LanguagesInternational Baccalaureate (IB) Higher Level Exam Credit
for majors in the School of the Arts and Architecture, School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Nursing, and the School of Theater, Film and Television
Please note:
- UCLA awards college credit for higher level (HL) exams only.
- Credit awarded by UCLA as a result of IB exams is subject to change without notice. Course descriptions for each IB subject are reviewed by UCLA on a yearly basis.
- IB examinations, AP examinations, and college courses taken prior to or after enrolling at UCLA may be duplicative. In these cases we will award credit for only one.
| Code | Definition |
|---|---|
| AH | satisfies American History and Institutions requirement |
| EW | satisfies Entry Level Writing requirement |
| QR | satisfies Quantitative Reasoning requirement (all schools but Engineering, which does not have a QR requirement) |
Last modified: June, 2009
| IB Examination | Credit at UCLA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exam Name | Score | Subject Area | Title/Course # | Units | Req's Met |
| Biology | 5-7 | EE BIOL | Intro Biology | 8.0 | |
| Business Management | - | - | no credit | - | |
| Chemistry | 5-7 | CHEM | Intro | 8.0 | |
| Classical Languages | |||||
| - Classical Greek | 5-7 | GREEK | 1 and 2 | 8.0 | |
| - Latin | 5-7 | LATIN | 1 and 2 | 8.0 | |
| Computer Science |
5-7 | COM SCI |
Unassigned |
8.0 | QR |
| Dance | 5-7 | WLD ART WLD ART DANCE-P |
Composition History Performance |
2.0 2.0 4.0 |
|
| Design Technology | - | - | no credit | - | |
| Economics | 5-7 | ECON | Intro | 8.0 | |
| Film | 5-7 | FILM&TV | Intro Film | 8.0 | |
| Geography | 5-7 | GEOG | Intro | 8.0 | |
| History | |||||
| - Africa | 5-7 | HIST | Africa | 8.0 | |
| - Americas | 5-7 | HIST | Americas | 8.0 | AH |
| - East and Southeast Asia and Oceania |
5-7 | HIST | Asia/Oceania | 8.0 | |
| - Europe | 5-7 | HIST | Europe | 8.0 | |
| - South
Asia and the Middle East |
5-7 | HIST | S Asia & Middle East | 8.0 | |
| History of the Islamic World | 5-7 | HIST | Hist Islamic World | 8.0 | |
| Language A1 (native) | |||||
| - English | 5-7 | ENGCOMP | 3 | 8.0 | EW* |
| * A score of 6 or higher on the Standard Level (SL) A1 English exam also satisfies EW, although it does not result in any course credit. | |||||
| - French | 5-7 | FRNCH | Unassigned | 8.0 | |
| Language A2/B (2nd native/ non-native) |
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| - English | 5-7 | ENGLISH | ESL | 8.0 | |
| - French | 5-7 | FRNCH | 1 and 2 | 8.0 | |
| - German | 5-7 | GERMAN | 1 and 2 | 8.0 | |
| - Spanish | 5-7 | SPAN | 1 and 2 | 8.0 | |
| Mathematics | 5-7 | MATH MATH |
1 Calculus |
4.0 4.0 |
QR |
| Music | 5-7 | MUSIC MUS HST |
Theory Surv of Music |
4.0 4.0 |
|
| Philosophy | 5-7 | PHILOS | Intro | 8.0 | |
| Physics | 5-7 | PHYSICS | Intro | 8.0 | |
| Psychology | 5-7 | PSYCH | Intro | 8.0 | |
| Social and Cultural Anthropology | 5-7 | ANTHRO | Social/Cultural | 8.0 | |
| Theatre Arts | 5-7 | THEATER | Intro | 8.0 | |
| Visual Arts | 5-7 | ART HIST DESMA |
Surv of Art Intro |
4.0 4.0 |
|
| IB Diploma (2002 and later) | 30 or higher |
NONDEPT | Unassigned up to 30 units depending on credit from higher level exams. |
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