IB/ AP Benefits
International Baccalaureate (IB) Equivalency Chart
HL Courses Equivalent | Saint Mary’s University Course |
Arabic | ARBC 1901 and ARBC 1902 |
Biology | BIOL 1201 and BIOL 1202 |
Business Management | MGMT 1281 and BUSI 1901 |
Chemistry | CHEM 1210 and CHEM 1211 |
Computer Science | CSCI 1226 and CSCI 1227 |
Economics | ECON 1201 and ECON 1202 |
English A: Literature | ENGL 1205 and ENGL 1901 |
Environmental Systems | ENVS 1200 and SCIE 1902 |
French | FREN 1111 and FREN 1112 |
Geography | GEOG 1901 and GEOG 1902 |
German | GRMN 1101 and GRMN 1102 |
Global Politics | POLI 1901 and POLI 1902 |
History | HIST 1901 and HIST 1902 |
Information Technology | ELEC 1901 and ELEC 1902 |
Latin | LATN 1100 |
Mathematics | MATH 1210 and MATH 1211 |
Music | ELEC 1901 and ELEC 1902 |
Philosophy | PHIL 1903 and PHIL 1904 |
Physics | PHYS 1210 and PHYS 1211 |
Psychology | PSYC 1000 and SCIE 1901 |
Sociology | SOCI 1901 and SOCI 1902 |
Spanish | SPAN 1100 |
Sport, Exercise and Health Science | SCIE 1905 and 1906 |
Theatre | HUMN 1901 and 1902 |
Theory of Knowledge | PHIL 1901 and PHIL 1902 |
Visual Arts | ELEC 1902 and ELEC 1903 |
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.
Advanced Placement (AP) Equivalency
AP subjects approved for credit:
AP Courses | Equivalent Saint Mary's University Credit |
Art History | HUMN 1901 and HUMN 1902 |
Biology | BIOL 1201 and BIOL 1202 |
Calculus AB | MATH 1190 and MATH 1210 |
Calculus BC | MATH 1210 and MATH 1211 |
Chemistry | CHEM 1210 and SCIE 1901 |
Chinese Language and Culture | CHNS 1101 and CHNS 1102 |
Computer Science A | CSCI 1226 and CSCI 1227 |
Computer Science Principles | CSCI 1226 |
English Literature | ENGL 1205 |
English Language | ENGL 1901 |
Environmental Science | ENVS 1200 and SCIE 1903 |
European History | HIST 1901 and HIST 1902 |
French | FREN 2201 and FREN 2202 |
German Literature and Culture | GRMN 1101 and GRMN 1102 |
Human Geography | GEOG 1901 and GEOG 1902 |
Italian | LANG 1901 and LANG 1902 |
Latin | LATN 1100 |
Microeconomics | ECON 1201 |
Macroeconomics | ECON 1202 |
Physics 1: Algebra-based | PHYS 1901 |
Physics 2: Algebra-based | PHYS 1902 |
Physics: Electricity | SCIE 1904 |
Physics: Mechanics | PHYS 1210 |
Psychology | PSYC 1000 and SCIE 1905 |
Spanish | SPAN 1100 |
Statistics | MGSC 2207 |
US Government and Politics | POLI 1901 and POLI 1902 |
US History | HIST 1903 and HIST 1904 |
World History | HIST 1905 and HIST 1906 |
Each of the above courses counts as three credit hours with the exception of LATN 1100 and SPAN 1100, each of which count as six credit hours.
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.