Quick AP question on credits

[Cheryl B in VA]

My son is taking an AP econ class through PA homeschoolers. On his transcript do I count the class as .5 credit (because it is half a year) or 1 credit (because he takes the AP exam for 3 college credits)? I am typing up his senior schedule to send with his transcript to a college. Thanks!

[JFSinIL]

Our district gives a semester class, AP or otherwise, a semester's credit. The colleges know it is an semester class, too. Give the .5 credit. If a college wants to grant a full class credit for it - they can.

[Kareni]

My daughter took an out of the home AP Comparative Government and Politics class. This class is sometimes taught in one semester (often with AP US Government as its companion) or sometimes taught over an entire year. My daughter's class lasted a year, thus I listed it as one credit on her transcript.

 

If your son's class lasted a year, my inclination would be to count it as one credit. If it lasted half a year, I'd count it as one half credit.

 

Regards,

Kareni

[Brigid in NC]

I listed it as one credit on my ds's transcript his senior year -- last year. The PA Homeschoolers' AP Econ class is definitely more than a 1-semester course in length and material, IMHO.

;)

~Brigid

[Blue Hen]

I listed it as one credit on my ds's transcript his senior year -- last year. The PA Homeschoolers' AP Econ class is definitely more than a 1-semester course in length and material, IMHO.

;)

~Brigid

 

Interesting..... my son is in the class this year and I'm counting it as a 1/2 credit course. However, I'm also giving him 1/2 credit for Honors Microeconomics since he plans to take both AP Econ tests in May.

 

Carole

[Moira in MA]

I'm with you, Carole. Dd is taking micro and macro economics with me for .5 credit each. She likewise earned .5 credit for US Govt and Politics last year. She took that through PA Homeschoolers.

 

~Moira

[Laurie4b]

It depends on whether it's a "block schedule" course that would normally take a year or it's just a half-year course. In our area, all the subjects are a semester long, but the high school students only take 4. Each subject is a full credit, because it's a year's worth of course crammed into one semester. I would ask the person teaching it which it is supposed to be.