Academics
- Graduation Rate67%
- Majors Available40
- Student-to-Faculty Ratio21:1
- Retention Rate83%
AP Credit Policy
Scores of 3 or higher on Advanced Placement Exams earn unit credit. Some limitations apply where content of two or more exams overlap. Additionally, unit credit will not be awarded for an AP exam taken after the student completed a college course covering the same material. Placement is separate from the amount of unit credit awarded.
For more information, view the credit policy on the college's website.
Offers credits
Yes
Offers placement into advanced courses
Yes
AP Courses | Min Score Required | Number of Credits | Course Equivalent |
---|---|---|---|
2-D Art and Design | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area B: Media and Visual Analysis requirement. |
4 | 5.3 | One Visual Arts course in the Global Arts Studies Program major or one lower division GASP course in the GASP Minor. (When multiple AP Studio Art exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) | |
3-D Art and Design | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area B: Media and Visual Analysis requirement. |
4 | 5.3 | One Visual Arts course in the Global Arts Studies Program major or one lower division GASP course in the GASP Minor. (When multiple AP Studio Art exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) | |
Art History | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area B: Media and Visual Analysis requirement. |
4 | 5.3 | One lower division course within the Global Arts Studies Program major or minor. | |
Biology | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area A: Life Science requirement. |
4 | 5.3 | BIO 005 | |
Calculus AB | 3 | 2.7 | General Education Credit: fulfills the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement. |
3 | 2.7 | MATH 005. (When multiple AP Mathematics exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) | |
4 | 2.7 | MATH 011 or MATH 021. (When multiple AP Mathematics exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) | |
Calculus BC | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement. |
3 | 5.3 | MATH 011 or MATH 021. (When multiple AP Mathematics exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) | |
4 | 5.3 | (MATH 011 and MATH 012) or (MATH 021 and MATH 022). (When multiple AP Mathematics exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) | |
Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 3 | 2.7 | General Education Credit: fulfills the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement. |
3 | 2.7 | MATH 011 or MATH 021. (When multiple AP Mathematics exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) | |
Chemistry | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area A: Physical Science requirement. |
3 | 5.3 | CHEM 001 | |
5 | 5.3 | CHEM 002 and CHEM 010 | |
Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills Language requirement. |
5 | 5.3 | CHN 004 | |
Comparative Government and Politics | 3 | 2.7 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area B: Social Science requirement. |
4 | 2.7 | POLI 003 | |
Computer Science A | 3 | 5.3 | CSE 005 |
5 | 5.3 | CSE 022 | |
5 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills Language requirement. | |
Computer Science Principles | 3 | 5.3 | Elective Credit. |
Drawing | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area B: Media and Visual Analysis requirement. |
4 | 5.3 | One Visual Arts course in the Global Arts Studies Program major or one lower division GASP course in the GASP Minor. (When multiple AP Studio Art exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) | |
English Language and Composition | 3 | 5.3 | WRI 001. Also satisfies the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement. (When multiple AP English exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) |
4 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills Lower Division Written Communication requirement. | |
4 | 5.3 | WRI 010. (When multiple AP English exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) | |
English Literature and Composition | 3 | 5.3 | WRI 001. Also satisfies the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement.(When multiple AP English exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) |
4 | 5.3 | One English course (ENG 10-49) in the English Program Major or Minor. (When multiple AP English exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) | |
Environmental Science | 3 | 2.7 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area A: Life Science requirement. |
4 | 2.7 | ESS 001 | |
European History | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area B: Societies and Cultures of the Past requirement. |
4 | 5.3 | HIST 030B. | |
French Language and Culture | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills Language requirement. |
5 | 5.3 | FRE 004 | |
German Language and Culture | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills Language requirement. |
Human Geography | 3 | 2.7 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area B: Social Science requirement. |
Italian Language and Culture | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills Language requirement. |
Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills Language requirement. |
5 | 5.3 | JPN 004 | |
Latin | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills Language requirement. |
Macroeconomics | 3 | 2.7 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area B: Social Science requirement. |
4 | 2.7 | ECON 001. Requires both AP Economics: Macroeconomics and AP Economics: Microeconomics to be passed with a minimum score of 4. | |
Microeconomics | 3 | 2.7 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area B: Social Science requirement. |
4 | 2.7 | ECON 001. Requires both AP Economics: Macroeconomics and AP Economics: Microeconomics to be passed with a minimum score of 4. | |
Music Theory | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area B: Media and Visual Analysis requirement. (Credit only awarded for Music Theory. Subscore alone does not earn credit.) |
Physics 1 | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area A: Physical Science requirement. (When multiple AP Physics exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) |
Physics 2 | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area A: Physical Science requirement. (When multiple AP Physics exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) |
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | Not available | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area A: Physical Science requirement. (When multiple AP Physics exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) |
Physics C: Mechanics | 3 | 2.7 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area A: Physical Science requirement. (When multiple AP Physics exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) |
5 | 2.7 | (PHYS 008 and PHYS 008L) or (PHYS 018 and PHYS 018L). (When multiple AP Physics exams are taken and passed, total credit is limited to 5.3.) | |
Psychology | 3 | 2.7 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area B: Social Science requirement. |
4 | 2.7 | PSY 001 | |
Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills Language requirement. |
5 | 5.3 | SPAN 004 or SPAN 011 | |
Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 5.3 | (SPAN 004 or SPAN 011) and SPAN 050 and SPAN 051 |
Statistics | 3 | 2.7 | General Education Credit: fulfills Quantitative Reasoning Requirement. |
4 | 2.7 | BIO 018 or MATH 018 or PSY 010 | |
5 | 2.7 | ECON 010 or POLI 010 or SOC 010 | |
United States Government and Politics | 3 | 2.7 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area B: Social Science requirement. |
4 | 2.7 | POLI 001 | |
United States History | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area B: Societies and Cultures of the Past requirement. |
4 | 5.3 | HIST 016 and HIST 017 | |
World History: Modern | 3 | 5.3 | General Education Credit: fulfills (1) Approaches to Knowledge course for the Area B: Societies and Cultures of the Past requirement. |
4 | 5.3 | HIST 010 and HIST 011 |
Study Options
Majors and Degrees
The college offers the following degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral
A
- Anthropology
- Applied Mathematics
B
- Behavioral Sciences
- Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
- Biological/Biosystems Engineering
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General
- Business Administration and Management, General
C
- Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Chemistry, General
- Chemistry, Other
- Cognitive Science, General
- Comparative Literature
- Computer Engineering, General
- Computer Engineering, Other
- Computer Software Engineering
E
- Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
- Economics, General
- English Language and Literature, General
- Environmental Science
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
- Ethnic Studies
G
- Geology/Earth Science, General
H
- Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
- History, General
- History, Other
- Humanities/Humanistic Studies
M
- Management Science
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
P
- Philosophy
- Physical Sciences, Other
- Physics, General
- Political Science and Government, General
- Psychology, General
- Public Health, General
R
- Research and Experimental Psychology, Other
S
- Social Sciences, General
- Sociology
V
- Visual and Performing Arts, General
Need Help Choosing a Major?
Keep in mind most colleges don’t require students to declare a major until the end of their sophomore year, and many students change majors at least once.
Special Academics Program
- Accelerated Study
- Double Major
- Independent Study
- Internships
- Study Abroad
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