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Academic Placement

Credit for College Board Advanced Placement and CLEP Examinations
Advanced Placement (AP) is a program that offers year-long college-level curricula and examinations to high school students. College Level Examination
Program (CLEP) is a group of standardized tests that assess college-level knowledge in thirty-six subject areas and provide a mechanism for earning college credits without taking college courses. Both AP and CLEP programs are administered through the College Board.

Highlands University recognizes student academic accomplishments gives equivalent NMHU credits based on scores achieved on AP and CLEP exams.
Please refer to the following link for complete details on AP and CLEP

Shaded areas indicate approval as conveyed by the relevant departmental representative to the AAC committee

Exam	Score	Hours	NMHU Course Equivalent Initial Proposal
Arts
AP Art History	5	3	ART 100 Intro to Art
AP Music Theory	3, 4	3	MUS 211 Music Theory 1
	5	6	MUS 211 Music Theory 1, MUS 213 Music Theory 2
AP Studio Art: 2-D Design	4, 5	4 or 3	MART 121 Visual Concepts and Ideational Drawing or ART 121 Fundamentals of Design
AP Studio Art: 3-D Design	4, 5	4 or 3	MART 121 Visual Concepts and Ideational Drawing or ART 121 Fundamentals of Design
AP Studio Art: Drawing	4, 5	3	ART 202 Drawing 1
English
AP English Language and Composition	3, 4	3	ENGL 111 Freshman Composition 1
	5	6	ENGL 111 Freshman Composition 1, ENGL 112 Freshman Composition 2
AP English Literature and Composition	3, 4	3	ENGL 152 Introduction to Fiction
	5	6	ENGL 111 Freshman Composition 1, ENGL 152 Introduction to Fiction
History & Social Science
AP Comparative Government and Politics	4, 5	3	POLS 251 Intro to Political and Economic Systems
AP European History	4, 5	3	HIST 100 The Western World
AP Macroeconomics	3, 4, 5	3	ECON 216 Principles of Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics	3, 4, 5	3	ECON 217 Principles of Microeconomics
AP Psychology	3, 4, 5	3	PSY 101 Psychology and Society
AP United States Government and Politics	4, 5	3	POLS 151 American National Government
AP United States History	4, 5	6	HIST 201 US History to 1865, HIST 202 US History from 1865
AP World History	4, 5	3	HIST 100 The Western World
Computer and Math Science
AP Calculus AB	3, 4, 5	4	MATH 211 Calculus 1
AP Calculus BC	3, 4, 5	8	MATH 211 Calculus 1, MATH 252 Calculus 2
AP Computer Science A	3, 4, 5	3	CS 145 Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
AP Statistics	4, 5	3	MATH 145 Intro to Statistics
Sciences
AP Biology	3	4	BIOL 110 Biology Perspectives
	4	4	BIOL 212 General Biology 2
	5	8	BIOL 211 General Biology 1, BIOL 212 General Biology 2
AP Chemistry	3	4	CHEM 100 Chemistry for the Non-Scientist
	4	5	CHEM 211 General Chemistry 1, CHEM 215 General Chemistry Laboratory 1
	5	10	CHEM 211 General Chemistry 1, CHEM 215 General Chemistry Laboratory 1, CHEM 212 General Chemistry 2, CHEM 216 General Chemistry Laboratory 2
AP Environmental Science	3, 4, 5	4	FOR 105 Ecosystems and Humans
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism	4, 5	5	PHYS 292 Calculus Physics 2
AP Physics C: Mechanics	4, 5	5	PHYS 291 Calculus Physics 1
AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based	4, 5	4	PHYS 151 Algebra Physics 1
AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based	4, 5	4	PHYS 152 Algebra Physics 2
World Languages & Cultures
AP Spanish Language and Culture	3, 4, 5	8	SPAN 101 Beginning Spanish 1, SPAN 102 Beginning Spanish 2
AP language exams for languages not taught at NMHU	3, 4, 5	8	Fulfills foreign language requirement