| 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 Sort ascending	District	High school	Requested competency code	Denied date	Date submitted	Virtual course	Country	State	Denied reason
Consumer Math		Penn Foster High School	Math	09/8/2020	09/1/2020	No	United States	Pennsylvania
Communications Skills (Communications 7-8)	Lake Havasu Unified School District #1			09/28/2016	09/20/2016	No	United States	Arizona	No Literature component
Chemistry Essentials	Amphitheater Public Schools			11/1/2010	09/30/2010	No	United States	Arizona	need lab discriptions
Chargerettes - Fine Arts Credit		Benjamin Franklin High School	Fine Arts	05/4/2022	03/30/2022	No	United States	Arizona	Chargerettes (Pom Line) is not an approved ABOR-valued fine arts course.
Business Math	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District		Math	05/6/2020	04/23/2020	No	United States	California	Arizona Board of Regents math approval requires topics covering Algebraic functions; geometry; calculus; trigonometry and/or statistics. Consumer math topics are generally not approved unless covered using the above methodologies and calculations.
Business Math		Penn Foster High School	Math	09/8/2020	09/1/2020	No	United States	Pennsylvania
Biology	Chandler Unified School District		Lab Science	08/29/2016		No	United States	Arizona	need lab info
Basic Read 180	Agua Fria Union High School District		English	10/23/2017	05/24/2017	No	United States	Arizona	Course runs parallel with English courses
Basic English Language Arts EL	Glendale Union High School District #205		English	08/12/2022	04/25/2022	No	United States	Arizona	Per ABOR Requirement: "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"
Basic English		Penn Foster High School	English	09/8/2020	09/1/2020	No	United States	Pennsylvania
Astronomy II/Cosmology	Amphitheater Public Schools			11/1/2010	09/30/2010	No	United States	Arizona	need lab discriptions
Argumentation and American Ideology/Honors		Oaks Christian School	English	12/10/2015		No	United States	California
Applied Math (Math 430)		Marin Academy	Math	01/3/2017		No	United States	California
Applied English and Communications		Lake Havasu High School	English	03/2/2020	01/21/2020	No	United States	Arizona	Per ABOR; "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." Please provide additional information on the courses emphasis on literature; grammar and composition.
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"
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"
Algebra II Fundamentals	Gilbert Public Schools		Math	10/5/2017	10/5/2017	No	United States	Arizona	Does not include skills needed for Algebra II as just a review. Includes remedial content.
Algebra Extension A/B	Agua Fria Union High School District		Math	10/19/2017	05/31/2017	No	United States	Arizona	Class runs parallel with ALG 1 and does not cover advanced topics
Advanced Speech	Arrowhead Union High School District	Arrowhead High School	English	09/22/2015	09/4/2015	No	United States	Wisconsin	This can not be accepted as English course per policy 2-121. "Courses such as Journalism; Business Communications; Speech; and others that often include some emphasis on grammar or composition may improve a student‚Äôs ability in English. However; they are not devoted exclusively to the study of English and may not be substituted for a regular English course."
Advanced Placement Seminar	High School District 214		English	03/27/2019	03/4/2019	No	United States	Illinois	The decision to deny the acceptance of AP Seminar as an English requirement is twofold.¬† This course is only applied¬†as an Elective credit¬†if student has a high enough score at all three Tri-University schools.¬†¬†Additionally; the AP curriculum and the school‚Äôs course descriptioN/Assignment breakdown does not demonstrate enough of the content of the course is English specific for it to fulfill an English requirement.¬†¬†
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.
Adv Algebra w/ Financia Applications	Bonita Unified School District	Bonita High School	Math	02/4/2016		No	United States	California
Acvanced Algebra with Financial Applications	Peoria Unified School District			02/21/2013	12/13/2012	No	United States	Arizona	Not college prepatory math
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
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
4th Year Math - Financial Literacy	Maricopa Unified School District		Math	08/21/2019	08/8/2019	No	United States	Arizona	The course covers consumer math concepts and does not encompass college prepratory concepts outlined by ABOR.