| East Central University awards credit for Advanced Placement Program exams according to the following: Students must supply Official AP reports to receive credit. No AP credit will be awarded until the student has completed 12 hours at ECU with a retention GPA of 2.0 or better. | |
| AP Test Name | A score of a 3 or higher will receive the following credits: |
| ART | |
| Art History | ART 2233 |
| Drawing | ART 1133 |
| 2-D Art and Design | ART 1213 |
| 3-D Art and Design | ART 1313 |
| BIOLOGY/ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE | |
| Biology | BIOL 1114 |
| Environmental Science | EHS 1114 |
| BUSINESS | |
| Macroeconomics | ECON 2003 |
| Microeconomics | ECON 2013 |
| MATH/COMPUTER SCIENCE | |
| Calculus AB | MATH 2825 |
| Calculus BC | MATH 2825 & MATH 3025 |
| Computer Science A | 3 hrs CMPSC elective (CMPSC 0000) |
| Computer Science Principles | 3 hrs CMPSC elective (CMPSC 0000) |
| Statistics | MATH 1223 |
| CHEMISTRY | |
| Chemistry | PHSCI 1114 & CHEM 1114 & 1214 |
| ENGLISH | |
| English Language & Comp | ENG 1113 |
| English Literature & Comp | HUM 2413 |
| LANGUAGE | |
| Chinese Language & Culture | CHIN 1113 & 1213 |
| French Language & Culture | FREN 1113 & 1223 |
| German Language & Culture | GER 1113 & 1223 |
| Italian Language & Culture | 6 hrs Italian elective (ITAL 0000) |
| Japanese Language & Culture | 6 hrs Japanese elective (JAPAN 0000) |
| Latin | LATIN 1113 |
| Spanish Language & Culture | SPAN 1113 & 1223 |
| Spanish Literature & Culture | SPAN 3223 |
| POLITICAL SCIENCE | |
| Comparative Government and Politics | PS 4113 |
| United States Government and Politics | PS 1113 |
| HISTORY | |
| European History | HIST 1123 |
| United States History | HIST 2483 & 2493 |
| World History: Modern | HIST 2613 |
| Human Geography | GEOG 1113 |
| MUSIC | |
| Music Theory | MUS 1113 |
| PHYSICS | |
| Physics 1: Algebra-Based | PHYS 1114 |
| Physics 2: Algebra-Based | PHYS 1214 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | PHYS 1114 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | PHYS 1214 |
| PSYCHOLOGY | |
| Psychology | PSYCH 1113 |
