Important Dates

Early July, 2025 - AP credit posted to online transcript
July 21, 2025 - Registration begins. 
July 31, 2025 - Registration ends. You'll be able to change your schedule again beginning at orientation.

Advanced Placement

Please note decisions to award credit are reviewed annually and are subject to change.

Any student who takes a course for which credit has been awarded will forfeit their credit.

The university offers capable students who have superior preparation an opportunity for advanced placement and/or college credit. Many secondary schools, in association with the College Board, offer college-level work. Students participating in these courses should sit for the Advanced Placement Tests offered by the College Board.

Entering first-year students that request the College Board to send their Advanced Placement Test scores to Lehigh are considered for advanced placement.

Some departments noted below offer examinations during the first and third weeks of the semester to students who studied college-level subjects in secondary school but did not sit for the Advanced Placement Tests. Entering first-year students wishing to sit for an examination in any Lehigh course should fill out the Anticipatory Exam Form by the date given on the First-Year Student Portal. The student should specify the number and title of the course. Students who receive credit on the basis of Advanced Placement Test grades need not sit for the Lehigh tests to confirm the credit granted.

Students may contact Testing Services at inexams@lehigh.edu with questions about Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics anticipatory exams.

Current practice at Lehigh is as follows:

Advanced Placement

Exam

Score

Lehigh Course (Attribute)

Credits

Africana Studies

4 or higher

AAS 091

4

American Government

4 or hgher

POLS 001

4

American History

5

HIST 099 (SS)

4

Art Studio

5

ART 073

8

Art History

4

ART 099

4

Art History

5

ART 001

4

Biology

4 or higher

BIOS 001

4

Calculus AB

4 or higher

MATH 021

4

Calculus BC

4 or higher

MATH 021 & MATH 022

8

Chemistry (Advanced)

5

CHM 030

4

Comparative Politics

4 or higher

POLS 003

4

Computer Science A

4 or higher

CSE 007

4

Computer Science Principles

4 or higher

CSE 099

3

English (either exam)

4

WRT 001

3

English (either exam)

5

WRT 001 & WRT 002

6

Environmental Science

4 or higher

EES 002 & EES 022

4

European History

5

HIST 099 (SS)

4

Foreign Language Exams

4

Intermediate Level 1

4

Foreign Language Exams

5

Intermediate Levels 1 & 2

8

Human Geography

4 or higher

GS 091

4

Latin (either exam)

4 or higher

LAT 099

Up to 8

Microeconomics

4 or higher

ECO 099

2

Macroeconomics

4 or higher

ECO 099

2

Micro and Macroeconomics

4 or higher

ECO 001

4

Music Exams

5

MUS 099

2 Credits per exam

Physics 1: Algebra Based

5

PHY 011 & PHY 012

5

Physics B (prior to 2015)

5

PHY 011 & PHY 012

5

Physics C: Mechanics

4 or higher

PHY 011, PHY 012, PHY 021 & PHY 022*

10

Psychology

4 or higher

PSYC 001

4

Statistics

4 or higher

MATH 012

4

World History

5

HIST 099 (SS)

4

*Credit will only be awarded for PHY 021 & 022 if AP credit was awarded for PHY 011 & 012. Credit for the AP Physics C: Mechanics exam cannot be awarded after taking PHY 011 & 012 at Lehigh.

International Baccalaureate

Exam

Score

Lehigh Course (Attribute)

Credits

Arabic

5 or higher

ARAB 011

4

Art History

5 or hgiher

ART 099

4

Biology

5 or higher

BIOS 001

4

Chemistry

5 or higher

CHM 030

4

Chinese

5 or higher

CHIN 011, CHIN 012, CHIN 013, and CHIN 014

4

Economics

6 or higher

ECO 001

4

English

5 or higher

WRT 001

3

French

5 or higher

FREN 011

4

German

5 or higher

GERM 011

4

Japanese

5 or higher

JPNS 011 and JPNS 012

4

Latin

5 or higher

LAT 011

4

Math (Advanced)

5 or higher

MATH 021

4

Math (Advanced)

6 or higher

MATH 021 & MATH 022

8

Music

5 or higher

MUS 099

4

Philosophy

5 or higher

PHIL 099

4

Physics

5 or higher

PHY 005

4

Psychology

5 or higher

PSYC 001

4

Russian

5 or higher

RUSS 011 and RUSS 012

4

Spanish

5 or higher

SPAN 011

4

A-Level Exams

Exam

Score

Lehigh Course (Attribute)

Credits

Chemistry

B or higher

CHM 030

4

Mathematics

B or higher

MATH 021 and/or MATH 022

Up to 8 after department review

Physics

B or higher

PHY 011, PHY 012, PHY 021 & PHY 022

9

Anticipatory Exams

Students may also earn department or course credit by passing the Anticipatory Exam offered by the  department during the first and third weeks of the semester. Students may take this examination regardless of whether or not they have taken the advanced placement examination. These exams are offered by the following departments:

Department

Credit

Chemistry

CHM 030

Computer Science

CSE 007

Mathematics

MATH 021 & MATH 022

Physics

PHY 011 & PHY 021

Please note decisions to award credit are reviewed annually and are subject to change.

 

The content on this site is intended for use by students entering Lehigh University in the Fall 2025 semester only. This information is reviewed annually and is subject to change in accordance with changes to University policies and procedures.