CEEB Advanced Placement from High School
The Advanced Placement program recognizes that certain students are often able to complete college-level courses while attending high school. The College Board provides course descriptions and professional consultants to help schools establish college-level courses. The program administers and grades the examinations and sends the results to the students' prospective colleges.
Successful completion of these examinations, which are administered in the student's high school, entitles the student to be considered for advanced placement, granted college credit, or both, depending upon the area and the examination scores. Advanced placement without credit does not reduce the total units to be earned for the bachelor's degree, but allows the student to study at a higher level than otherwise possible. Advanced placement with credit reduces the units to be completed for a degree. Final decision regarding credit or placement is the prerogative of the department concerned. The three top scores on Advanced Placement examinations are 5, 4, and 3; in many cases, a placement score of at least 3 will suffice for advanced placement and credit.
No grades are recorded for courses credited through the Advanced Placement program.
University policy encourages prospective students to avail themselves of Advanced Placement programs, because successful achievement will substantially increase flexibility in future course selection.
The following is a list of the Advanced Placement examinations offered and their course equivalents at the university:
| AP Exams and Grades | UA Courses | AP Credit |
| AMERICAN HISTORY | ||
| 4 OR 5 | HIST 106 & 107 | 6 Units |
| 1, 2, or 3 | None | None |
| ART (STUDIO) | ||
| None | None | |
| ART HISTORY | ||
| 3, 4 or 5 | ARH 117 & 118 | 6 Units |
| 1, 2 | None | None |
| BIOLOGY | ||
| 4 or 5 | ECOL-lower division credit | 8 Units |
| 3 | ECOL-lower division credit | 4 Units |
| 2 | Placement by Department | None |
| 1 | None | None |
| CHEMISTRY | ||
| 4 or 5 | CHEM 103a-b, 104a-b | 8 Units |
| 3 | CHEM 103a, 104a | 4 Units |
| 1 or 2 | None | None |
| COMPUTER SCIENCE A | ||
| 4, or 5 | C SC lower division credit or MIS 111 | 3 Units |
| 3 | MIS 111 | 3 Units |
| 1 or 2 | None | None |
| COMPUTER SCIENCE AB | ||
| 5 | C SC 227 | 3 Units |
| 3 or 4 | C SC lower division credit | 3 Units |
| ECONOMICS-MICROECONOMICS | ||
| 4 or 5 | ECON 201a | 3 Units |
| 1, 2, or 3 | None | None |
| MACROECONOMICS | ||
| 4 or 5 | ECON 201b | 3 Units |
| 1, 2, or 3 | None | None |
| ENGLISH LITERATURE/COMPOSITION | ||
| 4 or 5 | Engl. Comp.* - lower division credit, 3 units; and 3 units ENGL 267 | 6 Units |
| 1, 2, or 3 | None | None |
| * A combination of AP composition credit and credit for English 109H with a grade of C or better satisfies the University freshman-composition requirement. Credit can be earned in either English Literature/Composition or English Language/Composition. | ||
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE/COMPOSITION | ||
| 4 or 5 | Engl. Comp.* - lower division credit | 6 Units |
| 1, 2, or 3 | None | None |
| * A combination of AP composition credit and credit for English 109H with a grade of C or better satisfies the University freshman-composition requirement. Credit can be earned in either English Literature/Composition or English Language/Composition. | ||
| EUROPEAN HISTORY | ||
| 4 or 5 | HIST 101 & 102 | 6 Units |
| 1, 2, 3 | None | None |
| FRENCH LANGUAGE | ||
| 5 | FREN 201, 202, 305a-305b | 14 Units |
| 4 | FREN 201, 202, 305a | 11 Units |
| 3 | FREN 201, 202 | 8 Units |
| 2 | Proficiency met at 16-unit level | None |
| 1 | None | None |
| FRENCH LITERATURE | ||
| 5 | FREN 201, 202, 350, 401 | 14 Units |
| 4 | FREN 201, 202, 350 | 11 Units |
| 3 | FREN 201, 202 | 8 Units |
| 2 | Proficiency met at 16-unit level | None |
| 1 | None | None |
| GERMAN | ||
| 5 | GER 101, 102, 201, 202, 315a-315b | 22 Units |
| 3 or 4 | GER 101, 102, 201, 202 | 16 Units |
| 2 | GER 101, 102 | 8 Units |
| 1 | None | None |
| LATIN: VERGIL | ||
| LATIN: CATO/HORACE | ||
| 4 or 5 | LAT 202 | 4 Units |
| 3 | Advanced placement: Automatic satisfaction of the foreign language requirement | None |
| 1 or 2 | None | None |
| MATHEMATICS AB | ||
| 3, 4, or 5 | MATH 125a or123 | 3 Units |
| 1 or 2 | None | None |
| MATHEMATICS BC | ||
| 3, 4, or 5 | MATH 125a-125b | 6 Units |
| 2 | MATH 125a | 3 Units |
| 1 | None | None |
| MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| 5 | MUS 130a-130b | 4 Units |
| 4 | MUS 130a | 2 Units |
| 3 | MUS 107 | 3 Units |
| 1 or 2 | None | None |
| MUSIC THEORY | ||
| 5 | MUS 130a-130b | 6 Units |
| 3 or 4 | MUS 120a | 3 Units |
| 2 | MUS 100 | 3 Units |
| 1 | None | None |
| POLITICAL SCIENCE A maximum of 9 units can be earned by AP exams |
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| AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | ||
| 3, 4, or 5 | POL 102 | 3 Units |
| 1 or 2 | None | None |
| COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | ||
| 3, 4, or 5 | POL 140 | 3 Units |
| 1 or 2 | None | None |
| PHYSICS B | ||
| 3, 4, or 5 | PHYS 102a, 103 | 6 Units |
| 1 or 2 | None | None |
| PHYSICS C Electricity and Magnetism | ||
| 4 or 5 | PHYS 241 | 4 Units |
| 1, 2, or 3 | None | None |
| PHYSICS C Mechanics | ||
| 4 or 5 | PHYS 141 | 4 Units |
| 1, 2, or 3 | None | None |
| PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| 4 or 5 | PSYC 101 | 3 Units |
| 1,2, or 3 | None | None |
| SPANISH LANGUAGE* | ||
| 5 | SPAN 201, 202, 301a-301b | 14 Units |
| 4 | SPAN 201, 202, 301a | 11 Units |
| 3 | SPAN 201, 202 | 8 Units |
| 2 | Placement at 202 level | None |
| 1 | None | None |
| SPANISH LITERATURE* | ||
| 5 | SPAN 201, 202, and 6 upper-division credit | 14 Units |
| 4 | SPAN 201, 202, and 3 upper-division credits | 11 Units |
| 3 | SPAN 201, 202 | 8 Units |
| 2 | Placement at 202 level | None |
| 1 | None | None |
* If a student earns a grade of 5 in both the Spanish language exam and the Spanish literature exam, credit will be given for SPAN 201 and 202, 301a and 301b, and for 6 units of upper division literature credit for a total of 20 units. If a student earns a grade of 5 in the language examination and a 4 in the literature examination, credit will be given for SPAN 201 and 202, 301a and 301b, and for three units of upper division literature, for a total of 17 units. If a student earns a grade of 4 in both the Spanish language exam and the Spanish literature exam, credit will be given for SPAN 201 and 202, 301a, and 3 units of upper division Spanish literature, for a total of 14 units.