ASU exemplifies a new prototype for the American public research university.
More than a decade ago, ASU set forth a new and ambitious trajectory to become a comprehensive knowledge enterprise dedicated to the simultaneous pursuit of excellence, broad access to quality education, and meaningful societal impact. From that point forward and founded on a vision for a new "gold standard", all of its energy, creativity and manpower have been brought to bear on the design of a uniquely adaptive and transdisciplinary university committed to producing master learners.
Career-related studies (CRS)
Accelerate ASU works with IB as a CRS strategic provider to provide college courses in pathways that lead to further/higher education, apprenticeships or employment to IB students enrolled in the Career-related Programme (CP).
Students can choose from these Mastery Certificates:
Mastery Certificate – Google Information Technology Support
In this online program, students work through five ASU Universal Learner Courses (ULC) that leverage the Google IT Support Certificate, as well as supplemental industry material that is aimed at giving them the best preparation possible to begin a career in Information Technology. 12 credit hours.
Mastery Certificate – Applied Business Data Analytics
In this online program, students work through six ASU Universal Learner Courses and learn the skills used by business analysts to streamline business processes and decision-making with data. 18 credit hours.
Mastery Certificate – Project Management
In this online program, students work through four ASU Universal Learner Courses. They learn the skills used by project managers to understand a project life cycle, determine time and sequencing, create a needs assessment and cost estimation, and plan project resource management. 12 credit hours.
Customizable Certificates
Schools have also the ability to use the Universal Learner Course catalog to create a customized certificate pathway for their students. Schools work with ASU Accelerate Partner Managers to create a specific career-related pathway that best meets the needs of their students, community, and school or to complement an already existing CTE/CRS pathway. Schools pull from over 60 available Arizona State University ULCs to determine their customized certificate pathway, typically choosing between 3-6 courses within a thematic framework, with the option of adding their own, localized project-based curriculum.
Connect with a member of IB Development.
What does an ASU career-related programme look like?
An ASU career-related programme could contain the following.
- Two to four IB subjects,
- The IBCP core,
- ASU's mastery certificate: Google Information Technology Support with the five following courses:
- Business technology fundamentals,
- Computer networking in organizations,
- Operating systems management for business,
- System administration and IT infrastructure services,
- Introduction to IT security in an organization.
Additionally, you could build your own pathway, containing:
- Two to four IB subjects,
- The IBCP core,
- A customizable selection from 60 ASU online courses to complement a CTE/CRS pathway,
- A local or online work placement.
Below you can find a CP two-year sample schedule with the Google Information Technology course option.
Standard level (SL) / higher level (HL)
Grade 11
IB-CP
- Personal and professional skills
- Reflective project
- Service learning
- Language development
ASU courses
- Business
- Technology
- Fundamentals
- Computer
- Networking in organizations
- Operating systems management
IB-DP
- Language and literature SL
- Mathematics: applications and interpretation SL
Grade 12
IB-CP
- Personal and professional skills
- Reflective project
- Service learning
- Language development
ASU courses
- System administration and IT infrastructure services
- Introduction to IT security in an organization
IB-DP
- Language and literature SL
- Mathematics: applications and interpretation SL
University recognition
Both IB and ASU courses are credit-bearing courses that may be transferable to other higher education institutions in the US.
The flexible nature of the CP means that universities tend to review applicants on a case-by-case basis. We would recommend that you contact each university in advance of applying to discuss whether your particular combination of Diploma Programme (DP) courses and CRS will be considered.
You can check which countries and universities recognize the IB in the IB's database.
Find ASU’s IB recognition policies in the section Comparable degree requirements in different countries and territories.
International students
Successful completion of CP has been officially recognized by ASU to meet the requirement of proof of high school graduation, opening new opportunities for students to be considered for higher education in the United States.
Program delivery
The ASU certificates are delivered online.
Contact details
Please fill out the form below and be contacted by an IB team member to discuss how to integrate the ASU Mastery or Customizable certificates within the Career-related Programme (CP) framework.
