4) International Baccalaureate Program

The International Baccalaureate Program, an international assessment agency with its head office in Geneva, Switzerland, is committed to high quality teaching and learning among member high schools the world over. The curriculum and assessment center of the International Baccalaureate is located in Cardiff, Wales. This center oversees two examination sessions per year. Students take two kinds of courses and two kinds of examinations: Standard Level and Higher Level. Lewis University automatically awards credit hours only in those subjects in which a student has earned a score of “5” or higher in a Higher Level IB examination. For further information see www.lewisu.edu/admissions/undergraduate/ib.htm