ADVANCED PLACEMENT CREDIT AWARDED BUTLER UNIVERSITY Butler University offers advanced placement with appropriate academic credit in most subject areas covered by Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses and College Level Examination Program (CLEP) examinations. Applicants should request that their AP and CLEP scores be reported directly to the Office of Registration and Records from the College Board. Butler’s school code is 1073. IB transcripts must be sent directly to the Office of Admission from the International Baccalaureate Organization. For additional information, see www.butler.edu/registrar/transferring-credits-to-butler. AP and IB credits may also meet Core Curriculum requirements. For transfer credits to apply to Core Curriculum requirements, the course must be found to be consistent with the learning objectives of the Core area of inquiry. Core sequences referenced below include: AR, Analytic Reasoning; NW, The Natural World; and SW, The Social World. EXAMINATION
SCORE
CREDIT AWARDED
African American Studies
—
No credit awarded
Art History
4 or 5
3 hrs, ART 105
Computer Science Principles
4 or 5
3 hrs, AR 220 CS
Biology
4 or 5
5 hrs, NW 204-BI (or BI 105, if in College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences)
Calculus AB
4 or 5
4 hrs, MA 106 (fulfills AR core)
Calculus BC
4 or 5
4 hrs, MA 106 (fulfills AR core) and 4 hrs, MA 107 (Calculus AB Subscore 4 or 5, 4 hrs, MA 106)
Chemistry
4 or 5
4 hrs, CH 105 (Recommend placement in CH 107 if additional Chemistry is required for program of study)
Chinese Language and Culture
4 or 5
3 hrs, 300-level Chinese skills elective (must begin in 300-level CN course or above)
Computer Science A
4 or 5
3 hrs, CS 142
Economics—Macro
4 or 5
3 hrs, SW 220 EC or EC elective (or EC 232, if in Lacy School of Business or Healthcare and Business major)
Economics—Micro
4 or 5
3 hrs, SW 220 EC or EC elective (or EC 231, if in Lacy School of Business or Healthcare and Business major)
English Language & Composition
4 or 5
3 hrs, EN 200-level elective
English Literature & Composition
4 or 5
3 hrs, EN 200-level elective
Environmental Science
4 or 5
5 hrs, NW 201 BI (or 200-level ENV elective credit, if Environmental Studies major)
European History
4 or 5
3 hrs, 100-level history elective (and exemption from corresponding 200-level European History requirement for History majors)
EFFECTIVE FOR STUDENTS ENTERING IN FALL 2025
Revised 01/2025