Alberta High School Course Equivalents for IB
The following International Baccalaureate (IB) courses may be used as equivalents for the Alberta high school courses required for admission to your program.
For those educated in other provincial systems, please view the out-of-province course equivalents to first determine which of your province’s high school courses will be equivalent to the Alberta courses listed in the right column of the following chart. From there, you will be able to determine which of your IB classes may be used as high school course equivalents on your application for admission.
| IB Course | Alberta High School Equivalent |
|---|---|
| Art/Design (HL/SL) | Fine Arts 30-level |
| Biology (HL/SL) | Biology 30 |
| Chemistry (HL/SL) | Chemistry 30 |
| Computer Science (HL/SL) | Science 30-level |
| Dance (HL/SL) | Fine Arts 30-level |
| Design Technology (HL/SL) | Science 30-level |
| Economics (HL/SL) | Humanities / Social Science 30-level |
| English (HL/SL) | English 30-1 |
| Environmental Systems | Science 30-level |
| Film (HL/SL) | Fine Arts 30-level |
| French A or B (HL/SL) | French 30 |
| German A or B (HL/SL) | German 30 |
| Geography (HL/SL) | Humanities / Social Science 30-level |
| Global Politics (HL/SL) | Humanities / Social Science 30-level |
| Greek (HL/SL) | Language other than English 30-level |
| History (HL/SL) | Humanities / Social Science 30-level |
| History of Europe and the Islamic World (HL) | Humanities / Social Science 30-level |
| Digital Society - Formerly Info Tech in a Global Society (HL/SL) | Humanities / Social Science 30-level |
| Italian (HL) | Language other than English 30-level |
| Japanese AB (SL) | Language other than English 30-level |
| Japanese B (HL or SL) | Language other than English 30-level |
| Latin | Language other than English 30-level |
| Mandarin B (HL/SL) | Language other than English 30-level |
| Math Studies | Math 30-1 |
| Mathematics (HL/SL) | Math 30-1/Math 31 |
| Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches (HL/SL) | Math 30-1/Math 31 |
| Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation (HL) | Math 30-1 |
| Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation (SL) | Math 30-2 |
| Further Mathematics (SL) | Math 30-1 / Math 31 |
| Music (HL/SL) | Fine Arts 30-level |
| Philosophy (HL/SL) | Humanities / Social Science 30-level |
| Physics (HL/SL) | Physics 30 |
| Psychology (HL/SL) | Humanities / Social Science 30-level |
| Social, Cultural Anthropology (HL/SL) | Humanities / Social Science 30-level |
| Spanish A or B (HL/SL) | Language other than English 30-level |
| Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences (SL) | Physical Education 30-level |
| Theatre (HL/SL) | Fine Arts 30-level |
| Visual Arts (HL/SL) | Fine Arts 30-level |
Additional languages other than English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Mandarin have been approved for admission. Please contact our recruitment team at IBstudent@ualberta.ca for more information.