Early College Program
Expand your skills and knowledge with ASU certificates
Whether exploring new fields, preparing for a career change, or building expertise in your current profession, ASU’s certificates are designed to give you the skills and credentials employers value—all while earning college credits.
With this industry-recognized certificate, you will prepare for an introductory-level job in cloud computing. In this program, you’ll learn the essentials of AWS, from understanding cloud architecture to building optimized infrastructures and diving into data analytics. This certificate is your step-by-step guide to the cloud.
- 3 courses
- 9 credits
Prepare for an introductory-level job in the high-growth field of Information Technology with this industry-recognized certificate. In this program, you’ll learn the foundations of networking and operating systems, providing end-to-end customer support, and solving problems using code.
- 5 courses
- 12 credits
Learn the skills business analysts use when they work with data to help make decisions, streamline business processes, and more. Prepare for roles in business analysis, data management or operations.
- 6 courses
- 18 credits
Obtain job-ready skills used by project managers to understand a project life cycle, determine time and sequencing, create a needs assessment and cost estimation, and plan project resource management. Prepare for project management roles in industries like construction, IT or marketing.
- 4 courses
- 12 credits
Explore various first-year college topics and earn general education requirements that will count towards a degree.
- 4 courses
- 13 credits
Gain an overall understanding of the health industry by learning about different aspects of the healthcare industry. Familiarize yourself with healthcare-related occupations, professional ethics, the culture of health and an introduction to anatomy and physiology.
- 4 courses
- 13 credits
Learn the building blocks of business by studying macroeconomics, microeconomics, computer applications and business-related algebra.
- 4 courses
- 12 credits
Gain a broad understanding of careers within the STEM field by learning natural science courses in chemistry or biology, alongside courses in computer applications, IT systems and sustainable systems.
- 4 courses
- 13 credits
Get acquainted with various aspects of engineering by exploring classes that introduce you to technological, social, sustainable, chemical engineering and more.
- 4 courses
- 12 credits
Explore human behavior from different perspectives while learning about psychology, sociology and basic biological systems to inform your education in all areas of human development.
- 4 courses
- 13 credits
Sustainability is about more than just the environment. It impacts our daily life. Build your understanding in sustainability by learning about sustainable systems, environmental science and sociology.
- 4 courses
- 13 credits
Learn about the current state of education and how it continues to evolve by understanding the building blocks of education and gaining problem-solving skills with technology.
- 4 courses
- 12 credits
Get an inside look at different areas of computer science by learning about computer applications, information technology, principles of programming, technological systems and an overview of engineering.
- 4 courses
- 12 credits
What Is the Early College Program?
The ASU Early College Program allows students to take real college courses online through our partnership with Arizona State University (ASU)—earning both high school and university credit at the same time.
College-level courses replace equivalent high school classes to help you meet graduation requirements. After each course, you choose whether to apply it to your official college transcript.
💡 How It Works
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Select college courses from ASU that align with your high school plan.
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Complete your courses online, with flexible pacing and support from your advisor.
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Earn credit toward your high school diploma—college courses fulfill the required high school subjects.
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Decide later if you want the course added to your official college transcript.
If you're satisfied with your performance, you can lock in the credit. If not, you can keep it as high school-only credit—no impact on your future GPA or record.
Course Listing
Subject to Change
COM 100
Introduction to Human Communication
Topics-oriented introduction to basic theories, dimensions, and concepts of human communicative interaction and behavior.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
COM 225
Public Speaking and Presentations
Learn about verbal and nonverbal communication in platform speaking. Discussion and practice in vocal and physical delivery and in purposeful organization and development of public communication.
Course duration: 8 or 16 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
ENG 101
First-Year Composition
Discovers, organizes and develops ideas in relation to the writer's purpose, subject and audience. Emphasizes modes of written discourse and effective use of rhetorical principles.
Course duration: 8 or 12 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
ENG 102
First-Year Composition
Critical reading and writing; emphasize strategies of academic discourse. Learn how to effectively execute a research-based writing project from conception to finalization.
Course duration: On-demand, 8 or 12 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
RDG 201
Poetry in America: The City
Consider the history and evolution of the American city from the mid-19th century to the present day. This interdisciplinary course explores how poets, visual artists, musicians and social thinkers collaborate in imagining what cities are and can be.
Course duration: 16 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
RDG 202
Poetry in America: 1850-1945
Explore American social and artistic movements from the Civil War through the mid-20th century through the work of major poets, visual artists, musicians, and social thinkers.
Course duration: 16 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
MAT 117
College Algebra
Linear functions, quadratic functions, general polynomial functions, rational functions, systems of linear equations, logarithmic and exponential functions.
Course duration: On-demand, 12, or 16 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
MAT 142
College Mathematics
Apply basic college-level mathematics to real-life problems. Topics include numerical reasoning, sets, counting techniques, probability, basic statistics, and finance.
Course duration: On-demand, 8, 12, or 16 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
MAT 170
Precalculus
Intensive preparation for calculus. Topics include: functions, domain and range, properties of graphs, transformations of functions, composition and combinations of functions, inverse functions, polynomial functions, rational functions, exponential functions, logarithmic functions, roots of polynomial functions, trigonometric functions and their graphs, trigonometric identities, trigonometric equations.
Course duration: On-demand, 12, or 16 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
MAT 210
Brief Calculus
Study the differential and integral calculus of elementary functions with applications. This course is ideal for those interested in business, economics, or social sciences.
Course duration: On-demand or 16 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
MAT 265
Calculus for Engineers I
Learn the mathematical skills required for programs like engineering, mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, earth and atmospheric sciences, and life sciences. Limits and continuity, differential calculus of functions of one variable, introduction to integration.
Course duration: On-demand or 16 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
STP 226
Elements of Statistics
Basic concepts and methods of statistics, including descriptive statistics, significance tests, estimation, sampling, and correlation.
Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available:3.
ASM 246
Human Origins
History of discoveries and changing interpretations of human evolution. Earliest ancestors to emergence of modern humans. Humanity's place in nature. Course duration: 8
weeks. Credits available: 3.
AST 111
Introduction to Solar Systems Astronomy
Properties and origins of the solar system, exoplanets, astrobiology. History, properties of light, instruments, study of solar system and nearby stars. Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available: 4.
BIO 100
The Living World
Consider the authentic, compelling question: how do we find life in the universe?
Course duration: On-demand, 8 or 16 weeks.
Credits available: 4.
BIO 130
Introduction to Environmental Science
Introduces the interconnected nature of Earth's hydrosphere, lithosphere (soils and rocks), atmosphere, and biosphere.
Course duration: On-demand, 8 or 16 weeks.
Credits available: 4.
BIO 145
Introduction to Marine Biology
Introduces the basic concepts of marine biology, the study of the ocean and the diverse life forms that reside in the diverse habitats found there. Includes an extensive discussion on ocean conservation, including threats facing marine life and policy solutions to those threats.
Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available: 4.
BIO 160
Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology
Learn terminology and essential concepts in human anatomy and physiology, as well as the structure and function of the human body.
Course duration: On-demand or 16 weeks.
Credits available: 4.
CEE 181
Technological, Social, and Sustainable Systems
Introduces the importance and role of technological, social, and sustainable systems in the modern world. Provides a framework for the theory and practice of sustainable engineering.
Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
CHM 101
Introductory Chemistry
Elements of general chemistry. Adapted to the needs of those in nursing and kinesiology and those preparing for general chemistry.
Course duration: 16 weeks.
Credits available: 4.
CHM 114
General Chemistry for Engineers
Learn how atoms and molecules act and interact to make the modern materials that underpin technology and solve engineering challenges.
Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available: 4.
SOS 100
Introduction to Sustainability
Introduces key themes, practices, and principles of sustainability across social, economic, and environmental dimensions.
Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
ECN 211
Macroeconomic Principles
Introductory course in macroeconomics. Topics include the measurement and modeling of output, national income, inflation and unemployment; the determinants of cross-country differences in income; the functions of money and the banking system; the causes of and policy responses to recessions; the effect of monetary and fiscal policy on interest rates and national income.
Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
ECN 212
Microeconomic Principles
Introductory course in microeconomics. Topics include marginal analysis; international trade; supply and demand analysis; market efficiency; basic welfare analysis of market
interactions and government intervention; the theory of firm production and costs; profit maximization in different market structures; consumer choice. Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
HST 100
Global History to 1500
Survey human origins; early civilizations in Africa and Eurasia; the ancient Mediterranean; the pre-Columbian Americas; the rise of Islam and Muslim empires; medieval Europe; the Indian sub-continent and imperial China, to 1500.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
HST 101
Global History since 1500
Survey Africa, the Americas, and Eurasia; changes in communication, communities, demography, economics, environment, politics, religion, technology, warfare, and women.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
HST 102
Europe and the Mediterranean: Ancient and Medieval
Origins and development of European societies and institutions from the ancient world through the Middle Ages.
Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
HST 109
United States to 1865
Explore the people, events, ideas, and places that have made American history, from the powerful Indigenous societies that shaped the continent to the closing days of the Civil War.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
INR 194
Introduction to Global Affairs
Analyze international challenges and opportunities shaping the modern world through history, governance, economics, and security.
Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
POS 110
American Government and Politics
Learn about the major institutions of modern government and processes of individual and group political activity, with emphasis on the American experience.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
PSY 101
Introduction to Psychology
Major areas of theory and research in psychology.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
SOC 101
Online Sociology
Introductory Sociology
Fundamentals of sociology, organization of human groups and society, processes of interaction, and social change.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
CAP 194
Career Pathways: Exploring Your Future
This course will help students gain self-awareness and practical skills to aid in pursuing their career goals.
Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
CIS 105
Computer Applications and Information Technology
Introduces business information systems from a business intelligence perspective and the uses of application software with emphasis on database and spreadsheet packages for efficient and effective problem solving.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
CIS 194
Business Technology Fundamentals
Learn the skills required to be entry-level, technical support personnel in any business.
Course duration: On-demand.
Credits available: 1.
CIS 194
Computer Networking in Organizations
Understand a full overview of computer networking.
Course duration: On-demand.
Credits available: 2.
CIS 194
Operating Systems Management for Business
Grasp main components of an operating system and how to perform critical tasks, like managing software and users, and configuring hardware. Course duration: On-demand.
Credits available: 3.
CIS 194
Cloud Foundations
Learn how all of your favorite internet services and platforms keep up with growing and changing user demands.
Course duration: On-demand.
Credits available: 3.
CIS 294
System Administration and IT Infrastructure Services
Learn about the infrastructure services that keep all organizations, big and small, up and running.
Course duration: On-demand.
Credits available: 3.
CIS 308
Advanced Excel in Business
Covers advanced Excel skills using an applied focus on different types of decisions one may analyze using spreadsheet capabilities; graphs and charts to communicate complex analytics; pivot tables to slice and dice data for reporting.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
CIS 309
Business Process Management
Understand analysis and evaluation of business processes in the context of improving operational efficiency.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
CIS 310
Business Data Visualization
Learn the fundamentals of data visualization with practical applications on Tableau and Excel. Course duration:
On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
CIS 313
Location Analytics in Business
Understand location intelligence via visualization and analyses of geo-spatial data to enhance business insights and decision-making.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
CIS 394
Introduction to IT Security in an Organization
Gain a deep understanding of computer security and how to prevent the most commonly used computer attacks.
Course duration: On-demand.
Credits available: 3.
CIS 394
Cloud Architecture
Learn the fundamentals of building IT infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Course duration: On-demand.
Credits available: 3.
CIS 394
Cloud Analytics
Learn the fundamental tools required for Data Analytics using AWS Cloud.
Course Duration: On-demand.
Credits available: 3
CIS 405
Business Intelligence
Business intelligence (BI) is a term describing a broad category of applications, technologies, architectures and processes for gathering, storing, accessing and analyzing data to provide business users with timely information to enable better insights into project and process management and evidence-based decision making.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
CSE 110
Principles of Programming
Concepts of problem solving using an object-oriented programming language, algorithm design, structured programming, fundamental algorithms and techniques.
Course duration: On-demand, 12 or 16 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
EDT 180
Technology Literacy: Problem Solving using Digital Technology Applications
Introduces digital technologies and their place in society. Applies 21st century skills to problem solving using digital technology applications including spreadsheets and databases.
Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
FIN 294
Fundamentals of Personal Finance
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to personal finance and focuses on topics which are important to the financial health of young Americans.
Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
FSE 100
Introduction to Engineering
Introduces the engineering design process; working in engineering teams; the profession of engineering; engineering models, written and oral technical communication skills.
Course duration: 16 weeks.
Credits available: 2.
HCR 210
Ethics for the Health Care Professional
Understand healthcare ethics emphasizing analysis and ethical decision making at clinical and health policy levels for healthcare professionals. Course duration:
On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
HCR 220
Introduction to Health Professions and the U.S. Health Care System
Explore the historical, social, political, economic and interprofessional contexts in which health care professions and the United States health care system evolved.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
HCR 230
Culture and Health
Learn about cultures of diverse groups and health/illness; cross-cultural communication, awareness of own cultural influences, indigenous, and alternative healing practices.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
HEP 100
Introduction to Health and Wellness
Learn current concepts in exercise, health, and wellness. Emphasizes personal health, theories, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.
Course duration: On-demand, 8 or 16 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
OGL 200
Introduction to Organizational Leadership
Basic introduction to leadership by focusing on what it means to be a good leader. Examines topics such as the nature of leadership, recognizing leadership traits, developing leadership skills, creating a vision, setting the tone, listening to out-group members, handling conflict, overcoming obstacles, and addressing ethics in leadership. Gives attention to helping students understand and improve their own leadership performance.
Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
OGL 220
Behavioral Dynamics in Organizations
Explores the different theories, strategies and skills in the fields of organizational behavior and interpersonal relationships. Covers critical skills and perspectives associated
with cross-cultural relationships, personality and values-driven behaviors, empathy, perspective-taking, learning and motivation, conflict resolution, stress management, effective communication, group dynamics, and diagnosis of performance-related issues in organizations.
Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
PMG 240
Introduction to Project Management
Investigate components of project management and the project life cycle such as: creating charters, developing a project plan and schedule, managing clients and stakeholders, analyzing risk, creating project teams, and exploring other tools needed to effectively manage projects.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
PMG 322
Project Schedule Management
Explores project scheduling and time management within the broader context of the planning effort. Students learn how important the determination of the timing and sequence of project activities is to the planning process--and ultimate project success. Primarily focuses on understanding bar charts, basic networks, the critical path network, precedence networks, resource allocation, schedule updating, schedule compression, scheduling and schedule risk management.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
PMG 323
Project Cost Management
Concepts and complex processes of effective project cost management. Primarily focuses on project needs assessment, cost estimation, project cost control, project
budgeting, cash flow management, financial management, value management, configuration management and supply chain management. Students also learn to appreciate the importance of integrating cost and value management processes.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
PMG 324
Resources in Project Management
Major elements of project resource management as well as the broader context of this critical planning function. Students learn that sound resource management is an important part of developing a sustainable competitive advantage in the emerging global marketplace. Primarily focuses on operations and productivity, resources in project management, product design, process strategy, layout strategy, human resources and job design, supply chain, inventory management and scheduling.
Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.
TEL 111
Exploration of Education
Explore education as an instrument in the development of the individual and society and its significance as an American Institution.
Course duration: 8 weeks.
Credits available: 3.