College Credit for Advanced Placement (AP)

The above chart is based on the most current information from CSU and UC systems. Changes may occur.

Students must have the College Board send AP exam transcripts to the Admissions Office (hand carried copies will not be accepted) for use to meet degree requirements.

*Tests prior to Fall 2009 may award credit in area different than stated above. Verify area of General Education Breath and/or U.S. History, Constitution, and American Ideals with the CSU Office of the Chancellor.

^1ACourse Equivalency is for CSU-approved standardized external examination and the student's transcript is annotated to reflect the course to which credit was earned for all students earning an Associate Degree (AA/AS) or an Associate Degree for Transfer (AA-T/AS-T). The CSU campus shall accept the course units awarded. These units shall be applied toward the lower-division unit requirements for the CSU degree and, if applicable, toward meeting the minimum unit designation for the CSU major or CSU GE-Breadth requirements.

^2AThese exams satisfy the Math competency requirement.

^3AThese exams satisfy the Reading competency requirement, the Written Expression competency requirement, as well as the course requirement for Information Competency. 

^4AThese exams satisfy the American History and Institutions course requirement.

¹If a student passes more than one AP exam in calculus or computer science, only one examination may be applied to the CSU baccalaureate.

²If a student passes more than one AP exam in physics, only six units of credit may be applied to the baccalaureate, and only four units of credit may be applied to a certification in GE Breath.

³8 quarter/5.3 units max for all exams, 4 quarter/2.7 semester units max between AB and AB sub-score

⁴8 quarter/5.3 units max for both English Language and Literature Composition

⁵8 quarter/5.3 units max for all three Physics exams

⁶8 quarter/5.3 units max for all Studio Art exams