Credit By Exam (Test Scores)

UCCS participates in the high school Advanced Placement (AP) program offered by the College Board. Official scores must be sent to the university directly from the College Board.

All colleges at UCCS accept Advanced Placement (AP) exam credits per the table below. Applicability may vary by college.

Advanced Placement (AP) exam equivalency decisions are made based on when the exam was taken, not when the student matriculates to UCCS. However, the equivalencies listed below are only available to students entering UCCS in fall 2016 and later, and the exams must have been taken within the previous ten years. See your academic advisor if you matriculated to UCCS prior to summer 2016 for equivalency information.

AP Exams marked with an * are eligible for GT-Pathways inclusion.

Note: Courses beginning with a departmental prefix but ending in "999TC" carry general departmental credit but do not have an exact equivalency.

The university participates in the International Baccalaureate program of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO). Official scores must be sent to the university directly from IBO. Students receiving scores of 4, or above, on International Baccalaureate (IB) examinations are generally granted college credit. See the chart below for details.

All colleges accept IB credits but apply them differently depending on the student's degree program. 

IB exam equivalency decisions are made based on when the exam was taken, not when the student matriculates to UCCS. However, the equivalencies listed below are only available to students entering UCCS in fall 2016 and later, and the exams must have been taken within the previous ten years. See your academic advisor if you matriculated to UCCS prior to summer 2016 for equivalency information.

IB exams marked with an * are eligible for GT-Pathways inclusion.

Note 1: Courses beginning with a departmental prefix but ending in "999TC" carry general departmental credit but do not have an exact equivalency.

Note 2: Courses carrying the XFCR course prefix carry credit, but do not have a relative department or exact equivalency.

Note 3: The XXXX prefix for Language equivalencies will be matched with the appropriate language department upon application of credit.

Note 4: The above IB courses are the most common seen at UCCS. Other IB courses can be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Additionally, Standard Level exams are currently still largely in the review phase so some course equivalencies may change in the future.

All colleges at UCCS accept College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exam credits per the table below. Applicability may vary by college. Although other CLEP exams exist the CLEP exams listed below are the only CLEP exams that UCCS accepts. College Level Exam Program (CLEP) exam equivalency decisions are made based on when the exam was taken, not when the student matriculates to UCCS.

Note 1: All CLEP exams above count towards GT-Pathways requirements.

Note 2: Courses ending in "999TC" indicate that departmental credit is given, but that there is no direct equivalent course at UCCS.

All colleges at UCCS accept DSST exam credits per the table below. Applicability may vary by college.

DSST exam equivalency decisions are made based on when the exam was taken, not when the student matriculates to UCCS.

Note 1: Courses ending in "999TC" indicate that department credit is given, but that there is no direct equivalent course at UCCS. Courses that begin with XFCR are granted general elective credit, but do not confer departmental credit.

Note 2: Additional DSST exams are offered, but are not currently accepted at UCCS.

Note 3: All courses except those with an * count towards GT-Pathways requirements.