AP Score Information

The following is an advanced placement credit guide.  Please keep in mind that AP credits accepted are subject to change and that this is intended as a guide.  AP credit cannot be reviewed and issued until the student is enrolled as a University of Pittsburgh student.

NOTE: The 3 credits awarded for ENGCMP 0200 do not count toward any Engineering degree.

NOTE: The 4 or 8 credits awarded for BIOSC courses may only count toward a degree in some Engineering majors.

NOTE: Of the 6 humanities/social science electives students must take to graduate from the Swanson School of Engineering, only two may be satisfied by AP and/or IB credit.

The following AP exams are counted for credit for degrees in Arts and Sciences, but are NOT awarded credit in the Swanson School of Engineering:

STAT     Statistics

PHB       Physics B

HG         Human Geography

ENVS     Environmental Science

Please be aware that AP credits are subject to change at any time and that this list is intended as a guide.  AP credit cannot be reviewed and issued until the student is enrolled as a University of Pittsburgh student.

Foundational courses in the First-Year Engineering program are taken in sequence.  AP/IB credit may be used for foundational courses (e.g. Math).  If a student chooses to repeat a course at Pitt for which he/she has AP/IB credit, then AP/IB credit for subsequent courses in the same sequence is forfeited.  Please note that this applies to equivalent courses (e.g. CHEM 0110 and 0120/CHEM 0960 and 0970 are equivalent courses.  If a student with AP Chemistry credit chooses to take CHEM 0960 at Pitt , he/she may not then use AP credit for CHEM 0120.)  Additionally, if a student with AP credit repeats a class at the University and earns less than the minimum required grade to move forward in the course sequence, he/she may not retroactively use AP credit to earn credit for that course.