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

IB Courses

English

 English Language Arts/Literature course at the grade 12 level. English SAT: Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (minimum score of 600) 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 or High School (last three years) course marks. 
GROUP A SUBJECTS
Humanities/Social Sciences		 High School (last three years) course  Government and Politics,
Human Geography,
European History,
World History,
any Language at the AP level,
US History,
Micro Economics,
Macro Economics, Psychology		 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

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 or AP results or High School (last three years) course marks. 
Math (Pre-calculus, Pure Math) High School (last three years) course 

Combinations of disciplines will not be considered.		 Mathematics; Math Studies
Calculus Calculus AB, Calculus BC Mathematics
Biology Biology Biology
Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry
Physics
Physics 1 & 2;
Physics C: Mechanics;
Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism
 Physics
Other Sciences Environmental Sciences, Statistics, Computer Science A, Computer Science AB N/A Computing Science; Design Technology; Environmental Systems/Environmental Systems & Society