State of Illinois

Board of Higher Education

STATEWIDE COLLEGE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

 

      In an effort to help high school students improve their academic preparation for baccalaureate degree programs, the Board of Higher Education hereby announces that it has established statewide minimum admission standards for public colleges and universities in Illinois.  The following high school subjects will be required of freshmen entering community college transfer programs and public universities in the fall of 1997:

 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Credits                 Subjects                     

 

   4        English (emphasizing written and oral communications and literature)

   3        Social Studies (emphasizing history and government)

   3        Mathematics (introductory through advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry or fundamentals of computer programming)

   3        Science (laboratory sciences)

   2        Foreign language, music, art or vocational education

 

      Individual public universities and community colleges may have other subject requirements in effect as well as other requirements involving test scores and grade point averages.  Applicants must contact each college or university individually for details about all of its requirements.

      Admission requirements for private colleges and universities vary.  Each must be contacted separately for information about requirements.

 

PARIS COOPERATIVE HIGH SCHOOL offers the following subjects that will meet the minimum requirements:

     

      SCIENCE                       SOCIAL STUDIES                MATH

      Environmental Concepts        World History                 Algebra I

      Biology I                     European History              Modern Geometry

      Biology II                    American History I,II,III     Algebra II

      Chemistry I                   Government                    Col. Alg./Trig.

      Chemistry II                  AP U.S. History               Pre Calculus LLC

      Anatomy-Physiology            Economics I,II LLC            AP Calculus

      Physics                       Sociology LLC                 Finite Math

      Science Exploration           History and Culture           Statistics 

      Bio Technology                of the Western World LLC                       

      Environmental Science LLC     Criminology

      Physical Science App. Ag.     Social Psychology LLC

     ENGLISH                              FOREIGN LANGUAGE

      English 9                           Spanish I, II, III and IV

      English 10                          French I, II, III and IV

      English 11                        

      English 12                         

      Speech-LLC

      Writing                            

      AP English Literature

      Writing for College I LLC

      Writing for College II LLC     

      Creative Writing