Advanced Placement Test Scores  {SF State Bulletin 2015 - 2016}

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Advanced Placement (AP) Test Scores

 

Course credit available for some of the AP examinations below if taken in 2015-2016. Refer to the 2016-2017 University Bulletin for details.

 

Exam Passing Score Credits Earned Credits towards GE General Education
Art History 3 6 3 C1
Biology 3 6 4 B2 + B3
Calculus AB 1 3 3 3 B4
Calculus BC 1 3 6 3 B4
Calculus BC (fail) 2
Calculus AB subscore (pass)
3 3 3 B4
Chemistry 3 6 4 B1 + B3
Chinese Language & Culture 3 6 3 C2
Comparative Government & Politics 3 3 3 D
Computer Science A 3 3 3 0 No GE
Computer Science AB 3 3 6 0 No GE
English Language and Composition 3 6 6 A2 + A4
(also fulfills Written English requirements ENG 114 and ENG 214)
English Literature and Composition 3 6 6 A2 + A4 + C2
(also fulfills Written English requirements ENG 114 and ENG 214)
Environmental Science 3 4 4 B1 + B3
European History 3 6 3 D
French Language and Culture 4 3 6 3 C2
German Language and Culture 4 3 6 3 C2
Human Geography 3 3 3 D
Italian Language & Culture 3 6 3 C2
Japanese Language & Culture 3 6 3 C2
Latin 5 3 6 3 C2
Macroeconomics 3 3 3 D
Microeconomics 3 3 3 D
Physics 1 6 3 4 4 B1 + B3
Physics 2 6 3 4 4 B1 + B3
Physics C (Elec./Magnetism) 6 3 4 4 B1 + B3
Physics C (Mechanics) 6 3 4 4 B1 + B3
Psychology 3 3 3 D
Seminar 3 3 0 No GE
Spanish Language and Culture 7 3 6 3 C2
Spanish Literature and Culture 7 3 6 3 C2
Statistics 3 3 3 B4
Studio Art - 2D Design 3 3 0 No GE
Studio Art - 3D Design 3 3 0 No GE
Studio Art - Drawing 3 3 0 No GE
U.S. Govt. & Politics 3 3 3 D + USG
U.S. History 3 6 3 D + USH
World History 3 6 3 D

 

footnotes

  1. Maximum 8 units if both Calculus AB & BC are passed.
  2. Subscore only counts if student fails Calculus BC.
  3. Maximum 8 units if both CS A & AB are passed.
  4. Effective Fall 2014, replaces language-only exam. (AP French Literature removed effective Fall 2009.)
  5. Effective Fall 2014, replaces AP Latin: Vergil.
  6. Physics B last administered in May 2014. Physics 1 and 2 first administered in Fall 2014. Maximum 6 units total, with 4 units in GE, if more than one AP Physics exam is passed.
  7. Effective Fall 2014. Replaces AP Spanish Language and AP Spanish Literature exams.

 

 

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