Advanced Credit Equivalency Charts

IB Course Equivalencies Chart for Advanced Credit

IB COURSE	SMU Equivalent (HL)	SMU Equivalent (SL)
Biology	BIOL 1211 and BIOL 1212 and BIOL 1213	BIOL 1901
Business Management	MGMT 1281 and BUSI 1901	BUSI 1901
Chemistry	CHEM 1210 and CHEM 1211	CHEM 1901
Classical Languages	ANCS 1901 and ANCS 1902	ANCS 1901
Computer Science	CSCI 1901 and CSCI 1902	CSCI 1901
Creativity Activity Service	ELEC 1911	not available
Dance	ELEC 1901 and ELEC 1902	ELEC 1901
Design Technology	ELEC 1903 and ELEC 1904	ELEC 1903
Digital Society	ELEC 1905 and ELEC 1906	ELEC 1903
Economics	ECON 1201 and ECON 1202	BUSI 1901
English A: Language and Literature	ENGL 1205 and ENGL 1901	ENGL 1901
English B	ENGL 2901 and ENGL 2902	ENGL 2901
Environmental Systems and Society	ENVS 1200 and ENVS 1901	ENVS 1901
Extended Essay	HUMN 1901	not available
Film	ENGL 2313 and ENGL 1902	ENGL 1902
Geography	GEOG 1200 and GEOG 1901	GEOG 1901
Global Politics	POLI 1901 and POLI 1902	POLI 1901
History	HIST 1901 and HIST 1902	HIST 1901
Language A: Language & Literature	LANG 1901 and LANG 1902	LANG 1901
Language A: Literature	ENGL 1300 and ENGL 1903	ENGL 1903
Language ab initio	n/a	LANG 1903
Language and Culture	ICST 1000 and ICST 1901	ICST 1901
Language B	LANG 2901 and LANG 2902	LANG 2901
Language and Culture	ICST 1000 and ICST 1901	ICST 1901
Literature and Performance	n/a	ENGL 1902
Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches	MATH 1210 and MATH 1211 for grades 6 or higher/ MATH 1901 and MATH 1902 for grades 4 and 5	MATH 1901
Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation	MATH 1210 and MATH 1211 for grades 6 or higher/ MATH 1901 and MATH 1902 for grades 4 and 5	MATH 1901
Music	ELEC 1907 and ELEC 1908	ELEC 1907
Philosophy	PHYS 1210 and PHYS 1211	PHYS 1210
Physics	PHYS 1210 and PHYS 1211	PHYS 1210
Psychology	PSYC 1000 and PSYC 1901	PSYC 1901
Social and Cultural Anthropology	ANTH 1202 and ANTH 1901	ANTH 1901
Theatre	HUMN 1902 and HUMN 1903	HUMN 1903
Theory of Knowledge	PHIL 1903 and PHIL 1904	not available
Visual Arts	ELEC 1909 and ELEC 1910	ELEC 1909
World Religions	World Religions	RELS 1901

Students who are eligible to receive advanced credits for their IB courses can pick and choose advanced credit received, however once that decision is made it is not reversible (i.e. students cannot reject credit and then ask to receive credit at a later point). IB students receiving advanced credit are not considered to have received advanced standing. This means that, if you apply directly from high school, you will be treated as a first year student, even if you accept your IB credit and are exempt from first year courses. For information on scholarships, awards and bursaries, including IB specific awards, please visit our scholarship website.

Saint Mary’s University offers university-level credits that recognize the efforts of students who have completed Advanced Placement (AP) final exams with minimum scores of 3+.

AP subjects approved for credit:

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.

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