International Course Equivalencies

Admission Subjects

Eligible admission subjects are grouped into one of three general categories.

Humanities

Fine Arts

Science
English (Literature and Composition); Languages other than English; History; Cultural Geography; Social Studies; Economics Art; Drama; Music; Dance Math (Pre-Calculus, Pure Math); Biology; Calculus (Additional Math); Chemistry; Physics; Science; Computer Science

Canadian curriculum schools outside of Canada

If you are attending high school outside of Canada and studying a Canadian provincial curriculum, such as Alberta, BC, or Nova Scotia: See course equivalencies.

GCE/British Curriculum

A- and O-Level grades should be at A and B, with no individual grade lower than a C.

Please see more information here.

Admission subjects for US, IB, & AP Curriculum

The following chart outlines coursework/exams which may be considered for admission.A combination or curricula can be considered when meeting the five required admission subjects for your program.

UAlberta Subject Requirements (vary by program)

High School Courses

Advanced Placement (AP) Courses

SAT /SAT Subject Test

IB Courses

English

 English Language Arts/Literature course at the grade 12 level. English SAT: Critical Reading (minimum score of 600) or Redesigned SAT: Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (minimum score of 600), or SAT Subject Test: Literature (minimum score of 550) English A1 or A2 (HL or SL)
or
English B1 or B2 (HL or SL)
or
English A: Literature (HL or SL)
or
English A: Language and Literature (HL or SL)
USA curriculum applicants: All required courses from Humanities/Social Science (Group A) and Fine Arts (Group B) must be met by presenting accepted scores from either IB, AP, SAT Subject Test (SAT ST) results or High School (last three years) course marks. If a high school course mark is to be used, the applicant must also meet the SAT or ACT requirement as follows:

  • SAT: minimum combined score of 1800 with a minimum of 600 on each section

  • Redesigned SAT: minimum combined score of 1200 with a minimum of 600 on each section

  • ACT: minimum composite score of 26
GROUP A SUBJECTS
Humanities/Social Sciences		 High School (last three years) course plus one of the following:

a)SAT: minimum combined score of 1800 with a minimum of 600 on each section; or
Redesigned SAT: minimum combined score of 1200 with a minimum of 600 on each section

b) ACT: minimum composite score of 26

 Government and Politics,
Human Geography,
European History,
World History,
any Language at the AP level,
US History,
Micro Economics,
Macro Economics, Psychology		 US History (minimum score of 620)
World History: (minimum score of 620)
French: (minimum score of 580)
German: (minimum score of 560)
Latin: (minimum score of 600)
SAT: Math (minimum score of 600)
Redesigned SAT: Math (minimum score of 600)
Modern Hebrew: (minimum score of 600)
Italian: (minimum score of 620)
Spanish: (minimum score of 570)
Korean: (minimum score of 600)
Japanese: (minimum score of 600)
Chinese: (minimum score of 750)		 Anthropology; Economics; Geography; History; History of the Americas; History of Europe; History of Africa; History of Asia & Middle East;
History of Asia & Oceania; History of Europe and the Islamic World; Lao A: Literature HL; Philosophy; Psychology; Arabic; Bengali; Bosnian; Bulgarian; Cantonese;
Chinese; Czech; Danish; Dutch; Finnish; French; German; Greek; Hindi;
Indonesian; Italian; Japanese; Korean; Latin; Mandarin; Norwegian; Polish; Portuguese; Russian; Slovak; Spanish; Swahili; Swedish; Turkish; Vietnamese A:Literature HL/SL
GROUP B SUBJECTS:
Fine Arts		 High School (last three years) course plus one of the following:

a) SAT: minimum combined score of 1800 with a minimum of 600 on each section; or
Redesigned SAT: minimum combined score of 1200 with a minimum of 600 on each section

b) ACT: minimum composite score of 26

Combinations of disciplines will not be considered.		 Art History,
Studio Art,
Music Theory		 N/A Art & Design; Dance; Film; Music; Theatre (Drama Theatre Arts); Visual Arts
GROUP C SUBJECTS USA curriculum applicants: All required courses from this group must be met by presenting accepted scores from either IB, AP, SAT Subject Test (SAT ST) results or High School (last three years) course marks. If a high school course mark is to be used, the applicant must also meet the SAT or ACT requirement as follows:

  • SAT: minimum combined score of 1800 with a minimum of 600 on each section

  • Redesigned SAT: minimum combined score of 1200 with a minimum of 600 on each section

  • ACT: minimum composite score of 26
Math (Pre-calculus, Pure Math) High School (last three years) course plus one of the following:

a) SAT: minimum combined score of 1800 with a minimum of 600 on each section; or
Redesigned SAT: minimum combined score of 1200 with a minimum of 600 on each section

b) ACT: minimum composite score of 26

Combinations of disciplines will not be considered.		 There is no AP course that meets this requirement for admission. Mathematics Level 2 or Mathematics IIC with a minimum score of 600 Mathematics; Math Studies
Calculus Calculus AB, Calculus BC N/A - There is no SAT Subject test in Calculus Mathematics
Biology Biology Biology E or Biology M with a minimum score of 590 Biology
Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry with a minimum score of 600 Chemistry
Physics
Physics 1 & 2;
Physics C: Mechanics;
Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism
 Physics with a minimum score of 600 Physics
Other Sciences Environmental Sciences, Statistics, Computer Science A, Computer Science AB N/A Computing Science; Design Technology; Environmental Systems/Environmental Systems & Society