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College Board Advanced Placement Examinations (CBAPE)
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College Board Advanced Placement Examination (CBAPE)
These examinations are for students in high school. Upon receipt of an official score report from the College Board, the Office of Admissions and Records assigns a grade of “TST” and grants credit as specified below. A maximum of 60 semester credits may be earned in any combination of non-traditional learning examinations and applied towards a bachelor’s degree.
Note regarding Silver Core Curriculum requirements- AP exam results for which course credit is awarded will satisfy the same Silver Core requirements as the UNR course taken in residence, with the following exceptions:
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AP exam results with equivalence to or satisfy only the U.S. Constitution component of CO8.
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AP exam results do not satisfy CO9, CO10, CO11, or CO12.
| EXAMINATION |
SCORE REQUIRED |
UNIVERSITY COURSE CREDIT |
| Art |
| History |
3, 4, or 5 |
Art Elective (3 cr.) |
| Studio Art (2-D Design, 3-D Design, or Drawing) |
3, 4, or 5 |
Art Elective (3 cr.) |
| Biology |
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3 |
Lecture (3 cr.)* |
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4 or 5 |
(3 cr.) and (3 cr.)** |
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*Meets a Silver Core Curriculum Natural Sciences with lab (CO4L) requirement only after successful completion of the laboratory portion of at UNR. Contact the Biology Department to enroll in 1 credit of independent study to complete the lab requirement.
**Meets a biology major requirement only after successful completion of .
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| Chemistry |
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3 |
(3 cr.) |
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4 or 5 |
(3 cr.) and (3 cr.) |
| Meets a chemistry major requirement only if the Chemistry Department certifies that the student has completed an appropriate, advanced chemistry laboratory in high school; or after successful completion of and . Meets a Silver Core Curriculum Natural Sciences with lab (CO4L) requirement only after successful completion of CHEM 121L and/or CHEM 122L |
| Computer Science |
| Computer Science A |
3 |
(3 cr.) |
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4 or 5 |
(3 cr.) |
| Computer Science Principles |
3, 4, or 5 |
(3 cr.) |
| Economics |
| Microeconomics |
3, 4, or 5 |
(3 cr.) |
| Macroeconomics |
3, 4, or 5 |
(3 cr.) |
| English |
| English Language & Composition |
3 |
(3 cr.) |
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4 or 5 |
(3 cr.) and (3 cr.) |
| English Literature & Composition |
3
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(3 cr.) |
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4 or 5 |
(3 cr.) and (3 cr.) OR
(3 cr.) and (3 cr.) when is taken.
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| No more than 6 credits may be awarded for AP exams in English. |
| Environmental Science |
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3 |
Environmental Science Elective (3 cr.) |
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4 or 5 |
(3 cr.) |
| Geography |
| Human Geography |
3, 4, or 5 |
(3cr.) |
| History |
| United States |
3, 4, or 5 |
(3 cr.) and (3 cr.) |
| HIST 101 meets Silver Core Humanities 203/CO5, CO8 requirement ONLY after successful completion of (1 cr.) available via 365Learning. |
| European |
3, 4, or 5 |
(3 cr.) and (3 cr.) |
| World |
3, 4, or 5 |
(3 cr.) and (3 cr.) |
| Mathematics |
| Calculus AB (or AB Subscore on BC exam) |
3, 4, or 5 |
(4 cr.) |
| Calculus BC |
3, 4, or 5 |
(4 cr.) and (4 cr.) |
| Statistics |
3, 4, or 5 |
(3 cr.) |
| Music |
| Theory |
3 |
Music Elective (3 cr.) |
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4 or 5 |
(3 cr.) |
| Physics |
| Physics 1 |
3, 4, or 5 |
(3 cr.) |
| Physics 2 |
3, 4, or 5 |
(3 cr.) |
| Physics C: Mechanics |
3, 4, or 5 |
(3 cr.) |
| Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism |
3, 4, or 5 |
(3 cr.) |
| Students must complete an appropriate physics laboratory course ( , , , ) to meet a Silver Core Curriculum Natural Sciences with lab (CO4L) requirement. |
| Political Science |
| United States Government and Politics |
3, 4, or 5 |
(3 cr.) |
| Meets Silver Core Humanities 203/CO5, CO8 requirement ONLY after successful completion of (1 cr.) available via 365Learning. |
| Comparative Government & Politics |
3, 4, or 5 |
(3 cr.) |
| Psychology |
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3, 4, or 5 |
(3 cr.) |
| World Languages and Cultures |
| Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish Language and Culture |
3 |
111 (4 cr.) and 112 (4 cr.) |
| 4 |
112 (4 cr.) and 211 (3 cr.) |
| 5 |
211 (3 cr.) and 212 (3 cr.) |
| Spanish Literature and Culture |
3 |
(4 cr.) and 112 (4 cr.) |
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4 or 5 |
(3 cr.) and 212 (4 cr.) |
| Latin |
3, 4, or 5 |
World Languages and Literatures Elective (6 cr.) |
| No more than 8 credits may be awarded for AP exams in a World Language and Culture/Literature and Culture. |
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