Advanced Placement Credits, International Placement Credit

*A few notes:  Some courses (e.g., BIO 201L, ECON 201D, MATH 202, 212, 221, and PHYSICS) have additional pre-requisites that you will need to have before you can enroll.  Pre-requisites are listed on Class Detail page for each course.  AP credit in English does not exempt any student from WRITING 101.  History majors may count one AP credit in History toward the major.

(a)BIOLOGY:Must have earned Chem 21, 101DL or 110DL credit in order to enroll in BIO 201L.

(c)COMPSCI: AP credit only applies to students in Trinity College.  No credit is awarded for Engineering students and will not count toward the Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree.  Credit may be used for placement. 

(d)MATHEMATICS: Students who are interested in economics and social sciences and who are confident they will not pursue math, physics, chemistry, or engineering may take Math 202 instead of Math 212.  See math.duke.edu/undergraduate/course-placement for discussion of placement.  Note:  AP credit in MATH was changed for the class entering in Fall 2016 (a score of 3 on BC exam no longer provides credit and a score of 4 gives credit for only Math 21).

(e)PHYSICS:  In Trinity College, prospective Physics and Biophysics majors are strongly encouraged to take at least PHYSICS 162L independent of their AP course credit. In the Pratt School of Engineering, at least ONE Physics course must be taken post-matriculation to satisfy the Physics requirement in the Engineering curriculum.  Students receiving the AP credits for PHY 25 and 26 must:  a)take a Duke Physics course at or above PHY 153L; b) decline the AP credit for PHY 26 and take PHY 152L; or c) decline both AP credits and take PHY 151L and 152L.

(f)STATISTICS: AP credit only applies to students in Trinity College.  No credit is awarded for Engineering students and will not count toward the Bachelor of Science degree.

In order to have your AP credits placed on your Duke record/transcript, you must have the AP Service send your scores to the Office of the Registrar at Duke. To send scores to Duke, contact AP Exams, CN6671, Princeton, NJ 08541-6671;apscore.collegeboard.org/scores; 609-771-7300 or 888-225-5427. Duke's CEEB number is 5156.

International Placement Credit

Duke also recognizes international standardized examinations and confers a limited amount of elective credit and placement into advanced courses at Duke for students whose performance in these examinations meets certain standards established by the University.  If you completed one of the exams below, the required score for the credit is listed. 

*Duke no longer accepts IB Higher Level Physics or Spanish credit due to a change in the IB curriculum for both of those exams.  The content no longer meets the minimum standards. 

Duke credits can be awarded only in those subject areas for which there is an AP exam offered domestically (see previous table of this section. Have the scores of your examinations sent directly to the Office of the University Registrar (Box 10484, Durham, NC 27708) as soon as you can, so that credit can be posted to your Duke record. If you have any difficulties with this, contact Harry Nelson in the Registrar's Office to ask for clarification or further instructions. If you have questions about the use of IPC for placement into Duke courses, contact an academic dean or the appropriate department.

Last updated: August 2, 2019