Credits & Grades
The regulations published in the Undergraduate Catalog are a digest of the rules of the institution. Changes may be made in the regulations at any time to promote the best interests of the university and its students. Students are responsible for knowing the published regulations, policies, and standards of the university and of their college or school.
International Baccalaureate (IB) Credit
The University of Mississippi accepts credit by examination from the International Baccalaureate program. The College of Liberal Arts uses the following guiding principles for awarding International Baccalaureate credit: The student must take the Higher Level (HL) version of the course, the student must earn a score of 5 or higher on the examination, and the course must be approved by the appropriate department chairperson.
The following IB courses have been pre-approved for credit:
IB Course Title | UM Credit |
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Biology | Bisc 160, 161 (4 credit hours) Z-graded |
Economics | Econ 202 and 203 (6 credit hours) |
English A1 | Engl 222 (3 credit hours) Z-graded |
History/Americas | His 106 (3 credit hours) Z-graded |
History/Europe | His 102 (3 credit hours) Z-graded |
Language A | Span, Fr, Germ 202 and 303 (6 credit hours) and Chin, Ital, Japn, Port, Russ 202 and 301 (6 credit hours) Z-graded |
Language B | Span, Fr, Germ 304 and 399 (6 credit hours) and Chin, Ital, Japn, Port, Russ 302 and 399 (6 credit hours) Z-graded |
Mathematics | Math 261 (3 credit hours) Z-graded |
Music | Mus 330 (2 hours), Mus 309 (2 hours), and Mus: ST 2XX (2 hours) |
Philosophy | Phil 101 (3 credit hours) Z-graded |
Psychology | Psy 201 (3 credit hours) Z-graded |
Theatre Arts | Thea 201 (3 credit hours) Z-graded |
As students present transcripts for other International Baccalaureate courses taken at the Higher Level (HL), then the appropriate department will review the course/exam and decide the appropriate University of Mississippi credit.