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The International Baccalaureate program is accepted at the College of Charleston. Students who have taken college-level courses in secondary school and who have achieved a score of 4, 5, 6, or 7 on a higher level IB examination will be awarded credit as detailed in the chart below. Listed below is information on specific IB course exam credit beginning with students entering the College of Charleston in Fall 2008.
IB Course IB Score CofC Course Semester Hours American History 4 HIST 1EE (Elective) 3 American History 5 HIST 2GG (Humanities) 3 American History 6, 7 HIST 201-202 6 Art (all subject areas) 4, 5, 6, 7 ARTS 1EE (Elective) 3 Biology 4 BIOL 101 4 Biology 5 BIOL 111 4 Biology 6, 7 BIOL 111-112 8 Business 4, 5, 6, 7 MGMT 105 3 Chemistry 4, 5 CHEM 111 4 Chemistry 6, 7 CHEM 111 & 112 8 Computer Science HL 4 CSCI 1EE (Elective) 3 Computer Science HL 5 CSCI 220 and 222 4 Computer Science HL 6, 7 CSCI 220, 221 and 222 7 Computer Science SL* 4 CSCI 1EE (Elective) 3 Computer Science SL* 5, 6, 7 CSCI 220 and 222 4 Cultural and Social Anthropology 4, 5 ANTH 1EE (Elective) 3 Cultural and Social Anthropology 6, 7 ANTH 1EE & 2EE 6 Economics 4, 5, 6, 7 ECON 101 3 English 4, 5, 6, 7 ENGL 2GG (Humanities) 3 European History 4 HIST 1EE (Elective) 3 European History 5 HIST 101-102 3 European History 6, 7 HIST 101-102 6 French B 4 FREN 101 & 102 6 French B 5 FREN 101, 102, 201 9 French B 6, 7 FREN 101, 102, 201, 202 12 Geography 4, 5, 6, 7 GEOG 1EE (Elective) 6 German B 4 GRMN 101 & 102 6 German B 5 GRMN 101, 102, 201 9 German B 6, 7 GRMN 101, 102, 201, 202 12 Islamic History 4 HIST 1EE (Elective) 3 Islamic History 5, 6, 7 HIST 2GG (Humanities) 3 Mathematics (HL) 4, 5, 6, 7 MATH 1GG & placement into Math 105 or Math 120 3 Further Mathematics (SL)* 4, 5, 6, 7 MATH 1GG & placement into Math 105 or Math 120 3 Music 4, 5, 6, 7 MUSC 131 3 Philosophy 4 PHIL 1EE (Elective) 3 Philosophy 5 PHIL 101 3 Philosophy 6, 7 PHIL 101 & PHIL 1EE 6 Physics 4, 5 PHYS 101 L 4 Physics 6, 7 PHYS 101-102 Lecture & Lab 8 Psychology 4 PSYC 1EE (Elective) 3 Psychology 5, 6, 7 PSYC 103 3 Spanish B 4 SPAN 101   102 6 Spanish B 5, 6 SPAN 101, 102, 201 9 Spanish B 7 SPAN 101, 102, 201, 202 12 Theatre 4, 5, 6, 7 THTR 176 3
*College of Charleston awards credit for Higher Level IB examination scores only unless otherwise stated in this table.
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