AP® credit at Illinois Valley Community College
Illinois Valley Community College gives credit for 20 AP® exams. Add your scores to see the courses and credits you'd get, and what to do if a score falls short.
- 20 AP® exams earn credit at Illinois Valley Community College
- A 3 earns credit on every exam on Illinois Valley Community College's list
- Up to 6 credits from a single exam
From Illinois Valley Community College's AP® credit policy (ivcc.edu). Last checked 29 Oct 2026.
- AP® Biologyscore 3+BIO 10014
- AP® English Languagescore 3+ENG 1001 or ENG 00003
- AP® US Historyscore 3+HIS 2000 and HIS 20016
Credits before your first class13
Add up your AP® credit at Illinois Valley Community College
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An estimate from Illinois Valley Community College's published policy. Two exams that cover the same course (like Calculus AB and BC) may not both count. Illinois Valley Community College decides when your official scores arrive.
See Illinois Valley Community College's full AP® chart (20 exams)
| AP® exam | Score 3 | Score 4 | Score 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 3 crART 1005 | 3 crART 1005 | 3 crART 1005 |
| Art History | 6 crART 1000 and ART 1010 | 6 crART 1000 and ART 1010 | 6 crART 1000 and ART 1010 |
| Biology | 4 crBIO 1001 | 4 crBIO 1001 | 4 crBIO 1001 |
| Chemistry | 4 crCHM 1004 | 4 crCHM 1004 | 4 crCHM 1004 |
| Comparative Government | 3 crS5 905 | 3 crS5 905 | 3 crS5 905 |
| English Language | 3 crENG 1001 or ENG 0000 | 3 crENG 1001 or ENG 0000 | 3 crENG 1001 or ENG 0000 |
| English Literature | 3 crENG 1001 or ENG 0000 | 3 crENG 1001 or ENG 0000 | 3 crENG 1001 or ENG 0000 |
| Environmental Science | 3 crP9 901 | 3 crP9 901 | 3 crP9 901 |
| European History | 6 crHIS 1000 and HIS 1001 | 6 crHIS 1000 and HIS 1001 | 6 crHIS 1000 and HIS 1001 |
| German | 3 crGER 0000 | 4 crGER 2002 | 4 crGER 2002 |
| Human Geography | 3 crGEG 1003 | 3 crGEG 1003 | 3 crGEG 1003 |
| Macroeconomics | 3 crECN 2003 | 3 crECN 2003 | 3 crECN 2003 |
| Microeconomics | 3 crECN 2002 | 3 crECN 2002 | 3 crECN 2002 |
| Music Theory | 3 crMUS 0000 | 3 crMUS 0000 | 3 crMUS 0000 |
| Psychology | 3 crPSY 1000 | 3 crPSY 1000 | 3 crPSY 1000 |
| Spanish Language | 3 crSPN 0000 | 4 crSPN 2002 | 4 crSPN 2002 |
| Statistics | 3 crMTH 1008 | 3 crMTH 1008 | 3 crMTH 1008 |
| US Government | 3 crPSI 1000 | 3 crPSI 1000 | 3 crPSI 1000 |
| US History | 6 crHIS 2000 and HIS 2001 | 6 crHIS 2000 and HIS 2001 | 6 crHIS 2000 and HIS 2001 |
| World History: Modern | 6 crH2 906 and H2 907 or S2 912N and S2 913N | 6 crH2 906 and H2 907 or S2 912N and S2 913N | 6 crH2 906 and H2 907 or S2 912N and S2 913N |
Copied from Illinois Valley Community College's AP® credit policy (ivcc.edu), checked 29 Oct 2026. Illinois Valley Community College sets its own policy and can change it, so credit is never guaranteed.
Missed the score? Don't wait a year.
Retake the AP® exam
12 months
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 Valley Community CollegeIllinois Valley Community College reviews the transcript and decides what counts.
Ask Illinois Valley Community College's registrar before you enroll. Illinois Valley Community College's CLEP® policy is on the Illinois Valley Community 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 Valley Community College courses; Illinois Valley Community College decides whether to accept them.
AP® Statistics
AP® Biology
AP® Chemistry
AP® Environmental Science
AP® English Language
AP® English Literature
AP® US History
AP® Macroeconomics
AP® Microeconomics
AP® Psychology
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 Valley Community College gives credit for.
CreditArt History
CreditBiology
CreditChemistry
CreditComparative Government
CreditEnglish Language
CreditEnglish Literature
CreditEnvironmental Science
CreditEuropean History
CreditGerman
CreditHuman Geography
CreditMacroeconomics
CreditMicroeconomics
CreditPsychology
CreditSpanish Language
CreditStatistics
CreditUS Government
CreditUS History
CreditWorld History: Modern
African American Studies
Business & Personal Finance
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chinese
Computer Science A
Computer Science Principles
Cybersecurity
French
Italian
Japanese
Latin
Physics 1
Physics 2
Physics C: E&M
Physics C: Mechanics
Pre-Calculus
Spanish Literature
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| Course | Subject | Credits | Credit recommendation | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Business Law | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| 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 |
Courses and prices from upistudy.com, checked 29 Oct 2026. UPI Study is a separate site; course links open upistudy.com with the code transfercreditspecial applied.
Questions students ask
What AP® score do I need for credit at Illinois Valley Community College?
A 3 on every exam on the list we show. Some exams earn more with a higher score; add your exams in the calculator above to see each one.
How much credit can one AP® exam earn at Illinois Valley Community College?
Up to 6 credits, on Art History or European History or US History or World History: Modern. On this list, one exam earns 3 to 6 credits.
What if my score is too low?
If your score is below what Illinois Valley Community College asks for on that exam, you can retake the exam next May, take a CLEP® exam if Illinois Valley Community College accepts it, or take a self-paced course with an ACE or NCCRS credit recommendation. Illinois Valley Community College decides what counts, so ask before you enroll.
Is AP® credit guaranteed?
No. Illinois Valley Community College sets its own policy and can change it. We copied this from Illinois Valley Community College's AP® credit policy (ivcc.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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