| Course Approval

Arizona's three public universities review high school courses from Arizona and other locations to determine their equivalency for high school competency requirement for university admission. The below courses have been submitted for review to determine how and if the course can be applied toward a high school competency requirement. You can search for courses by clicking on the following tabs across the top of the page: Approved courses, Deferred courses, Denied courses, Pending courses, Committee review and All courses.

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Course title	District	High school	Requested competency code	Denied date	Date submitted	Virtual course Sort descending	Country	State	Denied reason
Consumer Math Finance and Budgeting	Carefree Christian Academy		Math	04/6/2023	01/30/2023	No	United States	Arizona	Personal finance/Consummer finance courses are generally not approved toward ABOR math requirements. Please include information about the curriculums relation to algebra; geometry; trigonometry; calculus; etc.
Film as Literature	Naperville Community Unit School District 203	Naperville Central High School	English	09/28/2016	09/13/2016	No	United States	Illinois	ABOR policy specifically requires a Literature component
Microsoft Office Advanced (.5 credit)		Penn Foster High School	CTE	09/9/2020	09/8/2020	No	United States	Pennsylvania
Survey of Topics in Mathematics		Berks Catholic High School	Math	10/25/2016		No	United States	Pennsylvania
Personal Finance	William S. Hart Union High School District		Math	02/20/2023	02/3/2023	No	United States	California	Personal finance courses are generally not approved toward ABOR math requirements. Approved topics for advaned math include algebra; geometry; trigonometry; calculus; statistics; etc.
Academic Skills and Literacy (ASL)		San Miguel High School	English	09/28/2016	09/15/2016	No	United States	Arizona	Not enough composition and literature components
Microsoft Word & Excel (1 credit)		Penn Foster High School	CTE	09/9/2020	09/8/2020	No	United States	Pennsylvania
Film Studies		Antonian College Preparatory High School	Fine Arts	12/15/2016		No	United States	Texas
Financial Algebra	Napa Valley Unified School District		Math	02/22/2023	02/10/2023	No	United States	California	Personal finance courses are generally not approved toward ABOR math requirements. Please include information about the curriculums relation to algebra; geometry; trigonometry; calculus; etc.
Academic Skills and Literacy		San Miguel High School	English	09/28/2016	09/15/2016	No	United States	Arizona	Not enough composition and literature components
Understanding Computers Advanced (.5 credit)		Penn Foster High School	CTE	09/9/2020	09/8/2020	No	United States	Pennsylvania
Topics in Math		Cinco Ranch High School	Math	10/27/2016		No	United States	Texas
Communications Skills (Communications 7-8)	Lake Havasu Unified School District #1			09/28/2016	09/20/2016	No	United States	Arizona	No Literature component
AP Capstone Seminar	Methacton School District	Methacton High School	English	12/7/2020	10/20/2020	No	United States	Pennsylvania	Per ABOR Requestments: "English must include literature and have a substantial emphasis on grammar and composition. Courses such as journalism; business communications; and speech; for example may improve a student?s ability in English; but they are not devoted exclusively to the study of English and may not be substituted for a regular English course. https://public.azregents.edu/Policy%20Manual/2-121-Undergraduate%20Admission.pdf"
Financial Math		Central Kitsap High School	Math	03/2/2017		No	United States	Washington
Financial Math		Metropolitan Arts Institute	Math	12/12/2016	10/25/2016	No	United States	Arizona	Please re-examine pre-requisite for this course and resubmit.
English Writing for Journalism A /B (DC)	Bisbee Unified School District		English	02/10/2021	01/21/2021	No	United States	Arizona	Course does not contain substantive English grammar and composition. Per ABOR policy; English approval is defined as "English must include literature and have a substantial emphasis on grammar and composition. Courses such as journalism; business communications; and speech; for example may improve a student?s ability in English; but they are not devoted exclusively to the study of English and may not be substituted for a regular English course."
ENG240	Phoenix Union High School District		Fine Arts	04/11/2018	04/4/2018	No	United States	Arizona	Not enough specific content to apply to any competency.
Financial Math		Metropolitan Arts Institute	Math	12/12/2016	10/25/2016	No	United States	Arizona	Please re-examine pre-requisite for this course and resubmit.
American Film		Saint Xavier High School	English	02/24/2021	01/29/2021	No	United States	Ohio	Per ABOR Requestments: "English must include literature and have a substantial emphasis on grammar and composition. Courses such as journalism; business communications; and speech; for example may improve a student?s ability in English; but they are not devoted exclusively to the study of English and may not be substituted for a regular English course. https://public.azregents.edu/Policy%20Manual/2-121-Undergraduate%20Admission.pdf"
Financial Literacy	Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District 35	Rio Rico High School	Math	08/29/2018	08/16/2018	No	United States	Arizona	Does not describe mathemathical topics in description provided.¬† Not approved as math competency.¬†
Drill & Ceremonies A/B	Agua Fria Union High School District			10/23/2017	05/23/2017	No	United States	Arizona	Not approved for Fine Arts or CTE as ROTC courses do not fulfill requirements.
Financial Math Strategies Resubmission	Dysart Schools		Math	04/22/2021	04/7/2021	No	United States	Arizona	Per ABOR; in order to be considered a math; a course needs to meet the following requirement "Applicants must complete 4 high school credits in collegepreparatory mathematics including algebra i and ii; geometry; and culminating in 1 credit in advanced mathematics for which algebra ii is a prerequisite."Policy: https://public.azregents.edu/Policy%20Manual/2-121-Undergraduate%20Admission.pdfThis course does not include a pre-requisite. Please resubmit with math pre-requisite information included.
Financial Math-Online	Show Low Unified School District	Show Low High School	Math	04/21/2021	04/12/2021	Yes	United States	Arizona	Financial Math courses are generally not approved toward ABOR math requirements. Please include information about the curriculums relation to algebra; geometry; trigonometry; calculus; etc.
Advanced Math A	American Virtual Academy		Math	06/5/2019	05/16/2019	Yes	United States	Arizona	Course description does not include advanced math concepts but rather personal finance education.
Financial Applications		Gilbert Global Academy	Math	09/11/2019	08/26/2019	Yes	United States	Arizona	The course does not cover advanced math topics such as Calculus; Pre-calc; Trigonomotry and Statistics as outlined by ABOR policy.
Sci116: Earth Science (credit recovery)		Ohio Virtual Academy	Lab Science	04/1/2016		Yes	United States	Ohio
Earth Science	LEAD Charter Schools	Leading Edge Academy High School	Lab Science	10/2/2023	09/12/2023	Yes	United States	Arizona	Duplicate submission, prior submission approved.