Requirements: Advanced Placement Program

The Advanced Placement (AP) program is a cooperative educational endeavor between secondary schools and universities. AP examinations aim to give high school students opportunities to demonstrate that they have taken college-level courses. The program is administered by the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB), which contracts with the Educational Testing Services (ETS) to conduct the tests. AP examinations are administered in eighteen subject areas and are graded on a scale of one (low) to five (high).

At CMC, the decision whether or not to grant placement or credit to students for AP exams is made on a subject-by-subject basis by the appropriate departments. Several departments grant AP credit for scores of 4 or 5; some grant placement in an advanced course for a score of 3. Listed below are the current departmental practices. CMC does not grant AP credit for exams in fields not offered at CMC. The maximum amount of credit students may receive for AP courses is the equivalent of four CMC courses.

Please note that the receiving of credit in a subject area does not automatically mean that general education or major requirements in the same area have been completed. Several departments grant elective college credit to be counted towards the elective courses required for graduation. Students entering as freshmen may not complete more than four general education requirements through transfer credit, including study abroad, summer school, and advanced placement or international baccalaureate programs.

CMC awards up to 4 course units for AP scores of 4 or 5 in the following areas

International Baccalaureate Program: CMC treats Higher Level exam scores of 6 and 7 of in the same way as AP scores of 4 or 5. Students do not receive credit for the same subject matters in both AP and IB.