Students may earn general education or lower-division major credits by taking a CSU-accepted
external examination in place of a course. The CSU determine the passing scores, minimum
units of credit earned, and certification area (for General Education Breadth and/or
U.S. History, Constitution, and American Ideals) of standardized external examinations,
such as, and . Each campus in the California State University system determines how it will apply
credits earned by external examinations toward the degree major.
