Admissions Standards Policy by the

Colorado Commission on Higher Education

Revisions include changes in the pre-collegiate curriculum requirements, which apply to students who will graduate from high school in the spring of 2008 and later and apply for admission to Colorado’s four-year public institutions (beginning with those entering the 10^th grade in 2005). Below is a chart showing the current curriculum requirements and the requirements effective in 2008 and 2010.

	English Units	Math Units	Natural Science Units	Social Studies Units	Other
Current Requirements	4	3 (Int. 1, Int. 2, Int.3)	2	2	1 (unit of either natural or social science
Beginning with spring 2008 high school graduates	4	3 (Int. 1 and higher)	3 (two of which must be lab-based)	3 (one of which must be U.S. history or world civilization)	2 units of academic electives
For spring 2010 and later high school graduates	4	4 (Int. 1 and higher)	3 (two of which must be lab-based)	3 (one of which must be U.S. history or world civilization)	2 units of foreign language; 2 units of academic electives

Note 1: Academic electives include additional courses from core area as well as foreign languages (2 units must be from the same language), computer science, art, music, journalism, drama, honors, advanced placement, and international baccalaureate courses.

Note 2: An academic unit, often referred to as a Carnegie unit, is equivalent to one full year of credit in a specific subject.

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