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 |
Arts |
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5 |
3 |
ART 100 Intro to Art |
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3, 4 |
3 |
MUS 211 Music Theory 1 |
|
5 |
6 |
MUS 211 Music Theory 1, MUS 213 Music |
|
4, 5 |
4 or 3 |
MART 121 Visual Concepts and Ideational |
|
4, 5 |
4 or 3 |
MART 121 Visual Concepts and Ideational |
|
4, 5 |
3 |
ART 202 Drawing 1 |
|
English |
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3, 4 |
3 |
ENGL 111 Freshman Composition 1 |
|
5 |
6 |
ENGL 111 Freshman Composition 1, ENGL |
|
3, 4 |
3 |
ENGL 152 Introduction to Fiction |
|
5 |
6 |
ENGL 111 Freshman Composition 1, ENGL |
|
History & Social |
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4, 5 |
3 |
POLS 251 Intro to Political and |
|
4, 5 |
3 |
HIST 100 The Western World |
|
3, 4, 5 |
3 |
ECON 216 Principles of Macroeconomics |
|
3, 4, 5 |
3 |
ECON 217 Principles of Microeconomics |
|
3, 4, 5 |
3 |
PSY 101 Psychology and Society |
|
4, 5 |
3 |
POLS 151 American National Government |
|
4, 5 |
6 |
HIST 201 US History to 1865, HIST 202 |
|
4, 5 |
3 |
HIST 100 The Western World |
|
Computer and Math Science |
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3, 4, 5 |
4 |
MATH 211 Calculus 1 |
|
3, 4, 5 |
8 |
MATH 211 Calculus 1, MATH 252 Calculus |
|
3, 4, 5 |
3 |
CS 145 Introduction to Object Oriented |
|
4, 5 |
3 |
MATH 145 Intro to Statistics |
|
Sciences |
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3 |
4 |
BIOL 110 Biology Perspectives |
|
4 |
4 |
BIOL 212 General Biology 2 |
|
5 |
8 |
BIOL 211 General Biology 1, BIOL 212 |
|
3 |
4 |
CHEM 100 Chemistry for the |
|
4 |
5 |
CHEM 211 General Chemistry 1, CHEM 215 General |
|
5 |
10 |
CHEM 211 General Chemistry 1, CHEM 215 |
|
3, 4, 5 |
4 |
FOR 105 Ecosystems and Humans |
|
4, 5 |
5 |
PHYS 292 Calculus Physics 2 |
|
4, 5 |
5 |
PHYS 291 Calculus Physics 1 |
|
4, 5 |
4 |
PHYS 151 Algebra Physics 1 |
|
4, 5 |
4 |
PHYS 152 Algebra Physics 2 |
|
World Languages & |
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3, 4, 5 |
8 |
SPAN 101 Beginning Spanish 1, SPAN 102 |
|
AP language exams for languages not |
3, 4, 5 |
8 |
Fulfills foreign language requirement |