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 and three unspecified credit hours (1st year level) with AP standing of 4 or 5. | Biology BL1170 AND BL1171 with AP standing of 4 or 5. | No Credit Recommended |
Calculus AB | Mathematics 1000 with AP standing of at least 3. | Mathematics MA1100 OR MA1700 AND Mathematics MA1101 (with AP standing of 3 or more). |
Mathematics 1100 AND 1101 AND 1200 (with AP standing of 3 or more). |
Calculus BC | Mathematics 1000 with AP standing of at least 3. | Mathematics MA1101 OR MA1700 AND Mathematics MA 1101 (with AP standing of 3 or more). |
Mathematics 1101 AND 1200 (with AP standing of 3 or more). |
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. |
Chemistry 1100 |
Computer Science A | Computer Science 1710 with AP standing of 3. | No Credit Recommended | |
Computer Science AB | Computer Science 1710, 2710 with AP standing of 3. | ||
Economics (Micro Economics) | Economics 2010 (MUN) with AP standing of at least 3 | ||
Economics (Macro Economics) | Economics 2020 (MUN) with AP standing of at least 3 | ||
English Language and Composition | No credit recommended. | Communications CM1100. | No Credit Recommended |
English Literature and Composition | English 1080 with AP standing of at least 4. | English CM1120 with AP standing of 4 or more. | No Credit Recommended |
Environmental Science | Environmental Science 1000 with AP standing of at least 3. | No Credit Recommended | |
European History | Six (6) unspecified credit hours (2nd year level) in History with AP standing of at least 3. | No Credit Recommended | |
Fine Arts (Art History) | Visual Arts/History 2700 AND 2701 with AP standing of at least 3 | No Credit Recommended | |
Fine Arts (Studio Art) | Visual Arts 1000 with AP standing of at least 3 | No Credit Recommended | |
French Language | French 1500 with AP standing of 3. French 1500 AND 1501 with AP standing of 4. French 1501 AND 1502 with AP standing of 5. |
No Credit Recommended | |
French Literature | French 2601 with AP standing of 5 + 3 unspecified credit hours (2nd year level). French 2601 with AP standing of 4. |
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German | German 1000, 1001 with AP standing of 5. German 1000 with AP standing of 4. |
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Human Geography | Geography 1050 with AP standing of at least 3. | No Credit Recommended | |
Music Theory | Music 1120 AND 1116 with AP standing of 3. Music 1120, 1107, 1116 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 at least 3. | Physics PH1101, PH1200, 1325 AND 1327 | Physics 1100 |
Political Science US Govt. & Politics Comparative Govt & Politics |
Political Science – 3 unspecified credit hours with AP standing of 4 or 5. Political Science – 3 unspecified credit hours with AP standing of 4 or 5. |
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Psychology | With AP standing of at least 3, exemption from Psychology 1000 and credit for Psychology 1001 Note: Although the requirement for Psychology 1000 has been waived, the Psychology Department recommends that all students complete it. Students may also choose to complete Psychology 1001. |
No Credit Recommended | |
Statistics | Statistics 2500 with AP standing of at least 3 | ||
U.S. History | six unspecified credit hours (2nd year level) with AP standing of at least 3 | No Credit Recommended | |
World History | History 2500 and 2510 with AP standing of at least 3 |
The following is a list of high schools in the Province which offer Advanced Placement:
- Ascension Collegiate (Bay Roberts)
- Bishop White All Grade (Port Rexton)
- Bishops College (St. John’s)
- Booth Memorial High School (St. John’s)
- Brother Rice High School (St. John’s)
- Carbonear Collegiate
- Christ the King All Grade (Rushoon)
- Clarenville High
- Coaker Academy (Virgin Arm)
- Crescent Collegiate (Blaketown)
- Discovery Collegiate (Bonavista)
- Dunne Memorial Academy (St. Mary’s)
- E.J. Pratt Central High (Brownsdale)
- Elwood Regional High School (Deer Lake)
- Exploit’s Valley High (Grand Falls-Windsor)
- Fatima Academy (St. Bride’s)
- Fortune Bay Academy (St. Bernard’s)
- Gander Collegiate
- Gonzaga Regional High School (St. John’s)
- Goose High School (Happy Valley – Goose Bay)
- Herdman Collegiate (Corner Brook)
- Holy Spirit High School (Manuels)
- Holy Heart of Mary High School (St. John’s)
- Holy Trinity High (Torbay)
- Holy Name of Mercy Academy (Lawn)
- Holy Trinity Regional High (Heart’s Content)
- John Burke Regional High School (Grand Bank)
- Laval High (Placentia)
- Lethbridge High
- Marystown Central High School
- Menihek High School (Labrador City)
- Mount Pearl Senior High School
- North Shore Collegiate (Northern Bay)
- O’Donel High School (Mount Pearl)
- Prince of Wales Collegiate (St. John’s)
- Queen Elizabeth Regional High (Foxtrap)
- Random Island Academy (Random Island)
- Roncalli Central High School (Avondale)
- South West Arm Academy (Little Heart’s Ease)
- St. Joseph’s High (St. George’s)
- St. Joseph’s Central High (Bay de Verde)
- St. Catherine’s Academy (Mount Carmel)
- St. Kevin’s High (Goulds)
- St. Lawrence High
- Stephenville High School
- Swift Current Academy