{"id":747,"date":"2014-06-10T15:13:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T22:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sop.washington.edu\/?page_id=747"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:30:12","slug":"apib-credit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staff.washington.edu\/twentzel\/wordpress\/pharmd\/admissions\/prerequisite-info\/apib-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"AP\/IB Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Course Equivalencies<\/h3>\n

Advanced Placement (AP) and or International Baccalaureate (IB) credit will not be accepted for the following prerequisite coursework: General Biology, Microbiology, English Composition, and Organic Chemistry.<\/p>\n

AP or IB credit may be accepted for the following prerequisites: General Chemistry, Calculus, Humanities and Social Sciences. Applicants who have completed additional upper-level coursework will be given preference in the process of screening for interview. The Admissions Committee reserves the right of final decision with regard to acceptable prerequisite coursework.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Prerequisite<\/strong><\/td>\nAP Credit<\/strong><\/td>\nIB Credit<\/strong>
\n(HL test only)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biochemistry<\/td>\nNot Accepted<\/td>\nNot Accepted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General Biology<\/td>\nNot Accepted<\/td>\nNot Accepted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General Chemistry*<\/td>\nChemistry Score 4* = 10 Quarter Credits;
\nChemistry Score 5* = 15 Quarter Credits<\/a><\/td>\n		Chemistry Score 6* = 5 Quarter Credits;
\nChemistry Score 7* = 10 Quarter Credits<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Organic Chemistry<\/td>\nNot Accepted<\/td>\nNot Accepted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
English Composition**<\/td>\nNot Accepted<\/td>\nNot Accepted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calculus<\/td>\nCalculus AB Score 3, 4, or 5<\/p>\n

or:<\/p>\n

Calculus BC Score of 2 (in conjunction with a subgrade of 3, 4, or 5), 3, 4, or 5<\/td>\n

Math Score of 7<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Statistics<\/td>\nStatistics Score 3, 4, or 5<\/a><\/td>\nNot Accepted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Microbiology<\/td>\nNot Accepted<\/td>\nNot Accepted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Economics<\/td>\nEconomics (macro or micro) score 4 or 5<\/a><\/td>\nMicroeconomics Score: 5<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Public Speaking\/Interpersonal Communications<\/td>\nNot Accepted<\/td>\nNot Accepted<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Humanities***<\/td>\nSee UW Equivalency Table<\/a><\/td>\nSee UW Equivalency Table<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Social Sciences***<\/td>\nSee UW Equivalency Table<\/a><\/td>\nSee UW Equivalency Table<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

*Students who earn a 4 on the AP chemistry test or a 5, 6, or 7 on the HL IB test will need to take additional general chemistry coursework, either the final general chemistry course, or an upper level course like inorganic lecture, inorganic lab or quantitative analysis.<\/p>\n

**Students who earn an AP English test score of 4 or 5 will be given Humanities elective credit NOT English composition credit.<\/p>\n

***Please note that the University of Washington refers to humanities courses as VLPA and social science courses as I&S. Humanities=VLPA and Social Science=I&S<\/p>\n

AP or IB Test Score Sheets are only required if needed<\/span> to show AP\/IB scores are being counted toward prerequisite coursework.<\/p>\n

AP applicants should request test scores using Code Number 5981<\/span> which is specific to the University of Washington School of Pharmacy. CLEP credits are not accepted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Course Equivalencies Advanced Placement (AP) and or International Baccalaureate (IB) credit will not be accepted for the following prerequisite coursework: General Biology, Microbiology, English Composition, and Organic Chemistry. 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