AP Exam Equivalency Chart
Your AP credits must appear on your UC Berkeley transcript before they can be used to meet major requirements. While your major may accept AP exams to satisfy
a major requirement, consult with your major advisor to discuss what impact this may have on you. Remember that substitution is optional and students more
often struggle with the subsequent biology, chemistry, physics, and math courses if they don’t take the introductory courses at UC Berkeley. Pre-Med students:
Please note that most medical and pre-health graduate programs do not accept AP units for pre-med requirements.
Requirements
UCB Course
AP Exam Subject
Biology 1A, 1B or 11
Biology
Score
4, 5
Math 1A or 16A
Calculus AB or BC
3, 4, 5
Math 1B or 16B
Calculus BC
5
Chemistry 1A
Chemistry
4, 5
Economics 1
Economics (Macro
and Micro)
4, 5
Environmental
Economics & Policy
C1
ESPM 15 or
ESPM C10
Economics (Micro)
4, 5
Environmental
Science
4, 5
Statistics 2
Statistics
3, 4, 5
Physics 8A
Physics
3, 4, 5
Humanities & Social
Science Breadth
Varies
3, 4, 5
EEP
Majors
GPB MEB
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Higher Level IB Exam Equivalency Chart
Your IB credits must appear on your UC Berkeley transcript before they can be used to meet major requirements. While the major may accept IB exams to satisfy
a major requirement, consult with your major advisor to discuss what impact this may have on you. Remember that substitution is optional and students more
often struggle with the subsequent biology and chemistry courses if they don’t take the introductory courses at UC Berkeley. Pre-Med students: Please note that
most medical and pre-health graduate programs do not accept IB units toward admission requirements.
UCB Course
Reading and
Composition
Requirements
IB Higher Level
Exam
English 1A
Score
5, 6, 7
American History and History of the
Institutions
Americas
5, 6, 7
Biology 1B
Biology
5, 6, 7
Chemistry 1A, 1AL
Chemistry
5, 6, 7
Economics 1
Economics
5, 6, 7
Foreign Language*
Foreign Language
5, 6, 7
Quantitative
Reasoning*
Mathematics or
Computer Science
5, 6, 7
Majors
GPB MEB
EEP
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* These requirements only exist for the Environmental Economics and Policy (EEP) major
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