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Admission Policies for Mississippi’s Public Universities
Casey C. Turnage, Ph.D.Director of P-20 Initiatives and Enrollment Management
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
July 2015
Agenda
• College Preparatory Curriculum • Admission Policies • Placement• Summer Developmental Program
IHL Policy 602A – Freshman Admission Requirements for University System Institutions
• College Preparatory Curriculum• Revised – November 2010
– Required Curriculum (15½ units)– Recommended Curriculum (19½ units)
• Revised – May 2015– MDE & IHL developed CPC spreadsheet identifying course
acceptance in each subject area
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC English Requirements
Old:
New:
Required CPC
English: 4 Carnegie units All must require substantial communication skills (i.e., reading, writing, listening, and speaking). Compensatory Reading and Writing may not be included.
Recommended CPC
English: 4 Carnegie units All must require substantial communication skills (i.e., reading, writing, listening, and speaking). Compensatory Reading and Writing may not be included.
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsNew English Courses in CPC List
English • CCSS English I• CCSS English II• CCSS English III• CCSS English IV• SREB Literacy Ready
CCSS (Common Core State Standards) will be changing to CCR (College and Career Ready)
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC Mathematics Requirements
Required CPC
Mathematics: 3 Carnegie units • Algebra I or its equivalent • Math higher than Algebra I (2 units)
Recommended CPC
Mathematics: 4 Carnegie units • Algebra I or its equivalent • Math higher than Algebra I (3 units)
New:
Old: Required CPC Recommended CPC
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC Math Requirements
Required CPC
Mathematics: 3 Carnegie units • Algebra I or its equivalent • Math higher than Algebra I (2 units)
Recommended CPC
Mathematics: 4 Carnegie units • Algebra I or its equivalent • Math higher than Algebra I (3 units)
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC Math Requirements
Required CPC
Mathematics: 3 Carnegie units • Algebra I or its equivalent • Math higher than Algebra I (2 units)
Recommended CPC
Mathematics: 4 Carnegie units • Algebra I or its equivalent • Math higher than Algebra I (3 units)
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsNew Math Courses in CPC List
Algebra I equivalent• Integrated Math I• CCSS Algebra I• CCSS Compacted Math 8 (with
Integrated Math I)• CCSS Compacted Math 8 (with
Algebra I)
Higher than Algebra I• Integrated Math II• Integrated Math III• Integrate Math IV• CCSS Advanced Math Plus• SREB Math Ready
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC Science Requirements
Old: Required CPC Recommended CPC
Required CPC
Science: 3 Carnegie units • Biology I or its equivalent • Science higher than Biology I (2 units)
Recommended CPC
Science: 4 Carnegie units • Biology I or its equivalent • Science higher than Biology I (3 units)
New:
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC Science Requirements
Required CPC
Science: 3 Carnegie units • Biology I or its equivalent • Science higher than Biology I (2 units)
Recommended CPC
Science: 4 Carnegie units • Biology I or its equivalent • Science higher than Biology I (3 units)
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC Science Requirements
Required CPC
Science: 3 Carnegie units • Biology I or its equivalent • Science higher than Biology I (2 units)
Recommended CPC
Science: 4 Carnegie units • Biology I or its equivalent • Science higher than Biology I (3 units)
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsScience Courses in Approved CPC List
PLTW: Biomedical Sciences PLTW: Gateway to Technology PLTW: Introduction to
Engineering Design PLTW: Principles of
Engineering
K-12 STEM program courses
Agriculture and Natural Resources II Aquaculture II Engineering II Forestry II Health Sciences II Horticulture II Polymer Science II Polymer Technology II
Student must complete I & II to receive Science or Advanced Elective credit on CPC
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC Science Requirements
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC Social Studies Requirements
Old: Required CPC Recommended CPC
Required CPC
Social Studies: 3 Carnegie units • U.S. History• World History • U.S. Government (½ unit)• Economics (½ unit) or Introduction to World
Geography (½ unit)
Recommended CPC
Social Studies: 4 Carnegie units • U.S. History• World History • U.S. Government (½ unit)• Economics (½ unit)• Introduction to World Geography (½ unit)• Mississippi Studies (credit earned for
state/local government course in any other state)
New:
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC Arts Requirements
Old: Required CPC Recommended CPC
Required CPC
Arts: 1 Carnegie unit • Includes any one Carnegie unit (or two ½
units) of visual and performing arts course(s) meeting the requirements for high school graduation.
Recommended CPC
Arts: 1 Carnegie unit • Includes any one Carnegie unit (or two ½
units) of visual and performing arts course(s) meeting the requirements for high school graduation.
New:
Rationale for request to add 1 unit of Art to Required CPC:• MS High School Graduation Requirements include 1 unit of Art
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC Advanced Electives Requirements
Old: Required CPC Recommended CPC
Required CPC
Advanced Electives: 2 Carnegie units • Option 1: Foreign Language I and Foreign
Language II• Option 2: Foreign Language I and Advanced
World Geography• Option 3: Any combination of English,
Mathematics higher than Algebra I, Science higher than Biology I, Advanced Elective category, any AP course, any IB course
Recommended CPC
Advanced Electives: 2 Carnegie units • Option 1: Foreign Language I and Foreign
Language II• Option 2: Foreign Language I and Advanced
World Geography• Option 3: Any combination of English,
Mathematics higher than Algebra I, Science higher than Biology I, Advanced Elective course, any AP course, any IB course
New:
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC Technology Requirements
Old: Required CPC Recommended CPC
Technology: ½ Carnegie unit • A course that emphasizes the use of technology as a productivity tool. Instruction should include
utilizing various forms of technology to create, collaborate, organize, and publish information. The application of technology as a productivity tool, rather than specific hardware and/or software packages should be the focus of the course.
New:
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC Technology Requirements
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC Pre-High School Unit Requirements
Old:
Pre-High School units: Courses taken prior to high school will be accepted for admission provided each course earns Carnegie credit and the content is the same as the high school course.
New:
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC Pre-High School Unit Requirements
Courses currently approved by MDE to be taught as “pre-high school units”
• Algebra I• CCSS 8th Grade Math – may also be taught as compacted 7th grade• Geometry• Geography• Mississippi Studies• Information and Communication Technology II (ICT II)• Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math Applications (STEM)• Technology Foundations• First-year Foreign Language• Second-year Foreign Language• Biology I• Introduction to Agriscience
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC New Requirements
Old:
Substitutions: Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses can be substituted for each requirement in the CPC.
Course Acceptance: A course may not be used to satisfy more than one requirement.
The Required and Recommended College Preparatory Curricula (CPC) are approved by the IHL Board of Trustees, and the IHL Office of Academic and Student Affairs maintains a complete list of courses that can be used to satisfy the CPC requirements.
New:
IHL 602A - Freshman Admission RequirementsCPC Total Required Units
Old:
Required CPC
English: 4 Carnegie unitsMathematics: 3 Carnegie unitsScience: 3 Carnegie unitsSocial Studies: 3 Carnegie unitsArts: 1 Carnegie unitAdvanced Electives: 2 Carnegie unitsTechnology: ½ Carnegie unit
Total Carnegie units: 16½
Recommended CPC
English: 4 Carnegie unitsMathematics: 4 Carnegie unitsScience: 4 Carnegie unitsSocial Studies: 4 Carnegie unitsArts: 1 Carnegie unitAdvanced Electives: 2 Carnegie unitsTechnology: ½ Carnegie unit
Total Carnegie units: 19½
New:
Required CPC
English: 4 Carnegie unitsMathematics: 3 Carnegie unitsScience: 3 Carnegie unitsSocial Studies: 3 Carnegie unitsAdvanced Electives: 2 Carnegie unitsTechnology: ½ Carnegie unit
Total Carnegie units: 15½
Recommended CPC
English: 4 Carnegie unitsMathematics: 4 Carnegie unitsScience: 4 Carnegie unitsSocial Studies: 4 Carnegie unitsArts: 1 Carnegie unitAdvanced Electives: 2 Carnegie unitsTechnology: ½ Carnegie unit
Total Carnegie units: 19½
IHL Policy 602.B - Full Admission
Full admission will be granted to the following:
1. All students completing the College Preparatory Curriculum (CPC) with a minimum of 3.20 high school GPA on the CPC; or
2. All students completing the College Preparatory Curriculum (CPC) with (a) a minimum of 2.50 high school GPA on the CPC or a class rank in the top 50%, and (b) a score of 16 or higher on the ACT (composite); or
3. All students completing the College Preparatory Curriculum (CPC) with (a) a minimum of 2.00 high school GPA on the CPC and (b) a score of 18 or higher on the ACT (composite); or
4. NCAA Division I standards for student athletes who are “full-qualifiers” or “academic redshirts” are accepted as equivalent to the admission standards established by the Board.
Students scoring below 16 on the ACT (composite) are encouraged to participate in the Year-Long Academic Support Program during their freshman year.
IHL Policy 608 - Intermediate Courses
All entering freshmen enrolled at an IHL university with:
a) an ACT Mathematics subtest score of 16 or less will be required to take Intermediate Algebra;
b) an ACT English subtest score of 16 or less will be required to take Intermediate English;
c) an ACT Reading subtest score of 16 or less will be required to take Intermediate Reading
--during their first semester of enrollment.
Students taking two or more intermediate courses must enroll in the Year-Long Academic Support Program.
(Intermediate courses are developmental and do not count toward graduation.)
Placement Policies by Institution
University English Composition I College AlgebraAlcorn State University 17 17Delta State University 17 17
Jackson State University 17 17Mississippi State University 17 19
Mississippi University for Women 17 19Mississippi Valley State University 19 20
University of Mississippi 17 19University of Southern Mississippi 20 20
IHL Board Policy 608 establishes 17 as the minimum ACT subject area scores for Mathematics, English, and Reading; however, it gives each IHL university the authority to require higher ACT subject area scores.
IHL Policy 602.C.2. - Full Admission with Academic Deficiencies
Summer Developmental Program• Nine-week, 12 credit hour, intensive program for students who
do not meet full eligibility requirements– English– Reading– Mathematics– Learning Skills Laboratory
• Courses are developmental and do not count toward graduation.
IHL Policy 602.C.2. Full Admission with Academic Deficiencies
Summer Developmental Program (SDP)• Students must complete SDP with a “D” or better.• Students may be eligible for continued enrollment at any IHL
university in the fall term.• Students must enroll in the Year-Long Academic Support
Program (6 hours total) after completing SDP.
Summer Developmental Grant• Discontinued after summer 2015
Casey C. Turnage, Ph.D.Director of P-20 Initiatives
and Enrollment ManagementMississippi Institutions of Higher Learning