TAKING COURSES OUTSIDE OF PUSD
Planning to take a course outside the district? Please read the information below in its entirety prior to selecting & purchasing a course outside of PUSD.
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COMPLETED A NON-PUSD COURSE & ADDING IT TO YOUR PUSD TRANSCRIPT?
If you have completed a non-PUSD course at a WASC-accredited institution or community college and would like to request to have the course added to your PUSD transcript, please submit this Google form. After submitting the Google form, you will receive a PDF of the form that you will need to print and sign before submitting the hard copy to your counselor. You will also need to provide an official transcript to your counselor as well. The transcript must be ordered through Parchment and either sent electronically from the institution to your counselor's email address or mailed in a sealed envelope. The non-PUSD course will not be added to your PUSD transcript unless the form has been completed and the official transcript has been received.
OUTSIDE COURSES USED TO FULFILL GRAD REQUIREMENTS
Courses need to be completed by April 1st for seniors. Transcripts will NOT be accepted after April 15th. We will resume accepting outside transcripts the following school year. This means, if you are a senior and you need to add an outside course to fulfill a graduation requirement, you must complete the application to add a course and submit an official transcript for that course no later than April 15th of your graduation year. Students who fail to submit an official transcript and application by April 15th will not be eligible to participate in their graduation ceremony.
COLLEGE APPLICATIONS & NON-PUSD COURSES
When you apply to colleges as a senior, you will be REQUIRED to report all the courses you've taken AS THEY HAPPENED, whether or not they've been added to your PUSD transcript. For example, if you took a course via BYU Independent Study, you will add "BYU Independent Study" as another high school attended and enter the course you took under that school. You will be required to send an official transcript from that school to all the colleges you are applying to whether or not it's on your PUSD transcript.
OUT-OF-DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL COURSES
The academic record (transcript) for high school begins on the first day of 9th grade.
Note: For high school level Math and World Language courses completed during 7th or 8th grade, the course title and grade will be listed in a footnote on the transcript and will not be included in the credit total or the high school GPA.
Up to 40 credits total from out-of-district courses may be transferred to a PUSD transcript as follows:
Up to 40 credits of college level courses taken at a community college or a four-year college, with no more than one course in a subject area. See College Course section below for more details.
Up to 10 credits from a high school level course taken through an out-of-district institution may be applied towards the 40 credits. See Out-of-District section below for more details.
Credits earned in the Pleasanton Virtual Academy (PVA), Tri-Valley Regional Occupational Program (ROP), and Las Positas Middle College are not subject to the 40 credit limit, and these credits will be reflected on the PUSD transcript.
For information about world language instruction taken through an out-of-district institution, refer to AR 6146.11 Exhibit 2.
While some courses may be weighted at outside institutions, please note they may not be weighted on the PUSD transcript.
Each college/university has its own entrance requirements. The completed out-of-district course may not be accepted by the UC/CSU system, private colleges and universities, out-of-state institutions, or NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA as fulfilling eligibility requirements. It is the student’s responsibility to know and understand these parameters.
Students who earn a D+/CR or lower in a PUSD course may remediate the grade by taking an equivalent course through an out-of-district institution. Both the original PUSD course and the out-of-district course will appear on the student’s transcript with course title, grade, and assigned credits. Students should refer to prospective college admissions policies for how colleges will calculate the GPA.
Adding an out-of-district course to the transcript could potentially lower the overall GPA.
Even when an out-of-district course is placed on a PUSD transcript, colleges require students to send both the PUSD transcript and any out-of-district transcript(s) when applying to college. Colleges require students to list any out-of-district institution as an additional school attended by the student.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSES
Regardless of the conversion of college units to high school credits, the PUSD credit limit allows students to take approximately 4 college level courses of 3 or more units, with no more than one course in a subject area. World language courses are exempt from this limit.
11th or 12th grade students may request to reduce the school day at the home school to no less than four periods. Students are responsible for ensuring they meet the minimum number of credits needed for high school graduation.
Students in 12th grade may not use college courses taken during the spring semester to count toward graduation requirements because the final grade from the college will not be available and posted in time for graduation.
Concurrent enrollment in a community college course does not guarantee the course will fulfill four-year college admissions requirements. It is the student’s responsibility to check with each college.
For a college course on the high school transcript, some colleges may not grant both high school and college credit.
To enroll in either a community or four-year college course, students should first pursue opportunities to enroll in an equivalent course at the high school of attendance.
WORLD LANGUAGE CREDIT PETITION
Private instruction in a world language may be added to the PUSD transcript and may exceed both the 40 credit and subject area limits outlined in AR 6146.11.
The institution has a valid accreditation from WASC (or the equivalent accrediting agency outside CA) and has a valid Heritage School registration by a U.S. State, or has courses that have received principal certification.
Each college/university has its own entrance requirements. The completed out-of-district course may not be accepted by the UC/CSU system, private colleges and universities, out-of-state institutions, or NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA as fulfilling eligibility requirements. It is the student’s responsibility to know and understand these parameters.
Even when an out-of-district course is placed on a PUSD transcript, colleges require students to send both the PUSD transcript and any out-of-district transcript(s)/grade reports when applying to college. Colleges require students to list any out-of-district institution as an additional high school attended by the student.
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