External College Credit Advanced Standing Policies

Advanced Placement (AP) College Credit Policy

The table on the next page lists the AP equivalencies at Stonehill. In most cases, if you have a score of 4 or 5, you are eligible for AP credit for one three-credit course. You should discuss with your academic advisor how to use your AP credits in creating your schedule. In some cases, you may choose not to take the credits you have earned.  

International Baccalaureate (IIB) Credit Policy

Stonehill recognizes the level of academic achievement represented by the successful completion of coursework in the International Baccalaureate Program. Stonehill will award six (6) credits (2 courses) of transfer credit for each Higher Level (HL) exam with a score of 5, 6, or 7. Credit will not be given for Standard Level (SL) examinations. 

Students who have taken both AP and IB examinations in the same subject area do not receive credit for both.  

Students who are granted Stonehill College credit for AP and/or IB examinations are not allowed to enroll in introductory courses in the same area(s) in which credit has been granted. A maximum of 18 credits may be transferred in combination of AP and IB examinations. Students who have completed AP or IB examinations must request that an official score report be sent to the Registrar’s Office to receive credit. 

The High School/College Dual Enrollment Policy

Stonehill College credit may be granted for college courses taken while a student attended high school provided: 

• the course was taught on the campus or online at the regionally accredited college or university issuing the credit and official transcript; 
• the course was taught by a regular member of the college or university faculty; 
• the course was a regular part of the curriculum for and open to that institution’s degree-seeking students and published in the college or university catalog; 
• the course was worth at least three semester-hour credits or four quarter-hour credits; 
• the student received a grade of “C” or better; and, 
• the course must be comparable in nature and content to courses and credits offered through Stonehill College programs. 

General Education Cornerstone Program credit will be awarded at the discretion of the Assistant Dean of General Education. 

Students are required to provide the Stonehill College Registrar’s Office with an official transcript from the transfer college or university, the completed Request for College Credit Form, and course description or syllabus of each course for which the student is requesting credit to ascertain course equivalency. 

General Education Cornerstone Program credit will be awarded at the discretion of the Associate Provost, Craig Kelley. 

Students are required to provide the Stonehill College Registrar’s Office with an official transcript from the transfer college or university, the completed Request for College Credit Form, and course description or syllabus of each course for which the student is requesting credit to ascertain course equivalency.