Advanced Placement (AP) Tests

The student must be currently enrolled to receive Credit for Advanced Placement Tests. The District will grant three to six (3-6) units of area or elective credit for an examination score of three, four or five (3, 4 or 5) in subjects of the Advanced Placement (AP) program of the College Entrance Examination Board.

The units earned from Advanced Placement do not apply toward the Citrus College residency requirements for graduation. To request credit, students must submit official copies of Advanced Placement Examination test scores with a Student Petition form to the Office of Admissions and Records.

• The UC Policy for AP credit
• The CSU Systemwide Credit for External Examinations governing the use of these and other AP exams for awarding general education

1. Art and Design Exam Limitation: Maximum 5.3 semester/8 quarter for all 3 AP Art and Design exams (Drawing, 2D, 3D)
2. AP Calculus Exam Limitation: Maximum 5.3 semester/8 quarter for both
3. AP Calculus and Computer Science Exam Limitation: Only one AP exam in Calculus or Computer Science may be applied toward CSU baccalaureate.
4. Students who take the Calculus BC examination and earn a subscore of 3 or higher on the Calculus AB portion will receive UC credit for the Calculus AB examination, even if they do not receive a score of 3 or higher on the BC examination.
5. Advisory to Pre-med Students: Even though AP scores may place students into a higher level chemistry or physics course, many medical schools do not accept AP credit in lieu of college level course credit to fulfill admissions requirements. Students interested in medical school should consult directly with the medical schools they are considering for information on their credit policies. Students may also want to refer to www.aamc.org or www.aacom.org.
6. AP English Limitation: Maximum 5.3 semester/8 quarter for both
7. AP Government and Politics Exam Limitation: Also requires passing California state and local exam - Social Sciences Division
8. CSU graduation requirement areas of American Institutions (US-1 through US-3) are set forth in Sections IA and IB of CSU EO 1061, and at www.assist.org.
9. AP Government and Politics Exam Limitation: Fulfills CSU American Institutions United States Constitution and Government graduation requirement (US 2). Does not fulfill CSU American Institutions California Government graduation requirement (US 3). These are not Cal-GETC certification and/or CSU transfer requirements and can be satisfied after transfer to CSU.
10. AP Physics Exam Limitation: Maximum 5.3 semester/8 quarter for all Physics exams
11. AP Physics Exam Limitation: Maximum 6 semester toward CSU baccalaureate

Cal-GETC: AP exams must be used in the area indicated above regardless of where the certifying CCC’s discipline is located. 

CSU GE and IGETC: Students with 2024-2025 or earlier catalog rights may refer to the appropriate archived College Catalog to determine how AP exam credit applies to CSU GE and IGETC.

Duplication with college courses

Students should be advised that college courses taken before or after attending UC may duplicate AP, IB and/or A-Level examinations. Additionally, exams may duplicate each other (for example, an AP or IB exam in the same subject area).

If the student does duplicate an exam with another exam of the same subject content, and/or an exam with a college course, we will award credit only once. (Please see a counselor for further information).