AP Test Credit - UC Merced

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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

Exempt from taking chemistry readiness exam. Score of 4 or 5, exempt Chemistry 2.

Computer Science

Check with the school for course exemption.

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

• COMPARATIVE | Score of 4 or 5, exempt Political Science 3.
• UNITED STATES | Score of 4 or 5, exempt Political Science 1.

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 4 or 5, exempt Chinese 4 and/or Literatures and Cultures or History major foreign language requirement.
  French language | Score of 4 or 5, exempt French 4 and/or Literatures and Cultures or History major foreign language requirement.
• French literature | Score of 4 or 5, exempt French 4 and/or Literatures and Cultures or History major foreign language requirement.
• German language | Score of 4 or 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 4 or 5, exempt Spanish 4 and/or World Cultures and His­tory foreign language requirement.
  Spanish Language | Score of 4 or 5, exempt Spanish 4 and/or World Cultures and His­tory foreign language requirement.
  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 | Score of 4 or 5 earns 5.3 semes­ter 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 15. Score of 5 exempts Economics 10 or Political Science 10.