The Recommended Courses for College Admission are courses that Mississippi's four-year colleges require students complete while in high school.  These requirements include:

 

English (4 Carnegie Units):  Courses must require substantial communication skills (i.e., reading, writing, listening, and speaking).

 

Mathematics (4 Carnegie Units):  Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry.  A fourth course in high-level mathematics is highly recommended.

 

Science (3 Carnegie Units):  Biology, Anatomy and Physiology (A & P), Chemistry, Advanced Chemistry, Physics, and Advanced Physics or any other science course with comparable content and rigor.  One Carnegie Unit from a Physical Science course with content at a level that may serve as an introduction to Physics and Chemistry may be used.  Two of the courses chosen must be laboratory-based.

 

Social Studies (3 Carnegie Units):  United States History (1 Unit), World History (1 Unit with substantial geography component), Government (1/2 Unit), and Economics (1/2 Unit) or Geography (1/2 Unit).

 

Advanced Electives (2 Carnegie Units):  Foreign Language, World Geography, fourth-year laboratory-based science or fourth-year mathematics.  One unit must be in Foreign Language or World Geography.

 

Computer Applications (1/2 Carnegie Unit):  The course should include use of application packages such as word processing and spreadsheets.  The course should also include basic computer terminology and hardware operation.

 

Eighth Grade Units:  Pre-Algebra, Transitions to Algebra, and Computer Discovery taken in the eighth grade will be accepted for admission, provided course content is the same as the high school course.

 

These course requirements parallel many of the State graduation requirements as well as some of the district graduation requirements.  Any student wishing to attend a four-year college after high school graduation should take these courses as a minimum.  It is best for the student to communicate with the specific college or university he/she will be attending to ensure that upon graduation, the student will meet the entry requirements of that school.