AP® credit at Santa Barbara City College
Santa Barbara City College gives credit for 37 AP® exams. Add your scores to see the courses and credits you'd get, and what to do if a score falls short.
- 37 AP® exams earn credit at Santa Barbara City College
- Up to 7 credits from a single exam
From Santa Barbara City College's AP® credit policy (catalog.sbcc.edu). Last checked 28 Oct 2026.
- AP® Biologyscore 3+4
- AP® Calculus BCscore 3+MATH 1605
- AP® English Languagescore 57
Credits before your first class16
Add up your AP® credit at Santa Barbara City College
Tap the exams you took (or plan to take), then pick your score.
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An estimate from Santa Barbara City College's published policy. Two exams that cover the same course (like Calculus AB and BC) may not both count. Santa Barbara City College decides when your official scores arrive.
See Santa Barbara City College's full AP® chart (37 exams)
| AP® exam | Score 3 | Score 4 | Score 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 3 crART 120 or ART 140 | 3 crART 120 or ART 140 | 3 crART 120 or ART 140 |
| 3-D Art and Design | 3 crART 120 or ART 140 | 3 crART 120 or ART 140 | 3 crART 120 or ART 140 |
| Art History | 3 crARTH C1100 or ARTH C1200 | 3 crARTH C1100 or ARTH C1200 | 3 crARTH C1100 or ARTH C1200 |
| Biology | 4 crCourse credit | 4 crCourse credit | 4 crCourse credit |
| Calculus AB | 5 crMATH 150 | 5 crMATH 150 | 5 crMATH 150 |
| Calculus BC | 5 crMATH 160 | 5 crMATH 160 | 5 crMATH 160 |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 5 crMATH 150 | 5 crMATH 150 | 5 crMATH 150 |
| Chemistry | 4 crCHEM 101 | 4 crCHEM 101 | 4 crCHEM 101 |
| Chinese | 5 crCHIN 102 | 5 crCHIN 103 | 5 crCourse credit |
| Comparative Government | 3 crPOLS 121 | 3 crPOLS 121 | 3 crPOLS 121 |
| Computer Science A | No credit | No credit | 3 crCS 105 |
| Computer Science Principles | 4 crCS 101 | 4 crCS 101 | 4 crCS 101 |
| Drawing | 3 crART 120 or ART 121 | 3 crART 120 or ART 121 | 3 crART 120 or ART 121 |
| English Language | 4 crENGL C1000 | 4 crENGL C1000 | 7 crCourse credit |
| English Literature | 4 crENGL C1000 | 4 crENGL C1000 | 7 crCourse credit |
| Environmental Science | 4 crCourse credit | 4 crCourse credit | 4 crCourse credit |
| European History | 3 crHIST 104 | 3 crHIST 104 | 3 crHIST 104 |
| French | 5 crFR 102 | 5 crFR 103 | 5 crFR 104 |
| German | 5 crGER 102 | 5 crGER 103 | 5 crGER 104 |
| Human Geography | 3 crGEOG 102 | 3 crGEOG 102 | 3 crGEOG 102 |
| Italian | 5 crITAL 102 | 5 crITAL 103 | 5 crITAL 104 |
| Japanese | 5 crJAPN 102 | 5 crJAPN 103 | 5 crJAPN 104 |
| Latin | 5 crCourse credit | 5 crCourse credit | 5 crCourse credit |
| Macroeconomics | 3 crCourse credit | 3 crECON C2002 | 3 crECON C2002 |
| Microeconomics | 3 crCourse credit | 3 crECON C2001 | 3 crECON C2001 |
| Music Theory | 3 crCourse credit | 3 crMUS 104A | 3 crMUS 104A |
| Physics 1 | 4 crPHYS 101 & PHYS 101L or PHYS 102 | 4 crPHYS 101 & PHYS 101L or PHYS 102 or PHYS 105 | 4 crPHYS 101 & PHYS 101L or PHYS 102 or PHYS 105 |
| Physics 2 | 4 crPHYS 101 & PHYS 101L or PHYS 102 | 4 crPHYS 101 & PHYS 101L or PHYS 102 or PHYS 106 | 4 crPHYS 101 & PHYS 101L or PHYS 102 or PHYS 106 |
| Physics C: E&M | 4 crPHYS 106 or PHYS 111 | 4 crPHYS 106 or PHYS 111 | 4 crPHYS 106 or PHYS 111 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4 crPHYS 105 or PHYS 110 | 4 crPHYS 105 or PHYS 110 | 4 crPHYS 105 or PHYS 110 |
| Psychology | 3 crPSYC C1000 | 3 crPSYC C1000 | 3 crPSYC C1000 |
| Spanish Language | 5 crSPAN 102 | 5 crSPAN 103 | 5 crSPAN 104 |
| Spanish Literature | 5 crSPAN 102 | 5 crSPAN 103 | 5 crSPAN 104 |
| Statistics | 4 crSTAT C1000 | 4 crSTAT C1000 | 4 crSTAT C1000 |
| US Government | 3 crPOLS C1000 | 3 crPOLS C1000 | 3 crPOLS C1000 |
| US History | 3 crHIST C1001 or HIST C1002 | 3 crHIST C1001 or HIST C1002 | 3 crHIST C1001 or HIST C1002 |
| World History: Modern | 3 crHIST 108 | 3 crHIST 108 | 3 crHIST 108 |
Copied from Santa Barbara City College's AP® credit policy (catalog.sbcc.edu), checked 28 Oct 2026. Santa Barbara City College sets its own policy and can change it, so credit is never guaranteed. Credits are in units.
Missed the score? Don't wait a year.
Retake the AP® exam
12 months
Take a self-paced course
~1 month*
- Take the course onlineStart any day. Go at your own pace.
- It's already rated for creditACE and NCCRS review courses and say how many college credits they're worth.
- Send it to Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara City College reviews the transcript and decides what counts.
Ask Santa Barbara City College's registrar before you enroll.
*UPI Study says its students finish a course in 28–30 days on average.
A backup course for each AP® exam
Same subject, self-paced, with ACE/NCCRS credit recommendations. They aren't Santa Barbara City College courses; Santa Barbara City College decides whether to accept them.
AP® Calculus AB
AP® Calculus BC
AP® Statistics
AP® Computer Science A
AP® Computer Science Principles
AP® Biology
AP® Chemistry
AP® Environmental Science
AP® Physics 1
AP® English Language
AP® English Literature
AP® US History
AP® Macroeconomics
AP® Microeconomics
AP® Psychology
AP® French
AP® Art History
Study guides for every AP® exam
A printable PDF for each of the 36 AP® exams, $5 each. The green tag marks the exams Santa Barbara City College gives credit for.
CreditArt History
CreditBiology
CreditCalculus AB
CreditCalculus BC
CreditChemistry
CreditChinese
CreditComparative Government
CreditComputer Science A
CreditComputer Science Principles
CreditEnglish Language
CreditEnglish Literature
CreditEnvironmental Science
CreditEuropean History
CreditFrench
CreditGerman
CreditHuman Geography
CreditItalian
CreditJapanese
CreditLatin
CreditMacroeconomics
CreditMicroeconomics
CreditPhysics 1
CreditPhysics 2
CreditPhysics C: E&M
CreditPhysics C: Mechanics
CreditPsychology
CreditSpanish Language
CreditSpanish Literature
CreditStatistics
CreditUS Government
CreditUS History
CreditWorld History: Modern
African American Studies
Business & Personal Finance
Cybersecurity
Pre-Calculus
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| Business Communication | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Business Essentials | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Business Ethics | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Business Law | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Entrepreneurship | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Financial Management | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Foundations of Leadership | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Globalization and International Management | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Human Resources Management | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| International Business | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Leadership and Organizational Behavior | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Leading Organizational Change | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Managerial Accounting | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Marketing Research | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Principles of Finance | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Principles of Management | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Principles of Marketing | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Project Management | Business & Management | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Computer Concepts and Applications | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Current Trends in Computer Science and IT | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Cybersecurity | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Data Structure and Algorithms | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Database Fundamentals | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Database Programming | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Ethics in Technology | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Fundamentals of Information Technology | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Artificial Intelligence | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Computing | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to HTML and CSS | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Java | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Javascript | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Linux | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Networking | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Operating Systems | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Network and Systems Security | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Programming in C | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Programming in C++ | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Programming in Python | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Software Engineering | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| System Analysis and Design | Computer Science & IT | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Business Math | Mathematics | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Calculus 1 | Mathematics | 4 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Calculus 2 | Mathematics | 4 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Discrete Mathematics | Mathematics | 4 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Principles of Statistics | Mathematics | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Quantitative Analysis | Mathematics | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| College Algebra | Mathematics | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Precalculus | Mathematics | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Calculus 3 (Multivariable) | Mathematics | 4 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Chemistry I | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Environmental Science | Natural & Health Sciences | 1 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Healthcare Finance and Budgeting | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Healthcare Organization and Management | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Human Resource Management in Healthcare | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Intro to Biology 1 | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Intro to Biology 2 | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Medical Terminology | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Physics I | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Anatomy & Physiology I | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Anatomy & Physiology I Lab | Natural & Health Sciences | 1 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Anatomy & Physiology II | Natural & Health Sciences | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Anatomy & Physiology II Lab | Natural & Health Sciences | 1 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Chemistry Lab | Natural & Health Sciences | 1 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Physics Lab | Natural & Health Sciences | 1 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Abnormal Psychology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Advanced Social Psychology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Advanced Technical Writing | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Educational Psychology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Ethics in the Social Sciences | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Criminology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Psychology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Introduction to Sociology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Macroeconomics | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Microeconomics | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Principles of Philosophy | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Psychology of Diversity | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Psychology of Personality | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Research Methods in Psychology | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| English Composition I | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| English Composition II | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| American Literature | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Art History I | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Art History II | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| U.S. History I | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| U.S. History II | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| French I | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| French II | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
| Critical Thinking & Analysis | Social Sciences & Humanities | 3 | ACE/NCCRS | See course |
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Questions students ask
What AP® score do I need for credit at Santa Barbara City College?
It depends on the exam: from a 3 on some exams to a 5 on others. Add your exams in the calculator above to see each one.
How much credit can one AP® exam earn at Santa Barbara City College?
Up to 7 credits (units), on English Language or English Literature. On this list, one exam earns 3 to 7 credits.
What if my score is too low?
If your score is below what Santa Barbara City College asks for on that exam, you can retake the exam next May, take a CLEP® exam if Santa Barbara City College accepts it, or take a self-paced course with an ACE or NCCRS credit recommendation. Santa Barbara City College decides what counts, so ask before you enroll.
Is AP® credit guaranteed?
No. Santa Barbara City College sets its own policy and can change it. We copied this from Santa Barbara City College's AP® credit policy (catalog.sbcc.edu) on 28 Oct 2026; check the official page before you count on the credit.
Are these official AP® study guides?
No. AP® is a trademark registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, these guides. TransferCredit.org is independent.
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