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 | Fisheries & Marine Institute of Memorial University |
| 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. |
Biology BL1170 AND BL1171 with AP standing of 4 or 5. | No Credit Recommended |
| Calculus AB | Mathematics 1000 with AP standing of 3 or more. | Mathematics MA1100 OR MA1700 AND Mathematics MA1101 (with AP standing of 3 or more). | No Credit Recommended |
| Calculus BC | Mathematics 1000 with AP standing of 3 or more. | Mathematics MA1101 OR MA1700 AND Mathematics MA 1101 (with AP standing of 3 or more). | No Credit Recommended |
| Chemistry | Chemistry 1050 AND 1051 with AP standing of 5. Chemistry 1010 AND 1011 with AP standing of 3 or 4. |
Chemistry CH1120 AND CH1121 with AP standing of 3 or 4. Chemistry CH1140 AND CH1141 with AP standing of 5. Chemistry CH1130 AND CH1131 with AP standing of 3 or 4. |
No Credit Recommended |
| Computer Science | 3 unspecified credit hours ( 1st year level) with AP standing of 3. Note: Department will, upon request, waive the prerequisite of CS1700 . |
No Credit Recommended | |
| English Language and Composition | No credit recommended. | Communications CM1100. | No Credit Recommended |
| English Literature and Composition | English 1080 with AP standing of 4 or more. | English CM1120 with AP standing of 4 or more. | No Credit Recommended |
| Environmental Science | Environmental Science 1000 with AP standing of 3 or more. | No Credit Recommended | |
| European History | Six (6) unspecified credit hours (2nd year level) in History with AP standing of 3 or more. | No Credit Recommended | |
| Fine Arts (Art History) | Visual Arts/History 2700 AND 2701 with AP standing of 3 or more | No Credit Recommended | |
| Fine Arts (Studio Art) | No credit recommended. | No Credit Recommended | |
| French Language French Literature |
Six unspecified credit hours (1st year level) in French with AP standing of 5. Three (3) unspecified credit hours in French (1st year level) with AP standing of 4. French 2602 + three unspecified credit hours (2nd year level) with AP standing of 5. French 2602 |
No Credit Recommended | |
| Human Geography | Geography 1010 with AP standing of 3 | No Credit Recommended | |
| 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. |
No Credit Recommended | |
| Physics B | Physics 1020 AND 1021 with AP standing of 3 or more. | Physics PH1101, PH1200, 1325 AND 1327 | No Credit Recommended |
| Psychology | Psychology 1001 (exemption from 1000) Note: Although students may be exempt from Psych 1000, the Psychology Dept. generally recommends that all students complete this course. |
No Credit Recommended | |
| U.S. History | six unspecified credit hours (2nd year level) with AP standing of 3 | No Credit Recommended | |
The following is a list 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 (Manuels)
- John Burke Regional High School (Grand Bank)
- Long Island Academy (Beaumont)
- Marystown Central High School
- Menihek Integrated High School (Labrador City)
- Mount Pearl Senior High School
- Musgravetown Regional High School
- O’Donel High School (Mount Pearl)
- 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 (New Harbour)
- St. James Regional High (Channel/Port-aux-Basques)
- St. Stephen’s High School (Stephenville)