<p>Assuming that the college courses are non-remedial* ones in typical subjects taken by bachelor’s degree students**, they are likely to be seen as at least as rigorous as AP courses, and probably more rigorous in many cases, since AP courses are often slower paced than college courses they emulate, and college courses may be more advanced than those that AP courses emulate.</p>
<p><em>Remedial in a college context means any course that covers material normally expected to be learned in high school, such as math below calculus level.
*</em>Such as English, other humanities, math, science, history, other social studies, foreign language, and visual or performing art.</p>