature AND Latin: Vergil (exam no longer offered) | 3 | LATIN 103 | 5 | FL |
Music List/Literature (exam no longer offered) | Placement only. See music adviser | |||
Music Theory | 5 | MUSIC 113,119 | 1,3 | VLPA |
Music Theory | 4 | MUSIC 117 | 2 | VLPA |
Music Theory | 3 | MUSIC 116 | 2 | VLPA |
Physics 1 | 4,5 | PHYS 114,117 | 5 | NW, QSR |
Physics 1 | 3 | PHYS 101 | 5 | NW, QSR |
Physics 2 | 4,5 | Phys 115,118 | 5 | NW, QSR |
Physics 2 | 3 | PHYS 102 | 5 | NW, QSR |
Physics 1 AND Physics 2 (both have qualifying scores) | 4,5 | Phys 114,117, 115,118, 116,119 | 5,5,5 | NW, QSR |
Physics B (exam no longer offered) | 4,5 | PHYS 114/117, 115/118, 116/119 | 4,1,4,1,4,1 | NW, QSR |
Physics C: Mechanics | 4,5 | PHYS 121 | 5 | NW, QSR |
Physics C: Mechanics | 3 | PHYS 101 | 5 | NW, QSR |
Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism | 4,5 | PHYS 122 | 5 | NW, QSR |
Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism | 3 | PHYS 102 | 5 | NW, QSR |
Psychology | 3,4,5 | PSYCH 101 | 5 | I&S |
Research | 3,4,5 | UW 115 | 5 | |
Seminar | 3,4,5 | UW 116 | 5 | |
Spanish Language | 5 | SPAN 201,202,203 | 5,5,5 | VLPA, FL |
Spanish Language | 4 | SPAN 201,202 | 5,5 | VLPA, FL |
Spanish Language | 3 | SPAN 201 | 5 | VLPA, FL |
Spanish Literature | 5 | SPAN 298 | 15 | VLPA, FL |
Spanish Literature | 4 | SPAN 298 | 10 | VLPA, FL |
Spanish Literature | 3 | SPAN 298 | 5 | VLPA, FL |
Statistics | 3,4,5 | STAT 290 | 5 | NW, QSR |