USC Office of Articulation
A-level Exam Credit
GENERAL CREDIT INFORMATION:
USC awards 8 elective semester units for A-level exams (H2 exams in Singapore) in most subjects. Exams in subjects not taught at USC do not transfer. No course equivalences will be granted. No credit is given for O-levels, AS-levels, or H1-level exams from Singapore. H3 exams from Singapore may earn credit if the student files an articulation petition supported by a detailed course syllabus including course meeting times, required textbooks, and a description of academic work related to the exam.
Beginning with exams taken in spring 2011, only scores of A*, A, or B will earn credit. Exams taken before spring 2011 with a score of C also earn credit. Exams with any other score do not earn credit.
General Education credit in categories I, II, III or V may be available, but specific information is currently under review. Details will be posted here when they are available.
USC academic departments and programs may use A-level results to waive certain prerequisites (which allows a student to register for a higher level course) or to substitute for degree requirements. Requests for a prerequisite waiver should be directed to the USC department teaching the course. Requests for substitution of degree requirements should be directed to the student’s major (or minor) advisor.
Recommended waivers or substitutions for A-level scores will be available soon on this website.
REPORTING A-LEVEL SCORES to USC:
Students who want transfer credit for A-level exam results should report them to the Articulation Office as soon as practical after results are available. Order an official statement of results, not a replacement certificate, to be sent directly from the examining board to the following address:
Academic Records and Registrar
University of Southern California
Attention: Articulation
700 Childs Way, JHH 010
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0912
U.S.A.
Links to the largest A-level examining boards and their instructions for ordering statements of results can be found here.
No credit can be given for provisional scores, photocopied certificates, or for official statements of results delivered by hand or from the student’s school, even with the school’s seal and an officer’s signature, or printed from the internet. After scores are received from the examining board, transfer credit will appear on the student’s Transfer Credit Report on OASIS.