AP/College Credit
AP credit is granted to matriculated students who have taken the appropriate CEEB advanced placement examination and scored a 3 or higher.
Official test scores must be sent to Stony Brook University’s Undergraduate Admissions Office from AP Services. Stony Brook's College Board code is 2548.
Stony Brook University accepts up to 30 credits by examination in partial fulfillment of the bachelor's degree (view full transfer credit policy).
View available AP credit in the chart below.
| Subject | AP Exam | Score | SBU Equivalent | Credits | DEC & Skill | SBC |
| African American Studies | African American Studies | 4 or 5 | AFS 101 | F | CER, SBS, USA | |
| Art | Art History | 4 or 5 | ARH 202, ARH 204 | 6 | G | ARTS |
| Art History | 3 | none | 3 | G | ARTS | |
| Studio (drawing) | 4 or 5 | ARS 154 | 3 | G | ARTS | |
| Studio (drawing) | 3 | none | 3 | G | ARTS | |
| Studio (2D or 3D) | 3, 4 or 5 | none | 3 | G | ARTS | |
| Biology | Biology | 3, 4 or 5 | none | 3 | E | SNW |
| Business | Business with Personal Finance | 3, 4 or 5 | BUS 230 | 3 | none | none |
| Calculus | AB | 4 or 5 | MAT 131, placement 7 | 4 | Skill 1, C | QPS |
| BC | 4 or 5 | MAT 131, MAT 132 placement 9 | 8 | Skill 1, C | QPS | |
| AB or BC | 3 | none | 3 | Skill 1 | none | |
| Chemistry | Chemistry | 4 or 5 | CHE 131 (waiver of CHE 133) | 4 | E | SNW |
| Chemistry | 3 | none | 3 | E | SNW | |
| Chinese | Language & Culture | 3, 4 or 5 | CHI 212 | 3 | Skill 3 | LANG, GLO, HUM |
| Computer Science | A | 3 | CSE 101 | 4 | none | TECH |
| A | 4 or 5 | CSE 114; waiver of CSE 101 | 4 | none | TECH | |
| Computer Science | Principles | 3, 4 or 5 | CSE 101 | 3 | none | TECH |
| Cybersecurity | Cybersecurity | 3, 4 or 5 | none | 3 | none | none |
| Economics | Macro | 3 | none | 3 | F | SBS |
| Macro | 4 or 5 | ECO 111 | 3 | F | SBS | |
| Micro | 3 | none | 3 | F | SBS | |
| Micro | 4 or 5 | ECO 110 | 3 | F | SBS | |
| English | Language/Comp | 3, 4 or 5 | WRT 101 | 3 | Skill 2; 1st crs, A | Partially satisfies WRT |
| Literature/Comp | 3, 4 or 5 | EGL 192; waiver of WRT 101 | 3 | Skill 2; 1st crs, A | HUM, partially satisfies WRT | |
| Environmental Science | Environmental Science | 3, 4 or 5 | SUS 111 | 3 | E | SNW (see note) |
| French | Language & Culture | 5 | FRN 212 | 3 | Skill 3 | LANG, GLO, HUM |
| Language & Culture | 3 or 4 | FRN 211 | 3 | Skill 3 | LANG, GLO | |
| German | Language & Culture | 5 | GER 212 | 3 | Skill 3 | LANG, GLO, HUM |
| Language & Culture | 3 or 4 | GER 211 | 3 | Skill 3 | LANG, GLO | |
| Government & Politics | Comparative Govt | 4 or 5 | POL 103 | 3 | F | SBS |
| Comparative Govt | 3 | none | 3 | F | SBS | |
| US Govt & Politics | 4 or 5 | POL 102 | 3 | Skill 4. F | SBS, USA | |
| US Govt & Politics | 3 | none | 3 | Skill 4. F | SBS, USA | |
| History | European | 4 or 5 | HIS 101, HIS 102 | 3 | F | SBS, GLO |
| European | 3 | none | 3 | F | SBS, GLO | |
| US | 4 or 5 | HIS 103, HIS 104 | 6 | Skill 4. F | SBS, USA, DIV | |
| US | 3 | none | 3 | Skill 4. F | SBS, USA | |
| World | 3, 4 or 5 | none | 3 | F | SBS, GLO | |
| Human Geography | Human Geography | 3, 4 or 5 | none | 3 | F | SBS |
| Italian | Language & Culture | 5 | ITL 212 | 3 | Skill 3 | LANG, GLO, HUM |
| Language & Culture | 3 or 4 | ITL 211 | 3 | Skill 3 | LANG, GLO | |
| Japanese | Language & Culture | 3, 4 or 5 | JPN 212 | 3 | Skill 3 | LANG, GLO, HUM |
| Latin | Latin | 3, 4 or 5 | LAT 251 | 3 | Skill 3 | LANG, HFA+ |
| Music Theory | Music Theory | 3, 4 or 5 | MUS 119 | 3 | G | ARTS |
| Physics | 1 | 3, 4 or 5 | none | 3 | E | SNW |
| 2 | 3, 4 or 5 | none | 3 | E | SNW | |
| B | 3, 4 or 5 | none | 3 | E | SNW | |
| C: Mechanics | 4 or 5 | PHY 125 | 3 | E | SNW | |
| C: Mechanics | 3 | none | 2 | none | none | |
| C: Electrical & Magnetic | 4 or 5 | PHY 127 | 3 | E | SNW | |
| C: Electrical & Magnetic | 3 | none | 2 | none | none | |
| Precalculus | Precalculus | 5 | MAT 123, Placement 5 | 3 | Skill 1 | none |
| Precalculus | 4 | MAT 123, Placement 4 | 3 | Skill 1 | none | |
| Precalculus | 3 | MAP 103, Placement3 | 3 | Skill 1 | none | |
| Psychology | Psychology | 4 or 5 | PSY 103 | 3 | F | SBS, CER |
| Psychology | 3 | none | 3 | F | SBS | |
| Research | Research | 3, 4 or 5 | none | 3 | none | none |
| Seminar | Seminar | 3, 4 or 5 | none | 3 | none | none |
| Spanish | Language & Culture | 5 | SPN 212 | 3 | Skill 3 | LANG, GLO, HUM |
| Language & Culture | 3 or 4 | SPN 211 | 3 | Skill 3 | LANG, GLO | |
| Literature & Culture | 3, 4 or 5 | none | 3 | Skill 3, G | LANG, GLO | |
| Statistics | Statistics | 3, 4 or 5 | AMS 102 | 3 | Skill 1, C | QPS |
Note: DIV credit is not awarded for scoring a 3, 4, or 5 on the AP Environmental Science exam.
With its origins in Europe, the International Baccalaureate Program—now offered by some American high schools—leads to a diploma or certificates of examination. Stony Brook University will award six credits for International Baccalaureate higher-level exams with scores of 5 or better for year-long courses.
Courses offered by regionally accredited colleges and passed with a letter grade of C or higher while the student was in high school will be accepted and evaluated for applicability to specific Stony Brook University degree requirements. Credits for successfully completed courses for which a grade equivalent to P or S was assigned are also accepted and will be evaluated for transfer credit according to the guidelines in the Application of Transfer Credits to General Education Requirements section of the Undergraduate Bulletin.
All course work completed with a grade of C or higher from a regionally accredited college will be applied toward the total credit hour requirement for a Stony Brook University BA, BS, or BE degree. Courses for which grades of P or S are earned are also accepted. Graduates of SUNY or CUNY colleges who earn AA or an A.S. degree prior to matriculation at Stony Brook will receive credit for all course work completed as part of the associate degree requirements.
With its origins in the United Kingdom, the General Certificate of Education or GCE is a secondary-level academic qualification that continues to be a popular measure of academic aptitude in other countries, including Hong Kong, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. Stony Brook University will award up to eight credits per subject for A-level (Advanced) exams in yearlong courses with grade equivalents of C or better.
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