Joint Enrollment Honors Program

Courses for JEHP Juniors

While high school juniors are eligible to participate in Joint Enrollment, there are restrictions for course registration mandated by the state of Georgia. Typically, these restrict high school juniors to math and foreign language courses

•  High school juniors may take KSU math courses if they have completed Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry in high school.

• High school juniors may take KSU foreign language courses if they have completed two units of any foreign language in high school.


Rarely, high school juniors may have completed coursework on an accelerated basis, typically starting in 8th grade, that would make them eligible for additional college coursework:

•  High school juniors may take KSU science courses if they have completed three units of high school science.

•  High school juniors may take introductory college English courses if they have completed 9th, 10th and 11th grade Lit/Comp.

•  High school juniors may take KSU social science courses, such as political science and economics, if they have completed U.S. History and World History. Students attending high schools that have made World History a senior-level requirement may take World History and social science courses at KSU ifthey have complete U.S. History and American Government/ Economics at their high schools.

The following exceptions to these restrictions may be granted on an individual basis:

1. High school juniors who demonstrate exceptional talent in the fine arts may enroll in other Music, Art, Theater, or advanced Foreign Language classes if they receive permission from the respective academic department at KSU, the Director of the Honors Program, and their guidance counselor or principal. Note that the student must pay tuition for any courses not on the Accel-approved course list.

2. High school juniors with a score of 700 or higher on the verbal section of the SAT or 31 or higher on the verbal section of the ACT may enroll in courses that require advanced verbal ability if they receive permission from the respective academic department at KSU, and their high school guidance counselor or principal.

3. High school juniors with a score of 700 or higher on the mathematics section of the SAT or 31 or higher on the mathematics section of the ACT may enroll in courses that require advanced mathematics ability if they receive permission from the respective academic department at KSU, and their high school guidance counselor or principal.

You can find more information on the JEHP curriculum and course selections by visiting: http://www.kennesaw.edu/university_studies
/jehp/index.shtml."