Freshmen International Baccalaureate (IB) Credit

Equivalencies Effective as of July 1, 2011

The Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) Policy provides the basis for providing comparable undergraduate course credit for the successful completion of AP and IB courses as required by Code of Virginia § 23-9.2:3.8.

NOTE: The University of Mary Washington accepts only Higher Learning test scores of 5 or higher.

Having an IB Score Report Sent
Students should contact their high school IB Coordinator or the IBO.org to request an official IB Score Report (“Transcript of Grades”) be sent from the IBO to UMW.

General Education and Intensive requirements for students matriculating in Fall 2008 or later.

Notes:

EXCERPT FROM 2008-2009 ACADEMIC CATALOG: GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR B.A./B.S.
The General Education curriculum represents the College faculty’s intellectual consensus on that broad course of study that constitutes the foundation of a solid liberal arts education. Organized into eight areas and two Across-the-Curriculum areas, General Education requirements may
be completed by University of Mary Washington coursework, by approved equivalent transfer coursework, or by equivalent Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB) or Cambridge A Level Examination credit as defined by the most current AP-IB-Cambridge Policy. No General Education coursework may be completed on a Pass/Fail basis. Any modifications in course offerings appear in the Official Schedule of Courses. To fulfill General Education requirements, a course must be designated as a General Education course for the semester and section in which it is offered.

* NOTMJ means: not major, general elective credit that will apply to the overall credits needed to graduate (120). These credits are not found equivalent to an one-to-one UMW course. These credits do not satisfy any requirements for the major unless a re-evaluation is submitted by the student. The NOTMJ course(s) also do not apply to the Gen-Ed requirements unless a re-evaluation is submitted by the Student to be re-evaluated by the Gen-Ed Committee. Although Modern Foreign Language courses transfer as general elective credit, they will satisfy the foreign language requirement.

**MATH HL – If a student would like to receive credit for UMW’s MATH-200, a syllabus must be provided for re-evaluation by Department Chair.

NOTE: The University of Mary Washington accepts only Highler Learning test scores of 5 or higher.

UMW will now grant a minimum of 15 transfer credit upon matriculation to an IB Diploma student. Awarding credits for the IB Diploma recognizes the rigor and the scope of the IB program. Most ID Diploma students will have some credit awarded from scores on the higher level individual tests. If those credits do not add up to 15, then UMW will award the difference as IB Diploma elective credits. These elective credits will not apply to the major or Gen-Ed requirements. A minimum of 15 transfer credits would count towards the overall total required for graduation.