Information listed below is valid for the Class of 2016 (Academic Year 2012-13)

Saint Joseph’s University (SJU) awards credit for Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations as outlined on the chart below.  Incoming students are reminded to have an official grade report transcript of their AP exam scores sent to SJU.  Incoming freshmen are notified over the summer what credit (if any) they will be awarded and the course equivalent of the exam(s). 

The AP course credit counts toward the 40 course graduation requirement; for example, if a student receives AP credit for English 101 (Craft of Language), that student needs to successfully complete only 39 courses at SJU.  In the case of an AP course in a student’s major, s/he may be placed in an upper-level course as a substitute for the course for which s/he received AP credit.  In such cases, the AP credit may be used in place of a free elective.  For specific questions, contact the relevant Department Chair.  A score of 4 or 5 on certain AP exams may fulfill General Education Program (GEP) requirements, as the chart below indicates.  Please note that students must take the GEP Signature Core Courses at SJU; they may not earn credit for these courses through an AP exam. Those Signature Core Courses include PHL 154 Moral Foundations, THE 154 Faith, Justice & the Catholic Tradition, ENG 102 Texts and Contexts, and HIS 154 Forging the Modern world.

1.  These courses may fulfill the General Education Program (GEP) requirements listed.  Some majors require specific courses for the GEP. Please consult with your advisor and the major requirements listed in the SJU Undergraduate Catalog for additional information on how these courses will count toward the 40 course requirement.

2.  Counts as a Non-lab Natural Science GEP course for non-science majors, and as a general elective course for science majors. No individual AP test will provide students with the complete GEP natural science requirement. Two such forms of AP credit together will, however, fulfill the GEP natural science requirement.

3. Students who earn a 4 for a modern foreign language AP exam earn credit for a 202 course and must take the 301 course to complete the Non-Native Language Requirement for the GEP.

4.  Students who earn a 5 for a foreign language test, including Latin, have satisfied the Non-Native Language Requirement and are not required to take additional modern or classical language courses at SJU.  Credit for course 202 and 301 appears on the student’s transcript.

5.  Please note that some majors (especially majors in the social sciences) designate a specific course to fulfill the social/behavioral science GEP requirement.  In these instances, the AP credit may, depending on other major requirements, be used for elective credit only. 

6.  Students who earn a 4 for the Latin: Vergil exam must take one course at the 300 or 400 level to complete the Non-Native Language requirement for the GEP.

7.  Students who earn a 4 or a 5 on Calculus AB or BC have satisfied the Math Beauty requirement for the GEP.

8.    Credit is given for the lecture class (PHY 101, PHY 105, PHY 106), but no credit given for the labs (PHY 101L, 105L, or 106L).   No individual AP test will provide students with the complete GEP Natural Science requirement. Two such forms of AP credit together will, however, fulfill the GEP Natural Science requirement for non-science majors.  If majoring in Physics, the lab for PHY 105 (PHY 105L) and PHY 106 (PHY 106L) will be required.

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