Advanced Credit Equivalency Charts

Saint Mary’s University offers university-level credits that recognize the efforts of students who are enrolled in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma program or Advanced Placement (AP) courses in high school.

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. 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:

AP Courses Equivalent Saint Mary's University Credit
AP Seminar  ELEC 1911 and ELEC 1912
AP Research HUMN 1901 and HUMN 1902
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.

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

Physics

PHYS 1901 AND PHYS 1902

Global Politics

POLI 1901 and POLI 1902

Psychology

PSYC 1000 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.

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:

CAPE Subjects Examined

Equivalent Saint Mary’s University Credit

 Accounting

 ACCT 2241 and ACCT 2242

 Biology

 BIOL 1201 and SCIE 1901

 Caribbean Studies

 SSCI 1901

 Chemistry

 SCIE 1902 and SCIE 1903

 Communication Studies

 ARTS 1901

 Economics

 ECON 1201 and ECON 1202

 Entrepreneurship

 MGMT 1901 and MGMT 1902

 Environmental Science

 ENVS 1200 and ENVS 1901

 French

 FREN 2901 and FREN 2902

 Law

 SSCI 1902 and SSCI 1903

 Literature in English

 ENGL 1205 and ENGL 1901

 Management of Business

 MGMT 1281 and BUSI 1903

 Physics

 PHYS 1000 and PHYS 1001

 Pure Mathematics

 MATH 1210 and SCIE 1904

 Sociology

 SOCI 1210 ad SOCI 1901

 Spanish

 SPAN 1100 (6)

 

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