CU Succeed Online

CU SUCCEED ONLINE COURSES

University of Colorado Colorado Springs offers select online courses to cohorts of high school students. Courses are taught by UCCS professors and have the same rigor and expectations of any course offered at UCCS.

High school students who are academically prepared can jumpstart their higher education goals by earning UCCS academic credit which is documented on an official UCCS academic transcript. Whether your goal is a 2-year or 4-year college degree, we can help you get there!

 

Not sure if you are ready to enroll in a CU Succeed Online course?  Take our 5-minute quiz HERE to figure out if you are ready!

Fall 2025 August 18 - December 19 (registration deadline is Aug 12)

Spring 2025: January 20 - May 10 (registration deadline is January 10)

How To Enroll:

Students should discuss taking a CU Succeed Online class with their parents/guardians and school counselors. Those who are in good academic standing at their high school can contact us about enrollment at: dualcredit@uccs.edu

--- Space is limited each semester, Register Early! ---

Summer 2024

GPS: 1110 - Academic Fitness: College Readiness(1 credit hour) --- FREE

This course will help students enhance their academic and life skills.  Students will explore practical topics that apply to academic and personal successes in all of their courses. This course is not a physical fitness course. 
For registration information - Academic Fitness_Summer 2024.pdf

July 22 – August 2: Students need to be active in the class daily, Monday through Friday for 45 mins to an hour each day
August 3 – 9:  Students will work on their capstone project at their own pace

Textbook required:  NONE

 

 

Fall 2025

BIOL1000/1060 - Biology in the Modern World / Accompanying Lab  (3 credits, 1 credit lab)

Designed for the nonmajor. The introductory principles of biology stressing the relationships between man and the environment. Concepts include heredity, evolution, genetics, nutrition, physiology, and ecology.

 

Registration information is located at BIOL1000 Section 50 Fall2025.pdf

GES 1990 - Intro to Human Geography (4 credit hours) 

A systematic introduction to the broad field of human-land interactions and spatial order. Emphasis is placed on the major themes of geographic inquiry including use of thematic maps, population numbers and distribution, development, changing resource and land use, culture regions, location decisions, settlements and cities, transportation, political units, and human-environment interactions. Approved for LAS Social Science area and Global Awareness requirements. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Inclusiveness (Global/Diversity); Explore-Society, Health and Behavior. GT-SS2.

Registration information can be found at GES1990 Section 50 Spring2025

HIST 1530 - US: Emergence of Modern America, 1865-1920 
 (3 credits)

Survey of the economic, social and political development of industrial America from the reconstruction through World War I. GT-HI1.

Registration information can be found at HIST 1530 Section 50 Fall2024.pdf

INDS 1050 - Quantitative and Qualitative Reasoning Skills (3 credit hours)

Designed to bring incoming students up to a minimum competency in quantitative and qualitative skills. It includes such topics as logic, arithmetic, graphing, statistics, problem solving skills, and algebraic skills. This course is one of the means to satisfy the LAS and Compass Curriculum Qualitative and Quantitative Reasoning requirements.

Registration information can be found at INDS1050 Section 50 Fall2025.pdf

SOC 1110 Intro to Sociology (4 credit hours)

General survey of the field of sociology. Sociology as a science; society and culture; social groups; social institutions; social interaction; social change.: GT-SS3.

Registration information can be found at SOC1110 Section 50 Fall2025.pdf

Spring 2025

ANTH 1040 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3 credit hours)

Introduction to the major aspects of culture, such as social organization, religion, economics, language, sustainability, diversity, and cultural change. Approved for LAS Social Science area and Global Awareness requirements. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Inclusiveness (Global/Diversity); Explore-Society, Health and Behavior; Sustainability. GT-SS3.

COMM 2100 - Public Speaking  (3 credit hours)

A lecture-recitation approach to the basic principles of speechmaking. Intended to give students basic information for the preparation and delivery of a variety of public presentations. Approved for LAS Oral Communication requirement.

ECON 2020 - Introduction Macroeconomics (3 credit hours) 

This course provides an examination of the forces that determine national income, unemployment, and inflation; the efforts of the government and the central bank to manage the state of the macroeconomy; and, the influence of the global economy on domestic macroeconomic functioning. Approved for LAS Social Science area requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Explore-Society, Health and Behavior. Prer., ECON 1010 or consent of instructor.

INOV 1000 - Intro to Entrepreneurship (3 credit hours) 

Designed to provide an introduction to the process of turning an idea into a successful startup business. Covers basic aspects of a successful business and introduces the student to the processes for creating a potentially successful business plan. Students will also learn to assess opportunities for venture/value creation, to address/identify risk in the startup process and develop presentation skills to convince others of the potential success to implement the business entity. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Sustainability; Explore-Society, Health and Behavior.

PHIL 1000 - Introduction to Philosophy (3 credit hours) 

An introduction to the fundamental questions of philosophy through a study of several major philosophers in the history of philosophy. Approved for LAS Humanities area requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures; Writing Intensive. GT-AH3.

Cost: $550 per course, plus textbook (if applicable)

A portion of payment may be covered by your high school, check with your school Counselor.

CU Succeed Online courses are offered at a discounted tuition rate.  Courses are not Financial Aid eligible and the Colorado Opportunity Fund (COF) cannot be used for these courses.

Textbooks

Some courses require textbooks. Students will need to purchase the textbook at an additional cost.

Grading, Transfer Policies and FERPA

  • Online courses offered by UCCS have university-level content and subject matter and university-level rigor, expectations and standards.
  • UCCS Degree options and transfer details can be found here: UCCS Majors and Minors Advising Guides and UCCS Best Choices Transfer Advising Guides
  • Check with your high school counselor to determine if UCCS courses can also be used to satisfy any of your high school graduation requirements.
  • Grades earned in online courses become part of and remain on the student's permanent University of Colorado record. Therefore, it is extremely important that a student earn at least a 'C' grade in online courses. A grade of C-minus or below could prevent a student from being admitted to any campus in the University of Colorado system, regardless of the student's high school GPA or college entrance exam scores, as a C- corresponds to a GPA of 1.70, and students must have a minimum of a 2.0 University GPA to be admitted to or remain in good standing at the University. STUDENTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF RECEIVING A GRADE LOWER THAN "C" SHOULD CONSIDER WITHDRAWING FROM THE COURSE PRIOR TO THE WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE!
  • Policies regarding the transfer of credits and the specific ways in which they apply to degree requirements vary from university to university. It is the responsibility of the student to contact his/her prospective university and to provide necessary information so the university may determine if/how the credits earned are transferable. 

  • Students must act on their own behalf. Parents, high school officials and others are not permitted to enroll, drop, or add classes on behalf of the student.  Students are covered under the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Parents may gain access to student records only if the student submits a FERPA waiver giving consent. This can be done, by the student, in the UCCS student portal. 

  • How To Enroll:

  • Students should discuss taking a CU Succeed Online class with their parents/guardians and school counselors. Those who are in good academic standing at their high school can contact us about enrollment at: dualcredit@uccs.edu
  • --- Space is limited each semester, Register Early! ---