AP® credit at Illinois College
Illinois College gives credit for 41 AP® exams. Add your scores to see the courses and credits you'd get, and what to do if a score falls short.
- 41 AP® exams earn credit at Illinois College
- Up to 4 credits from a single exam
From Illinois College's AP® credit policy (ic.edu). Last checked 29 Oct 2026.
- AP® Biologyscore 3+BI 1104
- AP® Calculus BCscore 3+MA 2134
- AP® English Languagescore 3+EN 1214
Credits before your first class12
Add up your AP® credit at Illinois College
Tap the exams you took (or plan to take), then pick your score.
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An estimate from Illinois College's published policy. Two exams that cover the same course (like Calculus AB and BC) may not both count. Illinois College decides when your official scores arrive.
See Illinois College's full AP® chart (41 exams)
| AP® exam | Score 3 | Score 4 | Score 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 4 crAR 100 | 4 crAR 100 | 4 crAR 100 |
| 3-D Art and Design | 4 crAR 123 | 4 crAR 123 | 4 crAR 123 |
| African American Studies | No credit | 4 crHI 211 or 212 | 4 crHI 211 or 212 |
| Art History | 4 crAR 201 or 202 | 4 crAR 201 or 202 | 4 crAR 201 or 202 |
| Biology | 4 crBI 110 | 4 crBI 110 | 4 crBI 110 |
| Business & Personal Finance | No credit | 4 crBU 100 | 4 crBU 100 |
| Calculus AB | 4 crMA 213 | 4 crMA 213 | 4 crMA 213 |
| Calculus BC | 4 crMA 213 | 4 crMA 223 | 4 crMA 223 |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 4 crMA 213 | 4 crMA 213 | 4 crMA 213 |
| Chemistry | 4 crCH 110 | 4 crCH 110 | 4 crCH 110 |
| Chinese | 4 crElective | 4 crElective | 4 crElective |
| Comparative Government | 4 crPO 180 | 4 crPO 180 | 4 crPO 180 |
| Computer Science A | No credit | 4 crCS 160 | 4 crCS 160 |
| Computer Science Principles | 4 crCS elective | 4 crCS elective | 4 crCS elective |
| Drawing | 4 crAR 131 | 4 crAR 131 | 4 crAR 131 |
| English Language | 4 crEN 121 | 4 crEN 121 | 4 crEN 121 |
| English Literature | 4 crEN elective | 4 crEN elective | 4 crEN elective |
| Environmental Science | 4 crEV 224 | 4 crEV 224 | 4 crEV 224 |
| European History | 4 crHI 114 | 4 crHI 114 | 4 crHI 114 |
| French | 4 crFR (no specific level) | 4 crFR (no specific level) | 4 crFR (no specific level) |
| German | 4 crGE (no specific level) | 4 crGE (no specific level) | 4 crGE (no specific level) |
| Human Geography | 4 crGG 203 | 4 crGG 203 | 4 crGG 203 |
| Italian | 4 crElective | 4 crElective | 4 crElective |
| Japanese | 4 crJP (no specific level) | 4 crJP (no specific level) | 4 crJP (no specific level) |
| Latin | 4 crElective | 4 crElective | 4 crElective |
| Macroeconomics | 4 crEC 101 | 4 crEC 101 | 4 crEC 101 |
| Microeconomics | 4 crEC 102 | 4 crEC 102 | 4 crEC 102 |
| Music Theory | 4 crMU 111 | 4 crMU 111 | 4 crMU 111 |
| Physics 1 | 4 crPY 181 | 4 crPY 181 | 4 crPY 181 |
| Physics 2 | 4 crPY 182 | 4 crPY 182 | 4 crPY 182 |
| Physics C: E&M | No credit | 4 crPY 202 | 4 crPY 202 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | No credit | 4 crPY 201 | 4 crPY 201 |
| Psychology | No credit | 4 crPS 101 | 4 crPS 101 |
| Research | 2 crElective | 2 crElective | 2 crElective |
| Seminar | 2 crElective | 2 crElective | 2 crElective |
| Spanish Language | 4 crSP (no specific level) | 4 crSP (no specific level) | 4 crSP (no specific level) |
| Spanish Literature | 4 crSP elective | 4 crSP elective | 4 crSP elective |
| Statistics | No credit | 4 crMA 123 | 4 crMA 123 |
| US Government | 4 crPO 101 | 4 crPO 101 | 4 crPO 101 |
| US History | 4 crHI 101 or 102 | 4 crHI 101 or 102 | 4 crHI 101 or 102 |
| World History: Modern | 4 crHI 111 or 112 | 4 crHI 111 or 112 | 4 crHI 111 or 112 |
Copied from Illinois College's AP® credit policy (ic.edu), checked 29 Oct 2026. Illinois College sets its own policy and can change it, so credit is never guaranteed.
Missed the score? Don't wait a year.
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Take a self-paced course
~1 month*
- Take the course onlineStart any day. Go at your own pace.
- It's already rated for creditACE and NCCRS review courses and say how many college credits they're worth.
- Send it to Illinois CollegeIllinois College reviews the transcript and decides what counts.
Ask Illinois College's registrar before you enroll. Illinois College's CLEP® policy is on the Illinois College credit page.
*UPI Study says its students finish a course in 28–30 days on average.
A backup course for each AP® exam
Same subject, self-paced, with ACE/NCCRS credit recommendations. They aren't Illinois College courses; Illinois College decides whether to accept them.
AP® Calculus AB
AP® Calculus BC
AP® Statistics
AP® Computer Science A
AP® Computer Science Principles
AP® Biology
AP® Chemistry
AP® Environmental Science
AP® Physics 1
AP® English Language
AP® English Literature
AP® US History
AP® Macroeconomics
AP® Microeconomics
AP® Psychology
AP® French
AP® Art History
Study guides for every AP® exam
A printable PDF for each of the 36 AP® exams, $5 each. The green tag marks the exams Illinois College gives credit for.
CreditAfrican American Studies
CreditArt History
CreditBiology
CreditBusiness & Personal Finance
CreditCalculus AB
CreditCalculus BC
CreditChemistry
CreditChinese
CreditComparative Government
CreditComputer Science A
CreditComputer Science Principles
CreditEnglish Language
CreditEnglish Literature
CreditEnvironmental Science
CreditEuropean History
CreditFrench
CreditGerman
CreditHuman Geography
CreditItalian
CreditJapanese
CreditLatin
CreditMacroeconomics
CreditMicroeconomics
CreditPhysics 1
CreditPhysics 2
CreditPhysics C: E&M
CreditPhysics C: Mechanics
CreditPsychology
CreditSpanish Language
CreditSpanish Literature
CreditStatistics
CreditUS Government
CreditUS History
CreditWorld History: Modern
Cybersecurity
Pre-Calculus
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| Course | Subject | Credits | Credit recommendation | Link |
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| Business Communication | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Business Essentials | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Business Ethics | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
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| Entrepreneurship | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Financial Management | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Foundations of Leadership | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Globalization and International Management | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Human Resources Management | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| International Business | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Leadership and Organizational Behavior | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Leading Organizational Change | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Managerial Accounting | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Marketing Research | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Principles of Finance | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Principles of Management | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Principles of Marketing | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Project Management | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Computer Concepts and Applications | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Current Trends in Computer Science and IT | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Cybersecurity | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Data Structure and Algorithms | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Database Fundamentals | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Database Programming | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Ethics in Technology | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Fundamentals of Information Technology | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Artificial Intelligence | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Computing | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to HTML and CSS | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Java | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Javascript | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Linux | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Networking | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Operating Systems | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Network and Systems Security | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Programming in C | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Programming in C++ | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Programming in Python | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Software Engineering | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| System Analysis and Design | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Business Math | Mathematics | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Calculus 1 | Mathematics | 4 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Calculus 2 | Mathematics | 4 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Discrete Mathematics | Mathematics | 4 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Principles of Statistics | Mathematics | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Quantitative Analysis | Mathematics | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| College Algebra | Mathematics | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Precalculus | Mathematics | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Calculus 3 (Multivariable) | Mathematics | 4 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Chemistry I | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Environmental Science | Natural & Health Sciences | 1 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Healthcare Finance and Budgeting | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Healthcare Organization and Management | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Human Resource Management in Healthcare | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Intro to Biology 1 | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Intro to Biology 2 | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Medical Terminology | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Physics I | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Anatomy & Physiology I | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Anatomy & Physiology I Lab | Natural & Health Sciences | 1 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Anatomy & Physiology II | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Anatomy & Physiology II Lab | Natural & Health Sciences | 1 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Chemistry Lab | Natural & Health Sciences | 1 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Physics Lab | Natural & Health Sciences | 1 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Abnormal Psychology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Advanced Social Psychology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Advanced Technical Writing | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Educational Psychology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Ethics in the Social Sciences | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Criminology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Psychology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Sociology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Macroeconomics | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Microeconomics | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Principles of Philosophy | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Psychology of Diversity | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Psychology of Personality | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Research Methods in Psychology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| English Composition I | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| English Composition II | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| American Literature | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Art History I | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Art History II | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| U.S. History I | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| U.S. History II | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| French I | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| French II | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Critical Thinking & Analysis | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
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Questions students ask
What AP® score do I need for credit at Illinois College?
It depends on the exam: from a 3 on some exams to a 4 on others. Add your exams in the calculator above to see each one.
How much credit can one AP® exam earn at Illinois College?
Up to 4 credits, on 2-D Art and Design or 3-D Art and Design or African American Studies or Art History and others. On this list, one exam earns 2 to 4 credits.
What if my score is too low?
If your score is below what Illinois College asks for on that exam, you can retake the exam next May, take a CLEP® exam if Illinois College accepts it, or take a self-paced course with an ACE or NCCRS credit recommendation. Illinois College decides what counts, so ask before you enroll.
Is AP® credit guaranteed?
No. Illinois College sets its own policy and can change it. We copied this from Illinois College's AP® credit policy (ic.edu) on 29 Oct 2026; check the official page before you count on the credit.
Are these official AP® study guides?
No. AP® is a trademark registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, these guides. TransferCredit.org is independent.
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