2025-26 Catalog

Advanced Placement

Please note decisions to award credit are reviewed annually and are subject to change.

Any student who takes a course for which credit has been awarded will forfeit  their credit.

The university offers capable students who have superior preparation an opportunity for advanced placement and/or college credit. Many secondary schools, in association with the College Board, offer college-level work. Students participating in these courses should sit for the Advanced Placement Tests offered by the College Board.

Entering first-year students that request the College Board to send their Advanced Placement Test scores to Lehigh are considered for advanced placement.

Some departments noted below offer examinations during the first and third weeks of the semester to students who studied college-level subjects in secondary school but did not sit for the Advanced Placement Tests. Entering first-year students wishing to sit for an examination in any Lehigh course should fill out the Anticipatory Exam Form by the date given on the First-Year Student Portal. The student should specify the number and title of the course. Students who receive credit on the basis of Advanced Placement Test grades need not sit for the Lehigh tests to confirm the credit granted.

Students may contact Testing Services at inexams@lehigh.edu with questions about Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics anticipatory exams.

Current practice at Lehigh is as follows:

Advanced Placement

Exam Score Lehigh Course (Attribute) Credits
Africana Studies 4 or higher AAS 091 4
American Government 4 or hgher POLS 001 4
American History 5 HIST 099 (SS) 4
Art Studio 5 ART 073 8
Art History 4 ART 099 4
Art History 5 ART 001 4
Biology 4 or higher BIOS 001 4
Calculus AB 4 or higher MATH 021 4
Calculus BC 4 or higher MATH 021 & MATH 022 8
Chemistry (Advanced) 5 CHM 030 4
Comparative Politics 4 or higher POLS 003 4
Computer Science A 4 or higher CSE 007 4
Computer Science Principles 4 or higher CSE 099 3
English (either exam) 4 WRT 001 3
English (either exam) 5 WRT 001 & WRT 002 6
Environmental Science 4 or higher EES 002 & EES 022 4
European History 5 HIST 099 (SS) 4
Foreign Language Exams 4 Intermediate Level 1 4
Foreign Language Exams 5 Intermediate Levels 1 & 2 8
Human Geography 4 or higher GS 091 4
Latin (either exam) 4 or higher LAT 099 Up to 8
Microeconomics 4 or higher ECO 099 2
Macroeconomics 4 or higher ECO 099 2
Micro and Macroeconomics 4 or higher ECO 001 4
Music Exams 5 MUS 099 2 Credits per exam
Physics 1: Algebra Based 5 PHY 011 & PHY 012 5
Physics B (prior to 2015) 5 PHY 011 & PHY 012 5
Physics C: Mechanics 4 or higher PHY 011, PHY 012, PHY 021 & PHY 022* 10
Psychology 4 or higher PSYC 001 4
Statistics 4 or higher MATH 012 4
World History 5 HIST 099 (SS) 4

*Credit will only be awarded for PHY 021 & 022 if AP credit was awarded for PHY 011 & 012. Credit for the AP Physics C: Mechanics exam cannot be awarded after taking PHY 011 & 012 at Lehigh.

International Baccalaureate

Exam Score Lehigh Course (Attribute) Credits
Arabic 5 or higher ARAB 011 4
Art History 5 or hgiher ART 099 4
Biology 5 or higher BIOS 001 4
Chemistry 5 or higher CHM 030 4
Chinese 5 or higher CHIN 011, CHIN 012, CHIN 013, and CHIN 014 4
Economics 6 or higher ECO 001 4
English 5 or higher WRT 001 3
French 5 or higher FREN 011 4
German 5 or higher GERM 011 4
Japanese 5 or higher JPNS 011 and JPNS 012 4
Latin 5 or higher LAT 011 4
Math (Advanced) 5 or higher MATH 021 4
Math (Advanced) 6 or higher MATH 021 & MATH 022 8
Music 5 or higher MUS 099 4
Philosophy 5 or higher PHIL 099 4
Physics 5 or higher PHY 005 4
Psychology 5 or higher PSYC 001 4
Russian 5 or higher RUSS 011 and RUSS 012 4
Spanish 5 or higher SPAN 011 4

A-Level Exams

Exam Score Lehigh Course (Attribute) Credits
Chemistry B or higher CHM 030 4
Mathematics B or higher MATH 021 and/or MATH 022 Up to 8 after department review
Physics B or higher PHY 011, PHY 012, PHY 021 & PHY 022 9

Anticipatory Exams

Students may also earn department or course credit by passing the Anticipatory Exam offered by the  department during the first and third weeks of the semester. Students may take this examination regardless of whether or not they have taken the advanced placement examination. These exams are offered by the following departments:

Department Credit
Chemistry CHM 030
Computer Science CSE 007
Mathematics MATH 021 & MATH 022
Physics PHY 011 & PHY 021

Please note decisions to award credit are reviewed annually and are subject to change.

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