Credit for IB and AP courses

If you are currently enrolled in the IB Diploma, you can apply to Saint Mary’s with your anticipated or predicted results. For undergraduate admission, we require a minimum IB Diploma score of 24 with grades of 3 and above in pre-requisite subjects.

An IB Diploma score of 28 and above will qualify you for our renewable entrance scholarships. 

Students achieving a final grade of 5, 6, or 7 in IB Higher Level courses will be awarded university level credits. Credit for IB Higher Level subjects not listed above but with a grade of 5, 6, or 7 will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Students who earn 30 points are eligible to receive 30 credit hours.

IB higher-level courses, completed with a result of 5, 6 or 7, are eligible for transfer credit consideration.

 

We will recognize up to 30 credit hours toward your degree program for AP classes in which you score final grades of 3, 4 or 5. The Admissions Office will also add one bonus point to your scholarship average for each of your AP classes.

Check out this AP Equivalency Chart to view AP courses that are transferable to courses available at Saint Mary's University.

Each of the above courses counts as three credit hours with the exception of LATN 1100 and SPAN 1100 which each count as six credit hours.

Courses are listed in the Saint Mary’s University Academic Calendar with the exception of the following electives:

• ENGL 1901 unspecified English elective
• GEOG 1901, 1902 unspecified Geography electives
• HIST 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 unspecified History electives
• SCIE 1901, 1902, 1903 unspecified Science electives

Credit for AP-examined subjects, not listed above but with a grade of 3, 4 or 5, will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Note: Credit is not awarded on the basis of interim school, predicted or mock results. In addition, students have the choice of refusing credits.

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:

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.

Saint Mary’s University Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) Equivalency Chart

Students may receive 6 credit hours of advanced standing for each of the following
CAPE courses, if they achieve grades of I, II or III.

CAPE subjects approved for credit:

 

Each of the above Saint Mary’s courses counts as three credit hours with the exception of SPAN 1100 which counts as six credit hours.

Credit for CAPE examined subjects, not listed above but with a grade of I, II or III will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Both units, one and two must be completed to be considered for transfer credit.

Note: Official transcripts for both units one and two are required. Credit is not awarded on the basis of interim school, predicted or mock results. In addition, students have the choice of refusing credits.

Revised October 2017