Advanced Placement Examinations

Course waivers or credit may be granted for satisfactory achievement on Advanced Placement Exams of the College Entrance Examination Board taken within the last 10 years. AP exams must have been taken prior to the applicant’s graduation from high school. No grades will be assigned to the courses, nor will they be figured into a student’s grade point average. Courses waived or transferred are entered on students’ transcripts, but no grades or quality points are awarded. Official results must be sent to the Office of the Administration before course waivers or transfers are granted.

DigiPen Europe-Bilbao course credits may be waived or transferred through AP examinations, and these may be applied to satisfy DigiPen Europe-Bilbao’s degree requirements. The examinations and the courses for which waiver hours or credit are granted are listed below. Waivers/ credit granted for a specific course count toward the satisfaction of any requirement toward which the listed course counts.

Accepted AP Scores and DigiPen Course Equivalents 

AP ExamMinimum Score DigiPen Course
Art – History4ART 199
Computer Science4CS 115
English - Language and Composition4ENG 110
English - Literature and Composition4ENG 110
History – US History4HIS 199
History – World History4HIS 100
Macroeconomics and Microeconomics4ECN 100
Statistics4MAT 105
Calcab AB Subscore4MAT 150
Mathematics – Calculus AB4MAT 150
Mathematics – Calculus BC4MAT 200
Music Theory4MUS 120 and MUS 120L
Physics 14PHY 115
Physics C – Mechanics4PHY 200 and PHY 200L
Physics C – Electricity and Magnetism4PHY 270/L
Psychology4PSY 101