High School Graduation Requirements

2026-27 Academic Year

Concurrent Enrollment courses taken from USU may be used to satisfy high school graduation requirements. Many of these courses also fall under the General Education pathway.

Review Requirement Options

CE Options for High School Graduation Requirements

Language Arts

4.0 high school units are required for graduation.

USU does not offer any courses that satisfy the Language Arts 9 or 10 or 11 high school requirement.

Language Arts 12 or Applied & Advanced

The following courses fulfill this requirement.

USU CE Option USU CE Course Name Gen Ed Category
CIVC 1100 Flourishing and the Good Life Written Communication
CIVC 1800 Disagree Better Social & Behavioral Sciences
ENGL 1010 Intro to Writing: Academic Prose Written Communication
BUSN 2200 Professional Communications Not GE
CMST 1020 Public Speaking Humanities
CMST 2110 Interpersonal Communication Humanities
ENGL 2010 Intermediate Writing Written Communication
ENGL 2200 Understanding Literature Humanities
JCOM 1500 Intro to Mass Communication Social & Behavioral Sciences

Mathematics

3.0 high school units are required for graduation.

USU does not offer any courses that satisfy the Secondary Math 1-3 high school requirements.

Senior Math Option

The following courses fulfill this requirement.

USU CE Option USU CE Course Name Gen Ed Category
STAT 1040 Intro to Statistics Quantitative Literacy
MATH 1050 College Algebra Quantitative Literacy
STAT 1080 Foundations of Data Science Quantitative Literacy

Social Studies

3.0 high school units are required for graduation.

USU does not offer any courses that satisfy the World Geography (0.5), World History (0.5), or US History (1.0) high school requirements.

US Government and Citizenship (1.0)

The following course fulfills this requirement.

USU CE Option USU CE Course Name Gen Ed Category
POLS 1100 United States Government and Politics American Institutions

Social Studies Applied & Advanced (0.5)

The following courses fulfill this requirement.

USU CE Option USU CE Course Name Gen Ed Category
HIST 1700 American History American Institutions
PSY 1010 General Psychology Social & Behavioral Sciences
USU 1320 Civilization: Humanities Humanities

Science

3.0 high school units from at least two quadrants are required for graduation.

Applied & Advanced (1.0)

The following courses fulfill this requirement.

USU CE Option USU CE Course Name Gen Ed Category
BIOL 1010 Biology and the Citizen Life Sciences
CHEM 1010 Intro to Chemistry Physical Sciences
GEO 1060 Intro to Environmental Geoscience Physical Sciences
PHYS 1010 Elementary Physics Physical Sciences
WATS 2500 Introduction to Marine Biology Life Sciences

Arts

1.5 high school units are required for graduation.

The following courses fulfill this requirement.

USU CE Option USU CE Course Name Gen Ed Category
ART 1010 Exploring Art Arts
MUSC 1010 Intro to Music Arts
THEA 1013 Understanding Theater Arts

World Languages

This is an optional graduation requirement.

USU offers world language courses in the following:

  • Chinese
  • French
  • German
  • Latin
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish

Digital Studies & Financial Literacy

0.5 high school units each are required for graduation.

Digital Studies (0.5)

The following courses fulfill this requirement.

USU CE Option USU CE Course Name Gen Ed Category
CS 1030 Foundations of Computer Science Physical Sciences
CS 1400 Intro to Computer Programming Not GE
CS 1410 Introduction to Computer Science-CS 2 Not GE
DATA 2100 Data and Information in Business Not GE

Financial Literacy (0.5)

The following courses fulfill this requirement.

USU CE Option USU CE Course Name Gen Ed Category
BUSN 1021 Personal Finance Not GE
FCSE 1350 Financial Literacy Social & Behavioral Sciences

Career & Technical Education (CTE)

USU offers 70+ CTE courses.

1.0 high school unit is required for graduation.

The following courses fulfill this requirement.

USU CE Option USU CE Course Name Gen Ed Category
ADVS 1110 Introduction to Animal Science Life Sciences
BUSN 1010 Business Principles Social & Behavioral Sciences
CJ 1010 Intro to Criminal Justice Social & Behavioral Sciences
ECON 2020 Introduction to Macroeconomics American Institutions
ENVS 1350 Intro to Environmental Science Life Sciences
HDFS 1500 Human Development Across the Lifespan Social & Behavioral Sciences
HDFS 2400 Couple and Family Relations Social & Behavioral Sciences
HEAL 1500 Anatomy and Physiology Life Sciences
LAEP 1030 Introduction to Landscape Architecture Arts
MSLE 2600 Introduction to Entrepreneurship Not GE
NDFS 1020 Science and Application of Human Nutrition Life Sciences
PSC 1800 Intro to Horticulture Life Sciences
WILD 2200 Ecology of Our Changing World Life Sciences

Elective Credit

1.0 high school unit is required for graduation.

USU does not offer any courses that satisfy the Elective Credit requirements for Participation Skills (0.5), Fitness for Life (0.5), Health II (0.5), or Elective PE (0.5).