Does Queen's University give transfer credit for IB Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches HL?
Kingston, ON
Yes, Transfer Credit Available!
Minimum Grade Required
Credit Granted
MATH 121 (6.0 units)
💡Expert's Take
Queen's awards MATH 121 (6.0 units) for IB Mathematics HL with a score of 5 or higher, in every faculty except Smith Engineering, which grants no credit. This is a named full-year calculus course, not generic elective credit, so it satisfies the calculus requirement in most Arts and Science programs. The exception that matters: Mathematics and Statistics degree plans require MATH 120 specifically, and holding MATH 121 blocks you from taking it (Queen's IB transfer credit tables).
Queen's lists this subject as "HL Mathematics" without separating Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches (AA) from Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation (AI), so both streams appear to fall under the same row and receive the same MATH 121 credit. For certainty about your stream, contact Queen's Undergraduate Admission.
MATH 121 is the applied calculus stream, designed for students majoring in a subject other than Mathematics or Statistics. Queen's caps the MATH 120/121/123/124/126 group at 6.0 units, so accepting MATH 121 permanently closes the door on MATH 120.
What to watch for:
- Smith Engineering, no credit at all. The Engineering IB transfer credit table lists "No Credit" for HL Mathematics, and you take APSC 171/172 regardless of your IB score.
- Mathematics and Statistics plans, a conflict. Those plans require MATH 120, and MATH 121 excludes it.
- Physics and most science plans, accept it. Prerequisites there read "MATH 120 or MATH 121", so the transfer credit does the job.
- Health Sciences (BHSc), usable as an option course and enough to access upper-year courses that list MATH 121 as a prerequisite.
- Smith Commerce, it counts but it is not COMM 161. The 6.0 units count toward your degree total, while COMM 161 is a separate Commerce-restricted course you still take.
Queen's posts eligible transfer credit to SOLUS automatically by September 15th and publishes no procedure for removing a credit once it is posted. The end-of-fall-term deadline applies to requesting additional credit that was missed, not to declining credit you already hold. If your plan needs the excluded Queen's course, ask your faculty how to resolve it before you register.
Official award line (IB Mathematics HL):
Minimum score: 5
Credit granted (Arts, Science, Computing, Health Sciences, Nursing, Smith Commerce): MATH 121, 6.0 units
Credit granted (Smith Engineering): No Credit
Exclusions: No more than 6.0 units from MATH 120/6.0; MATH 121/6.0; MATH 122/6.0; MATH 123/3.0; MATH 124/3.0; MATH 126/6.0
Queen's awards transfer credit for Higher Level subjects only, to a maximum of 18.0 units at a grade of 5 or higher. Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches SL therefore earns no transfer credit at any score.
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Your Potential Savings
Credit Awarded
6
unit (1 course = 3 units)
Ontario Resident
~$207-$503/unit
~$1,241 - $3,021
Potential Tuition Value
(Arts and Science to Commerce)
Out-of-Province
~$259-$630/unit
~$1,553 - $3,779
Potential Tuition Value
International
~$1,494-$1,844/unit
~$8,962 - $11,062
Potential Tuition Value
(varies by faculty)
*2026-27 tuition-only rates. Values assume the award replaces tuition you would otherwise pay. Actual cash savings can be $0 under flat-rate or full-time billing unless credit reduces a billed term or time to completion.
📊 Compare Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches HL at Other Universities
See how Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches HL transfer credits compare across Canadian universities. Click column headers to sort.
| University | Min Grade | Credit Granted | Tuition Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton UniversityOttawa, ON | 5/7 | MATH 1004 (0.5) & STAT 1XXX (0.5) | View estimate | → | |
| Concordia UniversityMontreal, Quebec | 4/7 | 9 transfer credits toward the 120-credit Extended … | View estimate | → | |
| Dalhousie UniversityHalifax, NS | 5/7 | Math 1000.03 + Math 1010.03 = 6 credit hours Engin… | View estimate | → | |
| Lakehead UniversityThunder Bay, ON | 5/7 | Math 1-00 (Unspecified First Year Full Credit) | View estimate | → | |
| McGill UniversityMontreal, QC | 5/7 | MATH 140 (3 credits) | View estimate | → | |
| McMaster UniversityHamilton, ON | 5/7 | Mathematics 1F03 | View estimate | → | |
| Memorial University of NewfoundlandSt. John's, NL | 5/7 | MATH 1000 (Calculus I) | View estimate | → | |
| Ontario Tech UniversityOshawa, ON | 5/7 | Transfer credit, grade "T" (unspecified/elective, … | View estimate | → | |
| Simon Fraser UniversityBurnaby, BC | 4/7 | Grade 4-5: MATH 1XX (6 units) Grade 6-7: MATH 151 … | View estimate | → | |
| Toronto Metropolitan UniversityToronto, ON | 5/7 | MTH 126 | View estimate | → | |
| University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC | 6/7 | MATH_V 100 (3) + MATH_V 101 (3) | View estimate | → | |
| University of CalgaryCalgary, Alberta | 5/7 | MATH 249 (Introductory Calculus), via Calgary's le… | View estimate | → | |
| University of GuelphGuelph, ON | 5/7 | MATH 9110 (0.50 credits) | View estimate | → | |
| University of ManitobaWinnipeg, MB | 4/7 | MATH 1500 Introduction to Calculus (3) and MATH 17… | View estimate | → | |
| University of New BrunswickFredericton & Saint John, NB | 5/7 | MATH 1003 & MATH 1013 (6 ch) | View estimate | → | |
| University of OttawaOttawa, ON | 5/7 | MAT 1320 or MAT 1330 or MAT 1300 (3 units) | View estimate | → | |
| University of ReginaRegina, SK | 5/7 | STAT 100 + MATH 110 | View estimate | → | |
| University of SaskatchewanSaskatoon, SK | 5/7 | MATH 110.3 + MATH 116.3 + MATH Jr.3 + STAT 103.3 =… | View estimate | → | |
| University of TorontoToronto, ON | 5/7 | MAT1**H (0.5 cr, A&S; equivalent of MAT136H1) · MA… | View estimate | → | |
| University of VictoriaVictoria, BC | 4/7 | Individual assessment | View estimate | → | |
| University of WindsorWindsor, ON | 5/7 | MATH-1720 + MATH-1xxx (Differential Calculus + 1st… | View estimate | → | |
| Western UniversityLondon, ON | 5/7 | Calculus 1000A (0.5 cr) + Mathematics 1229B (0.5 c… | View estimate | → | |
| York UniversityToronto, ON | 5/7 | SC/MATH 1013 3.0 (3 credits) | View estimate | → | |
| University of AlbertaEdmonton, AB | N/A | Not yet verified | — | → | |
| University of WaterlooWaterloo, ON | N/A | No transfer credit | — | → |
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Last updated: July 2026
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