Porterville College - Credit for Advanced Placement (AP) Tests
Students are granted units and subject credit for the Porterville College degree with Advanced Placement Test with scores of 3, 4, or 5. Students must have the College Board send AP exam results to Porterville College Admissions and Records Office (hand carried copies will not be accepted). The outline below represents credit granted toward Porterville College only. Students transferring to a four-year university must consult with the receiving institution’s policies on AP Credit. Please consult with a counselor for assistance in understanding AP credit toward local and/or transfer programs and degrees.

AP Exam	Required Score	PC Equivalent Course	PC
Units	PC
GE Area	CSU
Breadth Area	IGETC Area	
2D Art and Design	3, 4 or 5	ART P106	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	
3D Art and  Design	3, 4 or 5	ART P107	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	
Art History	3, 4, or 5	ART P113 & ART P114	6	Area 3	C1 or C2	3A or 3B	
Biology	3, 4 or 5	BIOL P110	4	Area 5B	B2 and B3	5B and 5C	
Calculus AB	3, 4, or 5	MATH P103	4	Area 2	B4	2A	
Calculus BC	3, 4, or 5	MATH P103 & MATH P104	8	Area 2	B4	2A	
Calculus BC/AB Subscore	3, 4, or 5	MATH P103	4	Area 2	B4	2A	
Chemistry	3, 4, 5	CHEM P106	4	Area 5A	B1 and B3
If taken prior
to Fall 2009	5A and 5C	
Chinese Language and Culture	3, 4, or 5	N/A	3	Area 3	C2	6A and 3B	
Comparative Government and Politics	3, 4, or 5	POLS P102	3	Area 4	D8	4	
Computer Science Principles	3, 4 or 5	N/A	3	 Area 1B	B4	N/A	
Drawing	3, 4 or 5	ART P103	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	
English Language & Composition	3, 4 or 5	ENGL P101A	4	Area 1A	A2	1A	
English Language – was not on PC chart	3, 4, or 5	???	(3 minimum)	Area 1A	A2	N/A	
English Literature & Composition	3, 4, or 5	ENGL P101B	4 (6 minimum)	Area 1B and 3	A2 and C2	1A or 3B	
English Literature – was not on PC chart	3, 4, or 5	???	(6 minimum)	Area 1B and 3	A2 and C2	N/A	
Environmental Science	3, 4 or 5	BIOL P115/ERSC P115	3	Area 5B or 5A?	B1 and B3, (B2 and B3
If taken prior
to Fall 2009)	5A and 5C	
European History	3, 4 or 5	P105	 3	Area 3 or
Area 4	C2 or D6	3B or 4	
French Language and Culture	3, 4 or 5	N/A	3	Area 3	C2	6A and 3B	
German Language and Culture	3, 4, or 5	N/A	3	Area 3	C2
If taken
prior to Fall 2009	6A and 3B	
Human Geography	3, 4 or 5	GEOG P113	3	Area 4	D5	4	
Italian Language and Culture	3, 4 or 5	N/A	3	Area 3	C2	6A and 3B	
Japanese Language and Culture	3, 4, or 5	N/A	3	Area 3	C2	6A and 3B	
Latin	3, 4 or 5	N/A	3	Area 3	C2	6A and 3B	
Macroeconomics	3, 4 or 5	ECON P102	3	Area 4	D2	4	
Microeconomics	3, 4 or 5	ECON P101	3	Area 4	D2	4	
Music Theory	3, 4 or 5	MUSC P101	4	Area 3	C1
If taken prior to
Fall 2009	N/A	
Precalculus 	3	MATH P100	4	Area 2	B4	N/A	
Precalculus	4 or 5	MATH P101A	6	Area 2	B4	N/A	
Physics 1	3, 4, or 5	N/A	4	Area 5A	B1 and B3	5A and 5C	
Physics 2	3, 4, or 5	PHYS P102B	4	Area 5A	B1 and B3	5A and 5C	
Physics 1 & 2	3, 4 or 5	PHYS P102A & PHYS P102B	8	Area 5A	B1 and B3
	5A and 5C	
Physics C Mechanics	3, 4 or 5	PHYS P104A	4	Area 5A	B1 and B3	5A and 5C	
Physics C Electricity/ Magnetism	3, 4 or 5	N/A	4	Area 5A	B1 and B3	5A and 5C	
Psychology	3, 4 or 5	PSYC P101A	3	Area 4	D9, E	4	
Seminar	3, 4 or 5	N/A	0	Elective	N/A	N/A	
Spanish Language and Culture	3, 4 or 5	SPAN P103 & SPAN P104	8	Area 3	C2	6A and 3B	
Spanish Language	3, 4 or 5	N/A	3	Area 3	C2 (if taken prior to Spring 2014)	N/A	
Spanish Literature and Culture	3, 4 or 5	SPAN P103 & SPAN P104	8	Area 3	C2	6A and 3B	
Spanish Literature	3, 4, or 5	N/A	3	Area 3	C2 (if taken prior to Spring 2013)	N/A	
Statistics	3, 4 or 5	MATH P122	4	Area 2	B4	2A	
U.S. Government and Politics	3, 4 or 5	POLS P101	3	Area 4
	D8 and US2	4	
U.S. History	3, 4 or 5	HIST P117	 3	Area 4	D6 and US1	4	
World History: Modern	3, 4, or 5	HIST P102 	 3	Area 3 or 4	C2 or D	3B or 4	

EA 10/10/2017
C. Okialda 10/31/23

Updates needed due to Chancellor’s Office 6/16/23 memo