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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	Country Sort descending	State	Denied reason
Speech		Saint John Paul II Catholic High School	Fine Arts	12/21/2018	12/4/2018	No	United States	Arizona	Does not meet competency requirement. In order for a competency to meet the fine arts requirement; the course must meet the following criteria. "Fine Arts courses are defined as those that provide the opportunity to gain experience and knowledge in the production and performance; analysis; interpretation; and evaluation; and historical and cultural aspects of the visual and performing arts. Courses must combine theory and practice and include critical thinking skills."
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.
P Financial Algebra	Napa Valley Unified School District		Math	05/19/2021	04/29/2021	No	United States	California	Financial Math courses are generally not approved toward ABOR math requirements. Please include information about the curriculums relation to algebra; geometry; trigonometry; calculus; etc.
Foundations Math		Seton Catholic High School	Math	07/13/2022	06/8/2022	No	United States	Arizona	Course does not appear to equal alebra completion competency for HS level math approval.
ENG (AIMS PREP) ; High School Reading Workshop	Espiritu Community Development Corporation	NFL YET College Preparatory Academy	English	07/21/2010	06/30/2010	No	United States	Arizona	Does not meet ABOR English comp and lit requrements
Financial Mathematics		Tesseract School		02/21/2013	12/19/2012	No	United States	Arizona	Not college prepatory math
Read 180	Agua Fria Union High School District		English	12/6/2017	05/24/2017	No	United States	Arizona	This course does not appear to be at course level and does not contain literary analysis/writing assignments. In order for this course to be re-reviewed; details on writing/literary assignments must be submitted. If would like to be re-reviewed; please please provide provide descriptive information about those assignments in description.
Adv Algebra w/ Financia Applications	Bonita Unified School District	Bonita High School	Math	02/4/2016		No	United States	California
Speech		Saint John Paul II Catholic High School	Fine Arts	12/21/2018	12/4/2018	No	United States	Arizona	Does not meet competency requirement. In order for a competency to meet the fine arts requirement; the course must meet the following criteria. "Fine Arts courses are defined as those that provide the opportunity to gain experience and knowledge in the production and performance; analysis; interpretation; and evaluation; and historical and cultural aspects of the visual and performing arts. Courses must combine theory and practice and include critical thinking skills."
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.
Finace	Eugene School District 4J		CTE	11/5/2021	10/9/2021	No	United States	Oregon	The course description does not contain career focused curriculum that is required for approved career and technical education courses.†
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.
MAT AIMS PREP; High School Math Workshop	Espiritu Community Development Corporation	NFL YET College Preparatory Academy	Math	07/21/2010	06/30/2010	No	United States	Arizona	Does not meet ABOR Math requirements
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
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
Mathematics of Financial Analysis		Chaminade College Preparatory	Math	03/1/2016		No	United States	California
Consumer Math A		Insight Academy of Arizona	Math	12/20/2018	12/13/2018	No	United States	Arizona	Lacks significant mathematical components. Consumer math focuses on basic math skills for commerce and everyday life which are not approved as an ABOR-valued math course.¬†
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.
Dubuque Community Schools Speech	Dubuque Community School District		English	12/29/2021	12/21/2021	No	United States	Iowa	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 "
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"
Astronomy II/Cosmology	Amphitheater Public Schools			11/1/2010	09/30/2010	No	United States	Arizona	need lab discriptions
INDUSTRIAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY MATHEMATICS	Paradise Valley Unifed School District			08/29/2014	08/28/2014	No	United States	Arizona	Does not meet ABOR requirements
Financial Literacy A/B	Agua Fria Union High School District		Math	10/23/2017	05/31/2017	No	United States	Arizona	Does not meet competency requirements for Advanced Math; focused on personal financial responsibilities instead of advanced math.
Financial Algebra		Jesuit High School of Sacramento	Math	11/7/2016		No	United States	California
Consumer Math B		Insight Academy of Arizona	Math	12/20/2018	12/13/2018	No	United States	Arizona	Lacks significant mathematical components. Consumer math focuses on basic math skills for commerce and everyday life which are not approved as an ABOR-valued math course.¬†
Basic English		Penn Foster High School	English	09/8/2020	09/1/2020	No	United States	Pennsylvania
Financial Algebra	Lower Merion School District		Math	03/23/2022	03/11/2022	No	United States	Pennsylvania	Financial Math courses are generally not approved toward ABOR math requirements. Please include information about the curriculums relation to algebra; geometry; trigonometry; calculus; etc.
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.