Transfer/Advanced Standing Credit – GCE (A level Courses)

Advanced standing (transfer) credit may be awarded for A levels completed with a grade of C or better subject to the discretion of the appropriate faculty to a maximum of 3.0 credits. The table below provides information on which A Level courses have been evaluated as equivalent to Carleton courses.

A Level Course CU Equivalent and Credit Value
A Level Arabic IASS 1XXX (1.0)
A Level Biology BIOL 1103 (0.5) + 1104 (0.5)
A Level Business No Credit
A Level Chemistry CHEM 1001 (0.5) & CHEM 1002 (0.5) *OCR Chemistry B: CHEM 1XXX (1.0)
A Level Chinese CHIN 1XXX (1.0)
A Level Classical Studies CLCV 1XXX (1.0)
A Level Economics ECON 1001 (0.5) + ECON 1002 (0.5)
A Level English ENGL 1000 (1.0)
A Level French FREN 1100 (1.0)
A Level Geography GEOG 1XXX (1.0) *Pearson IAL: GEOG 1020 + GEOG 1XXX (0.5)
A Level German GERM 1XXX (1.0)
A Level Hinduism RELI 1XXX (0.5)
A Level History HIST 1XXX (1.0) *Pearson IAL: HIST 1707 (1.0)
A Level Islamic Studies No Credit
A Level Law LAWS 1XXX (1.0)
A Level Math MATH 1004
A Level Further Math MATH 1107 (0.5) + MATH 2007 (0.5)
A Level OCR Further Math MATH 1119 (0.5) + MATH 2007 (0.5)
A Level Media Studies COMM 1XXX (0.5)
A Level Music MUSI 1XXX (1.0)
A Level Physics PHYS 1007 (0.5) + PHYS 1008 (0.5)
A Level Portuguese IASS 1XXX (1.0)
A Level Psychology PSYC 1001 (0.5) + PSYC 1002 (0.5)
A Level Russian RUSS 1XXX (1.0)
A Level Sociology SOCI 1001 (0.5) + SOCI 1002 (0.5)
A Level Spanish SPAN 1XXX (1.0)
A Level Statistics STAT 2507 (0.5)

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