AP credits: Santa Cruz

In addition to fulfilling the general education requirements listed below, some AP exams are also equivalent to specific UCSC courses. Detailed exam equivalency information is available on the UCSC Degree Progress Unit website.

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African American Studies
Satisfies Ethnicity and Race (ER) general education requirement.

2-D Art and Design
Satisfies Interpreting Arts and Media (IM) general education requirement.

3-D Art and Design
Satisfies Interpreting Arts and Media (IM) general education requirement.

Art and Design: Drawing
Satisfies Practice: Creative Process (PR-C) general education requirement.

Art History
Satisfies Interpreting Arts and Media (IM) general education requirement.

Biology
Satisfies Scientific Inquiry (SI) general education requirement.

Chemistry

Satisfies Scientific Inquiry (SI) general education requirement.

Computer Science A

Satisfies Mathematical and Formal Reasoning (MF) general education requirement. 

Computer Science Principles
Satisfies Mathematical and Formal Reasoning (MF) general education requirement. 

Economics: Microeconomics

Satisfies Perspectives: Human Behavior (PE-H) general education requirement.

Economics: Macroeconomics
Satisfies Perspectives: Human Behavior (PE-H) general education requirement.

Environmental Science

Satisfies Perspectives: Environmental Awareness (PE-E) general education requirement.

Government and Politics: Comparative 
Satisfies Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) general education requirement.

History: European

Satisfies Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) general education requirement.

History: Modern World
Satisfies Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) general education requirement.

Literature & Culture: Spanish

Satisfies Textual Analysis and Interpretation (TA) general education requirement.
Language and Culture: Earns 8 units credit.

Latin
Satisfies Textual Analysis and Interpretation (TA) requirement.

Mathematics: Precalculus
Satisfies Mathematical and Formal Reasoning (MF) general education requirement. Exam does not earn unit credits. 

Mathematics: Calculus AB
Satisfies Mathematical and Formal Reasoning (MF) general education requirement.

Mathematics: Calculus BC
Satisfies Mathematical and Formal Reasoning (MF) general education requirement.

Physics 1

Satisfies Scientific Inquiry (SI) general requirement.

Physics 2
Satisfies Scientific Inquiry (SI) general requirement.

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Satisfies Scientific Inquiry (SI) general requirement.

Physics: C Mechanics

Score of 3: satisfies Scientific Inquiry (SI) general education requirement.
Score of 4 or 5: satisfies Mathematical and Formal Reasoning (MF) general education requirement.

Psychology

Satisfies Perspectives: Human Behavior (PE-H) general education requirement.

Statistics

Satisfies Statistical Reasoning (SR) general education requirement.