Brown University AP credit

What each AP score earns at Brown University: 19 exams, credit shown in credits. Always confirm with the school before you plan your schedule.

Rules that apply to every exam

Brown does not award course credit for AP scores. Qualifying scores may earn placement credit or notation, which carries 0.0 course credit and does not count toward the 30 course credit graduation requirement.
An AP equivalency notation does not automatically satisfy concentration requirements. Consult the respective concentration department.
Incoming students may decline AP notations before the Registrar's Last Day to Add a Course deadline in their first semester. If no election is made, the notation is accepted by default.
Students who initially decline a notation may later request it, unless they registered for and failed the corresponding course or dropped it after the add deadline.
You cannot register for a course for which you have AP credit, and AP credit posted to the transcript will not be removed.
Contingent AP notations and later requests must be made after satisfying the requirements for earning credit. AP notations must be processed before graduation.

AP exam	Score	Credit	Courses
AP Art History	5	—	One unassigned HIST course notationGranted retroactively after successfully completing one 1000-level HIAA course at Brown. Study abroad coursework not applicable. Cannot be applied toward HIAA concentration requirements.
AP Biology	4+	—	BIOL 0200Placement notation.
AP Calculus AB	4+	—	MATH 0090Placement notation.
AP Calculus BC	4+	—	MATH 0090, MATH 0100Placement notations. MATH 0100 notation blocks registration for MATH 0100, 0170, and 190.
	3	—	MATH 0090Placement notation.
AP Chemistry	4+	—	CHEM 0330Allows placement into CHEM 0330 without the Brown Chemistry Placement Exam. Placement only, not a notation.
	3+	—	CHEM 0100Retroactive placement notation granted upon successful completion of CHEM 0330.
AP Economics: Macroeconomics and Microeconomics	4+	—	ECON 0110Requires score of 4 or 5 on both Macroeconomics and Microeconomics exams. Concentrators cannot apply it toward ECON 0110 concentration requirement and must take an additional 1000-level ECON course.
AP Environmental Science	5	—	ENVS 0490Placement notation.
AP European History	5	—	One unassigned HIST course notationGranted retroactively after successfully completing one 1000-level European history course listed as HIST at Brown. Study abroad not applicable. Cannot apply toward History concentration requirements.
AP French Language and Literature	5	—	FREN 0500Placement notation. Consult the French Department language placement page for next course.
	4	—	FREN 0400Placement notation.
AP German Language	4+	—	GRMN 0400Placement notation.
AP Italian Language and Culture	5	—	ITAL 0400Placement notation.
	4	—	ITAL 0300Placement notation.
AP Latin	4+	—	One unassigned LATN course notationGranted retroactively after successfully completing one 1000-level LATN course at Brown with a grade of B or better.
AP Physics 1	5	—	PHYS 0030Retroactive notation granted if student also completes PHYS 0040, 0060, 0160, 0470, 0500, or an appropriate 1000-level physics course at Brown. Requires score of 5 on Physics 1 and Physics 2.
AP Physics 2	5	—	PHYS 0030Retroactive notation granted if student also completes PHYS 0040, 0060, 0160, 0470, 0500, or an appropriate 1000-level physics course at Brown. Requires score of 5 on Physics 1 and Physics 2.
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism	5	—	PHYS 0030Retroactive notation granted only when paired with score of 4 on AP Physics C: Mechanics, plus completion of an eligible Brown physics course.
AP Physics C: Mechanics	5	—	PHYS 0030Retroactive notation granted if student also completes PHYS 0040, 0060, 0160, 0470, 0500, or an appropriate 1000-level physics course at Brown.
	4	—	PHYS 0030Retroactive notation granted only with score of 5 on AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, plus completion of an eligible Brown physics course.
AP Spanish Language or Literature	4+	—	One unassigned HISP course notationGranted retroactively after successfully completing HISP 0500, 0600, 0650, or a 0700-level course at Brown. Only one notation may be granted for these exams.
AP United States History	5	—	One unassigned HIST course notationGranted retroactively after successfully completing one 1000-level US history course listed as HIST at Brown. Study abroad not applicable. Cannot apply toward History concentration requirements.
AP World History: Modern	5	—	One unassigned HIST course notationGranted retroactively after successfully completing one 1000-level African, East Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, or South Asian history course listed as HIST at Brown. Study abroad not applicable.

Source: Brown University official AP credit policy . Read on October 22, 2026. Compare AP credit across colleges