AP Courses & Score Requirements

Your scores on Advanced Placement (AP) exams might earn you credit for classes at NMC.

Get your Associate Degree sooner by taking AP classes and exams in high school and applying those scores toward NMC classes.

NOTE: If you’ve completed AP credits and need to send your transcripts to NMC, visit collegeboard.org.

Here are the required scores, and the NMC classes for which you can earn credit through AP courses:

NMC Approved Exams and Acceptable Scores

AP Exam

Required Score

NMC Course

Course Name

Credits

African American studies

3

Group 1 Humanities

Humanities

3

Art: Drawing Portfolio - Determined by department

Art: Drawing Portfolio - General Portfolio - Determined by department

Art History

3

ART-111 & ART-112

Hist. of Western Art

8

Biology

3

BIO-115

Biology I

4

Biology

4

BIO-115 & BIO-116

Biology I & II

8

Calculus AB

3

MTH-141

Calculus I

5

Calculus BC

3

MTH-141 & MTH-142

Calculus I & II

10

Chemistry

3

CHM-150

General Chemistry

5

Chemistry

4

CHM-150 & CHM-151

General Chemistry

10

Comparative Government

3

PLS-132

Comparative Government

3

Computer Science A

3

MTH-116

Intro to Computer Science

4

Computer Science Principles

3

MTH-116

Intro to Computer Science

4

Economics - Macro.

3

ECO-201

Prin of Macroecon.

3

Economics - Micro.

3

ECO-202

Prin of Microecon.

3

English - Lang.

3

ENG-111

English Composition

4

English - Lit.

3

ENG-240

Intro to Literature

3

Environ­mental Science

3

ENV-101

Intro to Environ­mental Science

4

French

3

FRN-101 & FRN-102

Elementary French

8

German

3

GRM-101 & FRN-102

Elementary German

8

Government & Politics

3

PLS-101

Survey of Am. Gov't

3

History - European

3

HST-102

Western Civilization

4

History - US

3

HST-111 & HST-112

History of U.S.

8

Human Geography

3

Group 1 Social Science

Geography

3

Music Theory

3

MUS-101

Theory of Music

3

Physics 1

3

PHY-121, PHY-121L

General Physics I

4

Physics 2

3

PHY-122, PHY-122L

General Physics 2

4

Physics C - Mechanics

3

PHY-221, PHY-221R

Principles of Physics

5

Physics C - Elect. / Mech.

3

PHY-222, PHY-222R

Principles of Physics

5

Pre-Calc

3

MTH-121

College Algebra

4

Pre-Calc

4

MTH-121 & MTH-122

College Algebra & Trigonometry

7

Psychology

3

PSY-101

Intro to Psychology

3

Spanish

3

SPN-101, SPN-102

Elementary Spanish

8

Statistics

3

MTH-131

Intro to Probability & Statistics

3

World History

3

Group 1 Humanities

History

4
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