PLTW

Upon completion of the biomedical sciences coursework, you will receive a course completion certification via email. The certificate will be emailed in the summer following your high school graduation.

As a matriculated IUPUI student, you can request credit for this completed coursework. There is no fee for the credit if you submit your request during your first semester.

Please note that this is not dual credit offered in high school. It is for college credit at IUPUI.

If you attend a different college/university, you can present the certificate to the biology department chair or another school administrator to determine if and how credit may be awarded at that institution. Please note that credit is not guaranteed and is at the discretion of the institution.

IUPUI does not provide college transcripts for PLTW coursework.

Requirements

1. You must take the PLTW biomedical sciences course(s) at a certified PLTW school and pass the End-of-Course (EoC) National Assessment Part A with a PLTW EoC Assesment score of 410 or higher.
2. You must submit the IUPUI Course Credit Application Form.
   • This form may be submitted after completion of each course, or preferably during your senior year in high school (with all courses on the same form).
   • If you submit the form after each course, please note that the certificate will be emailed upon your high school graduation (certifying all completed courses).
3. If you attend IUPUI, you must contact the SPAN Division during your first semester to request the college credit be recorded on your transcript.
   • There is no fee if the request is submitted during your first semester. You will incur a fee if you submit the request after your third semester of enrollment.
   • PLTW EoC score of 410–450 is equivalent to a "B" grade, and will be awarded an "S" at IUPUI for satisfactory completion.
   • PLTW EoC score of 460–600 will be awarded an "A" at IUPUI.
   • If you attend a different college/university, you can present the certificate to the biology department chair at your institution. It will be up to that institution to determine if college credit can be issued.
4. For PLTW Computer Science courses, we currently offer IUPUI college credit for these two PLTW AP-approved courses, with college credit awarded upon taking the AP exams and achieving the following scores:

The table below lists PLTW high school biomedical sciences courses with their equivalent IUPUI biology elective courses. If you matriculate to IUPUI you may request college credit for these courses. The request must be submitted to the IUPUI SPAN Division during your first semester at IUPUI.

Course descriptions

Thanks to generous funding from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education—the coordinating agency that oversees the state's public universities—IUPUI has received funding as part of an effort to improve teaching in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Indiana teachers

Indiana teachers can earn Purdue graduate credit at IUPUI for PLTW courses in biomedical sciences, engineering and computer science. The Hoosier STEM Academy will provide a full tuition and fee rebate of $1,375 for any Indiana teacher who completes the PLTW Core Training described in the table below.

The Hoosier STEM Academy, a partnership between IUPUI, Ball State University and Purdue University, expands graduate-level course offerings to help with credentialing for current dual-credit Indiana teachers and pre-service teachers who plan to teach STEM dual-credit courses.

Teachers who do not reside in Indiana

Teachers who do not reside in Indiana have the option to apply and enroll in these courses as well, but will need to arrange to pay the tuition and fees. We are not able to offer a tuition remission at this time, but can assist you with the registration process.