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AP Test Credit - UC Davis

ALL COLLEGES

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

Art History

Score of 5 earns 8 units Humanities or unrestricted
elective credit in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; exempt Art 1A-1B-1C. Score of 5 partially satisfies Area (breadth) requirements in the
College of Biological Sciences and the College
of Letters and Science.

Art (Studio)

Score of 4 earns 8 units Humanities or unrestricted elective credit in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; exempt Art 2. Score of 4 partially satisfies Area (breadth) requirements in the College
of Biological Sciences and the College of Letters and Science. Score of 5 earns 8 units Humanities or unrestricted elective credit in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; exempt Art 2 and 5. Score
of 5 partially satisfied Area requirements in the College of Biological Sciences and the College of Letters and Science.

Biology

Earns 4 units Natural Sciences credit; exempt Biological Sciences 10. Students considering life sciences majors should take Biological Sciences 1A or 2A.

Chemistry

Earns 4 units Natural Sciences credit or satisfies preparatory courses for science majors. 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.

Economics

  • Microeconomics | Exempt Economics 1A.
  • Macroeconomics | Exempt Economics 1B. In the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 4 units are allowed toward breadth requirements or unrestricted electives.

English

  • 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 and College of Letters and Science, score of 4 or 5 satisfies first course toward English composition requirement.

Government and Politics

  • United States | Earns 4 units Social Science or unrestricted elective credit in College of Letters and Science; earns 4 units Social Science or unrestricted Politics elective credit in College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; exempt Political Science 1; satisfies American History and
    Institutions requirement.
  • Comparative | Exempt Political Science 2; in College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and College of Letters and Science,
    earns 4 units Social Science or unrestricted elective credit; in College of Engineering, earns 4 units unrestricted elective credit.

History

  • United States | Earns 8 units Humanities or unrestricted elective credit in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; satisfies American History and Institutions requirement; exempt History 17A-17B. History
    17A-17B may be taken for full credit. European: Earns 8 units Humanities or unrestricted elective credit in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; exempt History 4B-4C. History 4A-4B may be taken for full credit.
  • European | Earns 8 units Humanities or unrestricted elective credit; exempt History 4B-4C. History 4A-4B may be taken for full credit.

Language Other Than English

  • Each test | In College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, earns 4 units Humanities or unrestricted elective credit; in College of Engineering, earns 4 units of unrestricted elective credit; in College of Biological Sciences (A.B. degree) and College of Letters and Science, with the
    exception of Latin, satisfies Foreign Language requirement.
  • French | Score of 3, exempt French 3; score of 4, exempt French 21; score of 5, exempt French 22.
  • German | Score of 3, exempt German 3; score of 4, exempt German 20; score of 5, exempt German 21.
  • Spanish | Exempt Spanish 3.

Latin

  • Each test | Exempt Latin 2.

Mathematics

  • Calculus AB | Earns 4 units Natural Sciences credit or satisfies preparatory courses for science majors; 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; score of 5, exempt Mathematics 12, 16A- 16B, 17A-17B, 21A-21B. Mathematics 16A, 16B, 17A, 17B, 21A or 21B may be taken
    for full credit.

Music

  • Each test | Earns 8 units Humanities or unrestricted elective credit; exempt Music 10; in the College of Biological Sciences and the College of Letters and Science, partially satisfies Area (breadth) requirements for A.B. degree.

Physics

  • Physics B | Earns 8 units Natural Sciences credit or satisfies preparatory courses for science majors. Score of 4 or 5, exempt Physics 1A-1B. In the College of Engineering, a score of 3, 4 or 5 earns 8 units of unrestricted electives.
  • Physics C Mechanics | Score of 4 or 5 earns 4 units Natural Sciences credit or satisfies preparatory courses for science majors; exempt Physics 1A. In the College of Engineering, a score of 3, 4 or 5 on Physics CI, CII earns 4 units of unrestricted electives.
  • Physics C Electricity and Magnetism | Earns 4 units Natural Sciences credit. In
    the College of Engineering, a score of 3, 4 or 5 on Physics CI, CII earns 4 units of unrestricted electives.
  • All Physics tests | Course equivalents may be used as prerequisites for succeeding courses of same series with consent of instructor.

Psychology

In the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 4 units of credit
toward breadth requirement or unrestricted electives; score of 5, exempt Psychology 1.


 

 

 
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