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AP credit cannot be used to satisfy the campus general education requirements.

Art History
Score of 5, exempt Art 1A-1B-1C; partially satisfies Area (breadth) requirements for the  A.B. degree in the College of Biological Sciences and the College of Letters and Science.

Art (Studio)
Note: 8 transferable unit maximum for all Studio Art exams.
Score of 4, exempt Art 2; partially satisfies Area (breadth) requirements for the A.B. degree in the College of Biological Sciences and the College of Letters and Science. Score of 5, exempt Art 2 and 5; partially satisfies Area breadth requirements for the A.B. degree in the College of Biological Sciences and the College of Letters and Science.

Biology
Earns 4 units Natural Sciences credit or satisfies preparatory courses for science majors in the College of Letters and Science; exempt Biological Sciences 10. Biological  Sciences 2A is the first course taken by most life science majors.

Chemistry
Earns 4 units Natural Sciences credit or satisfies preparatory courses for science majors in the College of Letters and Science. Score of 3 or 4, exempt Chemistry 10. Score of 5, exempt Chemistry 2A. Chemistry 2A may be taken for credit, but Chemistry 2AH-2BH-2CH is preferred.

Computer Science

Note: 4 transferable unit maximum for all Computer Science exams.
Computer Science A: Earns 4 units Natural Sciences credit or preparatory courses for science majors in the College of Letters and Science.
Computer Science AB: Earns 4 units Natural Sciences credit or preparatory courses for science majors in the College of Letters and Science. Score of 4 or 5, exempt Engineering Computer Science 30; credit for Computer Science and Engineering 30 may serve as prerequisite for Computer Science  and Engineering 40 with consent of instructor. In the College of Engineering, score of 3 earns unrestricted elective credit.

Economics
Microeconomics: Exempt Economics 1A.
Macroeconomics: Exempt Economics 1B.

English
Note: 8 transferable unit maximum for all English exams.
Either test: Satisfies the Entry-Level Writing requirement; score of 4 or 5, exempt English 3, University Writing Program 1. In the College of Biological Sciences, score of 4 or 5 satisfies 4 lower-division units of the college’s English composition requirement; in College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, satisfies 4 units of the first half of the English composition requirement. In the College of Letters and Science, score of 4 or 5 satisfies first course toward English composition requirement.

Environmental Science
In the College of Letters and Science, earns 4 units Natural Sciences credit or preparatory courses for science majors.

Government and Politics
United States: Exempt Political Science 1; satisfies American History and Institutions requirement.
Comparative: Exempt Political Science 2.

History
United States: Exempt History 17A-17B; History 17A-17B may be taken for full credit. Satisfies American History and Institutions requirement.
European: Exempt History 4B-4C; History 4A-4B may be taken for full credit.

Language Other Than English
Each test: In the College of Letters and Science and the College of Biological Sciences, language examinations except for Latin and the literature examinations in French and Spanish, satisfy the foreign language requirement. Until otherwise determined, the language and culture examinations do not satisfy the foreign language requirement.

French Language: Score of 3, exempt French 3; score of 4, exempt French 21; score of 5, exempt French 22.

German Language: Score of 3, exempt German 3; score of 4, exempt German 20; score of 5, exempt German 21.

Spanish Language: Score of 3, exempt Spanish 21; score of 4, exempt Spanish 22; score of 5, exempt Spanish 23.

Spanish Literature: Score of 3, exempt Spanish 23; score of 4 or 5, exempt Spanish 24

Latin (Vergil)
Exempt Latin 2.

Mathematics
Note: 8 transferable unit maximum for all Mathematics-Calculus exams. Score of 3, 4, 5 for all Mathematics—Calculus exams satisfies UC-M admission eligibility area.
Calculus AB: Earns 4 units Natural Sciences credit or satisfies preparatory courses for science majors in the College of Letters and Science; score of 4 or 5, exempt Mathematics 12, 16A, 17A or 21A; Mathematics 16A, 17A or 21A may be taken for full credit. Credit for Mathematics 16A, 17A or 21A equivalents may serve as prerequisite for Mathematics 16B, 17B or 21B.
Calculus BC: Earns 8 units Natural Sciences credit or satisfies preparatory courses for science majors. Score of 3 or 4, exempt Mathematics 12, 16A, 17A or 21A; Mathematics 16A, 17A or 21A may be taken for full credit; Mathematics 16A, 17A or 21A equivalents may serve as prerequisite for Mathematics 16B, 17B or 21B. Score of 5, exempt Mathematics 12, 16A-16B, 17A-17B or 21A-21B; Mathematics 16A, 16B, 17A, 17B, 21A or 21B may be taken for full credit; Mathematics 16A, 16B, 17A, 17B, 21A or 21B equivalents may serve as a prerequisite for Mathematics 16B, 16C, 17B, 17C, 21B or 21C.

Music Theory
Exempt Music 10. In the College of Biological Sciences and the College of Letters and Science, partially satisfies Area (breadth) requirements for the A.B. degree.

Physics
Note: 8 transferable unit maximum for all three Physics exams.
Physics B: Earns 8 units toward Natural Sciences credit or preparatory courses for science majors in the College of Letters and Science. Score of 4 or 5, exempt
Physics 1A-1B.
Physics C Mechanics: Earns 4 units toward Natural Sciences credit or preparatory courses for science majors in the College of Letters and Science; score of 4 or 5, exempt Physics 1A.
Physics C Electricity and Magnetism: Earns 4 units toward Natural Sciences credit or preparatory courses for science majors in the College of Letters and Science.

Psychology
Score of 5, exempt Psychology 1.

Statistics
Earns 4 units Natural Sciences credit or preparatory courses for science majors in the College of Letters and Science. Score of 4 or 5, exempt Statistics 13; Statistics 13 may be taken for full credit.