New Century Scholarship

Utah Valley students would want to earn their associate's degree at UVU to qualify for the New Century Scholarship.  Most high school students get an associates degree in general studies.

Courses required (total of 60 credits, credits listed in parentheses after each class title):

1. English 1010 Intro to Writing (3)
2. English 2010 Intermediate writing Hum/SocSci (3) OR English 2020 Intermediate Writing Sci/Tech (3) 
3. Math 1030 Quantitative Reasoning OR Math 1040 Intro to Statistics (3) OR Math 1050 College Algebra (4) 
4. History 2700 US History to 1877 (3) AND History 2710 US History from 1877 (3) OR PoliSci 1000 American Heritage (3) OR History 1700 American Civilization (3) OR History 1740 US Economic History (3) OR PoliSci 1100 American National Government (3) 
5. Philosophy 2050 Ethics and Values (3) 
6. Health 1100 Personal Health and Wellness (2) OR PES 1097 Fitness for Life (2) 
7. A humanities course (3) 
8. A social science course (3) 
9. A fine arts course (3) 
10. A biology course (3) 
11. A physical science course (3) 
12. A biology or physical science course (3) 
13. 25 additional credits (or more) 

Sample of how to earn these credits at UVU using AP tests:

1. AP English LIt/Comp - score 3,4,5 for ENGL 1010 (3) AND ENGL 2200 (3) 
2. see above 
3. AP Statistics - score 3,4,5 for MATH 1040 (3) 
4. AP Government & Politics - score 3,4,5 for POLS 1100 (3) 
5. no AP class for this one 
6. no AP class for this one 
7. AP English: Language/Comp - score 3 for ENGL 1010 (3) AND General Humanities Elective (3).  Other option: Take Philosophy 110 from BYU Independent study  (Not sure if you can take BOTH AP english tests, and also need to confirm that UVU will take PHIL110 from BYU as a humanities elective.)
8. AP US History - score 3 for HIST 1700 (3) AND GS 1900 (3) OR score 4,5, for HIST 2700 (3) AND HIST 2710 (3) 
9. AP Art History - score 3,4,5 for ART 1010 (2) AND ARTH 2710 (3) AND ARTH 2720 (3) 
10. AP Biology - score 3,4,5 for BIOL 1010 (3) AND BIOL 1015 Lab (1) 
11. AP Physics B - score 3 for PHYS 1010 (3) AND PHYS 1900 (3) OR score 4,5 for PHYS 2010 (4) AND PHYS 2015 Lab (1) AND PHYS 2020 (4) AND PHYS 2025 Lab (1) 
12. AP Chemistry - score 3,4,5 for CHEM 1110 (3) AND CHEM 1115 Lab (1) AND CHEM 1210 (4) (don't have to do both AP Physics AND Chemistry to fulfill 11 and 12, but extra credits count for electives) 
13. 25 more credits - lots of extra credits fulfilled above, plus you can do: AP Calculus (up to 8 credits), AP Latin (6 credits; at BYU you get 8-12 credits), AP Human Geography (3), AP World History (up to 6 credits), AP European History (6 credits) 

As you can see, you can earn all the college credits needed for the associate's degree with AP tests except 5 credits (#5,6 above.)   Although, to earn the associates degree, you must take at least 3 classes on campus, and I would recommend #5, 6 & 7. 

If planning to attend BYU after high school, you'll want to make sure the credits will transfer according to their articulation agreement  with the school at which the credits were earned.  See comparison chart here.   

To earn the New Century Scholarship, you need to sign up to be a student at UVU for $35.  When you take the AP tests, request the scores be sent to UVU.

UVU highly recommends not taking AP tests your senior year.  The reason is that you do not get your score until after the summer term has begun, so if you do not pass the AP test, you may not earn your associate's degree.  However, if you're quite confident that you can pass the test, you can still do it and use the credits towards the associate's degree.