Does AP US History exempt me from GE Cat1?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>I took the AP for US History last year and got a 4 on the exam. </p>

<p>Right now, I'm taking "20th Century U.S. History" HIST-361 for a General Education requirement. It just came to my attention that AP scores might be able to exempt me from certain general education classes. I thought it was just Math and Science that could be exempted from. </p>

<p>Does AP US History exempt me from this class? Also, can someone direct me to a list of possible general education classes that could be exempted from with AP Credit?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>Nope, sorry! Here's the link: <a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/articulation/apexams.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/articulation/apexams.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>If your an engineer, AP US History counts for Cat IV. :)</p>

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<p>I still don't get how that makes sense. Using APUSH credit to fulfill a category filled w/ science classes....perhaps I'm just bitter...</p>

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<p>because it's ridiculous for engineers to take a GE class in "science and technology"</p>

<p>would you want to take a science/technology class with a bunch of engineers who push up the curve? :)</p>

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<p>The only AP exams that I know of that can place you out of GEs are AP Euro History, AP World History, AP Bio, AP Chem and AP Physics C (I think...) Practically all the other AP exams are on a case-by-case basis though you will get elective credit for them; you'll have to check with your specific department about AP Calc, AP Psychology, AP CompSci and the like.</p>

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<p>Nope, i believe AP euro's the only one that'll help you get out of that cat (i didn't know AP world could do that... hmm interesting) and you have to have a 4 on the test.</p>

<p>i got 3 and everything else counted as an elective so it's pretty gay. I wish they would change it around here.. (my other choice university took pretty much all of my APs as GE credits... sigh)</p>

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<p>Well you would think if an engineer could get credit for APUSH it would before Cat 1. And another major class could qualify for cat 4 (like the bio, chem, physics classes and cat 3). Not that I didn't like cat 4 (I took a neuroscience class) but it's always nice to have GE's out of the way.</p>

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<p>inscrutable are the ways of the administration--can't see how US history = tech/science myself, but not sure why engineering majors would have to take MORE courses in science anyway, since so many are already required for engineers.</p>