Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations
Transfer credit is granted for each College Board Advanced Placement AP examination completed with an official score of 3, 4 or 5. The credit will be part of the minimum 180 quarter units you need in order to receive a bachelor's degree. The credit from the AP examinations may also be used to satisfy specific degree requirements.
This is the link to view the 2024-2025 Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations Credit: http://catalog.ucdavis.edu/admission/ap.html
Attached are PDFs of the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Examination Credit for the academic years 2010-12, 2012-14 and 2014-16.
Advanced Placement Exams
If the student has taken an AP Spanish exam the score will place them into an Intermediate Spanish course. Unlike the placement exam, students are obligated to continue the series from which they have been placed by an AP exam score. For example, if a student received a 4 in the AP Spanish Language & Culture exam their UCD course equivalent would be SPA 022. This means they would continue the series and register for SPA 023 instead of SPA 022.
Reference OASIS Academic Record tab: (i.e. (SPA 022) - APSP - ADV PLAC Spanish Language (score: 4))
There are two types of AP Spanish exams:
Spanish Language & Culture | UCD Course Equivalent | Which course to register for: |
| With score of 3 | Spanish 021 | Spanish 022 |
| With score of 4 | Spanish 022 | Spanish 023 |
| With score of 5 | Spanish 023 | Spanish 024 |
Spanish Literature & Culture | UCD Course Equivalent | Which course to register for: |
| With score of 3 | Spanish 023 | Spanish 024 |
| With score of 4 or 5 | Spanish 024 | Continue to Spanish Upper Divisions (Recommend to start with Group 1 - SPA 100, SPA 141, or SPA 170) |
If you are interested in the Intermediate Spanish for Native Speaker Series (Heritage Spanish) refer to: Navigating the Preparatory Lower Division Courses