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Compare the closest academic bridges between AP and the IB Diploma Programme—then see what carries, what changes, and what the receiving school must confirm.

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Subject bridges: 27

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English & languages

Closest bridge
AP subject

AP English Language and Composition

Closest IB bridge

IB Language A: Language and Literature

The closest bridge is sustained analysis of how language, form, audience, and context shape meaning across literary and non-literary texts.

Strong shared subject ground; still not a credit or grade conversion.

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Shared ground

  • Close reading and evidence-based interpretation
  • Argument, rhetorical choices, audience, purpose, and written communication

What changes

  • AP English Language centers heavily on rhetoric, argument, and an end-of-course exam.
  • IB Language A combines literary and non-literary study with course-based oral and written evidence.

For this direction

  • Bring analytical essays and examples of research-based argument.
  • Expect the school to check literary coverage and readiness for the IB individual oral and learner portfolio.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which Language A course and level would my prior English work support?
  • Which texts or assessed components must be completed after arrival?
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English & languages

Closest bridge
AP subject

AP English Literature and Composition

Closest IB bridge

IB Language A: Literature

Both ask students to interpret literary works closely and communicate a defensible reading, but their required bodies of work and assessment packages differ.

Strong shared subject ground; still not a credit or grade conversion.

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Shared ground

  • Analysis of literary form, technique, and meaning
  • Evidence-led comparison and sustained analytical writing

What changes

  • AP Literature follows its own course framework and exam question types.
  • IB Literature organizes study across works, contexts, course components, and HL/SL requirements.

For this direction

  • Bring the full reading list and substantial literary essays.
  • Ask which studied works can support placement and which IB course components remain.

Ask the receiving school

  • Will my previous works count toward local course planning?
  • How will the school assess readiness for the requested level?
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English & languages

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP World Language and Culture / AP Latin

Closest IB bridge

IB Language B, ab initio, Classical Languages, or Language A

The language may correlate, but the correct IB pathway depends on prior experience and academic proficiency—not the AP course title alone.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

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Shared ground

  • Communication, interpretation, cultural context, and language development
  • Receptive and productive language skills

What changes

  • AP offers language-specific courses and exams.
  • IB separates best-language study, prior-experience language acquisition, beginner pathways, and classical languages.

For this direction

  • Bring the transcript, years of study, writing samples, and speaking evidence.
  • Expect a placement decision among Language A, Language B, ab initio, or a classical-language route.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which IB or AP language pathway fits my documented experience?
  • Does the school use its own placement assessment?
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Mathematics

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP Calculus AB

Closest IB bridge

IB Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches SL or HL

Calculus creates meaningful overlap, but IB Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches is a broader mathematics course rather than a calculus-only replacement.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

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Shared ground

  • Functions, limits, differentiation, integration, and mathematical reasoning
  • Symbolic work, problem solving, and communication of method

What changes

  • AP Calculus AB is organized around its calculus framework and exam.
  • IB Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches includes wider mathematical content and an internal exploration, with distinct SL and HL scope.

For this direction

  • Bring the course outline, current unit, grades, and examples of non-calculator work.
  • Expect a school-level decision between SL and HL after checking non-calculus topics and the exploration timeline.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which AA level matches my full mathematics record?
  • Can I still complete the required internal or course assessment after transferring?
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Mathematics

Closest bridge
AP subject

AP Calculus BC

Closest IB bridge

IB Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches HL

This is the closest calculus-intensive bridge, while still leaving important differences in breadth, sequence, technology use, and internal assessment.

Strong shared subject ground; still not a credit or grade conversion.

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Shared ground

  • Advanced differential and integral calculus
  • Series, functions, modeling, and rigorous mathematical reasoning

What changes

  • AP Calculus BC remains a single AP course and exam.
  • IB AA HL combines calculus with a wider HL syllabus and a mathematical exploration.

For this direction

  • Document BC units already completed and broader algebra, geometry, probability, and proof preparation.
  • Confirm whether the remaining AA HL timetable and exploration can be completed.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which syllabus gaps must be closed before placement?
  • What assessed work can or cannot transfer?
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Mathematics

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP Statistics

Closest IB bridge

IB Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation SL or HL

Data analysis, probability, inference, and technology use overlap, but IB Applications and Interpretation is not a standalone statistics course.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

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Shared ground

  • Interpreting data, probability, statistical reasoning, and modeling
  • Use of technology and communication in context

What changes

  • AP Statistics devotes the full course to statistical practice and inference.
  • IB AI includes statistics inside a broader mathematics syllabus and requires a mathematical exploration.

For this direction

  • Bring investigations and evidence of algebraic and modeling readiness.
  • Expect placement to consider the whole AI syllabus, not only statistics.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which AI level fits my complete mathematics background?
  • Which statistics topics and technology conventions differ?
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Mathematics

Foundation
AP subject

AP Precalculus

Closest IB bridge

Preparation for IB Mathematics AA or AI

AP Precalculus can provide useful preparation, but there is no direct Diploma Programme subject with the same role and title.

Preparation for the destination subject rather than a direct counterpart.

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Shared ground

  • Functions, modeling, algebraic fluency, and mathematical communication
  • Preparation for more advanced secondary mathematics

What changes

  • AP Precalculus is its own AP course and exam.
  • IB students select AA or AI at SL or HL as their Diploma Programme mathematics subject.

For this direction

  • Bring the completed unit record and recent assessments.
  • Use placement evidence to choose AA or AI and SL or HL with the receiving school.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which IB mathematics course is the intended progression?
  • Will the school use a placement test or prerequisite checklist?
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Sciences

Closest bridge
AP subject

AP Biology

Closest IB bridge

IB Biology SL or HL

Both are advanced biology pathways with conceptual, analytical, and practical work; topic organization and assessed investigation requirements remain distinct.

Strong shared subject ground; still not a credit or grade conversion.

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Shared ground

  • Cellular, organismal, genetic, evolutionary, and ecological reasoning
  • Data analysis, experimental design, and scientific communication

What changes

  • AP Biology follows the AP course framework and exam model.
  • IB Biology is offered at SL and HL and includes IB practical and internally assessed work.

For this direction

  • Bring laboratory records, current topics, and major assessments.
  • Confirm the scientific investigation and collaborative-sciences requirements still available after entry.

Ask the receiving school

  • Would the school place me at SL or HL?
  • Which practical or assessed components must be completed locally?
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Sciences

Closest bridge
AP subject

AP Chemistry

Closest IB bridge

IB Chemistry SL or HL

Core chemical reasoning and laboratory practice align well, while syllabus sequence, mathematical treatment, and formal assessment evidence differ.

Strong shared subject ground; still not a credit or grade conversion.

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Shared ground

  • Atomic structure, bonding, reactions, energetics, equilibrium, and quantitative reasoning
  • Laboratory investigation and interpretation of evidence

What changes

  • AP Chemistry uses its own unit framework and AP exam.
  • IB Chemistry differentiates SL and HL scope and includes IB practical and internal assessment requirements.

For this direction

  • Bring lab reports, topic coverage, and evidence of quantitative work.
  • Ask how the transfer date affects the scientific investigation and remaining syllabus.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which level and class sequence fit my record?
  • Can prior laboratory work support placement even if it cannot replace assessed work?
Official starting points

Sciences

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP Physics 1 or AP Physics 2

Closest IB bridge

IB Physics SL or HL

The subjects share physical models and experimental reasoning, but AP’s algebra-based sequence does not map neatly onto IB Physics SL or HL.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

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Shared ground

  • Modeling physical systems, interpreting data, and experimental reasoning
  • Mechanics and other core physics ideas, depending on the course already taken

What changes

  • AP Physics 1 and 2 divide content across separate algebra-based courses.
  • IB Physics organizes one SL/HL course with its own breadth, sequencing, and scientific investigation.

For this direction

  • Bring the exact AP course number, completed units, mathematics background, and lab evidence.
  • Expect topic-by-topic review before SL or HL placement.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which physics topics will be repeated or missing?
  • What mathematics preparation does the destination class expect?
Official starting points

Sciences

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP Physics C: Mechanics / Electricity and Magnetism

Closest IB bridge

IB Physics HL

Advanced physics creates strong conceptual overlap, but AP Physics C’s calculus-based split is not the organizing structure of IB Physics HL.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

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Shared ground

  • Advanced mechanics or electricity and magnetism
  • Quantitative modeling, problem solving, and experimental evidence

What changes

  • AP Physics C offers separate calculus-based exams.
  • IB Physics HL follows one IB syllabus and assessment package rather than the same calculus-defined split.

For this direction

  • Document which Physics C course and units were completed.
  • Check IB HL content outside that AP course and the investigation timeline.

Ask the receiving school

  • How will the school handle content split differently between the programs?
  • Which assessed practical work remains mandatory?
Official starting points

Sciences

Closest bridge
AP subject

AP Environmental Science

Closest IB bridge

IB Environmental Systems and Societies SL or HL

Both connect scientific systems with human decisions, but IB Environmental Systems and Societies is explicitly interdisciplinary across sciences and individuals and societies.

Strong shared subject ground; still not a credit or grade conversion.

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Shared ground

  • Ecosystems, resources, environmental change, sustainability, and evidence-based evaluation
  • Analysis of human–environment relationships

What changes

  • AP Environmental Science follows its own science course and exam framework.
  • IB ESS meets two subject-group requirements and includes IB internal assessment and SL/HL structure.

For this direction

  • Bring fieldwork, laboratory, and data-analysis evidence.
  • Check interdisciplinary topics, level placement, and the IB investigation schedule.

Ask the receiving school

  • How does ESS fit the student’s six-subject plan?
  • Which practical or fieldwork requirements remain?
Official starting points

Computing

Closest bridge
AP subject

AP Computer Science A

Closest IB bridge

IB Computer Science SL or HL

Programming, abstraction, algorithms, and data structures create a useful bridge, but languages, syllabus breadth, and assessed projects differ.

Strong shared subject ground; still not a credit or grade conversion.

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Shared ground

  • Program design, algorithms, abstraction, data, and computational problem solving
  • Reading, writing, testing, and explaining code

What changes

  • AP Computer Science A follows its own programming-language and exam framework.
  • IB Computer Science adds SL/HL syllabus choices and IB internal assessment requirements.

For this direction

  • Bring code samples, the course outline, and evidence of completed units.
  • Ask about the school’s programming environment and internal assessment timeline.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which language and development tools are used locally?
  • Can the required project be completed after the transfer date?
Official starting points

Computing

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP Computer Science Principles

Closest IB bridge

IB Computer Science or IB Digital Society

Broad computing, data, networks, and societal impact overlap, but the most suitable IB destination depends on whether the student’s record is primarily technical or socio-technical.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

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Shared ground

  • Computing systems, data, networks, innovation, and societal consequences
  • Problem solving and communication about technology

What changes

  • AP CSP is a broad introductory computing course with its own performance and exam requirements.
  • IB Computer Science and Digital Society are separate subjects with different depth and assessment structures.

For this direction

  • Bring programming artifacts and evidence of work on data, networks, and impacts.
  • Ask whether Computer Science or Digital Society is the better continuation.

Ask the receiving school

  • Is the destination pathway mainly programming or digital-society analysis?
  • Which prior artifact may be reviewed for placement?
Official starting points

Computing

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP Cybersecurity

Closest IB bridge

Parts of IB Computer Science or IB Digital Society

Security, risk, networks, data, and social consequences provide a bridge, but the current DP catalog has no single Cybersecurity subject.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

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Shared ground

  • Security risks, networks, data protection, digital systems, and responsible decision-making
  • Analysis of technical evidence and the consequences of digital systems

What changes

  • AP Cybersecurity is a dedicated career-connected course covering security controls, detection, and mitigation.
  • IB Computer Science and Digital Society divide technical computing and socio-technical inquiry into different subjects.

For this direction

  • Bring labs, network or log analyses, risk assessments, and evidence of programming or systems work.
  • Ask whether Computer Science or Digital Society provides the stronger continuation.

Ask the receiving school

  • Does the destination class have the technical environment needed for the course?
  • Which prior evidence can support placement without replacing required work?
Official starting points

Individuals & societies

Closest bridge
AP subject

AP Microeconomics and/or AP Macroeconomics

Closest IB bridge

IB Economics SL or HL

Economic models and analysis overlap strongly, but AP separates microeconomics and macroeconomics while IB Economics combines areas within one SL/HL subject.

Strong shared subject ground; still not a credit or grade conversion.

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Shared ground

  • Microeconomic and macroeconomic models, diagrams, data, and policy evaluation
  • Application of economic reasoning to real situations

What changes

  • AP offers separate Microeconomics and Macroeconomics courses and exams.
  • IB Economics integrates micro, macro, global, and development perspectives with course-based assessment.

For this direction

  • State whether one or both AP economics courses were completed.
  • Check global and development topics plus the IB internal-assessment timeline.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which topics remain after comparing both syllabi?
  • How does the transfer affect required coursework?
Official starting points

Individuals & societies

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP Business with Personal Finance

Closest IB bridge

IB Business Management, with partial Economics overlap

Business organization, marketing, finance, and decision-making overlap most closely with IB Business Management; personal finance has no direct DP subject counterpart.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

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Shared ground

  • Business organization, marketing, finance, strategy, data, and evidence-based recommendations
  • Projects, cases, communication, and decision-making in context

What changes

  • AP Business with Personal Finance combines business topics with personal saving, borrowing, budgeting, risk, and investing.
  • IB Business Management and Economics are separate DP subjects with their own SL/HL structures and assessed work.

For this direction

  • Bring the Business Canvas and Financial Advisor project evidence, case analyses, and completed units.
  • Use the student’s goals to decide whether Business Management or Economics is the better continuation.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which destination subject best fits the student’s completed work?
  • How will the transfer affect project and internal-assessment deadlines?
Official starting points

Individuals & societies

Closest bridge
AP subject

AP Psychology

Closest IB bridge

IB Psychology SL or HL

Both introduce psychological concepts, research evidence, and evaluation, while prescribed approaches, study selection, and assessment tasks differ.

Strong shared subject ground; still not a credit or grade conversion.

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Shared ground

  • Psychological theories, research methods, evidence, and ethical evaluation
  • Application of concepts to behavior and cognition

What changes

  • AP Psychology follows the AP course framework and exam.
  • IB Psychology uses its own approaches, contexts, SL/HL scope, and internally assessed work.

For this direction

  • Bring the topic list, research-methods work, and substantial assessments.
  • Check which IB approaches and the internal assessment remain.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which required studies or approaches have not yet been covered?
  • Can the internal assessment be completed on the destination timeline?
Official starting points

Individuals & societies

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP Human Geography

Closest IB bridge

IB Geography SL or HL

Human geography offers a strong point of contact, but IB Geography includes its own physical, human, global, and fieldwork structure.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

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Shared ground

  • Spatial patterns, population, culture, development, cities, and human–environment interaction
  • Use of geographic evidence, models, maps, and case studies

What changes

  • AP Human Geography concentrates on human geography through the AP framework.
  • IB Geography has SL/HL scope and course-based fieldwork or internal assessment.

For this direction

  • Bring case studies, map or data work, and the completed AP units.
  • Expect review of physical geography, IB options, and fieldwork requirements.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which IB option topics does the school teach?
  • How will fieldwork and the internal assessment be handled?
Official starting points

Individuals & societies

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP U.S., European, or World History

Closest IB bridge

IB History SL or HL

Historical argument and evidence transfer well, but the geographic and chronological content must be checked topic by topic.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

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Shared ground

  • Source analysis, contextualization, comparison, causation, and historical argument
  • Evidence-led analytical writing under time constraints

What changes

  • AP history offerings are organized as distinct regional or thematic courses.
  • IB History uses prescribed subjects, world-history topics, and HL regional studies selected by the school.

For this direction

  • Bring the exact AP course, periods, themes, and document-based writing samples.
  • Compare that record with the receiving school’s selected IB topics.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which topics and regional option does the destination class teach?
  • Will placement depend more on skills evidence or completed content?
Official starting points

Individuals & societies

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP African American Studies

Closest IB bridge

Parts of IB History, Global Politics, or Social and Cultural Anthropology

Its interdisciplinary treatment of the African diaspora can connect to several IB humanities subjects, but the DP catalog has no direct African American Studies counterpart.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

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Shared ground

  • Source-based inquiry across history, culture, politics, geography, literature, arts, science, and law
  • Evaluation of written, visual, and data sources plus evidence-based argument

What changes

  • AP African American Studies is one interdisciplinary course with an individual student project.
  • IB History, Global Politics, and Social and Cultural Anthropology are separate subjects with school-selected content and assessment.

For this direction

  • Bring the project, presentation, source analyses, and a detailed record of periods and disciplines studied.
  • Choose the destination subject by the student’s next academic goal—not by title similarity alone.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which available IB subject preserves the strongest part of this work?
  • Can the timetable support that subject and its remaining assessment components?
Official starting points

Individuals & societies

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP U.S. Government or AP Comparative Government

Closest IB bridge

IB Global Politics SL or HL

Institutions, power, participation, and political analysis overlap, while each course frames its cases and required evidence differently.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

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Shared ground

  • Political institutions, power, participation, policy, and comparative reasoning
  • Use of cases and evidence to evaluate political claims

What changes

  • AP U.S. and Comparative Government are separate courses with defined AP frameworks.
  • IB Global Politics uses global political concepts, cases, SL/HL scope, and course-based engagement or inquiry.

For this direction

  • Bring the exact AP course, core cases, and analytical writing.
  • Check global-politics concepts and assessed engagement or inquiry requirements.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which case studies and HL extension does the school use?
  • Which course-based assessment can still be completed?
Official starting points

Arts

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP 2-D Art and Design, 3-D Art and Design, or Drawing

Closest IB bridge

IB Visual Arts SL or HL

Studio practice, sustained inquiry, reflection, and portfolio evidence carry across, but the portfolio and exhibition requirements are not interchangeable.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

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Shared ground

  • Making, revising, documenting, and explaining a sustained body of visual work
  • Technical development, experimentation, and artistic intention

What changes

  • AP Art and Design uses its own portfolio categories and submission requirements.
  • IB Visual Arts combines studio work with an exhibition, process evidence, and comparative investigation under SL/HL requirements.

For this direction

  • Bring original work, process documentation, image files, and written reflection.
  • Map existing evidence against the destination school’s remaining IB components.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which portfolio or level fits my current body of work?
  • What may inform placement but cannot be submitted again as assessed work?
Official starting points

Arts

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP Music Theory

Closest IB bridge

IB Music SL or HL

Musical analysis and aural understanding overlap, but IB Music is broader in inquiry, creating, performing, and contextual engagement.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

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Shared ground

  • Aural analysis, notation, harmony, form, and communication about music
  • Application of musical understanding to heard and written material

What changes

  • AP Music Theory centers on theory, aural skills, and its exam framework.
  • IB Music combines inquiry with creating, performing, and presenting evidence at SL or HL.

For this direction

  • Bring theory work, aural evidence, compositions, and performance records if available.
  • Expect review of creative, performance, and inquiry components.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which creative and performance evidence is required after transfer?
  • Does the destination class expect prior ensemble or instrument experience?
Official starting points

Arts

No direct counterpart
AP subject

AP Art History

Closest IB bridge

IB Visual Arts (limited bridge)

Critical and contextual analysis can support IB Visual Arts, but IB does not list a direct Art History subject in the current DP catalog.

Transferable skills exist, but the destination catalog has no one-to-one subject.

Open the comparison

Shared ground

  • Visual analysis, cultural context, interpretation, and comparative thinking
  • Research and communication about art and artistic practice

What changes

  • AP Art History is an art-history course and exam.
  • IB Visual Arts requires the student to make and present art as well as investigate and compare it.

For this direction

  • Bring art-historical essays and visual analysis, plus any studio portfolio.
  • Expect studio-practice readiness to be assessed separately.

Ask the receiving school

  • Is IB Visual Arts the intended destination, or is another local art-history course available?
  • What studio evidence is required for placement?
Official starting points

Research core

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP Seminar

Closest IB bridge

IB Theory of Knowledge (partial bridge)

Inquiry, source evaluation, perspectives, and argument overlap, but AP Seminar is a scored AP course while TOK is a required element of the DP core.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

Open the comparison

Shared ground

  • Framing questions, evaluating sources, comparing perspectives, and building evidence-based arguments
  • Written and oral communication about complex issues

What changes

  • AP Seminar includes team and individual performance tasks plus an end-of-course exam.
  • TOK focuses on knowledge questions within the DP core and follows its own exhibition and essay requirements.

For this direction

  • Bring research logs, source evaluations, presentations, and major written work.
  • Expect TOK-specific concepts and assessed tasks to remain.

Ask the receiving school

  • Which TOK components remain possible after the transfer date?
  • Can prior inquiry work support placement without being reused for assessment?
Official starting points

Research core

Partial bridge
AP subject

AP Research

Closest IB bridge

IB Extended Essay (partial bridge)

Both involve sustained independent inquiry, but the research process, supervision, subject framing, presentation, and assessment rules are different.

Useful overlap with meaningful differences in scope or assessment.

Open the comparison

Shared ground

  • Developing a focused question, reviewing evidence, selecting methods, and sustaining an academic argument
  • Research ethics, citation, reflection, and independent project management

What changes

  • AP Research uses its own academic paper and presentation with oral defense.
  • The Extended Essay is a DP core research project completed within IB’s subject and supervision requirements.

For this direction

  • Bring the research proposal, process log, paper, methods, and presentation evidence.
  • Begin a fresh check of Extended Essay subject, supervision, reflection, and submission rules.

Ask the receiving school

  • Must a new research question or dataset be used?
  • Is there enough supervised time remaining to satisfy the destination program?
Official starting points

The big difference

Similar subjects live inside different systems.

A subject name is only the beginning. Programme structure, assessment evidence, timetable, and school policy can change the route.

AP

Individual advanced courses and exams

AP is organized as individual subjects. A student may take one or several AP courses or exams alongside the requirements of their school’s diploma.

  • Course-and-exam frameworks are subject-specific
  • Scores use the AP scale
  • Credit and placement depend on the receiving institution
IB

A connected Diploma Programme

The full IB Diploma combines six subjects with Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay, and Creativity, Activity, Service.

  • Subjects are selected across six groups
  • Students take Standard Level and Higher Level subjects
  • Most subjects combine external and internal assessment

IB Diploma subject choices and level combinations follow programme rules and school availability. AP course access also depends on the school or authorized provider.

🧳 Pack the evidence

Give the receiving school more than a course name.

Placement is easier to review when the school can see both coverage and assessed work. Keep personal documents off shared links and send them only through an approved school channel.

  1. 01

    A transcript showing the exact AP or IB course title and level

  2. 02

    The course outline, completed units, and current point in the syllabus

  3. 03

    Marked assessments—not only a final grade or predicted score

  4. 04

    Laboratory records, portfolios, fieldwork, code, performances, or research logs

  5. 05

    The receiving school’s written placement and remaining-assessment decision

Official source desk

Start with the organizations responsible for each program.

Reviewed 2 September 2026. Every link records its authority, exact purpose, intended destination, review date, and link status. Course and assessment pages can change; recheck before making a transfer decision.

College Board

AP Courses and Exams

Current AP subject catalog and course-level starting points

Use for
AP subject selection and course descriptions
Reviewed
2 September 2026
Link status
Live official page when reviewed
College Board

How AP develops courses and exams

Explains AP course frameworks, disciplinary practices, and exam development

Use for
Understanding what an AP course and exam are designed to measure
Reviewed
2 September 2026
Link status
Live official page when reviewed
College Board

AP Seminar

Official skills, content, and assessment overview for AP Seminar

Use for
AP Seminar to Theory of Knowledge bridge
Reviewed
2 September 2026
Link status
Live official page when reviewed
College Board

AP Research

Official skills, content, and assessment overview for AP Research

Use for
AP Research to Extended Essay bridge
Reviewed
2 September 2026
Link status
Live official page when reviewed
College Board

AP African American Studies

Official interdisciplinary course, skills, project, and assessment overview

Use for
Interdisciplinary humanities placement review
Reviewed
2 September 2026
Link status
Live official page when reviewed
College Board

AP Business with Personal Finance

Official business, entrepreneurship, finance, and project overview

Use for
Business-management and economics placement review
Reviewed
2 September 2026
Link status
Live official page when reviewed
College Board

AP Cybersecurity

Official security, risk, networks, devices, applications, and assessment overview

Use for
Computer-science and digital-society placement review
Reviewed
2 September 2026
Link status
Live official page when reviewed
International Baccalaureate

Diploma Programme curriculum

Current DP subject groups, subjects, core, and HL/SL structure

Use for
IB subject and programme planning
Reviewed
2 September 2026
Link status
Official page indexed; automated check blocked
International Baccalaureate

DP assessment and exams

Explains the role of external examinations and internal assessment

Use for
Preparing for changes in assessment evidence
Reviewed
2 September 2026
Link status
Official page indexed; automated check blocked
International Baccalaureate

Studies in language and literature

Official overview of Language A courses and their aims

Use for
English and literature subject bridging
Reviewed
2 September 2026
Link status
Official page indexed; automated check blocked
International Baccalaureate

Learning a language in the DP

Explains the DP language requirement and language pathways

Use for
Language A, Language B, and ab initio placement questions
Reviewed
2 September 2026
Link status
Official page indexed; automated check blocked
International Baccalaureate

Mathematics in the DP

Official overview of Analysis and Approaches and Applications and Interpretation

Use for
IB mathematics course selection
Reviewed
2 September 2026
Link status
Official page indexed; automated check blocked
International Baccalaureate

Sciences in the DP

Official DP science subjects and practical-work context

Use for
Science subject and laboratory bridging
Reviewed
2 September 2026
Link status
Official page indexed; automated check blocked
International Baccalaureate

Individuals and societies in the DP

Official humanities and social-science subject overview

Use for
Humanities and social-science bridging
Reviewed
2 September 2026
Link status
Official page indexed; automated check blocked
International Baccalaureate

The arts in the DP

Official DP arts subjects and learning aims

Use for
Arts subject, process, and portfolio bridging
Reviewed
2 September 2026
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Official page indexed; automated check blocked

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