Undergraduate Admissions
38 Advanced Placement (AP) Program
Acceptable Advanced Placement Program courses with scores achieved on the national level exam of 3(C) or higher may be presented for admission purposes. Acceptable Advanced Placement courses with scores achieved on the national level exam of 4(B) or 5(A), may be assessed for credit transfer. The applicability of transfer credit is subject to individual degree regulations. Students wishing to obtain transfer credit must have an official transcript of their national AP exam results forwarded directly to UPEI from the College Board. Students will receive a notice of assessment once an assessment has been completed. A maximum of 30 semester hours of credit may be awarded for eligible AP results.
Approved AP subjects and transfer credit equivalency:
AP Course | Equivalent UPEI credit |
Biology | BIO 1310 and BIO 1320 |
Calculus AB | MATH 1910 |
Calculus BC | MATH 1910 and MATH 1920 |
Chemistry | CHEM 1110 and 1120 (subject to confirmation by the Chemistry program) |
Computer Science A | Unassigned first year CS elective |
Computer Science AB | CS 1510 and CS 1520 |
English Literature and Composition | ENG 1010 and ENG 1920 |
Environmental Science | 2 Unassigned first year electives |
European History | 2 Unassigned first year electives |
French (Language) | Assigned credit by placement |
French (Literature) | 2 Unassigned first year French electives |
Geography (Human) | 2 Unassigned first year electives |
German | GERM 1010 and GERM 1020 |
Greek | GR 1010 and GR 1020 |
History (US) | 2 Unassigned first year History electives |
History (World) | 2 Unassigned first year History electives |
Latin | LAT 1010 and LAT 1020 |
Microeconomics | EC 1010 |
Macroeconomics | EC 1020 |
Physics B | Students may challenge for 2 unassigned first year Physics electives |
Physics C (Mechanics & Electricity) | Students may challenge for credit; PHYS 1110 and PHYS 1120 |
Psychology | PSY 1010 and PSY 1020 |
Spanish | SPAN 1010 and SPAN 1020 |
Statistics | STAT 2210 and unassigned first year Math elective |
*Each UPEI course is 3 semester hours
* Credit for AP examined subjects can only be assessed if presented on an official transcript of AP national exam results.
*Please note that this table is provided as a guide, and transfer credits are assessed on an individual basis and may vary depending on each students program of study.