Accreditation
Made for Utah Families
When your child attends Utah Connections Academy, they’ll be attending an accredited public school where they can meet all the Utah educational and high school graduation requirements.
Utah Connections Academy is accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), the Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC), and the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI), which are accrediting divisions of Cognia.
NCAA Approved
Making Sure Students Stay NCAA Eligible
The following courses, organized by subject area, have been approved by the NCAA Eligibility Center for use towards initial eligibility when delivered by Connections Education, Connections Academy, or Pearson Virtual Schools teachers using the Pearson Online Classroom (formerly Connexus®) EMS platform. The approved content is the Connections Education version of the course.
Note that not all courses may be available at all locations, and there may be slight variations between your state’s course naming convention and the name of the course listed on the NCAA Eligibility Center High School Portal.
- AP English Language & Composition
- AP English Literature & Composition
- CR English 9
- CR English 10
- CR English 11
- CR English 12
- English 9
- English 10
- English 11
- English 12
- Honors English 9
- Honors English 10
- Honors English 11
- Honors English 12
- Journalism
- Speech and Debate
Courses Available in Limited Locations:
- American Lit and Comp
- British Lit & Comp
- Composition
- Creative Writing
- Honors American Lit and Comp
- Honors British Lit & Comp
- Honors Literature & Comp I
- Honors Literature & Comp II
- Honors Literature & Comp III
- Honors Literature & Comp IV
- Honors World Literature
- Literature & Comp I
- Literature & Comp II
- Literature & Comp III
- Literature & Comp IV
- Multicultural Literature
- Pre-AP English 1
- Pre-AP English 2
- Public Speaking 1
- Reading and Writing for Purpose
- World Literature
- American Government - Single Semester
- American Government (year-long)
- CR American Government
- CR Economics
- CR United States History
- CR World Geography
- CR World History Economics
- Geography and Society
- Honors American Government
- Honors Economics
- Honors US History
- Honors World History
- Psychology
- US History
- World Geography
- World History
- AP Human Geography
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Psychology
- AP US Government
- AP US History
Courses Available in Limited Locations:
- African American History
- Arizona Government
- Arizona United States History
- Black History in America
- Business Law
- Careers in Criminal Justice
- Civics
- Cultural Geography
- Economics with Personal Finance
- Honors Economics with Personal Finance
- Modern World History
- Oklahoma State History 9
- Personal Psychology
- Pre-AP World History
- Sociology 1
- Sociology 2
- Texas World History
- US Government (semester long)
- US Government and Civics
- Algebra 1
- Algebra 2
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Statistics
- Calculus
- CR Algebra 1
- CR Algebra 2
- CR Geometry
- CR Secondary Math 1
- CR Secondary Math 2
- CR Secondary Math 3
- Geometry
- High School Computer Science
- Honors Algebra 1
- Honors Algebra 2
- Honors Geometry
- Honors Precalculus
- Precalculus
- Statistics
Courses Available in Limited Locations:
- Advanced Algebra Concepts & Connections
- Advanced Algebra with Financial Applications
- Advanced Financial Algebra
- Advanced Quantitative Reasoning
- Algebra 1-A
- Algebra 1-B
- Algebra Concepts & Connections
- Algebra with Finance
- CCGPS Advanced Algebra
- CCGPS Analytic Geometry
- CCGPS Coordinate Algebra
- Data Science Foundations
- Financial Algebra
- Geometry Concepts & Connections
- Integrated Math 1
- Integrated Math 2
- Integrated Math 3
- Linear Systems and Statistics
- Mathematics, Modeling, and Reasoning
- MLP Algebra 1 A
- MLP Algebra 1 B
- MLP Geometry A
- MLP Geometry B
- Pre-AP Algebra 1
- Pre-AP Algebra 2
- Pre-AP Geometry
- Pre-AP Precalculus
- Probability and Statistics
- Probability & Statistics Honors
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Secondary Math I
- Secondary Math II
- Secondary Math III
- Technical Math for College and Career
- Trigonometry
An asterisk (*) denotes a course with a lab requirement.
- AP Biology*
- AP Environmental Science*
- Biology*
- Chemistry*
- CR Biology*
- CR Chemistry*
- CR Earth Science*
- CR Physics*
- CR Physical Science*
- Earth Science*
- Environmental Science*
- High School Computer Science Honors Biology*
- Honors Chemistry* Honors Earth Science*
- Honors Physical Science*
- Honors Physics*
- Physical Science*
- Physics*
Courses Available in Limited Locations:
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Astronomy 1
- Introduction to Astronomy
- Conservation Science*
- Earth Space Science*
- Environmental Systems
- Honors Earth Space Science*
- Integrated Chemistry and Physics*
- Marine Science
- Pre-AP Biology*
- Pre-AP Chemistry*
- Texas Biology*
- Texas Chemistry*
- Texas Honors Biology*
- Texas Honors Chemistry*
- French I
- French II
- French III
- French IV
- German I
- German II
- German III
- Japanese I
- Japanese II
- Sign Language 1
- Sign Language 2
- Sign Language 3
- Spanish I
- Spanish II
- Spanish III
- Spanish IV
- AP Spanish Language
Courses Available in Limited Locations:
- American Sign Language 1
- American Sign Language 2
Learn About Our Online Curriculum
Utah Connections Academy combines the best online and offline resources from leading educational publishers and curriculum specialists to deliver comprehensive, high-quality grades K–12 online education.