Concurrent Credit/College Credit
Advanced Placement (AP)
Advanced Placement (AP) classes offer students a chance to do advanced work in certain subjects while in high school to attempt to earn college credit. Students take the class and then are tested at the end of the year. A score of 3 or higher qualifies the student for college credit. This credit is accepted differently at various colleges and universities nationwide. There is a testing charge for each test taken. Click here for a list of Advanced Placement programs offered at AFHS.
Concurrent Enrollment
Concurrent Enrollment allows a student to take a class at American Fork High School that is taught by a high school teacher who has been approved to teach the class for UVU college credit. Concurrent Enrollment classes are for juniors and seniors. (sophomores may apply for an exception)
Students must pay a one-time $35 registration fee and register on line at www.uvu.edu/concurrent/
***Please be advised, consistent with SB284, the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) institutions will implement a partial tuition of $5.00 per credit for concurrent enrollment classes starting the 2013-14 academic year. (A typical 3 credit class will have a tuition cost of $15.) Grades earned through concurrent enrollment classes generate an official college transcript with UVU and will be posted on the student’s high school transcript as well. If you are planning on dropping a course with UVU make sure you talk with the Distance Learning Coordinator to avoid receiving an F on your college transcript.
Students must pay a one-time $35 registration fee and register on line at www.uvu.edu/concurrent/
***Please be advised, consistent with SB284, the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) institutions will implement a partial tuition of $5.00 per credit for concurrent enrollment classes starting the 2013-14 academic year. (A typical 3 credit class will have a tuition cost of $15.) Grades earned through concurrent enrollment classes generate an official college transcript with UVU and will be posted on the student’s high school transcript as well. If you are planning on dropping a course with UVU make sure you talk with the Distance Learning Coordinator to avoid receiving an F on your college transcript.
Distance Learning
Distance Learning allows high school students to enroll in college classes taught by UVU professors. Distance learning classes are broadcast via satellite to American Fork High School. Please speak to your counselor if you are interested in taking these college classes. Students register by paying a one-time fee of $35 and register for these classes at: www.uvu.edu/de/
Students who wish to take Distance Learning classes must have a cumulative gpa of 3.0, and be a junior or senior. As a student, you are responsible for your own admissions, registration and book fees for all college classes.
Students who wish to take Distance Learning classes must have a cumulative gpa of 3.0, and be a junior or senior. As a student, you are responsible for your own admissions, registration and book fees for all college classes.
But how will these college credits transfer to other Utah colleges?
TransferUtah.org shows students how course credits earned at one college may transfer to other Utah institutions. The guide describes whether the class will be considered equivalent to a class offered by the second institution or will be treated as elective credit. How credit transfers is important: you want credit to count as a required class for the certificate or degree program you are working on.