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Advanced Placement Testing

A 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