| 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
Financial Literacy	Albuquerque Public Schools		Math	09/23/2020	08/25/2020	No	United States	New Mexico	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 college preparatory 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.pdf This course does not include Algebra 2 as pre-requisite and doesn't include a significant amount of math topics.
Adv Algebra w/ Financia Applications	Bonita Unified School District	Bonita High School	Math	02/4/2016		No	United States	California
CTE - Personal Finance & Economics	Peoria Unified School District		CTE	01/25/2023	08/9/2022	No	United States	Arizona	In order to be reviewed as a CTE; we need specific approved ABOR program topic this applies to and details of how applies to that topic.
Electronic Journalism 1;2	Tucson Unified School District #1		Fine Arts	04/29/2013	04/12/2013	No	United States	Arizona	Not a visual or performing art
FINANCIAL LITERACY	Albuquerque Public Schools		Math	09/23/2020	08/28/2020	No	United States	New Mexico	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 college preparatory 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.pdf This course does not include Algebra 2 as pre-requisite and doesn't include a significant amount of math topics.
Mathematics of Financial Analysis		Chaminade College Preparatory	Math	03/1/2016		No	United States	California
Public Speaking & Communicaiton	Orono Schools		English	01/25/2023	08/24/2022	No	United States	Minnesota	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"
INDUSTRIAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY MATHEMATICS	Paradise Valley Unifed School District			08/29/2014	08/28/2014	No	United States	Arizona	Does not meet ABOR requirements
Basic English		Penn Foster High School	English	09/8/2020	09/1/2020	No	United States	Pennsylvania
Financial Algebra		Jesuit High School of Sacramento	Math	11/7/2016		No	United States	California
Senior seminar English	Great Neck School District		English	01/25/2023	09/20/2022	No	United States	New York	Per standard course approvals; AP Seminar is not approved for core competencies.
Personal Finance and Economics	Peoria Unified School District		Social Science	11/8/2014	10/23/2014	No	United States	Arizona	Does not include enough economic related topics mostly finance.
English Communication		Penn Foster High School	English	09/8/2020	09/1/2020	No	United States	Pennsylvania
Applied Math (Math 430)		Marin Academy	Math	01/3/2017		No	United States	California
Senior seminar Social studies	Great Neck School District		US History	01/25/2023	09/20/2022	No	United States	New York	Per standard course approvals; AP Seminar is not approved for core competencies.
English AIMS 5-6	Sunnyside Unified School District		English	04/10/2015	03/11/2015	No	United States	Arizona	Please resubmit new description that provide more detail on what exact topics are being taught through out the course.
Reading Skills		Penn Foster High School	English	09/8/2020	09/1/2020	No	United States	Pennsylvania
Argumentation and American Ideology/Honors		Oaks Christian School	English	12/10/2015		No	United States	California
MAT406 Consumer Math Course Code AZ02157		Antelope Union High School	Math	10/6/2022	09/29/2022	No	United States	Arizona	Personal finance courses are generally not approved toward ABOR math requirements. Please include information about the curriculums relation to algebra; geometry; trigonometry; calculus; etc.
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."
Business Math		Penn Foster High School	Math	09/8/2020	09/1/2020	No	United States	Pennsylvania
Literature with Emphasis on Movies and Music	San Ramon Valley Unified School District	San Ramon Valley High School	English	12/6/2013		No	United States	California
Personal Finance	Chandler Unified School District		Social Science	11/2/2022	10/28/2022	No	United States	Arizona	Per ABOR; for a course to be considered a social science; the course must include topics such as "European or World History; Economics; Sociology; Geography; Government; Psychology; or Anthropology." This course does not include the https://public.azregents.edu/Policy%20Manual/2-121-Undergraduate%20Admission.pdf
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.
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.