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

 

Digital Society

6

general elective

 

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