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IB Transfer Credit Information

Hawai'i Pacific Å·ÃÀAƬ recognizes the International Baccalaureate program and encourages students to challenge themselves while in high school by taking part in the IB Diploma Programme. Students who have participated in this program may qualify for college credit at Hawai'i Pacific Å·ÃÀAƬ. The following table shows how credits are awarded Å·ÃÀAƬ and the minimum score required.

 

IB EXAMINATION	LEVEL	MIN. GRADE	HPU EQUIVALENT	CREDIT HOURS
Arabic (Language B)	HL	4	FL 1100/1200	4 + 4
Biology	HL	4	BIOL 2050/2051	4 + 1
Business and Management	HL	4	MGMT 1000	3
Chemistry	HL	4	CHEM 2050/CHEM 2051	3 + 1
Chinese (Language B)	HL	4	CHIN 1100/1200	4 + 4
Computer Science	HL	4	CSCI 1911	3
Design Technology	HL	4	TRAN 1XXX	3
Economics	HL	4	ECON 2010	3
English (Language A1)	HL	4	ENG 2000 (Direct placement into WRI 1100)	3
English (Language A2)	HL	4	ENG 2000 (Direct placement into WRI 1100)	3
Film	HL	4	ENG 2301	3
French (Language B)	HL	4	FR 1100/1200	4 + 4
Geography	HL	4	GEOG 1000	3
History	HL	4	HIST 2001	3
Information Technology in a Global Society	HL	4	CSCI 1041	3
Islamic History	HL	5	HIST 3501	3
Japanese (Language B)	HL	4	JPE 1100/1200	4 + 4
Korean (Language B)	HL	4	KOR 1100/1200	4 + 4
Language A1 (Other than English)	HL	4	HUM 1000	3
Language A2 (Other than English)	HL	4	HUM 1000	3 + 3
Language B (Other)	HL	4	FL 1100/1200	4 + 4
Latin (Language B)	HL	4	FL 1100/1200	4 + 4
Mathematics	HL	4	MATH 1150	3
Music	HL	4	MUS 1000	3
Philosophy	HL	4	PHIL 1000	3
Physics	HL	4	PHYS 2030/2031	3 + 1
Psychology	HL	4	PSY 1000	3
Social and Cultural Anthropology	HL	4	ANTH 2000	3
Spanish (Language B)	HL	4	SPAN 1100/1200	4 + 4
Theater	HL	4	THEA 1000	3
Visual Arts	HL	5	ARTS 1000	3

 

Transfer credit is based on the student's official IB Examination score. Student should request that their electronic IB transcript be sent to Hawai'i Pacific Å·ÃÀAƬ at the following address: Hawai'i Pacific Å·ÃÀAƬ, Office of Admissions, 1 Aloha Tower Drive, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813, USA. 

Students who have been awarded college credit for their IB examination results can decrease the time required to complete their bachelor degree. Additionally, Hawai'i Pacific Å·ÃÀAƬ's year round curricular options allow interested students an opportunity to further accelerate the degree completion process. 

Once a student has been accepted to HPU and an official electronic IB transcript has been received, an individual evaluation will be completed based on the student's intended study program. Students will then be notified of their official IB transfer credit award by correspondence from Hawai'i Pacific Å·ÃÀAƬ.