Advanced Placement (AP) is a program of college level courses and examinations for high school students. AP is administrated by the College Entrance Examination Board, headquartered in New York City, New York with a Canadian office in Kelowna, British Columbia. Students who successfully complete examinations with a prescribed standing may, upon admission to a public post-secondary institution, be granted credit as outlined in the following table. For more information consult the appropriate institutional calendar or Registrar’s/Student Services Office.
Sending Institution | Receiving Institution | |
Advanced Placement Courses | Memorial University of Newfoundland | College of the North Atlantic |
Biology | Biology 1001/1002 with AP standing of 4 or 5. Note: Students who have received a grade of 3 in AP Biology will have the requirement for Biology 1001/1002 waived and may replace those courses with higher level Biology courses. |
Biology BL1170 and BL1171 with AP standing of 4 or 5. |
Chemistry | Chemistry 1050 and 1051 with AP standing of 5. Chemistry 1010 and 1011 with AP standing of 3 or 4. |
Chemistry CH1140 and CH1141 with AP standing of 3 or 4. Chemistry CH1130 and CH1131 with AP standing of 3 or 4. |
English Language and Composition | No credit recommended. | English C1120 with AP standing of 4 or more |
English Literature and Composition | English 1080 with AP standing of 4 or more. | |
European History | Six (6) unspecified credit hours (2nd year level) with AP standing of 3 or more. | |
Fine Arts (Art History) | Visual Arts 2700 and 2701 (Sir Wilfred Grenfell College) with AP standing of 3 or more. | |
Fine Arts (Studio Art) | No credit recommended. | |
French | Two unspecified French first-year credits with AP standing of 5. Three (3) unspecified credit hours in French (1st year level) with AP standing of 4. |
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Calculus AB | Mathematics 1000 with AP standing of 4 or 5 | Mathematics MA1100 or MA1700 and Mathematics MA1101 with AP standing of 3 or more |
Calculus BC | Mathematics 1000 with AP standing of 3 or more | Mathematics MA 1100 or MA1700 and Mathematics MA 1101 with AP standing of 3 or more |
Environmental Science | Environmental Science 1000 with AP standing of 3 or more. | |
Music Theory | Music 1120 and 1121 with AP standing of 3 or more. Music 1121, 1107, and 1117 with AP standing of 4. Music 1107, 1108, 1117, and 1118 with AP standing of 5. |
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Physics B | Physics 1020 and 1021 with AP standing of 3 or more. | Physics PH1101, PH1200, 1325 and 1327 |
Psychology | Students with AP standing of 3 or more will be permitted to take advanced non-major courses in Psychology, however, credit for Psychology 1000 and 1001 will not be granted. |
The following is of high schools in the Province which offer Advanced Placement:
- Ascension Collegiate (Bay Roberts)
- Beaconsfield High School (St. John’s)
- Bishops College (St. John’s)
- Booth Memorial High School (St. John’s)
- Brother Rice High School (St. John’s)
- Carbonear Integrated Collegiate
- Discovery Collegiate (Bonavista)
- Dorset Collegiate (Pilley’s Island)
- E. A. Butler Memorial (McKay’s)
- Elwood Regional High School (Deer Lake)
- Eugene Vaters Collegiate (St. John’s)
- Gander Collegiate
- Gonzaga Regional High School (St. John’s)
- Goose High School (Happy Valley-Goose Bay)
- Harriot Curtis Collegiate (St. Anthony)
- Henry Gordon Academy (Cartwright)
- Herdman Collegiate (Corner Brook)
- Holy Heart of Mary High School (St. John’s)
- Holy Spirit High School (St. John’s)
- J.R. Smallwood Collegiate (Wabush)
- John Burke Regional High School (Grand Bank)
- Long Island Academy (Beaumont)
- Marystown Central High School
- Menihek Integrated High School (Labrador City)
- Mobile High School (Mobile)
- Mount Pearl Senior High School
- Musgravetown Regional High School
- Pearce Regional High School (Burin)
- Prince of Wales Collegiate (St. John’s)
- Queen Elizabeth Regional High (Foxtrap)
- Roncalli Central High School (Avondale)
- Regina High School (Corner Brook)
- St. Bernard’s All Grade
- St. George’s Regional High
- St. James Regional High (Channel/Port-aux-Basques)
- St. Stephen’s High School (Stephenville)