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“IB PROVIDED ME WITH THE
SKILLS TO GET INVOLVED
AND MAKE THE MOST OF MY
UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE.”
START WITH IB
TAKE YOUR STUDIES TO THE NEXT LEVEL
WITH INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
WHY INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE?
The IB program gives students the skills they
need to succeed in university, from improved
study habits, to exam-writing experience, to
workload and time management. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to stick with it – and
persistence pays off, in university and beyond!
WHY UALBERTA?
We love IB students! We offer undergraduate
research opportunities, world-class professors,
and state-of-the-art teaching and learning
facilities in an academically focused setting.
DANNY HUANG (PICTURED LEFT)
Danny Huang is a fourth-year Biochemistry
student and undergraduate researcher. Danny’s
first experience with university research, as a
Grade 11 IB student, led him to discover his
passion for oncology and to co-found the
TeamUp Science student group once he started
at the U of A.
GET A HEAD START
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA CELEBRATES YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AS AN IB STUDENT!
START GETTING INVOLVED
IB RECOGNITION
The University of Alberta hosts several events
IB students can attend beginning as early as
Grade 11:
If you achieve a final IB grade of 6 or higher,
you can receive Advanced Standing at the
U of A through:
• Undergraduate Research Symposium
(see below)
• Transfer credit *
• Advanced placement
• Credit by special assessment (CSA)
• AP/IB Breakfast (morning of Open
House – Saturday, October 18, 2014)
• Alumni Recognition Awards
Learn more and sign up online at ualberta.ca/IB
CONNECT TO CAMPUS
UNDERGRADUATE
RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
At the University of Alberta, you can gain real,
hands-on research experience as an undergraduate. As an IB student, you have the unique
opportunity to attend the Undergraduate Research
Symposium at the U of A while still in high school
– and as a first-year student here, you can present
your IB extended essay research.
Learn more about why we love
International Baccalaureate
students at ualberta.ca/IB
Please see the Advanced Standing Chart on the
opposite page for more details.
* While we encourage students to retain the transfer credit they have
earned, you do have the option to decline it at the time of admission. For
information on transfer credit implications for professional programs, or
how to decline transfer credit, please see ualberta.ca/IB
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Being an IB student pays!
Last year, nearly half of all IB students
who applied for a major entrance
award received a scholarship.
TRANSCRIPTS
All IB students are required to submit a final
and official IB transcript by the due date
posted in Bear Tracks. Learn more online at
ualberta.ca/beartracks
How to submit transcripts: Ask your IB
coordinator to request that your transcript be
sent directly to the University of Alberta, or
contact IBO directly.
ADMISSIONS INFO
FOR INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE STUDENTS
ADMISSION FOR DIPLOMA CANDIDATES
The U of A offers IB Diploma candidates final
admission, based on predicted grades, to all
direct-entry faculties. Your IB coordinator will
need to complete a Predicted IB Grades form and
mail it to the University in early spring. To be
considered for admission through this process,
you will need to present six IB courses with no
grade less than 4, meet the minimum overall
required predicted score for your faculty, and
ensure that five of your courses are equivalent
to required subjects for your program.
If you are completing IB exams in conjunction
with your high school curriculum, we will use
the higher of either your IB score or high school
grade for admission, based on the IB Grade
Conversion Scale shown on the right.
80%
Bio 30
<
IB Bio
IB RESULT
% EQUIVALENT
7
98
6
90
5
82
4
73
3
55
2 or 1
(Not accepted for admission)
ADVANCED STANDING CHART NOTES
1. For students entering the Faculty of Engineering: Transfer credit for
the first (qualifying) year courses does not reduce the minimum load
requirement of 37.0 units.
DUAL ADMISSION
6
IB GRADE CONVERSION SCALE
If you finish with an 80% in Biology 30, and a 6 in
IB Biology (which converts to 90%), we would use
the IB grade in considering your admission.
2. Credit by Special Assessment (CSA): To earn credit, students are able to
challenge the university-level class, often through a special exam. There
are no fees for CSA exams; however, the results from CSA exams appear
on your U of A transcript.
3. History classes: Credit will be awarded for all five regional options
offered at the higher level (HL), including Africa, Americas, East and
Southeast Asia and Oceania, Europe (including Russia/USSR), and
South Asia and the Middle East (including North Africa).
4. Advanced Placement: While no transfer credit is offered, students
are permitted to register in a senior course. In the case of Language
other than English courses, students with Advanced Placement will
be permitted to register in a senior course after determination of their
background qualifications for that course (interview, placement test,
etc.). Students may also challenge a junior or senior course for credit
via the Credit by Special Assessment route if they are eligible and have
appropriate qualifications.
5. When students are instructed “not to take” a specific course and a generic
100-level credit is granted, this credit may be used to meet the prerequisite
for any higher-level course requiring the specific course in question.
ADVANCED STANDING FOR IB COURSES
IB COURSES
UALBERTA EQUIVALENTS
AUGUSTANA EQUIVALENTS (CAMROSE)
BIOLOGY (HL)
BIOL 107 (ê3)
AUBIO 130 (ê3)
CHEMISTRY (HL)
CHEM 101 (ê3) [or CHEM 103 (ê4.3) ] (see note 1)
AUCHE 110 (ê3)
CHEMISTRY (SL)
Students may apply to write a CSA examination in CHEM 101 (ê3) [or CHEM 103 (ê4.3)] (see notes 1, 2)
COMPUTING SCIENCE (HL) taken 2006 to 2013
CMPUT 174 (ê3) and 175 (ê3)
AUCSC 110 (ê3) and 120 (ê3)
COMPUTING SCIENCE (HL) taken 2014 onwards
CMPUT 174 (ê3) and 175 (ê3)
AUCSC 110 (ê3) and 112 (ê3)
COMPUTING SCIENCE (SL) taken 2006 to 2013
CMPUT 174 (ê3)
AUCSC 110 (ê3)
COMPUTING SCIENCE (SL) taken 2014 onwards
CMPUT 174 (ê3)
AUCSC 111 (ê3)
DANCE (HL)
DANCE 100-level (ê3)
AUPED 100-level (ê3)
AUECO 101(ê3) and 102 (ê3)
ECONOMICS (HL)
ECON 101 (ê3) and 102 (ê3) (not to take ECON 204)
ENGLISH A: Language & Literature (HL)
C LIT 100-level (ê3)
AU Humanities 100-level (ê3)
ENGLISH A: Literature (HL)
ENGL 100-level (ê6) [or ENGL 100-level (ê3) and
100-level complementary studies elective (ê3)]
(see note 1)
AUENG 100-level (ê6)
FILM (HL)
FS 100-level (ê3)
AU Humanities 100-level (ê3)
FRENCH A or B (HL)
FREN 100-level (ê3) and 211 (ê3)(not to take FREN
111 or 112)
AUFRE 102 (ê3) and 201 (ê3) [not to take AUFRE 101]
FRENCH A or B (SL)
FREN 100-level (ê6) (not to take FREN 111 or 112)
AUFRE 101 (ê3) and 102 (ê3)
GEOGRAPHY (HL or SL)
HGP 100 (ê3)
AUGEO 100-level (Arts) (ê3)
GERMAN A or B (HL)
GERM 100-level (ê3) and 211 (ê3) (not to take
GERM 111 or 112)
AUGER 102 (ê3) and 201 (ê3) [not to take AUGER 101]
GERMAN A or B (SL)
GERM 100-level (ê6) (not to take GERM 111 or 112)
AUGER 101 (ê3) and 102 (ê3)
GREEK (HL)
GREEK 101 (ê3) and 102 (ê3)
AUGRE 101 (ê3) and 102 (ê3)
HISTORY (HL) (see note 3)
HIST 100-level (ê3) (not to take HIST 112 or 113)
AUHIS 104 (ê3)
ISLAMIC HISTORY (HL)
HIST 100-level (ê3) (not to take HIST 117)
AUHIS 100-level (ê3)
ITALIAN A (HL)
Advanced Placement (see note 4)
JAPANESE AB (SL) & JAPANESE B (HL or SL)
JAPAN 101 (ê3) and 102 (ê3)
AU Language 100-level (ê6)
LATIN (HL)
LATIN 101 (ê3) and 102 (ê3)
AULAT 101 (ê3) and 102 (ê3)
LITERATURE & PERFORMANCE English (SL)
DRAMA 100-level (ê3)
AUDRA 100-level (ê3)
MANDARIN AB (SL) & MANDARIN B (HL or SL)
CHINA 101 (ê3) and 102 (ê3)
AU Language 100-level (ê6)
MATHEMATICS (HL) taken prior to 2014
MATH 114 (ê3) [or MATH 100 (ê3.5)] (see note 1).
Student may also apply to write a CSA examination
in MATH 115 (ê3) [or MATH 101 (ê3.5)] (see notes
1, 2)
AUMAT 111 (ê3)
MATHEMATICS (HL) taken 2014 onwards
Students may apply to write a CSA examination in
MATH 114 (ê3) (see note 2)
Students may apply to write a CSA examination in
AUMAT 116 (ê3) (see note 2)
FURTHER MATHEMATICS (HL) taken 2014 onwards
Students may apply to write a CSA examination in MATH
100 (ê3) or 114 (ê3), and MATH 102 (ê3) or 125 (ê3)
Students may apply to write a CSA examination in
AUMAT 116 (ê3) and 120 (ê3) (see note 2)
FURTHER MATHEMATICS (SL) taken prior to 2014
MATH 114 (ê3) and 115 (ê3) [or Math 100 (ê3.5)
and 101 (ê3.5)] (see note 1)
AUMAT 111 (ê3) and 112 (ê3)
MATHEMATICS (SL)
Students may apply to write a CSA examination in
MATH 114 (ê3) (see note 2)
Students may apply to write a CSA examination in
AUMAT 116 (ê3) (see note 2)
MUSIC (HL)
MUSIC 102 (ê3) and MUSIC 100-level (ê3) (not to
take MUSIC 101)
AUMUS 170 (ê3) and AUMUS 100-level (ê3)
PHILOSOPHY (HL)
PHIL 100-level (ê3) (not to take PHIL 101 or 102)
AUPHI 100-level (ê3)
PHYSICS (HL)
PHYS 124 (ê3) and 126 (ê3)
AUPHY 100-level (ê6)
PHYSICS (SL)
PHYS 124 (ê3)
AUPHY 100-level (ê3)
PSYCHOLOGY (HL)
PSYCO 104 (ê3) and 105 (ê3)
AUPSY 101 (ê3) and 102 (ê3)
PSYCHOLOGY (SL)
PSYCO 104 (ê3)
AUPSY 101 (ê3)
SOCIAL, CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (HL)
ANTHR 100-level (ê3)
AU Social Sciences 100-level (ê3)
SPANISH A (HL)
Advanced Placement (see note 4)
Advanced Placement (see note 4)
AUPED 100-level (ê3)
SPORTS, EXERCISE & HEALTH SCIENCE (SL)
PEDS 100-level (ê3)
THEATRE (HL)
DRAMA 101 (ê3)
AUDRA 101 (ê3)
VISUAL ARTS (HL)
ART 100-level (ê3) and ART 134 (ê3)
AUART 111 (ê3) and 113 (ê3)
WORLD RELIGIONS (SL)
RELIG 100-level (ê3)
AUREL 100-level (ê3)
Successful completion of all diploma components
Open Elective 100-level (ê3)
AUOPT 100-level Open Elective (ê3)
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