The International Baccalaureate exams and courses for which credit is granted are listed below. Credit granted for a specific course counts toward the satisfaction of any requirement toward which the listed course counts, with two exceptions: (1) Literature and Writing Courses, if taken to satisfy the Level I Writing Requirement, must be taken at Hendrix; and (2) Learning Domain requirements may not be satisfied by IB credits. A maximum of six credits may be awarded for any combination of
AP, IB and Cambridge IE exams.
| IB Exam |
Min. Score |
Hendrix Course Equivalent |
| Politics—Comparative Politics |
4 |
One course elective in POLI |
| Psychology |
4 |
PSYC 110 Introduction to Psychology |
| Art—Visual Arts (SL/HL) |
5 |
One course elective in ARTS |
| Anthropology—Cultural & Social (SL/HL) |
5 |
ANTH 100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology |
| Biology HL |
5 |
BIOL 101 Concepts in Biology (w/Lab) |
| Business and Management HL |
5 |
BUSI 100 Cont. Issues in Business & Entrep. |
| Chemistry HL |
5 |
** |
| Computer Science HL |
5 |
CSCI 150 Foundations of Computer Science |
| Economics HL |
5 |
ECON 100 Survey of Economic Issues |
| English (SL/HL) |
5 |
One course elective in ENGL |
| Film (SL/HL) |
5 |
One course elective in ENGF |
| Languages—Chinese (Mandarin) (SL/HL) |
5 |
CHIN 110 Elementary Chinese I |
| Languages—French (SL/HL) |
5 |
FREN 110 First Year French I |
| Languages—Greek (Ancient) (SL/HL) |
5 |
GREE 110 Fundamentals of Ancient Greek I |
| Languages—Latin (SL/HL) |
5 |
LATI 110 Fundamentals of Latin I |
| Languages—Spanish (SL/HL) |
5 |
SPAN 110 Fundamentals of Spanish I |
| History HL (any regional focus) |
5 |
One course elective in HIST |
| Mathematics—Math HL |
5 |
MATH 130 Calculus I |
| Mathematics—Further Math SL |
5 |
No course credit; QS credit only |
| Music (SL/HL) |
5 |
One course elective in MUSI |
| Physics HL |
5 |
PHYS 210 Gen. Physics I (w/Lab) and PHYS 220 Gen. Physics II (w/Lab) |
| Psychology (SL/HL) |
5 |
PSYC 110 Introduction to Psychology |
| Theatre Arts (SL/HL) |
5 |
TART 100 Introduction to Theatre |
* Credit for BIOL 101 Concepts in Biology (w/Lab) may be earned or, upon completion of BIOL 210 Botany (w/Lab) or a more advanced core biology course, with a grade of C or better, credit for BIOL 150 Cell Biology (w/Lab).
** Credit for CHEM 100 Concepts of Chemistry may be earned or, upon completion of CHEM 120 Gen Chem II: Analy & React (w/Lab)with a grade of C or better, credit for CHEM 110 Gen Chem I: Struct & Prop (w/Lab) may be earned.
The Cambridge IE exams and courses for which credit is granted are listed below
. Credit granted for a specific course counts toward the satisfaction of any requirement toward which the listed course counts, with two exceptions: (1) Literature and Writing Courses, if taken to satisfy the Level I Writing Requirement, must be
taken at Hendrix; and (2) Learning Domain requirements may not be satisfied by Cambridge IE credits. A maximum of six credits may be awarded for any combination of AP, IB and Cambridge IE exams.
| Cambridge Exams |
Min. Score |
Hendrix Equivalent Course |
| Accounting (A Level) |
B |
One course elective in BUSI |
| Biology |
B |
BIOL 100 Cont.
Issues in Business & Entrep. |
| Business (A Level) |
B |
BUSI 100 Cont.
Issues in Business & Entrep. |
| Business (Subsidiary Exam) |
A |
BUSI 100 Cont
Issues in Business & Entrep. |
| Chemistry (A Level) |
B |
** |
| Classical Studies |
B |
CLAS 290 Topics
in Classical Literature |
| Divinity |
B |
RELI 123
Introduction to Hebrew Bible |
| Economics (A Level) |
B |
ECON 100 Survey
of Economic Issues |
| Economics (Subsidiary Exam) |
A |
ECON 100 Survey
of Economic Issues |
| English |
B |
One course elective in ENGL |
| Foreign Language—French |
B |
FREN 110 First
Year French I |
| Foreign Language—Spanish |
B |
SPAN 110 Fundamentals
of Spanish I |
| Hinduism |
B |
RELI 223 Introduction
to Hinduism |
| History |
B |
One course elective in HIST |
| Islamic Studies |
B |
RELI 339 Contemporary
Islamic Thought |
| Physics (A Level) |
B |
PHYS 210 Gen.
Physics I (w/Lab) and PHYS 220 Gen.
Physics II (w/Lab) |
| Psychology |
A |
PSYC 110 Introduction to Psychology |
* Credit for BIOL 101 Concepts in Biology may be earned or, upon completion of BIOL 210 Botany (w/Lab) or a more advanced core biology course, with a grade of C or better, credit for BIOL 150 Cell Biology (w/Lab).
** Credit for CHEM 100 Concepts of Chemistry may be earned or, upon completion of CHEM 120 Gen Chem II: Analy & React (w/Lab) with a grade of C or better, credit for CHEM 110 Gen Chem I: Struct & Prop (w/Lab) may be earned.