Advanced Placement (AP) Credit
for majors in the School of the Arts and Architecture and Herb Alpert School of Music
Please note:
- Credit awarded by UCLA as a result of AP exams is subject
to change without notice. Course descriptions for each AP subject are reviewed by UCLA on a yearly basis.
- Beginning Fall 2019, AP exam credit will no longer satisfy General Education requirements
- AP examinations, IB examinations, and college courses taken prior to or after enrolling at UCLA may be duplicative. In these cases we will award credit for only one.
Code | Definition |
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AH | satisfies American History and Institutions requirement |
EW | satisfies Entry Level Writing requirement |
FAH-LC * | 4 units toward Foundations of the Arts and Humanities (Literary and Cultural Analysis) |
FAH-VP * | 4 units toward Foundations of the Arts and Humanities (Visual and Performance Arts Analysis and Practice) |
FL | satisfies Foreign Language requirement |
FSC-H * | 8 units toward Foundations of Society and Culture (Historical Analysis) |
FSC-S * | 4 units toward Foundations of Society and Culture (Social Analysis) |
FSI * | 4 units toward Foundations of Scientific Inquiry |
QR | Quantitative Reasoning requirement |
W1 | satisfies English Composition Writing 1 requirement |
* No longer satisfies General Education requirements beginning Fall 2019
Last modified: December 2017
AP Examination |
Credit at UCLA |
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Exam Name | Score | Subject Area |
Title/Course # | Units |
Req's Met * |
Art | |||||
- Art History | 3-5 | ART HIS | Art History | 8.0 | FAH-VP * |
- Studio Art (8 unit max for all 3 exams) |
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- Drawing Portfolio | 3-5 | ART | Art Studio | 8.0 | |
- 2-D Design Portfolio | 3-5 | ART | Art Studio | 8.0 | |
- 3-D Design Portfolio | 3-5 | ART | Art Studio | 8.0 | |
Biology | 3-5 | LIFE SCI | Unassigned | 8.0 | FSI * |
Chemistry | 3 | CHEM | Introductory | 8.0 | FSI * |
4-5 | CHEM | General | 8.0 | FSI * | |
Chinese Language and Culture | 3-5 | CHIN | Elementary Chinese | 8.0 | FL |
Computer Science (8 unit max for both the A and AB exams) |
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- Computer Science A[1] (units offered may vary) |
3-5 | COM SCI | Unassigned | 8.0 | |
- Computer Science AB | 3-5 | COM SCI | Unassigned | 4.0 | QR |
- Computer Science Principles | 3-5 | COM SCI | Computer Science Principles | 8.0 | |
Economics | |||||
- Macroeconomics | 3 | ECON | Unassigned | 4.0 | |
4-5 | ECON | 2 | 4.0 | ||
- Microeconomics | 3 | ECON | Unassigned | 4.0 | |
4-5 | ECON | 1 | 4.0 | ||
English (8 unit max for both exams) |
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- Language/Composition | 3 | ENGL | Unassigned | 8.0 | EW |
4-5 | ENGCOMP | 3 | 8.0 | EW, W1 | |
- Literature/Composition | 3 | ENGL | Unassigned | 8.0 | EW |
4-5 | ENGCOMP | 3 | 8.0 | EW, W1 | |
Environmental Science | 3-5 | GEOG | Environ Science | 4.0 | FSI * |
French | |||||
- French Language and Culture | 3 | FRNCH | 4 | 8.0 | FL |
4 | FRNCH | 5 | 8.0 | FL | |
5 | FRNCH | 6 | 8.0 | FL | |
- French Literature | 3-5 | FRNCH | Literature | 8.0 | FAH-LC * |
German Language and Culture | 3 | GERMAN | 3 | 8.0 | FL |
4 | GERMAN | 4 | 8.0 | FL | |
5 | GERMAN | 5 | 8.0 | FL | |
Government and Politics | |||||
- Comparative | 3-5 | POL SCI | Comparative | 4.0 | FSC-S * |
- US | 3-5 | POL SCI | United States | 4.0 | AH, FSC-S * |
History | |||||
- European | 3-5 | HIST | European | 8.0 | FSC-H * |
- US | 3-5 | HIST | United States | 8.0 | AH, FSC-H * |
- World | 3-5 | HIST | World | 8.0 | |
Human Geography | 3-5 | GEOG | Human Geography | 4.0 | |
Italian Language and Culture | 3 | ITALIAN | 3 | 8.0 | FL |
4 | ITALIAN | 4 | 8.0 | FL | |
5 | ITALIAN | 6 | 8.0 | FL | |
Japanese Language and Culture | 3-5 | JAPAN | Elementary Japanese | 8.0 | FL |
Latin | 3 | LATIN | 1 | 4.0 | |
4-5 | LATIN | 3 | 4.0 | FL | |
Mathematics (8 unit max for both exams) |
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- Calculus AB/ AB subscore of BC exam |
3-4 | MATH | Calculus | 4.0 | QR |
5 | MATH | 31A | 4.0 | QR | |
- Calculus BC | 3 | MATH | Calculus | 8.0 | QR |
4 | MATH | 31A / Calculus | 8.0 | QR | |
5 | MATH | 31A and 31B | 8.0 | QR | |
Music Theory | 3-5 | MUSIC | Theory | 8.0 | |
Physics (8 unit max for all physics exams; 4 unit max toward General Education ) |
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- Physics 1 | 3-5 | PHYSICS | General | 8.0 | FSI * |
- Physics 2 | 3-5 | PHYSICS | General | 8.0 | FSI * |
- Physics B | 3-5 | PHYSICS | General "B" | 8.0 | FSI * |
- Physics C: Electricity/ Magnetism |
3-5 | PHYSICS | General "C" | 4.0 | FSI * |
- Physics C: Mechanics |
3-5 | PHYSICS | General "C" | 4.0 | FSI * |
Psychology | 3 | PSYCH | Unassigned | 4.0 | |
4-5 | PSYCH | 10 | 4.0 | ||
Spanish | |||||
- Spanish Language and Cultures[2] | 3 | SPAN | 3 | 8.0 | FL |
4 | SPAN | 4 | 8.0 | FL | |
5 | SPAN | 5 | 8.0 | FL | |
- Spanish Literature and Cultures | 3-5 | SPAN | Literature | 8.0 | FAH-LC * |
Statistics | 3-5 | STATS | Unassigned | 4.0 | QR |
* No longer satisfies General Education requirements beginning Fall 2019