Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations
Students may receive 6 credit hours of advanced standing for each of the following CAPE courses, if they achieve grades of I, II or III.
CAPE subjects approved for credit:
| CAPE Subjects Examined | Equivalent Saint Mary’s University Credit |
| Accounting | ACCT 2241 and ACCT 2242 |
| Biology | BIOL 1201 and SCIE 1901 |
| Caribbean Studies | SSCI 1901 |
| Chemistry | SCIE 1902 and SCIE 1903 |
| Communication Studies | ARTS 1901 |
| Economics | ECON 1201 and ECON 1202 |
| Entrepreneurship | MGMT 1901 and MGMT 1902 |
| Environmental Science | ENVS 1200 and ENVS 1901 |
| French | FREN 2901 and FREN 2902 |
| Law | SSCI 1902 and SSCI 1903 |
| Literature in English | ENGL 1205 and ENGL 1901 |
| Management of Business | MGMT 1281 and BUSI 1903 |
| Physics | PHYS 1000 and PHYS 1001 |
| Pure Mathematics | MATH 1210 and SCIE 1904 |
| Sociology | SOCI 1210 ad SOCI 1901 |
| Spanish | SPAN 1100 (6) |
Each of the above Saint Mary’s courses counts as three credit hours with the exception of SPAN 1100 which counts as six credit hours. Credit for CAPE examined subjects, not listed above but with a grade of I, II or III will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Both units, one and two must be completed to be considered for transfer credit.
Note: Official transcripts for both units one and two are required. Credit is not awarded on the basis of interim school, predicted or mock results. In addition, students have the choice of refusing credits.
Revised October 2017