IB Exam

IB Exam	MiraCosta GE Area/Units Maximum Degree Units	Cal-GETC Certification Area/Units	CSU Admission Units	UC Admission Units
Biology HL	Area 5/3 units AA/AS 6 units	Area 5B/3 units	6 units	5.3 units
Chemistry HL	Area 5/3 units AA/AS 6 units	Area 5A/3 units	6 units	5.3 units
Economics HL	Area 4/3 units AA/AS 6 units	Area 4/3 units	6 units	5.3 units
Geography HL	Area 4/3 units AA/AS 6 units	Area 4/3 units	6 units	5.3 units
History HL (any region)	Area 3 or 4/3 units AA/AS 6 units	Area 3B or 4/3 units	6 units	5.3 units
Language A: Literature (any language except English) HL*	Area 3/3 units AA/AS 6 units	Area 3B/3 units	6 units	5.3 units
Language A: Language and Literature (any language except English) HL*	Area 3/3 units AA/AS 6 units	Area 3B/3 units	6 units	5.3 units
Language A: Literature (any language) HL*	Area 3/3 units AA/AS 6 units	Area 3B/3 units	6 units	5.3 units
Language A: Language and Literature (any language) HL*	Area 3/3 units AA/AS 6 units	Area 3B/3 units	6 units	5.3 units
Language B: (any language) HL*	6 units	N/A	6 units	5.3 units
Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches HL*	Area 2/3 units AA/AS 6 units	Area 2/3 units	6 units	5.3 units
Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation HL*	Area 2/3 units AA/AS 6 units	Area 2/3 units	6 units	5.3 units
Physics HL	Area 5/3 units AA/AS 6 units	Area 5A/3 units	6 units	5.3 units
Psychology HL	Area 4/3 units AA/AS 6 units	Area 4/3 units	3 units	5.3 units
Theatre HL*	Area 3/3 units AA/AS 6 units	Area 3A/3 units	6 units	5.3 units

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A minimum score of 5 for all exams is required by the University of California (UC). California State University (CSU) requires a minimum score of 5, except for Mathematics, Language, and Theatre exams, which require a score of 4. IB credit applied to the MiraCosta College associate degree requires a score of 5 for all exams except​ Language, Theater, and Mathematics, which require a score of 4.

NOTES:

• Each CSU and UC campus determines how it will apply external examinations toward credit in the major.
• Students who have earned credit from an IB exam should not take a comparable college course because transfer credit will not be granted for both.
• IB courses that have been discontinued are not shown on this table. A student with catalog rights may be able to use a now discontinued course if accepted under the directly comparable area of IGETC or under Cal-GETC at the time the course was taken.