AP and IB Credit

Advanced Placement Credit

Applicants who have completed Advanced Placement (AP) courses are encouraged to take the College Board AP Examinations. The below chart indicates scores needed to receive Kettering University credit. Students should have an official AP transcript sent to Kettering directly from the College Board AP Program. AP credits do not override prerequisite requirements.

AP Credit


Advanced Placement Exam	Required Score	Credits Granted	Kettering Course Number
Art History¹	4, 5	4	ART-297
Art Studio 2-D Design¹	4, 5	4	ART-297
Art Studio 3-D Design¹	4, 5	4	ART-297
Biology²	4, 5	3 and 1	BIOL-141 & BIOL-142
Calculus AB	4, 5	4	MATH-101
Calculus AB Subgrade	4, 5	4	MATH-101
Calculus BC	4, 5	4 and 4	MATH-101 & MATH-102
Chemistry	4, 5	3 and 1	CHEM-135 & CHEM-136 or CHEM-137 & CHEM-136
Comparative Government and Politics¹	4, 5	4	SSCI-297
Computer Science A	4, 5	4	CS-101
Computer Science Principles^{1, 2}	4, 5	4	CS-297
English Language and Composition¹	4, 5	4	COMM-297
English Literature and Composition¹	4, 5	4	HUMN-297
Environmental Science²	4, 5	4	BIOL-297
European History¹	4, 5	4	SSCI-297
Foreign Language and Culture - Any¹	4, 5	4	LANG-297
Foreign Literature and Culture - Any¹	4,5	4	HUMN-297
Human Geography¹	4, 5	4	SSCI-297
Macroeconomics³	4, 5	4	ECON-201
Microeconomics³	4, 5	4	ECON-201
Music Theory¹	4, 5	4	MUS-297
Physics C, Mechanics	4, 5	3 and 1	PHYS-114 & PHYS-115
Physics C, Electricity & Magnetism	4, 5	3 and 1	PHYS-224 & PHYS-225
Psychology¹	4, 5	4	SSCI-297
Research¹	4, 5	4	LS-297
Seminar¹	4, 5	4	LS-297
Statistics²	3, 4, 5	4	BUSN-271
U.S. Government and Politics¹	4, 5	4	SSCI-297
U.S. History¹	4, 5	4	HIST-297
World History¹	4, 5	4	SSCI-297

¹Course counts as a free elective in all degree programs.

²Seek department advisement for the curriculum requirement application.

³This AP course can count as ECON-297 (Free Elective) if student already has credit for ECON-201.

International Baccalaureate Credit

Applicants seeking International Baccalaureate (IB) credit should have an official IB transcript sent directly to Kettering's Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Credit will be granted for passes at the "IB Standard Level *(SL)" in Computer Science only. Credit will be issued for passes at the "IB Higher Level (HL)" according to the IBO table below.

IB Credit
IBO Exam	Required Score	Credits Granted	Kettering Course Number
Biology (HL)	6, 71	4	BIOL-241 & BIOL-242
Chemistry (HL)	5, 6, 7	4	CHEM-135 & CHEM-136
Computer Science (HL)	5, 6, 7	8	CS-101 & CS-102
Computer Science (SL)	5, 6, 7	4	CS-101
Economics (HL)	6, 7	4	ECON-201
English (HL)	6, 7	4	HUMN-297
Foreign Language - Any (HL)	5, 6, 7	4	LANG-297
History (HL)	6, 7	4	SSCI-297
Mathematics (HL)	5, 6, 7	4	MATH-101
Philosophy (HL)	5, 6, 7	4	PHIL-297
Physics (HL)	6, 71	4	PHYS-114 & PHYS-115
Social & Cultural Anthropology (HL)	6, 7	4	SSCI-297

1Kettering University awards credit for IB scores of 5, 6 or 7 for physics and biology when the full IB diploma has been earned.