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English A: Language and Literature HL

Studies in Language and Literature

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Credit Policies

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$23,033

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Universities Accepting English A: Language and Literature HL

Carleton University

Ottawa, ON

Min Grade: 5
ENGL 1XXX (1.0 credit)
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Expert's Insight: Expert's Take Carleton's IB transfer-credit table awards ENGL 1XXX (1.0) for HL "English" at a minimum grade of 5, within an overall 3.0-credit IB cap. The table lists the row as "English" with no A or Literature subtype, and separately lists "English B (Ingles B)" as "No credit." Since this page's ...

University of Alberta

Edmonton, AB

Min Grade: 5
ENGL 100-level (3 units)
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University of Toronto

Toronto, ON

Min Grade: 5
ENG1**Y (1.0 credit)
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Expert's Insight: Expert's Take Yes: all three U of T campuses award 1.0 total credit for IB English A: Language and Literature HL with a score of 5 or higher, but the structure and practical value differ sharply across campuses. At UTSG and UTM, the credit is awarded as a single 1.0 full-year course and carries Prog...

York University

Toronto, ON

Min Grade: 5
AP/EN 1001 3.0 + AP/EN 1002 3.0 (6 credits)
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Expert's Insight: Expert's Take At a score of 5 or higher, York's IB credit table maps English A: Language and Literature HL to AP/EN 1001 3.0 and AP/EN 1002 3.0 (6 credits). York frames the table as a guide and notes that transfer credit is "assessed based [on] each student's academic program," so the mapping is pro...

University of Victoria

Victoria, BC

Min Grade: 4
ENSH 101 (1.5 units) and 100-level ATWP course (1.5 units)
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Expert's Insight: Expert's Take English A: Language and Literature HL earns real credit at UVic, but a different package than its Literature sibling, and the distinction matters depending on your program. With a score of 4 or higher, students receive ENSH 101: Themes in Literature (1.5 units) plus a generic 100-level...

Dalhousie University

Halifax, NS

Min Grade: 5
ENGL 1991W.03 + ENGL 1992W.03 = 6 credit hours
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Expert's Insight: Expert's Take IB English A: Language and Literature HL earns 6 credit hours at Dalhousie, but through general transfer-credit style codes rather than named first-year English courses. Per the IB transfer credit table, a score of 5 or higher earns ENGL 1991W.03 and ENGL 1992W.03, general equivalency ...

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, ON

Min Grade: 5
ENGL 1XX (0.5 units) — Elective credit
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University of Ottawa

Ottawa, ON

Min Grade: 5
ENG 1100 + ENG 1120 (6 units)
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Expert's Insight: Expert's Take IB English A HL at uOttawa maps to two named first-year courses — not a generic elective. The official transfer credit table awards ENG 1100 (Workshop in Essay Writing) and ENG 1120 (Literature and Composition I: Prose Fiction) — 3 units each — for a total of 6 units....

McMaster University

Hamilton, ON

Min Grade: 5
ENGLISH 1XXX (6 units)
Save $1200

Expert's Insight: Expert's Take Good elective credit for most students, with an interesting content overlap that McMaster's generic credit system doesn't capture. McMaster's IB transfer credit policy is discretionary and does not distinguish between IB English A: Language and Literature and English A: Literature; bot...

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, BC

Min Grade: 5
ENGL_V 1st-year level (6 credits)
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Expert's Insight: UBC treats IB English A: Language & Literature HL and IB English A: Literature HL the same for credit. With a minimum score of 5, both awards are listed as ENGL_V 1st-year level (6 credits). (See UBC First-year Credit (International Baccalaureate).) What "6 credits" actually means: at UBC, most ...

University of Windsor

Windsor, ON

Min Grade: 5
ENGL-1xxx (1st Year English Course)
Save $720

Expert's Insight: Expert's Take The credit lands as a generic 1st Year English Course (ENGL-1xxx) on Windsor's IB equivalency chart. It is unspecified elective credit, not a substitute for any named English course in the program sequence. The Department of English and Creative Writing's current first-year sequence in...

University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, SK

Min Grade: 5
ENG 110.6 = 6 credit units
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Expert's Insight: Expert's Take IB English A: Language and Literature HL earns the full first-year English block at USask in a single award (USask IB transfer credit table). A score of 5 or higher converts into ENG 110.6 (Literature and Composition), a 6-credit-unit course covering the main literary forms, critical a...

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta

Min Grade: 5
3 units junior English
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Expert's Insight: Expert's Take This credit is a free elective, useful but not a structural accelerator. UCalgary awards 3 units of junior unassigned English credit for IB English A: Language and Literature HL, which the official transfer credit table defines as a 200-level credit for which no direct University of Ca...

Memorial University of Newfoundland

St. John's, NL

Min Grade: 4
St. John's: ENGL 1090 + ENGL 1191 Grenfell: English 1000 + English 1001
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Expert's Insight: Expert's Take HL English A: Language and Literature is a useful named-course IB award at MUN: a score of 4 unlocks two specific first-year English courses, not generic credit. On the St. John's Campus that is ENGL 1090 and ENGL 1191; on the Grenfell Campus it is English 1000 and English 1001 (see th...

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, MB

Min Grade: 4
ENGL 1200 Representative Literary Works
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Expert's Insight: Expert's Take UManitoba's approved AP/IB chart awards "English A or A1 (higher)" a 6-credit-hour transfer of ENGL 1200 Representative Literary Works at a minimum grade of 4. UM's wording predates the modern IB split into Literature and Language and Literature and does not name either stream, so the ...

Western University

London, ON

Min Grade: 5
English 1020E (1.0 credit)
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Expert's Insight: Expert's Take This is a named, full 1.0-credit English course that clears the first-year prerequisite for upper-year English study, but there is an important structural caveat worth knowing before assuming it satisfies Western's graduation requirements. Western awards English 1020E (Understanding Li...

McGill University

Montreal, QC

Min Grade: 5
ENGL 1XX (6 credits)
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Expert's Insight: Expert's Take McGill grants 6 credits of generic English credit (ENGL 1XX) for IB English A HL. These are straightforward elective credits that count toward your total degree requirements; no placement tests, no blocked courses, and no special restrictions beyond the standard Engineering exclusion. ...

University of Guelph

Guelph, ON

Min Grade: 5
Unspecified Humanities credit (0.50 credits)
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Expert's Insight: Expert's Take IB English A: Language and Literature HL at Guelph earns generic Humanities transfer credit, not a specified English course. You receive 0.50 credits toward your graduation total, but the credit is not mapped to any particular course in the English program and does not satisfy course-s...

Concordia University

Montreal, Quebec

Min Grade: 4
9 transfer credits toward the 120-credit Extended Credit Program (ECP); maximum 27 credits across up to 3 HL courses
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Expert's Insight: At Concordia the value of this credit depends on your program. Concordia's IB Diploma statement admits applicants to the Extended Credit Program and awards English A: Language and Literature HL transfer credit toward it, but that credit reduces what you still have to complete only where Concordia as...

University of New Brunswick

Fredericton & Saint John, NB

Min Grade: N/A
In progress

Toronto Metropolitan University

Toronto, ON

Min Grade: 5
2 Language LLS
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Expert's Insight: TMU's IB Higher Level table does not list "English A: Language and Literature" by name. The nearest entries are a "Language A or B" row (2 Language LLS) and a legacy "English A1" row (2 ENG LLS), both lower-level liberal studies (LLS) credit, which is a different category from TMU's "generic" (GEN) ...