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.

Approved courses - courses approved by Arizona's three public universities and how the courses apply
Deferred courses - courses that require additional information before a decision can be made
Denied courses - courses not approved to apply towards a high school competency
Pending courses - courses waiting to be reviewed (allow two to four weeks for review)
Committee review - courses requiring additional review to determine applicability (allow four to eight weeks for review)
All courses - all courses submitted to website and where they are in the process
Course title District High school Requested competency code Denied date Virtual course Expected grade level Country State Sort descending City Denied reason
Public Speaking & Communicaiton Orono Schools English 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"

Financial Literacy Albuquerque Public Schools Math 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.

FINANCIAL LITERACY Albuquerque Public Schools Math 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.

Public speaking Walt Whitman High School English No 12th United States New York

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"

Senior seminar English Great Neck School District English No United States New York

Per standard course approvals; AP Seminar is not approved for core competencies.

Public speaking Walt Whitman High School English No 12th United States New York

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"

Senior seminar Social studies Great Neck School District US History No United States New York

Per standard course approvals; AP Seminar is not approved for core competencies.

Sci116: Earth Science (credit recovery) Ohio Virtual Academy Lab Science Yes United States Ohio
American Film Saint Xavier High School English 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"

Finace Eugene School District 4J CTE No United States Oregon

The course description does not contain career focused curriculum that is required for approved career and technical education courses.†

Financial Algebra Lower Merion School District Math 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.

Practical English Penn Foster High School English No United States Pennsylvania

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

ENGLISH WRITTEN COMMUNICATION Penn Foster High School English No United States Pennsylvania

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 No United States Pennsylvania
English Communication Penn Foster High School English No United States Pennsylvania
Reading Skills Penn Foster High School English No United States Pennsylvania
Business Math Penn Foster High School Math No United States Pennsylvania
Consumer Math Penn Foster High School Math No United States Pennsylvania
Microsoft Office Advanced (.5 credit) Penn Foster High School CTE No United States Pennsylvania
Survey of Topics in Mathematics Berks Catholic High School Math No United States Pennsylvania
Microsoft Word & Excel (1 credit) Penn Foster High School CTE No United States Pennsylvania
Understanding Computers Advanced (.5 credit) Penn Foster High School CTE No United States Pennsylvania
AP Capstone Seminar Methacton School District Methacton High School English 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"

Film Studies Antonian College Preparatory High School Fine Arts No United States Texas
Topics in Math Cinco Ranch High School Math No United States Texas
Financial Algebra La Conner School District Math No United States Washington

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 Central Kitsap High School Math No United States Washington
Advanced Speech Arrowhead Union High School District Arrowhead High School English 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’s ability in English. However; they are not devoted exclusively to the study of English and may not be substituted for a regular English course."