{"id":605,"date":"2015-09-25T17:59:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T22:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/poli-sci\/?page_id=605"},"modified":"2015-09-25T17:59:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T22:59:56","slug":"details-on-counting-advanced-placement-credits-for-political-science-major","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/poli-sci\/details-on-counting-advanced-placement-credits-for-political-science-major\/","title":{"rendered":"Details on counting advanced placement credits for political science major"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>1.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>What kinds of advanced placement credits can be counted toward a St. Olaf political science major?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An Advanced Placement score of 4 or 5 received on one of the CEEB Advanced Placement examinations in Politics and Government (U.S. or Comparative) may be counted toward a St. Olaf political science major.\u00a0 Additional information concerning college-wide policies on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Advanced Placement credit<\/span> is available on the website of the Office of the Registrar.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Can advanced placement credits be used to satisfy any requirements within the major and\/or any General Education requirements?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A score of 4 or 5 on the U.S. Government and Politics exam is considered the equivalent of PS 111 and satisfies the subfield requirement in American Politics and Public Policy.\u00a0 It also satisfies one General Education requirement in Studies in Human Behavior and Society (HBS).<\/li>\n<li>A score of 4 or 5 on the Comparative Government and Politics exam is considered the equivalent of PS 112 and satisfies the subfield requirement in Comparative Politics.\u00a0 It also satisfies one General Education requirement in Studies in Human Behavior and Society (HBS).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Please note:<\/em>\u00a0 <\/strong>Since an advanced placement credit is considered the equivalent of a Level I course, AP credit counts toward the three-course limit for Level I courses within the major.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>What do students need to do to make sure they receive the right amount and type of credit toward the political science major for advanced placement in political science?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If a student receives a 4 or 5 on an Advanced Placement exam in political science, AP credit will be recorded on the student\u2019s St. Olaf transcript by the Office of the Registrar\u00a0 as AP Govt\/Pol U.S. or AP Govt\/Pol Comp.\u00a0 Students will automatically receive one Level I credit toward the major in the appropriate subfield and will receive GE credit as described above.\u00a0 No additional action from the student is required.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0 What kinds of advanced placement credits can be counted toward a St. Olaf political science major? An Advanced Placement score of 4 or 5 received on one of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-605","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/poli-sci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/poli-sci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/poli-sci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/poli-sci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/poli-sci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/poli-sci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/poli-sci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}