AP and College Credit

Advanced Placement Credit*

Advanced placement credit is granted to students who have taken the appropriate CEEB advanced placement examination and scored a 3 or higher. Click here for a table listing of available AP exams, the relevant scores, equivalencies, and applicability to degree requirements.

Students must request that their test scores be forwarded to Stony Brook Southampton's Undergraduate Admissions Office from AP Services/College Board (Stony Brook's College Board code is 2548); P.O. Box 6671; Princeton, NJ 08541-6671; (609) 771-7300 or (888) 225-5427 (toll-free in the U.S. and Canada).

International Baccalaureate*

With its origins in Europe, the International Baccalaureate Program -- now offered by some American high schools -- leads to a diploma or certificates of examination. Stony Brook Southampton will award six credits for International Baccalaureate higher-level exams with scores of 5 or better for year-long courses.

College Courses Taken While In High School

Courses offered by regionally accredited colleges and passed with a letter grade of C or higher while the student was in high school will be accepted and evaluated for applicability to specific Stony Brook Southampton degree requirements. Credits for successfully completed courses for which a grade equivalent to P or S was assigned are also accepted and will be evaluated for transfer credit according to the guidelines in the Application of Transfer Credits to General Education Requirements section of the Undergraduate Bulletin.

College Courses Taken After High School Graduation
All course work completed with a grade of C or higher from a regionally accredited college will be applied toward the total credit hour requirement for a Stony Brook B.A., B.S., or B.E. degree. Courses for which grades of P or S are earned are also accepted. Graduates of SUNY or CUNY colleges who earn an A.A. or an A.S. degree prior to matriculation at Stony Brook Southampton will receive credit for all course work completed as part of the associates degree requirements.

To receive credit for college courses taken while in high school or after high school graduation, students must have official transcripts from the college(s) sent to:

Undergraduate Admissions
Stony Brook Southampton
Undergraduate Admissions
102 Chancellors Hall
239 Montauk Hwy
Southampton, NY 11968

*Stony Brook Southampton accepts up to 30 credits by examination in partial fulfillment of the bachelor's degree.