How will college credits taken in high school transfer? 

Centenary College awards credit for Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), and the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) according to the following policies:

• Credit earned from AP, IB, or CLEP exams is considered transfer credit and will not affect a student’s grade point average.
• There is no limit to the number of AP, IB, or CLEP credit awarded to incoming students. However, all students must complete 60 credit hours at Centenary to graduate with a Centenary degree.
• Each academic department determines whether and how course credit will be awarded for AP, IB, and CLEP credit in their discipline. Exams accepted and score requirements are reviewed periodically and subject to change. See the Centenary academic catalog for current guidelines.
• Credit may only be earned for exams taken prior to initial enrollment at Centenary College.

 

Advanced Placement

Centenary participates in the Advanced Placement program of the College Entrance Examination Board. Advancement Placement credit will not be given for scores below 3. There is no limit to the number of Advanced Placement credit awarded to degree-seeking students. However, all students must complete 60 credit hours at Centenary in order to graduate with a Centenary degree. The following departmental guidelines have been established for AP credit:

 

Department	AP Score	Credit Hours	Courses
Art History	4 or 5	4	ART 295 (elective only)
Biology	4	4	BIOL 101
	5	8	BIOL 101 and 4 credits of elective 295
Chemistry	4 or 5	8	CHEM 121, 122, 123, 124
Computer Science	4 or 5	4	CSC 207
Economics Micro	4	4	ECON 211
Economics Macro	4	4	ECON 212
English Lit & Comp	4 or 5	4	ENGL 102
English Lang & Comp	4 or 5	4	ENGL 101 (elective only)
Foreign Languages*	3	8	FREN 101, 102, 201, 202 or SPAN 101, 102
	4 or 5	16	FREN 101, 102, 201, 202 or SPAN 101, 102, 201, 202
European History	4 or 5	4	HIST 103
U.S. History	4 or 5	8	HIST 205, 206
Mathematics	4 or 5, AB Test	4	Math 115
	4 or 5, BC Test	8	Math 115, 201
Music	4	4	MUS 111
	5	8	MUS 111; 112/122
Physics and Engineering**	4 or 5, mechanics	4	PHYS 104, 114
	4 or 5, electricity and magnetism	4	PHYS 105, 115
Psychology	4 or 5	4	PSY 101

 

*Foreign Languages: Students with at least two years of a foreign language in high school or competence in a foreign language for other reasons are required to demonstrate their level of proficiency through examination prior to enrolling in a foreign language course or during the first week of classes. Students may receive 4 to 16 hours of credit (101, 102, 201, 202) for examinations in French or Spanish administered during orientation by the Department of Foreign Languages. Students who submit foreign language AP scores are exempt from this examination.

**Physics and Engineering: Only Advanced Placement Test C will be accepted.

 

College - Level Examination Program (CLEP)

Centenary participates in the College Level Examination Program of the College Entrance Examination Board at the discretion of our academic departments. The following departmental guidelines have been established for CLEP credit:

Department	CLEP Score	Credit Hours	Courses
Biology	50 on Biology	4	BIOL 101
English	50 on College Composition	4	ENGL 101
	50 on Analyzing and Interpreting Literature	4	ENGL 102
Frost School of Business	50 on Financial Accounting	3	ACCT 203
	50 on Introduction to Business Law	3	BUSN 223
	50 on Information Systems	3	BUSN 295
	50 on Principles of Management	3	BUSN 295
	50 on Principles of Marketing	3	BUSN 295
	50 on Principles of Microeconomics	3	ECON 211
	50 on Principles of Macroeconomics	3	ECON 212
Mathematics	50 on College Algebra	4	MATH 104
	50 on Precalculus	4	MATH 107
	50 on Calculus	4	MATH 115

 

International Baccalaureate

Centenary recognizes the International Baccalaureate program and awards credit for Higher Level examination scores of 5 or greater.

 

Dual Enrollment (DE)

Centenary accepts courses from regionally accredited institutions that meet the following criteria:

• College-level
• Academic in nature
• Classroom-based courses
• Grade of C- or above
• Liberal Arts-based courses
• Have a Centenary College equivalent