International Baccalaureate (IB) Exam & University Recommended Scores/Credits


Students may receive credit for IB Exams taken at the higher level (HL). Official results must be sent directly to the Office of Admissions from IBO. Depending on the subject, students may earn transfer credit (typically 6-8 credits per exam) in which they have received scores of 4 or higher.

EXAM CREDIT EQUIVALENT COURSE GEN ED*
Analysis & approaches  8 MATH 104 & MATH 131 R1/R2
Applications and interpretation  8 MATH 103 & STAT 240 R1/R2
Arabic A 6 elective in exam subject AL
Arabic B 6 ARABIC 202  
Biology 8 elective in exam subject BS
Business Management 6 elective in exam subject  
Chemistry 8 CHEM 111/112 PS
Chinese A 6 elective in exam subject AL
Chinese B (Mandarin or Cantonese) 6 CHINESE 246  
Computer Science 8 elective in exam subject R2
Dance 6 elective in exam subject  
Design Technology 6 elective in art  
Economics 8 ECON 103/104 SB
English A 6 elective in exam subject AL
English B 6 elective in exam subject  
Film 6 elective in communication  
French A 6 elective in exam subject AL
French B 6 FRENCH 240  
Geography 8 GEOGRAPH 100/4 credits in subject area PS/SB
German A 6 elective in exam subject AL
German B 6 GERMAN 246  
Global Politics 6 elective in exam subject SB
Greek 6 elective in exam subject AL
Hindi B 6 HINDI 230/240  
History: Africa 6 elective in exam subject HS 
History: Americas 6 elective in exam subject HS
History: Asia/Middle East 6 elective in exam subject HS
History: Europe 6 elective in exam subject HS
Indonesian B 6 elective in subject exam  
Information Technology 6 general elective  
Italian A 6 elective in exam subject AL
Italian B 6 ITALIAN 246  
Japanese A 6 elective in exam subject AL
Japanese B 6 JAPANESE 246  
Korean A 6 elective in exam subject AL
Korean B 8 KOREAN 235/245  
Latin 6 elective in exam subject AL
Mandarin B 6 CHINESE 246  
Mathematics 8 MATH 104, 4 credits in exam subject R1/R2
Mathematics Further 8 8 credits in exam subject R1/R2
Music 8 elective in exam subject AT
Philosophy 6 elective in exam subject AT
Physics 8 4 cr PHYSICS 131 & 4 cr PHYSICS 132 PS
Portuguese A 6 elective in exam subject AL
Portuguese B 6 PORTUGUESE 246  
Psychology 8 PSYCH 100, 4 credits in exam subject SB
Russian A 6 elective in exam subject AL
Russian B 8 RUSSIAN 230/240  
Social and Cultural Anthropology 6 elective in exam subject SB
Spanish A 6 elective in exam subject AL
Spanish B 6 SPANISH 246  
Sport Exercise   8 elective in subject exam BS
Swedish A 6 general elective AL
Swedish B 6 SWEDISH 246  
Thai A 6 general elective AL
Thai B 6 THAI 230/240  
Theater 8 THEATER 100, 4 credits in exam subject AT
Turkish A 6 general elective AL
Turkish B 6 TURKISH 230/240  
Vietnamese A 6 general elective AL
Visual Arts 8 4 credits ART, 4 credits ART-HIST AT

 

* General Educations codes and definitions

Code Definition

AL
AT
BS
CW
DG
DU
HS
I
PS
R1
R2
SB
SI

Literature
Arts
Biological Science
Freshman Writing
Diversity:  Global
Diversity:  United States
Historical Studies
Interdisciplinary
Physical Science
Basic Math Skills
Analytical Reasoning
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Science Interdisciplinary