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IB and A Level Credit
International Baccalaureate |
General guidelines:
exams can be taken at either the Subsidiary Level (SL) or at the Higher Level (HL)
credit normally will be awarded for HL subjects only, but there are a few exceptions
exams are scored 7 – 1 (7 = A+, 6 = A, 5 = B, 4 = C); credit will be awarded for 7 – 5; students with lower grades should be encouraged to test out
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| Subject |
Purdue Course & Credit Granted (Sem. Hrs.) |
| Biology (HL) with a score of 5 |
BIOL 110 (4) |
| Biology (HL) with a 6 or 7 |
BIOL 110 & 111 (8) |
| Chemistry (SL) |
CHM 111 & 112 (6) |
| Chemistry (HL) |
CHM 115 & 116 (8) |
| Economics (HL)
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ECON 210* (3) |
| English (SL & HL) |
ENGL 231 (3) |
Foreign Language (HL) -- Six credits at Purdue for other than the student's Native language |
| Arabic | ARAB 101 & 102 | Chinese | CHNS 101 & 102 |
| French | FR 101 & 102 | Hebrew | HEBR 101 & 102 |
| German | GER 101 & 102 | Japanese | JPNS 101 & 102 |
| Greek | GREK 101 & 102 | Portuguese | PTGS 101 & 102 |
| Italian | ITAL 101 & 102 | Latin | LATN 101 & 102 |
| Russian | RUSS 101 & 102 | Spanish | SPAN 101 & 102 |
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| Geography (HL) |
EAS UND -- 3 INTRO GEOG |
| History (HL) |
HIST UND -- 3 WORLD HIST |
| Mathematics (HL) |
MA 165 & 166 (8) |
| Philosophy (HL) |
PHIL 110 (3) |
| Physics (HL) |
PHYS 172 (4) |
| Psychology (HL) |
PSY 120 & UND -- 3 ELEM PSYCH |
| Social Anthropology (HL) |
ANTH UND -- 3 SOCIAL ANTH |
*Note: Does not count as a General Education Elective in Engineering. |
A Levels |
General guidelines:
exams can be taken at either the Advanced (A-Level) or Advanced Subsidiary (A/S) level
credit will be awarded for A-Level subjects, students with A/S exams will be encouraged to test out
exams are scored A – F (A, B, C, D, E, F, O; an “O” grade indicates a pass at Ordinary level); credit will be awarded for A – B; students with lower grades should be encouraged to test out
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| Subject Area |
Purdue Course & Credit Granted (Sem. Hrs.) |
| Accounting |
MGMT UND -- 6 INTRO ACCTG |
| Biology |
BIOL UND -- 8 INTRO BIOLOGY |
| Business Studies |
MGMT UND -- 6 INTRO BUS STDIES |
| Chemistry |
CHM 115 & 116 (8) |
| Computer Studies |
CS UND -- 6 INTRO CS |
| Economics |
ECON UND -- 6 INTRO MICRO & MACRO |
| English |
ENGL 231 (3) |
Foreign Languages -- Six credits at Purdue for other than the student's Native language |
| Arabic | ARAB 101 & 102 | Chinese | CHNS 101 & 102 |
| French | FR 101 & 102 | Hebrew | HEBR 101 & 102 |
| German | GER 101 & 102 | Japanese | JPNS 101 & 102 |
| Greek | GREK 101 & 102 | Portuguese | PTGS 101 & 102 |
| Italian | ITAL 101 & 102 | Latin | LATN 101 & 102 |
| Russian | RUSS 101 & 102 | Spanish | SPAN 101 & 102 |
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| Geography |
EAS UND -- 6 INTRO GEOG |
| History |
HIST UND -- 6 WORLD HIST |
| Mathematics |
MA 165 (4) |
| Further Mathematics |
MA 166 (4) |
| Pure Mathematics (London Exam) |
MA 165 & MA 166 (8) |
| Physics |
PHYS 172 (4) |
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