AP credits: Santa Cruz
All Colleges
Art History
Earns 8 units credit; satisfies Interpreting Arts and Media requirement.
Art (Studio)
Earns 8 units credit; satisfies Practice (Creative Process) requirement.
Biology
Earns 8 units credit; satisfies Scientific Inquiry requirement.
Chemistry
Earns 8 units credit; satisfies Scientific Inquiry requirement.
Computer Science
Computer Science A: Earns 8 units elective credit. (Students who took the exam before 2018 earn 2 quarter units instead of 8). Computer Science Principles: Earns 8 units credits; satisfies the Mathematical and Formal Reasoning requirement.
Economics
Each test: Earns 4 units credit; satisfies Perspectives (Human Behavior) requirement.
English
Either test: Earns 8 units credit.
Environmental Science
Earns 4 units credit; satisfies Perspectives (Environmental Awareness) requirement.
Government and Politics
Comparative: Earns 4 units credit; satisfies Cross-Cultural Analysis requirement.
United States: Earns 4 units elective credit.
History
United States: Earns 8 units credit.
European: Earns 8 units credit; satisfies Cross-Cultural Analysis requirement.
World: Modern: Earns 8 units credit; satisfies Cross-Cultural Analysis requirement.
Human Geography
Earns 4 units elective credit.
Language & Culture
Language: Earns 8 units credit.
Spanish Literature & Culture: Earns 8 units credit; satisfies Textual Analysis and Interpretation requirement.
Language and Culture: Earns 8 units credit.
Latin
Earns 4 units credit; satisfies Textual Analysis and Interpretation requirement.
Mathematics
One or more tests: Satisfies Mathematical and Formal Reasoning requirement.
Calculus AB: Earns 4 units credit.
Calculus BC: Earns 8 units credit.
Music Theory
Earns 8 units credit.
Physics
One or more tests: Satisfies Scientific Inquiry requirement.
Physics B: Earns 8 units credit.
Physics C, each test: Earns 4 units credit. Scores of 4 or 5 satisfy the Mathematical and Formal Reasoning requirement.
Maximum of 8 units granted for all Physics exams.
Psychology
Earns 4 units credit; satisfies Perspectives (Human Behavior) requirement.
Statistics
Earns 4 units credit; satisfies Statistical Reasoning requirement.