AP and IB Credit

AP and IB Credit

Students who have taken AP and/or IB exams in high school may be eligible for credit at OSU. Please see the credit that is awarded and courses for which students are permitted to enroll based on the scores they have received. We encourage students to attend the Orientation Calculus Advising session to determine calculus options and honors opportunities with a math faculty member.

  • Students who receive AP math scores of 1 or 2, or IB scores of 1-3 must schedule in accordance with their Math Placement Test results.  If they want an opportunity to move ahead they must take proficiency tests (find more information at orientation, or at Autumn Math Proficiency Exams).

Understanding AP Precalculus Scores

Precalculus - 3

  • Earns credit for Math 1150 (Precalculus)
  • Permissible to enroll in:
    • Math 1150 (Precalculus) 
    • Math 1140 (Calculus with Review I) - permission required - see math advisors
    • Math 1151 (Calculus I)  - Allowed but not recommended
    • Math 1156 (Calculus for the Biological Sciences) - Allowed but not recommended
    • Math 1131 (Calculus for Business)

Precalculus - 4

  • Earns credit for Math 1150 (Precalculus)
  • Permissible to enroll in:

Precalculus - 5

  • Earns credit for Math 1150 (Precalculus)
  • Permissible to enroll in:

Understanding AP Calculus AB Scores

Calculus AB -3

  • Earns credit for Math 1151 (Calculus I)
  • Permissible to enroll in:
    • Math 1151 (Calculus I) - Highly recommended to repeat this course
    • Math 1156 (Calculus for the Biological Sciences)
  • (Math 1152 or Math 1172 allowed but not recommended)

Calculus AB - 4

  • Earns credit for Math 1151 (Calculus I)
  • Permissible to enroll in:

Calculus AB - 5

Understanding AP Calculus BC Scores

Calculus BC - 3

  • Earns credit for Math 1151 (Calculus I) & Math 1152 (Calculus II)
  • Permissible to enroll in:
    • Math 1152 (Calculus II) - Highly recommended to repeat this course
    • Math 1172 (Engineering Mathematics A)
    • Math 1181H (Honors Calculus I) with advisor approval
    • Math 4181H (Honors Analysis I) with advisor approval
  • (Math 2153 allowed but not recommended)

Calculus BC - 4

  • Earns credit for Math 1151 (Calculus I) & Math 1152 (Calculus II)
  • Permissible to enroll in:
    • Math 1152 (Calculus II) - Recommended to repeat this course
    • Math 1172 (Engineering Mathematics A)
    • Math 1181H (Honors Calculus I) with advisor approval
    • Math 4181H (Honors Analysis I) with advisor approval
  • (Math 2153 allowed but not recommended)

Calculus BC - 5

Understanding IB Math Scores - Autumn 2026 and later

Analysis and Approaches SL 5+

  • Earns credit for Math 1130 (College Algebra for Business)
  • Permissible to enroll in:

Analysis and Approaches HL 4+

Applications and Interpretation SL 5+

  • Earns credit for Math 1116 (Excursions in Mathematics)
  • Permissible to enroll in:
    • Take the math placement test and enroll in courses that align with your OSU math placement level.

Applications and Interpretation HL 4+

  • Earns credit for Math 1116 (Excursions in Mathematics) and Statistics 1450.01 (Introduction to the Practice of Statistics)
  • Permissible to enroll in:
    • Take the math placement test and enroll in courses that align with your OSU math placement level.