International Baccalaureate Policy
Students may be awarded credit for an International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) programs according to the faculty policy for International Baccalaureate. For credit to be awarded, students must arrange for the IBO to send their official International Baccalaureate diploma to Bates.
Credit is awarded only upon receipt of the official International Baccalaureate transcript with the examination scores.
- The IB subjects must be equivalent to subjects taught at Bates, with “English” accepted only if the focus was on literature rather than language instruction.
- For courses taken in the “Higher Level Subjects” category:
1.0 Bates course credit – examination grade of 5
2.0 Bates course credits – examination grades of 6 or 7 - For courses taken in the “Subsidiary Level Subjects” category (note some departments/programs prohibit subsidiary level credit):
1.0 Bates course credit – examination grade of 6 or 7
A maximum of four non-Bates credits, including International Baccalaureate credit, may be awarded. Junior Semester/Year Abroad credit does not count towards this “non-Bates” maximum.
Credit awarded as “Unspecified” does not have a Bates course equivalency but does count towards the credit requirement for graduation.
| Subject | Higher Level | Subsidiary Level | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | |
| Amharic Lit | no credit | no credit | no credit | no credit | no credit |
| Arabic Lit | no credit | no credit | no credit | no credit | no credit |
| Art History | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| Art studio 3D | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| Biology | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| Business Management | no credit | no credit | no credit | no credit | no credit |
| Chemistry | 107A | 107A & 108A | 107A & 108A | 107A | 107A |
| Chinese Lit | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| Chinese-Mandarin | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| Computer Science | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| Design Tech. | no credit | no credit | no credit | no credit | no credit |
| Economics | 150 | 150 & 1 unspecified | 150 & 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| English Lit | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| Enviroment Science | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| Env. And Soc. | |||||
| Film | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| French Lang | 201 | 201 & 1 unspecified | 201 & 1 unspecified | 201 | 201 |
| French Lit | 201 | 201 & 1 unspecified | 201 & 1 unspecified | 201 | 201 |
| Human Geography (INDS) | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| German | 201 | 201 & 1 unspecified | 201 & 1 unspecified | 201 | 201 |
| Global Politics | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| Govt. & Politics – US | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| History (Americas) | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| History Africa & Mid. East | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| History Asia & Oceania | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| History Europe | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| History(ME) | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| Italian | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| Information Tech Glob.Soc. | |||||
| Japanese | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| Latin Language | 201 | 201 & 202 | 201 & 202 | 201 | 201 |
| Latin Lit | 201 | 201 & 202 | 201 & 202 | 201 | 201 |
| Literature & Performance | |||||
| Math Studies | 101 | 101 & I UNSP | 101 & 1 unsepcified | 101 | 101 |
| Mathematics | 105 | 105 & 106 | 105 & 106 | 105 | 105 |
| Mathematics Analysis & Approaches | 105 | 105 & 106 | 105 & 106 | no credit | no credit |
| Mathematics Applications & Interpretation | 105 | 105 | 105 | no credit | no credit |
| Music – Listen & lit. | see chair | see chair | see chair | see chair | see chair |
| Music Solo. Perf. | |||||
| Music theory | see chair | see chair | see chair | see chair | see chair |
| Physics | 107 | 107 & 1 unspecified | 107 & 1 unspecified | 107 | 107 |
| Psychology | 101 | 101 & 1 unspecified | 101 & 1 unspecified | 101 | 101 |
| Soc.Cul.Anth. | 1 unspecified (ANTH) | 2 unspecified (ANTH) | 2 unspecified (ANTH) | 1 unspecified (ANTH) | 1 unspecified (ANTH) |
| Somali Lit | no credit | no credit | no credit | no credit | no credit |
| Spanish Lang | 201 | 201 & 1 unspecified | 201 & 1 unspecified | 201 | 201 |
| Spanish Lit | 201 | 201 & 1 unspecified | 201 & 1 unspecified | 201 | 201 |
| Sports Ex.Sci. | no credit | no credit | no credit | no credit | no credit |
| *Statistics | Math 101 | Math 101 & 1 unsepcified | Math 101 & 1 unsepcified | Math 101 | Math 101 |
| Thai Lang & Lit | no credit | no credit | no credit | no credit | no credit |
| Theatre | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| Visual Arts | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| World Religion | 1 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 2 unspecified | 1 unspecified | 1 unspecified |
| *Statistics can be posted as ECON 250 upon request | |||||
| HL | SL | ||||
| 5 = 1 credit | 6=1 credit | ||||
| 6 or 7 = 2 credits | 7=1 credit |