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AP Test Credit - UC Santa Barbara
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Chemistry
Earns 8 units elective credit.
Computer Science
computer science ab| Score of 3 earns 4 units credit and subject credit for Computer Science 5PA; score of 4 or 5 earns subject credit, by petition, for Computer Science 10. Students substituting AP credit for Computer Science 10 must take Computer Science 11JA before enrolling in Computer Science 20.
English
- Either test | Score of 3 earns 8 units credit, satisfies Entry Level Writing requirement; score of 4 earns 8 units credit, satisfies Entry Level Writing requirement, equivalent to Writing 2; score of 5 earns 8 units credit, satisfies Entry Level Writing requirement, equivalent to Writing 2 and 50, which satisfies English Reading and Composition requirement.
Mathematics
- Calculus AB | Earns 4 units credit; earns subject credit for Mathematics 3A.
- Calculus BC | Earns 8 units credit; earns subject credit for Mathematics 3A and 3B.
Physics
- Physics B | Earns 8 units elective credit.
- Physics C, each test | Earns 4 units elective credit.
COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE
In addition to the general education credit granted as listed below, passing scores for some Advanced Placement tests may also be equivalent to courses offered at UCSB. For information on specific course equivalencies, please refer to the UCSB General Catalog.
Art History
Earns 8 units credit; earns credit for one course of Arts general education requirement.
Art (Studio)
Earns 8 units credit; no general education credit.
Biology
Earns 8 units credit; earns credit for one course of Science, Mathematics, and Technology general education requirement.
Chemistry
Earns 8 units credit; earns credit for one course of Science, Mathematics, and Technology general education requirement; satisfies Quantitative Relationships requirement.
Computer Science
- Computer Science A | Earns 2 units credit; no general education credit.
- Computer Science AB | Earns 4 units credit; earns credit for one course of Science, Mathematics, and Technology general education requirement; satisfies Quantitative Relationships requirement.
Economics
- Each test | Earns 4 units credit; earns credit for one course of Social Sciences general education requirement for each test.
English
- Either test | Score of 3 earns 8 units credit, satisfies Entry-Level Writing requirement; score of 4 earns 8 units credit, satisfies Entry-Level Writing requirement, equivalent to Writing 2 within the English Reading and Composition general education requirement; score of 5 earns 8 units credit, satisfies Entry Level Writing requirement, equivalent to Writing 2 and 50, the entire English Reading and Composition general education requirement.
Environmental Science
Earns 4 units credit; earns credit for one course of Science, Mathematics, and Technology general education requirement.
Government and Politics
- United States | Earns 4 units credit; earns credit for one course of Social Sciences general education requirement; satisfies American History and Institutions requirement.
- Comparative | Earns 4 units credit; earns credit for one course of Social Sciences general education requirement.
History
- United States | Earns 8 units credit; satisfies American History and Institutions requirement; earns credit for one course of Social Sciences general education requirement.
- European | Earns 8 units credit; earns credit for one course of Culture and Thought general education requirement.
Latin
- each test | Earns 4 units credit; satisfies Foreign Language general education requirement.
Mathematics
- Calculus AB | Earns 4 units credit; earns credit for one course of Science, Mathematics, and Technology general education requirement; satisfies Quantitative Relationships requirement.
- Calculus BC | Earns 8 units credit; earns credit for two courses of Science, Mathematics, and Technology general education requirement; satisfies Quantitative Relationships requirement.
Language Other Than English
Earns 8 units credit; satisfies Foreign Language general education requirement.
Physics
- One or more tests | Earns credit for one course of Science, Mathematics, and Technology general education requirement; satisfies Quantitative Relationships requirement.
- Physics B | Earns 8 units credit.
- Physics C, each test | Earns 4 units credit.
Psychology
Earns 4 units credit; earns credit for one course of Social Science general education requirement.
Statistics
Earns 4 units credit; earns credit for one course of Science, Mathematics, and Technology general education requirement; satisfies Quantitative Relationships requirement.
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