A Level (GCE) Credit and Chart
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Students who earn grades of A, B, or C on UC-approved GCE and Hong Kong A Level examinations will receive 12 units of credit toward graduation at UCSB for each exam, provided that official grades are submitted to the Office of Admissions. Any general education credit or UCSB course equivalents listed in the chart below will be awarded only for Cambridge International A Level (GCE) exams taken in 2013 or later, not for exams administered by any other agency. (Student may petition for GE or course credit for Cambridge International exams taken prior to 2013 or for exams administered by other agencies.)
Students should be advised that college courses taken before or after attending UC may duplicate AP, IB and/or A Level (GCE) examinations. Additionally, exams may duplicate each other (for example, an AP or IB exam in the same subject area). If the student does duplicate an exam with another exam of the same subject content, and/or an exam with a college course, we will award credit only once.
Note: A Level examination credit earned prior to entering the university will not be counted toward maximum unit limitation either for selection of a major or for graduation.
| A Level (GCE) Exam With A Grade of A, B, or C |
Units Awarded |
General Education Credit – Only for Cambridge International exams taken 2013 or later |
UCSB Course Equivalent – Only for Cambridge International exams taken 2013 or later (You may not enroll in these courses for credit at UCSB) |
| Accounting | 12 | | Economics 3A, 3B
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| Afrikaans | 12 |
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| Arabic | 12 | | |
| Art and Design | 12 | | |
| Biology | 12 | | |
| Chemistry | 12 | | |
| Chinese | 12 | | |
| Classical Studies | 12 | | |
| Computer Science (effective 2020 only) | 12 | | Computer Science 16
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| Computer Science (beginning 2021) | 12 | Area C: 1 course # | Computer Science 8
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| Computing | 12 | | Computer Science 16
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| Economics | 12 | Area D: 2 courses
| Economics 1, 2
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| English – Language | 12 | | |
| English – Literature | 12 | | |
French
| 12 | | |
Geography
| 12 | | |
German
| 12 | | |
Hindi
| 12 | | |
History
| 12 | | |
Marathi
| 12 | | |
Marine Science
| 12 | | |
Mathematics (effective 2013-2021)
| 12 | Area C: 2 courses #
| Mathematics 2A, 2B, 3A,3B, 34A, 34B
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Mathematics (effective beginning 2022)
| 12 | Area C: 1 course #
| Mathematics 2A, 3A, 34A
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Mathematics – Further (effective 2013-2019)
| 12 | | Mathematics 4A
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Mathematics – Further (effective 2020-2021)
| 12 | | Mathematics 4A, 4B
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Mathematics – Further (effective beginning 2022)
| 12 | Area C: 1 course # | Mathematics 2B, 3B, 34B, 4A
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Music
| 12 | | |
Physics
| 12 | Area C: 3 courses #
| Physics 6A, 6AL, 6B, 6BL, 6C, 6CL
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Portuguese
| 12 | | |
Psychology
| 12 | Area D: 1 course
| Psychology 1, 3, 7
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Putonghua
| 12 | | |
Sociology
| 12 | | |
Spanish
| 12 | | |
Tamil
| 12 | | |
Telugu
| 12 | | |
Urdu
| 12 | | |
Urdu – Pakistan only
| 12 | | |
# course also satisfies the Quantitative Relationships Requirement