The Arizona Department of Education has approved three ASU Universal Learner Courses for high school diploma seals. Students take one course and cover the seal’s course requirement while earning ASU credit that transfers. Fundamentals of Personal Finance (FIN 294) counts toward the Seal of Personal Finance. American Government and Politics (POS 110) and Public Service and American Democracy (PAF 112) each count toward the Seal of Civics Literacy.

MAT 117 is an online college algebra course open to anyone, with no application and no admission decision required. You start for $25, see your grade, then decide whether to pay for the credit. Here is what the course covers, how it is graded and what makes it easier to pass.

Statistics is the skill that lets you judge whether a data-based claim is trustworthy instead of taking it on faith. Here are the first ideas that make that possible: where data comes from, how sampling works and why it decides whether numbers can be trusted.

If you’ve ever thought about a career protecting oceans, restoring ecosystems or leading conservation policy, there’s never been a cleaner way to find out if it’s actually for you.

Remote sensing is how scientists study a place without touching it, using satellites and aircraft to turn light into data. Here’s how it works, from wildfires to forests to reefs, shown through one of its boldest uses: mapping every shallow coral reef on the planet.

Picture a community and the wild animals that share its land, both depending on the same water, soil and seasons. Holding that balance is the heart of conservation.

Equal intelligence, opposite outcomes: identity is what decides. Three ideas about who you are from Being the Change, ASU’s changemaking course on purpose and growth.

Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer writes that naming a plant is only the beginning. Understanding its relationships to pollinators, ecosystems and people is where deeper knowledge begins. SOS 100: Introduction to Sustainability at Arizona State University helps you build a systems-level understanding while opening a flexible path toward college credit and a career.

Holocaust and Genocide (HST 194) is a fully online, 3-credit Arizona State University course offered through ASU Universal Learner Courses. Start for just $25, complete the 8-week session and choose later whether to add transferable ASU credit for $400. Developed by leading Holocaust and genocide scholars. (Photo: Entrance to Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Oświęcim, Poland.)

Explore the living world in ASU’s BIO 100 — a 4-credit online biology course with lab. Begin for $25 with no application and choose later whether to add official ASU credit.