Transfer to UCCS
Any student admitted to UCCS after June 30, 2003, who has graduated from high school having successfully completed an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program, shall be granted at least 24 semester hours of college credit. No tuition shall be charged for these credits. These credits shall be granted, however, only if the student receives a score of 4 or better on an examination administered as part of the IB diploma program. Students who complete four Higher Level (HL) exams will receive 6-8 hours of credit for each exam. Students who complete three HL exams and three Standard Level (SL) exams will receive 6-8 hours of credit for each individual HL exam and a total of 6 hours of elective credit for all three of the SL exams in aggregate, as long as at least one of the SL exams has a score of 4 or better.
Students who do not complete the entire IB Diploma Program will receive credit for up to four Higher Level (HL) exams completed with scores of 4 or better. No credit will be awarded for Standard Level (SL) exams.
Credit is not granted for an International Baccalaureate score if the student completes an equivalent college course or Advanced Placement (AP) course.
All colleges accept IB credits but apply them differently depending on the student’s degree program. Please contact an advisor in the Student Success Center for test score interpretation.
IB Examination Higher Level (HL) |
Exam Score |
UCCS Equivalent |
Semester Hours |
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Anthropology (Social) |
4-7 |
ANTH 240 & ANTH 2-- |
Survey of Cultural Anthropology and anthropology elective |
6 |
Biology |
4-7 |
BIOL 110/111, 115/116 |
General Biology I and II with Labs |
6 |
Business & Organization |
4-7 |
BUAD 1-- |
Business elective |
6 |
Chemistry |
4-7 |
CHEM 103 & CHEM 1-- |
General Chemistry I and chemistry elective |
6 |
Computer Science |
4-7 |
C S 115 & C S 1-- |
Principles of Computer Science and computer science elective |
6 |
Design Technology |
4-7 |
----1-- |
General elective |
6 |
Economics |
4-7 |
ECON 100 |
Economics elective |
6 |
English A-1 |
4 |
----1-- |
General elective |
6 |
5 |
ENGL 131 & ENGL 150 |
Rhetoric & Writing I and Intro to Literature |
6 |
|
6-7 |
ENGL 141 & ENGL 150 |
Rhetoric & Writing II and Intro to Literature (ENGL 131 waived) |
6 |
|
Geography |
4-7 |
GES 198 & GES 199 |
World Regional Geography and Intro to Human Geography |
6 |
History w/ Regional Option-Africa |
4-7 |
HIST 104 & HIST 1-- |
Modern Europe and history elective |
6 |
History w/ Regional Option-Americas |
4-7 |
HIST 104 & HIST 153 |
Modern Europe and US History: Emergence of Modern America |
6 |
History w/ Regional Option-East and SE Asia & Oceania |
4-7 |
HIST 104 & HIST 111 |
Modern Europe and Asian History: Southeast Asia |
6 |
History w/ Regional Option-Europe |
4-7 |
HIST 104 & HIST 103 |
Modern Europe and Early Modern Europe |
6 |
History w/Regional Option-S Asia and the Middle East |
4-7 |
HIST 104 & HIST 121 |
Modern Europe and History of the Middle East |
6 |
Islamic History |
4-7 |
HIST 1-- |
History elective |
6 |
Languages-Group A-1 |
4 |
XXXX 4-- |
Advanced language and literature of that language |
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Languages-Group A-2 |
4-7 |
XXXX 102 & XXXX 211 |
The 102 & 211-level of that language |
8 |
Languages-Group B |
4-7 |
XXXX 101 & XXXX 102 |
The 101 & 102-level of that language |
8 |
Note on Standard-Level languages: scores of 4 or better meet the UCCS admissions requirement of 2 units of MAPS-Foreign Language |
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Mathematics (Calculus) |
4-7 |
MATH 135 & MATH 1-- |
Calculus I and math elective |
6 |
Music |
4-7 |
MUS 100 & MUS 1-- |
Intro to Music and performance music elective |
6 |
Philosophy |
4-7 |
PHIL 1-- |
Philosophy elective |
6 |
Physics |
4-7 |
PES 101/115, 102/215 |
Physics for Life Science I and II with Labs |
6 |
Psychology |
4 |
PSY 2-- |
Psychology elective |
6 |
5-7 |
PSY 100 & PSY 2-- |
General Psychology and psychology elective |
6 |
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Theatre Arts |
4-7 |
THTR 100 & THTR 202 |
Intro to Theater and Acting Workshop I |
6 |
Visual Arts |
4-7 |
A H 100 & V A 101 |
Languages of Art and Beginning Studio 2-D |
6 |