AP® credit at Saint Mary's College
Saint Mary's College gives credit for 39 AP® exams. Add your scores to see the courses and credits you'd get, and what to do if a score falls short.
- 39 AP® exams earn credit at Saint Mary's College
- Up to 8 credits from a single exam
From Saint Mary's College's AP® credit policy (catalog.saintmarys.edu). Last checked 28 Oct 2026.
- AP® Biologyscore 5BIO 155-1588
- AP® Calculus BCscore 4+MATH 131- MATH 1328
- AP® English Languagescore 4+ENWR 100 level3
Credits before your first class19
Add up your AP® credit at Saint Mary's College
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An estimate from Saint Mary's College's published policy. Two exams that cover the same course (like Calculus AB and BC) may not both count. Saint Mary's College decides when your official scores arrive.
See Saint Mary's College's full AP® chart (39 exams)
| AP® exam | Score 3 | Score 4 | Score 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | No credit | 3 crART 100 level | 3 crART 100 level |
| 3-D Art and Design | No credit | 3 crART 100 level | 3 crART 100 level |
| African American Studies | No credit | 3 crHIST 205 | 3 crHIST 205 |
| Art History | No credit | 3 crART 241 | 3 crART 241 |
| Biology | No credit | 4 crBIO 110 | 8 crBIO 155-158 |
| Calculus AB | No credit | 4 crMATH 131 | 4 crMATH 131 |
| Calculus BC | No credit | 8 crMATH 131- MATH 132 | 8 crMATH 131- MATH 132 |
| Chemistry | No credit | 8 crCHEM 100 level | 8 crCHEM 100 level |
| Chinese | No credit | 6 crMLCH 111-112 | 6 crMLCH 111-112 |
| Comparative Government | No credit | 3 crPOSC 207 | 3 crPOSC 207 |
| Computer Science A | 3 crCPSC 207 | 3 crCPSC 207 | 3 crCPSC 207 |
| Computer Science Principles | No credit | 2 crCPSC 103 | 2 crCPSC 103 |
| Drawing | No credit | 3 crART 100 level | 3 crART 100 level |
| English Language | No credit | 3 crENWR 100 level | 3 crENWR 100 level |
| English Literature | No credit | 3 crENLT 100 level | 3 crENLT 100 level |
| Environmental Science | No credit | 3 crENVS 171 | 3 crENVS 171 |
| European History | No credit | 3 crHIST 102 | 3 crHIST 102 |
| French | No credit | 6 crMLFR 111-112 | 6 crMLFR 111-112 |
| German | No credit | 6 crMLGR 111-112 | 6 crMLGR 111-112 |
| Human Geography | No credit | 3 crANTH 100 | 3 crANTH 100 |
| Italian | No credit | 6 crMLIT 111-MLIT 210 | 6 crMLIT 111-MLIT 210 |
| Japanese | No credit | 6 crMLJA 111-112 | 6 crMLJA 111-112 |
| Latin | No credit | 6 crLATN 111-112 | 6 crLATN 111-112 |
| Macroeconomics | No credit | 3 crECON 251 | 3 crECON 251 |
| Microeconomics | No credit | 3 crECON 252 | 3 crECON 252 |
| Music Theory | No credit | 3 crMUS 181 | 3 crMUS 181 |
| Physics 1 | No credit | 4 crPHYS 111 | 4 crPHYS 111 |
| Physics 2 | No credit | 4 crPHYS 112 | 4 crPHYS 112 |
| Physics C: E&M | No credit | 4 crPHYS 112 | 4 crPHYS 112 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | No credit | 4 crPHYS 121 | 4 crPHYS 121 |
| Pre-Calculus | No credit | 3 crMATH 103 | 3 crMATH 103 |
| Psychology | No credit | 3 crPSYC 157 | 3 crPSYC 157 |
| Research | No credit | 3 crHUM 101 | 3 crHUM 101 |
| Spanish Language | No credit | 6 crMLSP 111-112 | 6 crMLSP 111-112 |
| Spanish Literature | No credit | 6 crMLSP 111-112 | 6 crMLSP 111-112 |
| Statistics | No credit | 3 crMATH 214 | 3 crMATH 214 |
| US Government | No credit | 3 crPOSC 201 | 3 crPOSC 201 |
| US History | No credit | 3 crHIST 201 | 3 crHIST 201 |
| World History: Modern | No credit | 3 crHIST 104 | 3 crHIST 104 |
Copied from Saint Mary's College's AP® credit policy (catalog.saintmarys.edu), checked 28 Oct 2026. Saint Mary's 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 Saint Mary's CollegeSaint Mary's College reviews the transcript and decides what counts.
Ask Saint Mary's College's registrar before you enroll. Saint Mary's College's CLEP® policy is on the Saint Mary's 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 Saint Mary's College courses; Saint Mary's College decides whether to accept them.
AP® Calculus AB
AP® Calculus BC
AP® Pre-Calculus
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 Saint Mary's College gives credit for.
CreditAfrican American Studies
CreditArt History
CreditBiology
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
CreditPre-Calculus
CreditPsychology
CreditSpanish Language
CreditSpanish Literature
CreditStatistics
CreditUS Government
CreditUS History
CreditWorld History: Modern
Business & Personal Finance
Cybersecurity
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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 Saint Mary's 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 Saint Mary's College?
Up to 8 credits, on Biology or Calculus BC or Chemistry. On this list, one exam earns 2 to 8 credits.
What if my score is too low?
If your score is below what Saint Mary's College asks for on that exam, you can retake the exam next May, take a CLEP® exam if Saint Mary's College accepts it, or take a self-paced course with an ACE or NCCRS credit recommendation. Saint Mary's College decides what counts, so ask before you enroll.
Is AP® credit guaranteed?
No. Saint Mary's College sets its own policy and can change it. We copied this from Saint Mary's College's AP® credit policy (catalog.saintmarys.edu) on 28 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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