Advanced Placement
Applying Advanced Placement (AP) to Meet CRC Statistics and/or Calculus Requirements
Cosumnes River College awards Advanced Placement (AP) credit for CRC mathematics and statistics courses according to the table below. Please be advised that AP credit given at CRC does not automatically transfer to a four-year college or university, because limitations may apply; a student must submit his or her official AP score report(s) to the transfer institution for review. Please consult a CRC counselor before submitting your AP test scores for CRC course credit evaluation to discuss your plans for transfer.
|
AP Score |
CRC Course |
CRC Units Credited | AP Score Serves as the Prerequisite for this CRC course* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics: 3, 4 or 5 | Stat 300 | 4 units | N/A |
| Calculus AB: 3 4 5 |
Math 341 Math 350 Math 400 |
3 units 3 units 5 units |
Math 400 Math 351 or Math 400 Math 401 |
| Calculus BC: 3 | Math 350 | 3 units | Math 351 or Math 400 |
| Calculus BC: 4 or 5 | Math 341 Math 350 & 351 Math 400 & 401 |
3 units 6 units 10 units |
N/A N/A Math 402 |
* You must see a CRC counselor for approval N/A - not applicable
Statistics Students who plan to use AP scores to meet requirements at CRC and a transfer institution are strongly encouraged to determine the requirements of their transfer institution as early as possible, since not all transfer institutions honor the same AP scores as CRC.
Calculus Students who plan to use AP scores to satisfy either the Math 400 or Math 401 requirement are advised that many students often struggle when they take the next level course (Math 402). Some AP course preparation focuses on the specific skills needed to pass the AP test, with minimal time left to develop the general conceptual framework of calculus. In addition, there are essential topics missing in the Calculus AB curriculum, including:
- The delta-epsilon definition of a limit and delta-epsilon proofs
- L'Hopital's Rule,
- Indeterminate forms for limits
- Hyperbolic functions.
Therefore, students may want to discuss this issue with a mathematics professor before registering for math classes.
Meeting CRC Math and Statistics Requirements When AP Credit Will Not Be Applied
Students who are not using AP credit in place of a required math course are encouraged to take math courses early in their college career, while their algebra and/or statistics backgrounds are more recent. Many majors (such as computer science, business, psychology, and biology) require statistics at the upper division level after transfer, so a strong first course in statistics is valuable.