Passport2College Program
Course Descriptions and Locations
Contact Information
Program Description
The Passport2College program is offered by DeVry University for high school students interested in earning college credits in business and technology.
If you are a high school junior or senior with a cumulative grade point average of 2.7 or higher, you are eligible to apply for one of these tuition awards.
A college education is essential in today's high-tech fast paced world. Our college courses are a great first step toward achieving this goal. DeVry courses provide you with high quality, hands-on instruction. DeVry is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association.
Additional Information
- The program covers tuition only.
- Students are responsible for the cost of textbooks and materials.
- Students have the opportunity to use DeVry labs, library, and tutoring services.
- Students must register at the DeVry campus by registration deadline.
- Classes are available at the three Colorado locations: Westminster, Denver South and Colorado Springs.
- Classes start every 8 weeks, starting July 2009.
- Each class is 8 weeks long.
- Students must have a verified cumulative grade point of at least 2.7 and may be required to take a pre-qualifying DeVry-administered placement examination.
- Class space is limited. Enrollment is based on registration, not on application.
Course Descriptions, Locations and Schedule
All classes and times are subject to cancellation or change without notice
BUSN - 115 Introduction to Business and Technology
This course introduces business and the environment in which businesses operate. Students examine the major functional areas of business and interrelationships among them. Organizational theories and techniques are examined, and economics, cultural, political and technological factors affecting business organizations area evaluated.
Earn 3 Credit Hours
COLL - 148 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
This course provides a foundation for understanding, predicting and direction behavior. Organized within a framework encompassing foundations, general topics and applications, the course provides an understanding of how psychological principles and concepts relate to professional and personal life. Topics include learning, attitude formation, personality, social influence, dynamics of communication, conflict resolution, motivation, leadership, and group roles and processes.
Earn 3 Credit Hours
COMP - 129 PC Hardware and Software with Lab
This course explores PC systems from software, hardware operating system points of view. Hardware topics include system boards, processors, memory, power supplies, input/output (I/O) ports, internal adapters, printers and basic networking devices. Software topics include client/sever operating systems and installation, as well as licensing software applications.
Earn 3 Credit Hours
ENGL-112 Composition
This course develops writing skills through analysis of essays, articles and other written works that are used as models for writing practice and development. Writing assignments stress process approaches, development, organization, revision and audience awareness. Students use word processing and web based tools to develop written work. Eligibility to enroll in the course is based on placement results or, successful completion of ENGL-092.
Earn 4 Credit Hours
MATH - 144 College Algebra
This course focuses on topics such as basic treatment of algebraic expressions, solving linear equations and inequalities, graphing linear equations and inequalities, polynomial operations, positive and negative integral exponents, factoring, systems of linear equations, radical and rational expressions, quadratic equations and various application problems. Eligibility to enroll in the course is based on placement results, or successful completion of MATH-092 or MATH-102.
Earn 4 Credit Hours
NETW - 202 Introduction to Networking with Lab
This course introduces the underlying technology of local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs) and the Internet. Topics include networking media, the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model, transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP), an overview of routing and switching, and small network configuration and troubleshooting. Students prepare and test cabling and become familiar with protocol analyzers.
Earn 3 Credit Hours
Note: If there is not a class on this list that you would like to take please visit the course catalog at www.devry.edu for all course listings.
Location of Classes
DeVry University - Westminster Campus
1870 W. 122nd Ave
Westminster, CO 80234
DeVry University - Denver South
6312 Fiddler's Green Circle, Suite 150E
Greenwood Villege, CO 80111
DeVry University - Colorado Springs
1175 Kelly Johnson Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Contact Information
If you have questions, please contact Paula Templeton, Assistant Director of Admisssions for the New Student Office at 303.280.7604 or email at ptempleton@devry.edu
To download the DeVry Passport2College brochure as an Adobe Acrobat file click here.
