EXAM AND UNITS
FOR UNIVERSITY
CREDIT
UC SAN DIEGO
COURSE
EXEMPTIONS
(FOR USE ON
MAJOR)
REVELLE
COLLEGE
JOHN MUIR
COLLEGE
THURGOOD MARSHALL
COLLEGE
EARL WARREN
COLLEGE
ELEANOR
ROOSEVELT
COLLEGE
SIXTH COLLEGE SEVENTH
COLLEGE
EIGHTH
COLLEGE
Computer Science
A (Java
Programming)—8
Computer Science
Principles—8
*Same subject area as IB
Computer Science
AP CS A:
Score of 4 or
5 = exempts CSE 8A;
student should take
CSE 11.
AP CS Principles
:
Score
of 4 or 5 = exempts
CSE 3.
CS A exam = 8 units of
elective credit.
CS Principles exam = 8
units of elective credit.
Refer to “UC San Diego
Course Exemptions.”
Any UC San Diego
course equivalent you
receive may be applied
to the appropriate Muir
GE theme.
An exam = meets 1 computer
programming and logic
course.
CS Principles exam = meets
lower division disciplinary
breadth if noncontiguous to
major.
Each exam = 2 courses
toward formal skills
requirement and/or science
and technology PofC (3
courses maximum toward
PofC).
Meets the 2-course
quantitative/
formal skills
requirement.
Score of 3, 4, or
5 meets 2 course
quantitative/formal
skills requirement.
Each score of 3, 4, or
5 meets quantitative
reasoning
requirement.
Elective credit
only*
Economics
Microeconomics—4
Macroeconomics—4
*Same subject area as IB
Economics
Score of 5 AP Micro =
ECON 1.
Score of 5 AP Macro =
ECON 3.
Each score of 3, 4, or 5
meets 1 course of social
science requirement.
Refer to “UC San Diego
Course Exemptions.”
Any UC San Diego
course equivalent you
receive may be applied
to the appropriate Muir
GE theme.
Each score of 3, 4, or 5 meets
1 lower-division disciplinary
breadth if noncontiguous to
major.
Each score of 3 or 4 = 1
course toward perspectives
of social science PofC. Each
score of 5 = 1 course toward
perspectives of social
science or economics PofC or
perspectives of social science
or economics area study.
Elective credit only Score of 4 or 5 = 1
course toward social
analysis.
Score of 3 = elective
credit.
Each score of 3,
4, or 5 satises
1 course toward
social sciences
requirement.
Each score of 3,
4, or 5 satises
1 course toward
social sciences
requirement.
English
Composition and
Literature—8
Language and
Composition—8
(8-unit maximum for
both tests)
*Same subject area as IB
English
Score of 3, 4, or 5 meets
Entry Level Writing
requirement.
8 units of elective credit
and clears Entry Level
Writing requirement
(8 units maximum for
both tests).
8 units of elective
credit and clears
Entry Level Writing
requirement (8 units
maximum for both
tests). Does not clear
any general education
requirements.
8 units of elective credit and
clears Entry Level Writing
requirement (8 units maximum
for both tests).
8 units of elective credit
and clears Entry Level
Writing requirement (8 units
maximum for both tests).
Composition and Literature
score of 3, 4, or 5 = 2 courses
toward humanities or
literature PofC or 1 course
toward humanities or
literature area study.
8 units of elective
credit and clears
Entry Level Writing
requirement (8
units maximum for
both tests).
8 units elective credit
and clears Entry Level
Writing requirement
(8 units maximum for
both tests).
8 units of elective
credit and clears
Entry Level Writing
requirement.
8 units elective
credit and
clears Entry
Level Writing
requirement (8
units maximum
for both tests).
Environmental
Science—4
Score of 4 or 5 =
exempts ESYS 10.
Score of 4 or 5 = 1
course toward natural
science requirement.
Score of 3 = elective
credit.
Refer to “UC San Diego
Course
Exemptions.” Any UC
San Diego course
equivalent you receive
may be applied to the
appropriate Muir GE
theme.
Meets 1 lower-division
disciplinary breadth if
noncontiguous to major.
1 course toward science and
technology PofC.
Score of 3, 4, or
5 satises 1 of 2
courses toward
natural science
requirement.
Score of 4 or 5 =
1 course toward
analytical
methodologies/
scientic method.
Score of 3 = elective
credit.
Score of 3, 4,
or 5 satises 1
course toward
natural sciences
and engineering
requirement.
Score of 3, 4,
or 5 satises 1
course toward
natural sciences
and engineering
requirement.
Government and
Politics: United
States—4
Score of 3, 4, or 5
satises American
History and Institutions.
Score of 5 = exempts
POLI 10.
1 course of social
science requirement.
Refer to “UC San Diego
Course Exemptions.”
Any UC San Diego
course equivalent you
receive may be applied
to the appropriate Muir
GE theme.
Score of 3, 4, or 5 meets 1
lower-division disciplinary
breadth if noncontiguous to
major.
1 course toward perspectives
of social science or political
science PofC or area study.
Elective credit only Score of 4 or 5 =
1 course toward
social analysis.
Score of 3 = elective
credit.
Elective credit only Elective credit
only
Government and
Politics:
Comparative—4
*Same subject area as IB
Global Politics
Score of 5 = exempts
POLI 11.
1 course of social
science requirement
Refer to “UC San Diego
Course Exemptions.”
Any UC San Diego
course equivalent you
receive may be applied
to the appropriate Muir
GE theme.
Score of 3, 4, or 5 meets 1
lower-division disciplinary
breadth if noncontiguous to
major.
1 course toward perspectives
of social science or political
science PofC or political
science area study.
Elective credit only Score of 4 or 5 =
1 course toward
social analysis.
Score of 3 = elective
credit.
Score of 3, 4,
or 5 satises 1
course toward
social sciences
requirement.
Score of 3, 4,
or 5 satises 1
course toward
social science
requirement.
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