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First-year credit

If you complete university-level courses while in high school, you may be able to take fewer courses to complete your degree. Find out which Advanced Placement, British-patterned education, and International Baccalaureate courses are eligible for first-year credit at UBC.

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If you are eligible for credit for a first-year course, please consult an academic advisor at UBC before registering for second-year courses. You may choose to refuse the first-year credit and take the course anyway.

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Advanced Placement

If you got a grade of 4 or better on approved Advanced Placement exams, UBC will grant you first-year credit. The table below is not exhaustive, so credit may be granted for courses not shown.

High school subject UBC course granted (including credits)
2-D Art and Design VISA_O 102 (3)

When AP Studio Art: 2-D Design and AP Studio Art: Drawing are taken together, credit is granted as VISA_O 102 (3), VISA_O 103 (3), and VISA_O 1st-year level (3).

3-D Art and Design VISA_O 104 (3) and VISA_O 105 (3)
Art History ARTH_O 1st-year level (6)
Biology BIOL_O 1st-year level (6), with exemption from BIOL_O 116, BIOL_O 117, BIOL_O 122, and BIOL_O 125
Calculus AB or subscore of AB in Calculus BC MATH_O 100 (3)
Calculus BC MATH_O 100 (3) and MATH_O 101 (3)
Chemistry CHEM_O 121 (3) and CHEM_O 1st-year level (3)
Chinese Language and Culture ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Comparative Government and Politics POLI_O 220 (3)
Computer Science A COSC_O 1st-year level (3)
Drawing VISA_O 102 (3) and VISA_O 103 (3)

When AP Studio Art: 2-D Design and AP Studio Art: Drawing are taken together, credit is granted as VISA_O 102 (3), VISA_O 103 (3), and VISA_O 1st-year level (3).

Economics: Macroeconomics ECON_O 1st (3) not for credit in Economics Specialization
Economics: Microeconomics ECON_O 1st (3) not for credit in Economics Specialization
English Language and Composition ENGL_O 112 (3) and ENGL_O 1st-year level (3)

When AP ENGL Language/Composition and AP ENGL Literature/Composition are taken together, credit is granted as ENGL_O 112 (3) and ENGL_O 1st-year level (9).

English Literature and Composition ENGL_O 112 (3) and ENGL_O 1st-year level (3)

When AP ENGL Language/Composition and AP ENGL Literature/Composition are taken together, credit is granted as ENGL_O 112 (3) and ENGL_O 1st-year level (9).

Environmental Science EESC_O 101 (3)
French Language and Culture FREN_O 122 (3) and FREN_O 123 (3)
German Language and Culture GERM_O 200 (3) and GERM_O 210 (3)
History: European HIST_O 116 (3) and HIST_O 126 (3)
History: United States HIST_O 111 (3) and HIST_O 211 (3)
Human Geography GEOG_O 128 (3) and GEOG_O 129 (3)
Italian Language and Culture ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Japanese Language and Culture JPST_O 201 (3) and JPST_O 1st-year level (3)
Latin LATN_O 1st-year level (6)
Music Theory ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Physics 1 PHYS_O 112 (3)
Physics 2 PHYS_O 122 (3)
Physics C (Electricity and Magnetism) PHYS_O 121 (3)
Physics C (Mechanics) PHYS_O 111 (3)
Precalculus MATH_O 125 (3)
Psychology PSYO_O 111 (3) and PSYO_O 121 (3)
Spanish Language and Culture SPAN_O 201 (3) and SPAN_O 202 (3)
Spanish Literature and Culture SPAN_O 2nd-year level (6), with exemption from SPAN_O 202
Statistics STAT_O 121 (3)
United States Government and Politics POLI_O 1st-year level (3)
World History HIST_O 1st-year level (3)

British-patterned education

If you studied British-patterned education and got a final A-Level grade of A or B in most academic science, math, and arts subjects, UBC will grant you first-year credit. If you got an A or B on an A-Level-examined subject not listed in the table below, UBC will determine your first-year credit on a case-by-case basis.

High school subject UBC course granted (including credits)
Accounting COMM_O 1st-year level (3)
Art and Design VISA_O 1st-year level (3)
Biology BIOL_O 1st-year level (6) with exemption from BIOL_O 116, BIOL_O 117, BIOL_O 122, and BIOL_O 125
Business Studies COMM_O 1st-year level (3)
Chemistry CHEM_O 121 (3) and CHEM_O 123 (3)
Economics ECON_O 101 (3) and ECON_O 102 (3)
French FREN_O 122 (3) and FREN_O 123 (3)
German GERM_O 210 (3) and GERM_O 2nd-year level (3)
Islamic Studies ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Literature (English) ENGL_O 1st-year level (6)
Mathematics No credit
Mathematics (Applied) No credit
Mathematics (Further) MATH_O 100 (3) and MATH_O 101 (3)
Physics (AS Level) PHYS_O 111 (3)
Physics (A-Level) PHYS_O 111 (3) and PHYS_O 121 (3)
Psychology PSYO_O 111 (3) and PSYO_O 121 (3)
Sociology SOCI_O 1st-year level (6)
Spanish SPAN_O 201 (3) and SPAN_O 202 (3)

International Baccalaureate

If you completed the International Baccalaureate diploma, all Higher Level and some Standard Level IB courses will be considered for first-year credit. The table below is not exhaustive, so credit may be granted for courses not shown.

High school subject Minimum IB score UBC course granted (including credits)
Arabic A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Arabic A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Arabic B HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Afrikaans A or B HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Afrikaans A SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Burmese A or B HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Burmese A SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Biology HL 6 BIOL_O 1st-year level (6), with exemption from BIOL_O 116, BIOL_O 117, BIOL_O 122, and BIOL_O 125
Business Management SL 5 COMM_O 1st-year level (3)
Business and Management HL 5 COMM_O 1st-year level (3)
Chemistry HL 6 CHEM_O 121 (3) and CHEM_O 123 (3)
Chinese A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Chinese A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Chinese A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Chinese A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Chinese B: Mandarin HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Classical Languages: Greek HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Classical Languages: Latin HL 5 LATN_O 1st-year level (6)
Computer Science HL 6 COSC_O 1st-year level (6)
Design Technology HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Digital Society HL 6 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Dutch B HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Economics SL 5 ECON_O 1st-year level (3)

Not for credit toward Economics specializations.

Economics HL 5 ECON_O 1st-year level (6)

Not for credit toward Economics specializations.

English Language and Literature A HL 5 ENGL_O 1st-year level (6)
English Literature A HL 5 ENGL_O 1st-year level (6)
Film HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Filipino B HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
French A SL 5 FREN_O 122 (3) and FREN_O 123 (3)
French B HL 5 FREN_O 122 (3) and FREN_O 123 (3)
French Language and Literature A HL 5 FREN_O 222 (3) and FREN_O 223 (3)
French Literature A HL 5 FREN_O 221 (3) and FREN_O 2nd-year level (3)
Geography HL 6 GEOG_O 1st-year level (6)
Georgian A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Georgian B: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Georgian A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Georgian A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
German A SL 5 GERM_O 200 (3)
German A HL 5 GERM_O 200 (3) and GERM_O 210 (3)
German B HL 5 GERM_O 110 (3) and GERM_O 200 (3)
Global Politics HL 5 POLI_O 1st-year level (6)
History HL 5 HIST_O 1st-year level (6)
Icelandic A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Icelandic A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Icelandic A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Icelandic A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Indonesian A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Indonesian A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Indonesian A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Indonesian A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Indonesian B HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Islamic History HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Italian A SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Italian A or B HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Japanese A HL 5 JPST_O 1st-year level (6)
Japanese B HL 5 JPST_O 1st-year level (6)
Japanese A SL 5 JPST_O 1st-year level (3)
Korean A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Korean A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Korean A SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Korean B HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Lao A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Lao A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Lao A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Lao A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Malay A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Malay A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Malay A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Malay A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Math Analysis and Approaches SL Not applicable No credit
Math Analysis and Approaches HL 6 MATH_O 100 (3) and MATH_O 101 (3)
Math Applications and Interpretations SL Not applicable No credit
Math Applications and Interpretations HL 6 MATH_O 1st-year level (3) Exempt MATH_O 116
Mongolian A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Mongolian A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Mongolian A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Mongolian A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Norwegian A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Norwegian A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Norwegian A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Norwegian A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Persian A: Literature HL or B HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Persian A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Philosophy SL 5 PHIL_O 1st-year level (3)
Philosophy HL 5 PHIL_O 1st-year level (6)
Physics HL 5 PHYS_O 1st-year level (6)

With a minimum grade of 6, credit will be granted as PHYS_O 112 (3) and PHYS_O 122 (3).

Physics SL Not applicable No credit
Polish A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Polish A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Polish A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Polish A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Psychology HL 5 PSYO_O 111 (3) and PSYO_O 121 (3)
Punjabi A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Punjabi A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Punjabi A or B: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Punjabi A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Russian A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Russian A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Russian A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Russian A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Slovak A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Slovak A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Slovak A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Slovak A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Social and Cultural Anthropology HL 5 ANTH_O 100 (3) and ANTH_O 1st-year level (3)
Spanish B HL 5 SPAN_O 201 (3) and SPAN_O 202 (3)
Spanish Language and Literature A SL 5 SPAN_O 301 (3)
Spanish Language and Literature A HL 5 SPAN_O 302 (3) and SPAN_O 2nd-year level (3)
Spanish Literature A SL 5 SPAN_O 308 (3)
Spanish Literature A HL 5 SPAN_O 320 (3) and SPAN_O 2nd-year level (3)
Sports, Exercise, and Health Science HL 5 SCIE_O 1st-year level (6)
Swahili A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Swahili A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Swahili A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Swahili A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Swedish A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Swedish A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Swedish A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Swedish A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Thai A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Thai A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Thai A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Thai A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Thai B HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Theatre HL 5 THTR_O 1st-year level (6)
Theory of Knowledge A or B PHIL_O 1st-year level (6)
Turkish A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Turkish A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Turkish A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Turkish A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Ukrainian A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Ukrainian A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Ukrainian A: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Ukrainian A: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Vietnamese A: Language and Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Vietnamese A: Language and Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Vietnamese: Literature HL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (6)
Vietnamese: Literature SL 5 ARTS_O 1st-year level (3)
Visual Arts SL 5 VISA_O 102 (3)
Visual Arts HL 5 VISA_O 102 (3) and VISA_O 103 (3)

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