Merced
All Schools
Art History
Score of 4 or 5, exempt one 4-unit general education course in Arts.
Art (Studio)
Score of 4 or 5, exempt one 4-unit general education course in Arts.
Biology
Score of 4 or 5, exempt Biological Sciences 1.
Chemistry
Score of 3 or above, exempt from taking chemistry readiness exam. Score of 4 or 5, exempt Chemistry 2.
Computer Science
Earns 2.7 semester units elective credit.
Economics
Each test: Score of 4 or 5 earns 5.3 semester units elective credit.
Both tests: Score of 4 or 5, exempt Economics 1.
English
Either test: Score of 3 satisfies Entry-Level Writing Requirement, exempts Writing 1.
Language: Score of 4 or 5, exempt Writing 10.
Literature: Score of 4 or 5, exempt Literature 20-21, 30-31 or 40-41 sequence.
Environmental Science
Score of 4 or 5, exempt Earth Systems Science 1.
Government and Politics
United States: Score of 4 or 5, exempt Political Science 1.
Comparative: Score of 4 or 5, exempt Political Science 3.
History
European: Score of 4 or 5, exempt History 30-31.
United States: Score of 4 or 5, exempt History 16-17.
World: Score of 4 or 5, exempt History 10-11.
Human Geography
Score of 4 or 5 earns 2.7 semester units elective credit.
Language Other Than English
Chinese: Score of 5, exempt Chinese 4.
French Language: Score of 5, exempt French 4.
French Literature: Score of 4 or 5, exempt Literatures and Cultures or History major foreign language requirement.
German Language: Score 5, exempt Literatures and Cultures or History major foreign language requirement.
German Literature: Score of 4 or 5, exempt Literatures and Cultures or History major foreign language requirement.
Japanese: Score of 5, exempt Japanese 4.
Spanish Language: Score 5, exempt Spanish 4 or 11.
Spanish Literature: Score 4 or 5, exempt Literature 50-51; score of 3 fulfills the foreign language requirement for students majoring in Literatures and Cultures with a concentration in literatures of the English-speaking world; score of 4 or 5 fulfills Spanish language requirement for those majoring in Literatures and Cultures with a concentration in literatures of the Spanish-speaking world.
Latin
Earns 2.7 semester units elective credit.
Mathematics
Either test: Score of 4 or 5, exempt Math Readiness Exam and meets School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts Quantitative Reasoning Requirement.
Calculus AB: Score of 4 or 5, exempt Math 21.
Calculus BC: Score of 3, exempt Calculus Readiness Exam and Math 21; score of 4 or 5, exempt Math 21 and Math 22.
AB Subscore: Score of 4 or 5, exempt Math 21.
Music Theory
Score of 4 or 5 earns 5.3 semester units elective credit.
Physics
Physics B: Earns 5.3 units elective credit.
Physics C Mechanics: Score of 4 earns 2.7 semester units elective credit; score of 5, exempt Physics 8.
Physics C Electricity and Magnetism: Score of 4 or 5 earns 2.7 semester units elective credit.
Psychology
Score of 4 or 5, exempt Psychology 1.
Statistics
Score of 4 or 5 meets School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts Quantitative Reasoning Requirement; exempt Math 18. Score of 5 exempts Economics 10 or Political Science 10.