INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE CREDIT AWARDED BUTLER UNIVERSITY
Butler University offers advanced placement with appropriate academic credit in most subject areas covered by Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses and College Level Examination Program (CLEP) examinations. Applicants should request that their AP and CLEP scores be reported directly to the Office of Registration and Records from the College Board. Butler’s school code is 1073. IB transcripts must be sent directly to the Office of Admission from the International Baccalaureate Organization. Students earning AP (scores of 4 or 5), IB (scores 5–7), or transfer credits have these credits applied to major requirements (at the discretion of the department), or counted as electives fulfilling Butler degree requirements. For additional complete information see www.butler.edu/transfer/credits. AP and IB credits may also meet Core Curriculum requirements. For transfer credits to apply to Core Curriculum requirements, the course must be found to be consistent with the learning objectives of the Core area of inquiry. Core sequences referenced below include: NW, The Natural World; PCA, Perspectives in the Creative Arts; AR, Analytic Reasoning; SW, The Social World; and TI, Text and Ideas. EXAMINATION
SCORE
CREDIT AWARDED
Biology HL
5–7
5 hrs, BI 100 level elective
Business & Management HL
5–7
3 hrs, MG 100 level elective
Chemistry HL
5–7
10 hrs, CH 105 and CH 106 (fulfills NW core; placement in CH 321 or CH 351 if additional chemistry is required for program of study)
Chemistry SL
5–7
5 hrs, CH 105 (variance for NW core; recommend placement in CH 107 if additional chemistry is required for program of study)
Classical Languages HL
5–7
4 hrs, LT or GK 100 level elective + 3 hrs, LT or GK elective (level determined by placement exam)
Classical Languages SL
5–7
4 hrs, LT or GK 100 level elective
Computer Science HL
5–7
3 hrs, CS 142 or SE 267
Computer Science SL
5–7
3 hrs, AR 220 CS
Dance HL
5–7
9 hrs, DA 100 level elective (fulfills PCA core)
Dance SL
5–7
6 hrs, DA 100 level elective
Economics HL
5–7
3 hrs, SW 220 EC
Environmental Systems and Societies SL
5–7
3 hrs, ST 100 level elective
Foreign Language Level 1 HL Native
5–7
6 hrs, 300-level skills elective in the exam’s language (must begin in 300-level course or above in the same language; RX Medical Spanish courses are not eligible for this purpose)
EFFECTIVE FOR STUDENTS ENTERING IN FALL 2021 Revised 3/2020