2025-2026 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog 
    
    Jan 14, 2026  
2025-2026 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog

International Baccalaureate (IB) Exam Credit


Credits awarded for completion of external examination are based on when the exam was taken and the score earned. No more than 30 semester units of such credit may apply to a baccalaureate degree (Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) credits are excluded from this limit). See Codes below.

 

Credit for IB Examinations
IB Examination (minimum score of 4) Total Units* GE Credit Course Articulation
Anthropology, Social & Cultural, HL 6 4 (3 units) ANTH 104  
Anthropology, Social & Cultural, SL 3 4 (3 units)  
Biology HL 6 5B & 5C (3 units)  
Biology SL 3 5B & 5C (3 units)  
Business & Management HL 6 No GE Credit BA 110  
Business & Management SL 3 No GE Credit  
Chemistry HL 6 5A & 5C (3 units)  
Chemistry SL 3 5A (3 units)  
Classical Languages HL 6 3B (3 units)  
Classical Languages SL 3 3B (3 units)  
Computer Science HL 6 1B (3 units) CS 100  
Computer Science SL 3 1B (3 units) CS 100  
Dance HL 3 3A (3 units)  
Dance SL 3 3A (3 units)  
Design Technology HL 6 No GE Credit ENGR 205  
Design Technology SL 3 No GE Credit  
Economics HL 6 4 (3 units) ECON 104  
English A Language & Literature HL 6 1A (3 units) and 3B (3 units) ENGL 104  and ENGL 105  
English A Language & Literature SL 3 1A (3 units) ENGL 104  
English A Literature HL 6 3B (3 units) ENGL 105  
English A Literature SL 3 No GE Credit  
Environmental Systems & Societies 3 No GE Credit  
Film HL 3 3A (3 units)  
Film SL 3 3A (3 units)  
French ab initio SL 3 3B (3 units)  
French A Literature HL 6 3B (3 units)  
French A Literature SL 3 3B (3 units)  
French A Language & Literature HL 6 3B (3 units)  
French A Language & Literature SL 3 3B (3 units)  
French B HL 6 3B (3 units)  
French B SL 3 3B (3 units)  
Further Mathematics HL 6 2 (3 units)  
Geography HL 6 4 (3 units) and DCG-N GEOG 105  
Geography SL 3 4 (3 units)  
German ab initio SL 3 3B (3 units)  
German A Literature HL 6 3B (3 units)  
German A Literature SL 3 3B (3 units)  
German A Language & Literature HL 6 3B (3 units)  
German A Language & Literature SL 3 3B (3 units)  
German B HL 6 3B (3 units)  
German B SL 3 3B (3 units)  
Global Politics HL 6 4 (3 units)  
Global Politics SL 3 4 (3 units)  
History (any region) HL 6 3B or 4 (3 units)  
History (any region) SL 3 4 (3 units)  
Information Technology in a Global Society HL 6 4 (3 units)  
Information Technology in a Global Society SL 3 4 (3 units)  
Islamic History HL 6 4 (3 units)  
Islamic History SL 3 4 (3 units)  
Language HL (any) 6 3B (3 units)  
Language SL (any) 3 3B (3 units)  
Literature & Performance SL 3 3A or 3B (3 units)  
Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches HL 6 2 (3 units) MATH 109  and (STAT 108  or STAT 109 )
Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches SL 3 2 (3 units) MATH 102  
Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation HL 6 2 (3 units) MATH 109  and (STAT 108  or STAT 109 )
Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation SL 3 2 (3 units) STAT 108  
Mathematics HL (Last offered prior to May 2021) 6 2 (3 units)  
Mathematics SL (Last offered prior to May 2021) 3 2 (3 units)  
Mathematical Studies SL 3 2 (3 units) MATH 103  
Music HL 3 3A (3 units)  
Music SL 3 3A (3 units)  
Philosophy HL 6 1B (3 units) and 3B (3 units) PHIL 107  
Philosophy SL 3 3B (3 units) PHIL 107  
Physics HL 6 5A and 5C (3 units)  
Physics SL 3 5A and 5C (3 units)  
Psychology HL 6 4 (3 units) PSYC 104  
Psychology SL 3 4 (3 units)  
Spanish ab initio SL 3 3B (3 units)  
Spanish A Literature HL 6 3B (3 units)  
Spanish A Literature SL 3 3B (3 units)  
Spanish A Language & Literature HL 6 3B (3 units)  
Spanish A Language & Literature SL 3 3B (3 units)  
Spanish B HL 6 3B (3 units)  
Spanish B SL 3 3B (3 units)  
Sports, Exercise and Health Science SL 3 No GE Credit  
Theatre HL 6 3A (3 units)  
Theatre SL 3 3A (3 units)  
Visual Arts HL 6 3A (6 units) ART 105B  ART 105C  
Visual Arts SL 3 3A (3 units)  
World Religions SL 3 3B (3 units)  

*Total credit in semester units

Codes

HL = Higher Level
SL = Standard Level

1C = Lower Division GE Area 1: Oral Communication
1A= Lower Division GE Area 1: Written Communication
1B = Lower Division GE Area 1: Critical Thinking

2 = Lower Division GE Area 2: Mathematics

3A = Lower Division GE Area 3: Arts
3B= Lower Division GE Area 3: Humanities
4 = Lower Division GE Area 4: Social Science
5A = Lower Division GE Area 5: Physical Science
5B = Lower Division GE Area 5: Biological Science
5C = Science Lab Requirement
 

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