Advanced Placement TestingA student who receives a score of 4 or 5 on an Advanced Placement exam receives credit for the appropriate Otterbein equivalent course (see the list of equivalencies below). Proficiency rather than credit will be noted for a score of 3 for any Otterbein equivalent course except Integrative Studies (INST) courses or Mathematics (MATH) courses and their substitutes (see Otterbein College Course Catalog). Exemption from MATH and INST courses and INST substitutes requires a score of 4 or 5. Proficiency means that the Otterbein equivalent course may be skipped when it is a required, prerequisite or co-requisite course.
Score = 4 or 5: Credit granted for Otterbein equivalent course
Score = 3: Proficiency granted for Otterbein equivalent course except for INST or MATH courses and their substitutes.
Listed below are the AP tests which Otterbein accepts and their equivalent Otterbein course.
| AP Test | Otterbein Equivalent |
| History of Art |
ART 220 |
| Biology |
INST 350 |
| Chemistry |
CHEM 110 |
| Economics - Macro |
ECON 220 |
| Economics - Micro |
ECON 210 |
| English Language/Composition |
INST 270 |
| English Literature/Composition |
INST 270 |
| Environmental Science |
ENST 101 |
| French Language |
FREN 220 |
| German language |
GERM 120 |
| Government & Politics - Comparative |
P SC 380 |
| Government & Politics - United States |
P SC 100 |
| History - European |
HIST 200 |
| History - United States |
HIST 110 |
| History - World |
INST 150 |
| Human Geography |
INST 160 |
| Latin - Literature |
FOREIGN LANGUAGE 110 |
| Latin - Vergil |
FOREIGN LANGUAGE 110 |
| Mathematics - Calculus AB |
MATH 170 |
| Mathematics - Calculus BC |
MATH 170 & 180 w/score of 4 |
| Mathematics - Calculus BC |
MATH 170, 180, & 190 w/score of 5 |
| Music Theory |
MUSC 105, 151 |
| Physics B |
PHYS 171 or INST 360 |
| Physics C - Mechanics |
INST 360 |
| Psychology |
INST 130 |
| Spanish Language |
SPAN 220 |
| Spanish Literature |
SPAN 280 |
| Statistics |
MATH 230 |
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