The Kentucky Pre-College Curriculum (PCC) is defined by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE). According to the state admissions guidelines “pre-college curriculum” means completion of:

1. The Kentucky minimum high school graduation requirements, or another approved course of study; and
2. two units of a single world language, or demonstration through assessment of a world language proficiency.

The PCC better prepares students for college-level work and reflects high school graduation requirements established by the state of Kentucky.

Kentucky minimum high school graduation requirements are a prescribed set of high school courses required for admission to an associate or baccalaureate degree program at a Kentucky public university:

• 4 credits of Language Arts (English I, English II, English III, English IV; students not meeting Kentucky college readiness benchmarks for Language Arts shall take an English transition course or intervention before exiting high school);
• 3 credits of Mathematics (to include Algebra I, Geometry or Algebra II; any mathematics course other than these listed shall be counted as an elective; students not meeting Kentucky college readiness benchmarks for mathematics shall take a mathematics transition course or intervention before exiting high school);
• 3 credits of Social Studies;
• 3 credits of Science (to include a lab-based scientific investigation experience);
• 1 credit of History and Appreciation of Visual and Performing Arts;
• a ½ credit of Health;
• a ½ credit of Physical Education.

World Languages Requirement: In addition to the above listed high school graduation requirements, high school students should complete two levels of the same World Language to be considered as having met the PCC for Kentucky universities. Students who do not complete two levels of the same World Language in high school are required to complete two levels (six credit hours) of the same Foreign Language at EKU. The following EKU courses will satisfy the World Languages PCC:

• ASL 101 American Sign Language I and ASL 102 American Sign Language II; or
• FLS 101 Language Topics:___ and FLS 102 Language Topics:___;or
• FRE 101 Conversational French I and FRE 102 Conversational French II; or
• GER 101 Conversational German and GER 102 Conversational German II; or
• JPN 101 Conversational Japanese I and JPN 102 Conversational Japanese II; or
• LAT 101 Beginning Latin I and LAT 102 Beginning Latin II; or
• SPA 101 Conversational Spanish I and SPA 102 Conversational Spanish II.

Note: Transfer students who have completed 6 hours in another World Language, such as Chinese, Portuguese, Urdu, etc. will be considered as having met the World Languages PCC. All college-level World Languages classes count toward degree credit.

Students under 21 years of age must complete the Pre-College Curriculum if they are admitted to the University as a degree seeking student and transfer to EKU with fewer than 24 credit hours. PCC deficiencies must be remediated via placement in the appropriate General Education courses before college graduation.

Questions about Kentucky Pre-College Curriculum requirements may be directed to the Office of Enrollment Management.