Advanced Placement Program (APP)
The APP is an organized instructional and/or testing program offered in high school in cooperation with the College Entrance Examination Board. High school courses may be offered through the program for college credit, or credit may be given for course areas not offered by the APP if the student passes an AP examination given by the College Board. College credit granted through an APP examination will be recorded as “AP” and will not be used in computing a grade point average. Approved credit will be posted to the student’s record after a minimum of eight (8) semester hours of 100-level or above credit has been earned at Richland. High school students interested in the Advanced Placement Program should contact their high school counselor.
| AP Test |
Minimum Score |
RCC Equivalent
(number of credit hours where course number is unavailable) |
| Capstone |
| AP Research |
3 |
Elective (3.0) |
| AP Seminar |
3 |
Elective (3.0) |
| Arts |
| AP Art History |
3 |
ART 100 |
| AP Music Theory |
3 |
Fine Arts Elective (3.0) |
| AP Studio Art: 2D Design |
3 |
ART 111 |
| AP Studio Art: 3D Design |
3 |
ART 112 |
| AP Studio Art: Drawing |
3 |
ART 101 |
| English |
| AP English Language & Composition |
3 |
ENGL 101 |
| AP English Literature & Composition |
3 |
ENGL 115 |
| Social Science |
| AP Comparative Government & Politics |
3 |
Social Science Elective (3.0) |
| AP European History |
3 |
HIST 111 |
| AP Human Geography |
3 |
Social Science Elective (3.0) |
| AP Macroeconomics |
3 |
ECON 231 |
| AP Microeconomics |
3 |
ECON 232 |
| AP Psychology |
3 |
PSYCH 110 |
| AP United States Government & Politics |
3 |
POLS 110 |
| AP United States History |
3 |
HIST 101 |
| AP World History |
3 |
Social Science Elective (3.0) |
| Math & Computer Science |
| AP Calculus AB |
3 |
MATH 121 |
| AP Calculus BC |
3 |
MATH 121 |
| AP Calculus BC |
4 |
MATH 121 & MATH 122 |
| AP Computer Science A |
3 |
CS 251 |
| AP Computer Science Principles |
3 |
IT 131 |
| AP Statistics |
3 |
MATH 113 |
| Sciences |
| AP Biology |
3 |
BIOL 101 |
| AP Chemistry |
3 |
CHEM 131 |
| AP Chemistry |
4 |
CHEM 131 & CHEM 132 |
| AP Environmental Science |
3 |
BIOL 210 |
| AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism |
3 |
PHYS 100 |
| AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism |
4 |
PHYS 101 & PHYS 102 |
| AP Physics C: Mechanics |
3 |
PHYS 100 |
| AP Physics C: Mechanics |
4 |
PHYS 152 |
|
AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based and AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based
|
3 |
PHYS 100 |
| AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based and AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based |
4 |
PHYS 101 & PHYS 102 |
| World Languages & Cultures |
| AP Chinese Language & Culture |
3 |
CHIN 101 |
| AP Chinese Language & Culture |
4 |
CHIN 202 |
| AP French Language & Culture |
3 |
Foreign Language Elective (3.0) |
| AP French Language & Culture |
4 |
Foreign Language Elective (3.0) |
| AP German Language & Culture |
3 |
GERM 101 |
| AP German Language & Culture |
4 |
GERM 202 |
| AP Italian Language & Culture |
3 |
Foreign Language Elective (3.0) |
| AP Japanese Language & Culture |
3 |
Foreign Language Elective (3.0) |
| AP Latin |
3 |
Foreign Language Elective (3.0) |
| AP Spanish Language & Culture |
3 |
SPAN 101 |
| AP Spanish Literature & Culture |
3 |
Humanities Elective (3.0) |