AP, IB, & Other CreditAdmission

Not only do advanced courses—like AP or IB classes—better prepare you for the academic transition from high school to college and demonstrate your preparation for admission, they can also earn you course credit at Gustavus.

Students who score a 4 or 5 on the College Board's Advanced Placement exams or a 4 or higher on the Higher Level International Baccalaureate exams, will receive credit towards graduation from Gustavus. Some courses transfer as equivalent courses to those offered at Gustavus. Some even fulfill graduation "area requirements" (read more about these acronyms in our catalog or our Challenge Curriculum summary).

Generally, other college credit can be given to students who have taken courses through PSEO, College in the Schools, or online coursework-- as long as the higher education institution is accredited, the student can receive a college transcript, and the student receives a C- grade or better. First year students can transfer the equivalent of 64 Gustavus semester credits.

Check out Transferology to see how your college courses will transfer into Gustavus. To learn more about transfer credits, contact your admission counselor.

Advanced Placement
Course Equivalent Area
African American Studies AFS-00  
2-D Art and Design ART-00 ARTSC
3-D Art and Design ART-00 ARTSC
Art History ART-101 GLAFC
Biology BIO-110 & 111 NTSCI
Calculus AB MCS-121 QUANT
Calculus BC MCS-122 QUANT. Subscore of 4+ for Calculus AB also gives MCS-121
Chemistry CHE-110 & 111 NTSCI
Chinese Language and Culture MLC-00 Score of 4 or higher fulfills NELC
Comparative Government and Politics POL-150 HBSI 
Computer Science A MCS-177 QUANT
Computer Science Principles MCS-00  
Drawing ART-110 ARTSC
English Language and Composition ENG-100 WRITL. Score of 4+ on both English Lang & English Lit: Scores are entered together to give ENG-201
English Literature and Composition ENG-100 HUMN. Score of 4+ on both English Lang & English Lit: Scores are entered together to give ENG-201
English Lang and Comp + English Lit and Comp ENG-201 WRITD
Environmental Science ENV-00  
European History HIS-120 HUMN
French Language and Culture FRE-202 GLAFC. Score of 4 or higher fulfills NELC
German Language and Culture GER-202 GLAFC. Score of 4 or higher fulfills NELC
Human Geography GEG-101 GLAFC
Italian Language and Culture MLC-00 Score of 4 or higher fulfills NELC
Japanese Language and Culture JPN-202 Score of 4 or higher fulfills NELC
Latin  LAT-201 GLAFC. Score of 4 or higher fulfills NELC
Macroeconomics B/E-00 A score of 4 or higher on both AP-MACEC and AP-MICEC gives B/E-107. Meet with the Department Chair if only one AP course was completed and a course substitution is needed.
Microeconomics B/E-00 A score of 4 or higher on both AP-MACEC and AP-MICEC gives B/E-107. Meet with the Department Chair if only one AP course was completed and a course substitution is needed.
Macroeconomics + Microeconomics B/E-107 HBSI
Music Theory MUS-101 ARTSC
Music Theory Aural Subscore MUS-00 ARTSC
Music Theory Nonaural Subscore MUS-00 ARTSC
Physics 1 PHY-120 & 121 NTSCI
Physics 2 PHY-170 & 171  
Physics C - Electricity and Magnetism  PHY-170&171  
Physics C: Mechanics PHY-120&121 NTSCI
Precalculus MCS-00  
Psychology PSY-100 HBSI
Research NDL-00 WRITA
Seminar ENG-100 WRIT
Spanish Language and Culture SPA-00 Score of 4 or higher fulfills NELC
Spanish Literature and Culture SPA-00 Score of 4 or higher fulfills NELC
Statistics MCS-142 QUANT
Studio Art ART-00 ARTSC
United States Government and Politics POL-110 HBSI
United States History HIS-130 HUMN
World History: Modern HIS-105 GLAFC
International Baccalaureate
Course Equivalent Area
Anthropology S/A-111 GLAFC
Art/Design ART-00 ARTSC
Business & Management B/E-00  
Calculus I MCS-121 QUANT
Classical Languages CLA-00 Fulfills the Non-English Language requirement.
Computer Science MCS-177 QUANT

English A: Lang & Lit

English A: Literature

English B: Language

ENG-100

ENG-100

ENG-100

WRIT (must still enroll in FTS)
French Language FRE-202 Fulfills the Non-English Language requirement. GLAFC
General Biology BIO-110/111 NTSCI
General Chemistry CHE-110/111 NTSCI
German Language GER-202 Fulfills the Non-English Language requirement. GLAFC
Global Politics POL-130 HBSI
History of Africa HIS-00 HUMN
History of Asia/Oceana HIS-00 HUMN
History of Europe HIS-00 HUMN
History of the Americas HIS-00 HUMN
History Survey HIS-00 HUMN
Intro Computer MCS-177 QUANT
Intro Geography GEG-101 GLAFC
Intro Philosophy PHI-108 HUMN
Intro Physics PHY-00  
Intro Psychology PSY-100 HBSI
Japanese Language JPN-202 Fulfills the Non-English Language requirement. GLAFC
Macroeconomics B/E-00 A score of 4 or higher on both Macroeconomics and Microeconomics gives B/E-107. Meet with the Department Chair if only one IB course was completed and a course substitution is needed.
Microeconomics B/E-00 A score of 4 or higher on both Macroeconomics and Microeconomics gives B/E-107. Meet with the Department Chair if only one IB course was completed and a course substitution is needed.
Macroeconomics + Microeconomics B/E-107 HBSI
Math Analysis MCS-00 QUANT
Math Applications MCS-00 QUANT
Russian Language RUS-202 Fulfills the Non-English Language requirement. GLAFC
Spanish Language SPA-00 Fulfills the Non-English Language requirement
Survey of Art ART-00 ARTSC
Survey of Music MUS-00 ARTSC
Swedish Language SWE-202 Fulfills the Non-English Language requirement. GLAFC
Theatre Arts T/D-00  ARTSC
Visual Art ART-00 ARTSC

* Read more about these courses and acronyms in our catalog.