Section 5: Placement and Credit for Advanced Placement Calculus
Some high school students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement Calculus (either the AB or BC version), and these students may qualify for credit for some beginning calculus courses at MSU, provided that they demonstrate an adequate level of achievement in the Advanced Placement (AP) exam. Also, students who do well on the AP Calculus exam in high school are candidates for courses in the honors calculus sequence (MTH 152H, 153H, 254H, and 255H).
CURRENT AP CALCULUS STANDARDS:
- Calculus AB test score x = 4, 5, eligible for MTH 132 credit (Calculus I); x = 1, 2, 3 no credit.
- Calculus BC test score x = 3, 4, 5, eligible for MTH 132 and MTH 133 credit (Calculus I and II); x = 1, 2, no credit for either MTH 132 or MTH 133.