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 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 AND Chemistry 1200 with an AP standing of 3 or 4. |
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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Geography | Geography 1050 with AP standing of at least 3. | No credit recommended. | |
Music Theory | Music 1120 with AP standing of 4. Music 1120 and 1116 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 | History 2600 and 2610 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