British GCE A Level Examinations

A Level Courses Equivalency Chart

British GCE A-Level Examinations

Students are eligible to receive advanced standing credit hours for each of the following Advanced Level courses if they achieve grades of A, B or C.

Advanced Level (A Level) courses approved for credit:

A Level Courses Approved for Credit

Equivalent Saint Mary’s University Credit

Accounting

BUSI 1901 and ACCT 2241

Applied Information & Communication Technology

CISY 1225

Arabic

ARBC 1100

Biology

BIOL 1201 and 1202

Business

BUSI 2901 and BUSI 2902

Business Studies

MGMT 1281 and BUSI 1902

Chemistry

CHEM 1210 and CHEM 1211

Chinese

CHNS 2901 and CHNS 2902

Computer Science

CSCI 1901

Divinity

RELS 1901 and RELS 1902

Economics

ECON 1201 and ECON 1202

English Literature/English

ENGL 1205

English Language

ENGL 1901

French

FREN 1111 and FREN 1112 

Further Math

MATH 1902

Geography

GEOG 1901 and GEOG 1902

German

GRMN 1101 and GRMN 1102 

History

HIST 1901 and HIST 1902

Information Technology

CISY 1225

Mathematics

MATH 1901

Pure Mathematics

MATH 1216

Physics

PHYS 1901 AND PHYS 1902

Global Politics

POLI 1901 and POLI 1902

Psychology

PSYC 1200 and PSYC 1901

Religious Studies

RELS 1210 and RELS 1211 

Sociology

SOCI 1901 and SOCI 1902

Spanish

SPAN 1100 (6) 

Each of the above courses counts as three credit hours with the exception of ARBC1100 and  SPAN 1100 which counts as a six-credit hour course.