General Certificate
of Education Advanced Level (A-Level)*
With its origins in the United Kingdom, the General Certificate of Education
or GCE is a secondary-level academic qualification that continues to be a popular
measure of academic aptitude in other countries, including Hong Kong, Pakistan,
India, Nepal, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. Stony Brook University will award up
to eight credits per subject for A-level (Advanced) exams in year long courses
with grade equivalents of C or better.
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 University
will award six credits for International Baccalaureate higher-level
exams with scores of 5 or better for year-long courses.
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,
and Stony Brook equivalency and applicability to degree requirements.
Students must request that their test scores be forwarded to Stony Brook’s
Undergraduate Admissions Office from AP
Services; P.O. Box 6671; Princeton, NJ 08541-6671; (609) 771-7300 or (888)
225-5427 (toll-free in the U.S. and Canada).
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 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 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
University; Stony Brook, NY 11794-1901
*Stony
Brook University accepts up to 30 credits by examination in partial
fulfillment of the bachelor's degree.