College of Mount St. Vincent
Academics
- Graduation Rate57%
- Majors Available35
- Student-to-Faculty Ratio12:1
- Retention Rate73%
AP Credit Policy
The College of Mount Saint Vincent cooperates with the Advanced Placement Program and encourages prospective students to take advanced placement examinations. Students are responsible for ensuring that their AP exam scores are sent to the College of Mount Saint Vincent. Students who have successfully taken one or more of the Advanced Placement Tests of the College Entrance Examination Board must specifically request advanced placement and/or credit. For scores below three, no credit is awarded. For a score of three, the student will usually receive credit for one elective course worth three credits. For a score of four or five, the student receives credit for one three-credit course. How the course is applied to the curriculum (core or major) is indicated below. The decision to grant advanced placement and/or credit is based on such factors as the Advanced Placement's equivalence to the content of courses in the College's curricula and the applicability of the area of advanced study to the prescribed or elective requirements of the program. No grades are assigned to courses credited. At times, students with an Advanced Placement score of three who intend to major in the area where they have taken an Advanced Placement course will be advised to repeat the College's course.
For more information, view the credit policy on the college's website.
Offers credits
Yes
Offers placement into advanced courses
Yes
| AP Courses | Min Score Required | Number of Credits | Course Equivalent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | ARTD 103 |
| 3-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | ARTD 102 |
| Art History | 3 | 6 | ARTH 101, ARTH 151 |
| Biology | 3 | 3 | Three elective credits (For students who are science majors or minors or who plan to attend medical school) |
| 4 | 4 | fulfills the BIOL 111 requirement (For students who are science majors or minors or who plan to attend medical school) | |
| 5 | 8 | fulfills the General Biology sequence of BIOL 111/112 (For students who are science majors or minors or who plan to attend medical school) | |
| Calculus AB | 3 | 4 | fulfills the Mathematics core requirement |
| 4 | 4 | satisfies the Calculus I requirement for a major in science or mathematics or a minor in mathematics (for score of 4 or 5 only) | |
| Calculus BC | 3 | 8 | fulfills the Mathematics core requirement |
| 4 | 8 | satisfies the Calculus II requirement for a major in science or mathematics or a minor in mathematics | |
| Chemistry | 3 | 3 | satisfies one Natural Science core requirement (for students who are not science majors or minors) |
| 3 | 3 | Three elective credits ( For students who are science majors or minors or who plan to attend medical school) | |
| 4 | 4 | fulfills the CHEM 120 requirement (For students who are science majors or minors or who plan to attend medical school) | |
| 5 | 8 | fulfills the General Chemistry sequence of CHEM 120/121 (For students who are science majors or minors or who plan to attend medical school) | |
| English Language and Composition | 3 | 3 | Elective credits |
| English Literature and Composition | 3 | 3 | Elective credits |
| 4 | 3 | three credits in Literature and satisfies one Humanities core requirement | |
| 5 | 3 | three credits in Literature and satisfies one Humanities core requirement | |
| European History | 3 | 3 | Elective credits |
| 4 | 3 | HIST 202 Royalties and Revolutions: Pre-Modern to Modern Worlds, and satisfies one Humanities core requirement | |
| 5 | 3 | HIST 202 Royalties and Revolutions: Pre-Modern to Modern Worlds, and satisfies one Humanities core requirement | |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | One additional three-credit modern language core course in the same language at the appropriate level; or two three-credit courses in a second language of their choice |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | One additional three-credit modern language core course in the same language at the appropriate level; or two three-credit courses in a second language of their choice |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECON 202 |
| 4 | 3 | satisfies one Social Science core requirement or the Macroeconomics requirement in Business, Economics, and Accounting | |
| 5 | 3 | satisfies one Social Science core requirement or the Macroeconomics requirement in Business, Economics, and Accounting | |
| Microeconomics | 3 | 3 | Elective credits |
| 4 | 3 | fulfills the Microeconomics requirement in Business, Economics, and Accounting | |
| 5 | 3 | fulfills the Microeconomics requirement in Business, Economics, and Accounting | |
| Physics 1 | 3 | 3 | Physics 1 (Non-Calculus based) |
| Physics 2 | 3 | 3 | Physics 2 (Non-Calculus based) |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | 4 | PHYS 180 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 3 | 4 | PHYS 170 |
| Psychology | 3 | 3 | Elective credits |
| 4 | 3 | Psychology credits and satisfies one Social Science core requirement | |
| 5 | 3 | Psychology credits and satisfies one Social Science core requirement | |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | One additional three-credit modern language core course in the same language at the appropriate level; or two three-credit courses in a second language of their choice |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 3 | One additional three-credit modern language core course in the same language at the appropriate level; or two three-credit courses in a second language of their choice |
| Statistics | 3 | 3 | Three elective credits |
| 4 | 3 | Satisfies one Mathematics core requirement | |
| 5 | 3 | Satisfies one Mathematics core requirement | |
| United States Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | Elective credits |
| 4 | 3 | HIST 201 Natural Rights, Civil Rights, and Human Rights, and satisfies one Humanities core requirement | |
| 5 | 3 | HIST 201 Natural Rights, Civil Rights, and Human Rights, and satisfies one Humanities core requirement. | |
| United States History | 3 | 3 | Elective credits |
| 4 | 3 | HIST 203 Witches, Slaves, and Rebels: Inequality in Early America, and satisfies one Humanities core requirement | |
| 5 | 3 | HIST 203 Witches, Slaves, and Rebels: Inequality in Early America, and satisfies one Humanities core requirement | |
| World History: Modern | 3 | 3 | Elective credits |
| 4 | 3 | HIST 214 Shaping of the Modern World, and satisfies one Humanities core requirement | |
| 5 | 3 | HIST 214 Shaping of the Modern World, and satisfies one Humanities core requirement. |
Study Options
Majors and Degrees
The college offers the following degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, Certificate, and Associate
A
- Accounting
- Art Therapy/Therapist
B
- Behavioral Sciences
- Biochemistry
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General
- Business Administration and Management, General
- Business/Commerce, General
C
- Chemistry, General
E
- Education, General
- Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs
- English Language and Literature, General
F
- Family Practice Nurse/Nursing
- Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
- French Language and Literature
H
- History, General
I
- International/Globalization Studies
- Italian Language and Literature
L
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
M
- Mathematics, General
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
P
- Philosophy
- Psychology, General
- Public Policy Analysis
R
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
- Religion/Religious Studies
- Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods
S
- Social Sciences, General
- Sociology
- Spanish Language and Literature
- Speech Communication and Rhetoric
T
- Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
U
- Urban Education and Leadership
V
- Visual and Performing Arts, General
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Special Academics Program
- Accelerated Study
- Distance Learning
- Double Major
- Dual Enrollment of High School Students
- Honors Program
- Independent Study
- Internships
- ROTC, Air Force
- ROTC, Army
- ROTC, Navy
- Student-Designed Major
- Study Abroad
- Teacher Certification
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