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International Baccalaureate Course Equivalencies
Transfer credits will be granted for Higher Level courses with a final grade of 5 or greater (except where otherwise noted). Students are eligible to receive a maximum total of 6 credit units in Performance Arts & Language and / or Humanities and Social Science electives.
Note: There are a number of courses for which Queen's does not grant credit, regardless of a student's score. Those courses are English, Business Management, Design and Technology, Theatre, Visual Art and World Religions. Also, no credit is currently granted for Theory of Knowledge or the Extended Essay.
| Higher Level Course | Queen's Equivalent Course | Queen's Weight | Comments: Exclusions, Exemptions, etc. |
| Biology | --- | --- | To be determined upon declaration of discipline in second year. |
| Chemistry | APSC 132 | 3.5 credit units | Score of 6 or higher required in order to be eligible. |
| Chinese (A2) | Performance Arts & Language | 6 credit units | |
| Classical Languages | Performance Arts & Language | 6 credit units | |
| Computer Science | APSC 142 | 3 credit units | Score of 6 or higher required in order to be eligible. |
| Dance | Performance Arts & Language | 3 credit units | |
| Economics | Humanities and Social Science Electives | 6 credit units | |
| English (A1 & A2) | No credit. (Effective September 2011) |
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| Environmental Systems | No credit. | --- | |
| Film | Performance Arts & Language | 6 credit units | |
| French (A1, A2 or B) | Performance Arts & Language | 6 credit units | |
| Geography | Humanities and Social Science Electives | 6 credit units | |
| German (Language A2) | Performance Arts & Language | 6 credit units | |
| History | Humanities and Social Science Electives | 6 credit units | |
| Information Technology | No credit. | --- | |
| Mathematics | APSC 171 | 3.5 credit units | Score of 6 or higher required in order to be eligible. |
| Music | Performance Arts & Language | 6 credit units | |
| Philosophy | Humanities and Social Science Electives | 6 credit units | |
| Physics | APSC 111 | 3.5 credit units | Score of 6 or higher required in order to be eligible. |
| Psychology | Humanities and Social Science Electives | 6 credit units | |
| Spanish & Italian (Language B) | Performance Arts & Language | 6 credit units | |
| Language X (Language B) | Performance Arts & Language | 6 credit units |