AP credit

What is the process?

A student produces work under direction in High School. This work forms a portfolio under AP guidelines with a general area and a concentration. The work is sent to the AP center in Princeton, during the Spring semester. By June/July the work has been evaluated and returned to the student. When the student sends in the portfolio, they indicate to which schools they want the scores to be sent. If they’ve not selected SHSU then they need to contact the AP center at Princeton and have the scores sent here to the SHSU Testing Center. When the testing is for Art History the Testing Center gives automatic credit when the score is 3 or above. When the score received is for Art studio, majors must have a 4 or above and non-majors need a 3 or above to receive course credit. The SHSU Testing Center relays the student name and ID to the Art Office at the time they receive these studio scores. The student receives a letter from the SHSU Testing Center that their scores have been received and that they need to bring a portfolio to the advisement center for review. The review determines the course for which they will receive credit. This information is relayed to the Art office and a letter from the chair back to the SHSU Testing Center tells them the course for which credit should be given. The SHSU Testing Center now notifies the student the course for which they have credit. The AP credit policy at SHSU has some flexibility in it. With the advent of WASH, the Art 161 and 271 courses aren’t good choices for credit. Other courses are available though and depending on the quality of the portfolio a course credit will be given.

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