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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Advanced Placement (AP)

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Advanced Placement exams are taken after students complete the corresponding Advanced Placement course in high school. Advanced Placement courses are challenging, college-level courses that are designed to parallel typical lower-level undergraduate courses. Exams are developed by committees of college and secondary faculty, and are given to test groups of students in actual college courses to determine appropriate passing scores. More information about Advanced Placement, including descriptions of courses and sample examination questions, is available at http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/Controller.jpf. Page 16 of the AP Calculus Course Description, at http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap-calculus-course-description.pdf describes how to award credit for the AP Calculus BC subscore. The subscore description for the Music Theory exam is available in the Course Description booklet online at AP Central, http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap08_music_coursedesc.pdf.

Exam Score
3		 Score
4		 Score
5

  2-D Art and Design Previously Studio Art: 2-D Design Portofolio

ART 2201C  (3)

ART 2201C  (3)

ART 2201C  (3)

  Min. Credits:

      3

3

3

  3-D Art and Design Previously Studio Art: 3-D Design Portfolio

 

ART 2203C â€‹ (3)

ART 2203C â€‹ (3)

ART 2203C â€‹ (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Art History

ARH 2000  (3)

ARH 2050  (3)

ARH 2051  (3)

ARH 2050  (3)

ARH 2051  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

6

6

  Art History Effective for exams taken after 5/16/2018

ARH 2000  (3)

ARH 2000  (3)

ARH 2050  (3)

ARH 2000  (3)

ARH 2051  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

6

6

  Biology

BSC 1005  (3)

BSC 1005L (1)*

BSC 2010  (3)

BSC 2010L  (1)

BSC 2010  (3)

BSC 2010L  (1)

BSC 2011  (3)

BSC 2011L  (1)
  Min. Credits:

4

4

8

  Calculus AB

MAC 2311  (4)

MAC 2311  (4)

MAC 2311  (4)
  Min. Credits:

4

4

4

  Calculus BC1

MAC 2311  (4)

MAC 2311  (4)

MAC 2312  (4)

MAC 2311  (4)

MAC 2312  (4)
  Min. Credits:

4

8

8

  Capstone Research

IDS 1930 (3)*

IDS 1930 (3)*

IDS 1930 (3)*
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Capstone Seminar

IDS 1350 (3)*

IDS 1350 (3)*

IDS 1350 (3)*
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Chemistry

CHM 2020 (3)*

CHM 2020L (1)*

CHM 2045  (3)

CHM 2045L  (1)

CHM 2045  (3)

CHM 2045L  (1)

CHM 2046  (3)

CHM 2046L  (1)
  Min. Credits:

4

4

8

  Chinese Language & Culture No Literature credit

CHI 2220  (4)

CHI 2220  (4)

CHI 2221  (4)

CHI 2220  (4)

CHI 2221  (4)
  Min. Credits:

3

6

6

  Computer Science A

CGS 1075 (3)*

CGS 1075 (3)*

CGS 1075 (3)*
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Computer Science AB Discontinued

CGS 1076 (3)*

CGS 1076 (3)*

CGS 1076 (3)*
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Computer Science Principles

COP 1000 (3)*

COP 1000 (3)*

COP 1000 (3)*
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Drawing Previously Studio Art: Drawing Portfolio

ART 2301C  (3)

ART 2301C  (3)

ART 2301C  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Economics: Macro

ECO 2013  (3)

ECO 2013  (3)

ECO 2013  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Economics: Micro

ECO 2023  (3)

ECO 2023  (3)

ECO 2023  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  English Language and Composition

ENC 1101  (3)

ENC 1101  (3)

ENC 1102  (3)2

ENC 1101  (3)

ENC 1102  (3)2
  Min. Credits:

3

6

6

  English Literature and Composition

ENC 1101  (3)

ENC 1101  (3)

ENC 1102  (3)2

ENC 1101  (3)

ENC 1102  (3)2
  Min. Credits:

3

6

6

  Environmental Science

EVR 2001  (3)

EVR 2001  (3)

EVR 2001  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  European History

EUH 1009 (3)*

EUH 1009 (3)*

 EUH 2001 (3)*

EUH 1009 (3)*

EUH 2001 (3)*
  Min. Credits:

3

6

6

  French Language & Culture3

FRE 2200  (3)

FRE 2200  (3)

FRE 2201  (3)

FRE 2200  (3)

FRE 2201  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

6

6

  French Literature Discontinued

FRE 3234  (3)

FRE 3234  (3)

FRE 3500  (3)

FRE 3234  (3)

FRE 3500  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

6

6

  German Language & Culture4

GER 2200  (3)

GER 2200  (3)

GER 2201 (3)

GER 2200  (3)

GER 2201 (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

6

6

  Government and Politics: Comparative

CPO 2002  (3)

CPO 2002  (3)

CPO 2002  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Government and Politics: US

POS 2041  (3)

POS 2041  (3)

POS 2041  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Human Geography

GEO 2400  (3)

GEO 2400  (3)

GEO 2400  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Italian Language & Culture7

ITA 2200  (3)

ITA 2200  (3)

ITA 2240  (3)

ITA 2200  (3)

ITA 2240  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

6

6

  Japanese Language & Culture7

JPN 2220  (4)

JPN 2220  (4)

JPN 2221  (4)

JPN 2220  (4)

JPN 2221  (4)
  Min. Credits:

3

6

6

  Latin

LNW 1700 (3)*

LNW 1700 (3)*

LNW 1700 (3)*
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Latin: Latin Literature Discontinued, combined with Latin in 2012

LNW 1700 (3)*

LNW 1700 (3)*

LNW 1700 (3)*
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Latin: Vergil Discontinued, combined with Latin in 2012

LNW 1321 (3)*

LNW 1321 (3)*

LNW 1321 (3)*
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Music Theory

MUT 1001  (2)5

 

MUT 1001  (2)5

MUT 1001   (2)5
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Physics 1

PHY 2053  (3)

PHY 2053L  (1)

PHY 2053  (3)

PHY 2053L  (1)

PHY 2053  (3)

PHY 2053L  (1)
  Min. Credits:

4

4

4

  Physics 2

PHY 2054  (3)

PHY 2054L  (1)

PHY 2054  (3)

PHY 2054L  (1)

PHY 2054  (3)

PHY 2054L  (1)
  Min. Credits:

4

4

4

  Physics B Discontinued

PHY 2053  (3)

PHY 2053L  (1)

PHY 2053  (3)

PHY 2053L  (1)

PHY 2054  (3)

PHY 2054L  (1)

PHY 2053  (3)

PHY 2053L  (1)

PHY 2054  (3)

PHY 2054L  (1)
  Min. Credits:

4

8

8

  Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism

PHY 2054  (3)

PHY 2054L  (1)

PHY 2049  (3)

PHY 2049L  (1)

PHY 2049  (3)

PHY 2049L  (1)
  Min. Credits:

4

4

4

  Physics C: Mechanics

PHY 2053  (3)

PHY 2053L  (1)

PHY 2048  (3)

PHY 2048L  (1)

PHY 2048  (3)

PHY 2048L  (1)
  Min. Credits:

4

4

4

  Precalculus

MAC 1140 (3)*

MAC 1140 (3)*

MAC 1147  (4)

MAC 1140 (3)*

MAC 1147  (4)
  Min. Credits: 4 6 6

  Psychology

PSY 2012  (3)

PSY 2012  (3)

PSY 2012  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  Spanish Language & Culture7

SPN 2200  (3)

SPN 2200  (3)

SPN 2201  (3)

SPN 2200  (3)

SPN 2201  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

6

6

  Spanish Literature

SPW 3030  (3)

SPW 3030  (3)

SPW 3030  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

6

6

  Statistics

STA 2023  (3)

STA 2023  (3)

STA 2023  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

  United States History6

AMH 1000 (3)*

AMH 2010  (3)

AMH 2020  (3)

AMH 2010  (3)

AMH 2020  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

6

6

  World History: Modern

WOH 2022  (3)

WOH 2022  (3)

WOH 2022  (3)
  Min. Credits:

3

3

3

 

(*) USF does not currently offer this course; however, it may satisfy elective or prerequisite requirements for other courses or academic programs offered at USF. The minimum credits for the course or course numbers listed will be awarded, even if USF does not offer this course.

(Discontinued) The discontinued label indicates that the associated test is no longer administered. Credit equivalencies are provided for students who already have taken the exam.

(1) The BC exam includes a subscore for the AB portion of the exam for Calculus AB credit. USF regards the subscore on the BC exam the same as an AP Calculus AB Exam score.

(2) If student scores a 4-5 on English Language AND English Literature, ENC 1101, ENC 1102, & LIT 2000 are granted. A minimum of 3 credits is awarded if ENC 1101 is already satisfied.

(3) No Literature credit. French Language exam discontinued, combined exams in 2011.

(4) No Literature credit. German Language exam discontinued, combined exams in 2011.

(5) MUT 1111 and MUT 1241 are awarded if both aural and non-aural subscores are 3 or higher.

(6) Students who achieve the passing score and receive credit for AMH X020, and AMH X010 will have met the course and assessment requirement for civic literacy. AMH X010 was added to general education core, effective 2024-2025.

(7) No Literature credit.