Course Work

The following chart shows Colorado State’s current high school course work requirements and the requirements effective in 2008 and 2010.

Currently, new freshmen at Colorado State University must have graduated from high school with satisfactory completion of 18 high school units, 15 of which must be academic. (A unit typically equals one year of course work.) By 2010, all 18 high school units must be academic.

	English Units	Mathematics Units	Natural Science Units	Social Studies Units	Other
Current Requirements	4	3 Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry	2	2	1 Additional unit of either natural or social science 3 Academic electives
Beginning with spring 2008 high school graduates	4	3 Must include Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry	3 Two of which must be lab-based	3 One of which must be U.S. history or world civilization	2 Academic electives
For spring 2010 and later high school graduates	4	4 Must include Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry	3 Two of which must be lab-based	3 One of which must be U.S. history or world civilization	2 units of same foreign language 2 units of academic electives

 

Important Notes;

• Completion of course work in core academic areas every year (grades 9-12) is favored.
• Admissions preference is given to students who are in accelerated mathematics or who maintain enrollment in mathematics during the senior year.
• Students seeking engineering must have an additional ½ unit of trigonometry/precalculus and one unit of chemistry or physics.
• More information about the course work requirements effective 2008 and later is available through the Admissions Standards section of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education website