For more information or questions, please contact Mr. Joseph Dwyer at jdwyer@nutleyschools.org

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Updated August 2024

Project Acceleration is a concurrent enrollment program within the College of Arts and Sciences at Seton Hall University, that has allowed high school students in New Jersey and New York to get a head start on their university careers. Over the course of their high school career, students can earn credits from Seton Hall University for approved courses taken in their secondary schools. Subjects include (for NHS in 2024-2025) Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Political Science, History, English, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Fine Arts. The college credits earned through Project Acceleration are accepted at more than 200 colleges and universities.

Nutley High School participates in the Project Acceleration program. This site provides information about the various courses that Nutley High School offers that are aligned with Project Acceleration. In order for a course to be approved, both course curriculum and instructor must be approved by the faculty at Seton Hall.

NHS offers both semester courses and full year courses as a part of our participation in the Project Acceleration Program.  All Registration is Coordinated Directly with Seton Hall University:

Registration Information and Credit Cost

The Project Acceleration Fall Information Form will be open from August 19^th through October 31^st. The payment portal will close after November 11^th. The link for the Information Form can be found below. You must complete this form to start the registration and payment process. Credits are $110 each, meaning a three-credit class is $330.  Registration for Spring Semester courses (see course list below) ends in March 2025.  In order to register students must be enrolled in Part 1 of the course for Fall 2024.

Students can call (973) 761-9224 or email projectacceleration@shu.edu for assistance in registration.

Registration Process

Students will go to the following link and fill out the necessary form every semester that they want to participate:

https://www.shu.edu/undergraduate-admissions/project-acceleration-application.cfm

The student/parent will receive the payment email five business days after completing the initial interest form. Please keep an eye on your Spam folder. The payment through our online portal will be the registration. We will run a report every week for new students that pay for credits.

Students are not registered until after Seton Hall receives an online payment.

This payment email will have the student’s Seton Hall Student ID number along with a link to pay for your credits online. Please have them pay for the credits ASAP or they will not receive credits from Seton Hall University.

If students overpay, register for an incorrect class, or register for the wrong semester, they will receive a refund; if students underpay, we will contact them directly about their bill. You will receive a receipt via email after completing the payment. Please keep this on file for record keeping purposes.

Seton Hall will not be accepting any payments made after November 11^th at 11:59 P.M. Any payment made on November 12^th will be refunded. If you have not completed your payment for Project Acceleration by then, we will not register you. There are no exceptions.

Each credit is $110, meaning that a three-credit course will cost $330.

If you do not receive the proper emails within a week, please contact Seton Hall's Project Acceleration department immediately at projectacceleration@shu.edu with your full name, high school, and email address.

Students should consult their instructors for further information about a course's registration requirements. Some courses are sequential, requiring registration, and payment in both fall and spring semesters if students wish to receive credit for both semesters of the course. High school officials must inform students of the courses that are available at their academic location. If you cannot contact them, please see our online list of courses:

https://www.shu.edu/project-acceleration/current-courses.html

The Transcript Request form (with the procedure) is available on our website at http://www.shu.edu/offices/registrar-transcript-requests.cfm

Below, you will find a list of classes that relate NHS courses/Instructors to Seton Hall courses/credits, as well as a list of schools that are known to accept project acceleration credits. 

This first list of courses reflects those that Seton Hall designates as semester courses.  Students can register for these courses again in the Spring for additional credits.

PLEASE NOTE:  The Seton Hall course title and code is in PARENTHESES, which is needed for REGISTRATION.

-AP Biology (BIOL 1106-PNT Human Structure And Function II)  4 Credits  Mr. Simko

-Honors Human Physiology (BIOL 1133-PNU Human Anatomy And Physiology II LECTURE)  3 Credits  Dr. Smith
-Honors Human Physiology (BIOL 1134-PNU Human Anatomy And Physiology II LAB)  1 Credit  Dr. Smith

-AP Chemistry (CHEM 1123-PNU General Chemistry II )  3 Credits  Mr. Kasner
-AP Chemistry (CHEM 1125-PNU General Chemistry II LAB) 1 Credit  Mr. Kasner

-AP Macroeconomics (ECON 1403-PNT Principles Of Economics II)  3 Credits  Mr. Bradley

-AP Physics I (PHYS 1702-PNT General Physics II)  3 Credits  Mr. Enrico
-AP Physics I (PHYS 1812-PNT General Physics II LAB)  1 Credit  Mr. Enrico

-Spanish IV Honors (SPAN 2002-PNU Intermediate Spanish II)  3 Credits   Mrs. Garcia

-Introduction to Criminal Justice (CRIM1200-PNT Criminal Justice Complex) 3 Credits  Mr. Porrino

-Italian IV Honors (ITAL 2002-PNU Intermediate Italian II) 3 Credits Mr. Browne

-Latin IV Honors (LATN 2102-PNT Intermediate Latin II) 3 Credits Ms. Guerriero

-Spanish Heritage II Honors (SPAN 2104-PNM Intermediate Spanish For Hispanics II)* 3 Credits Mrs. Guariglia

FALL 2024 - Full list of courses (those with asterisks* are semester courses, as noted above).  All other courses listed below can be registered for in the fall for the full school year. 

NHS Courses/Instructors that are approved for project acceleration:

PLEASE NOTE:  The Seton Hall course title and code is in PARENTHESES, which is needed for REGISTRATION.

-AP Biology (BIOL 1105-PNT Human Structure And Function I)*  4 Credits  Mr. Simko

-Honors Human Physiology (BIOL 1122-PNU Human Anatomy And Physiology I LECTURE)*  3 Credits  Dr. Smith
-Honors Human Physiology (BIOL 1123-PNU Human Anatomy And Physiology I LAB)*  1 Credit  Dr. Smith

-AP Chemistry (CHEM 1123-PNU General Chemistry I)*  3 Credits  Mr. Kasner
-AP Chemistry (CHEM 1125-PNU General Chemistry I LAB)*  1 Credit  Mr. Kasner

-AP Macroeconomics (ECON 1402-PNT Principles Of Economics I)*  3 Credits  Mr. Bradley

-AP English Language & Composition (ENGL 1201-PNT Core English I)  3 Credits  Ms. Lemire

-AP US History (HIST 1301-PNM American History I)   3 Credits  Mr. Porrino
Or
-AP US History (HIST 1301-PNT American History I)   3 Credits  Mrs. Michalek

-Introduction to Criminal Justice (CRIM1200-PNT Criminal Justice Complex)* 3 Credits Mr. Porrino
 

-Sociology (SOC1101-PNT Introduction to Sociology) 3 Credits Mrs. Stine

-AP Calculus AB (MATH 1401-PNT Calculus I)  4 Credits  Mr. Picard

-AP Physics I (PHYS 1701-PNT General Physics I)*  3 Credits  Mr. Enrico
-AP Physics I (PHYS 1811-PNT General Physics I LAB)*  1 Credit  Mr. Enrico

-AP Government And Politics (POLS 1211-PNU United States Politics)  3 Credits   Mr. Abbio

-Spanish IV Honors (SPAN 2001-PNU Intermediate Spanish I)*  3 Credits   Mrs. Garcia

-Italian IV Honors (ITAL 2001-PNU Intermediate Italian I)* 3 Credits Mr. Browne

-Latin IV Honors (LATN 2101-PNT Intermediate Latin I)* 3 Credits Ms. Guerriero

-AP Latin (LATN 3120-PNT Virgil's Aeneid) 3 Credits Mr. Rosati

-Spanish Heritage II Honors (SPAN 2103-PNM Intermediate Spanish For Hispanics I)* 3 Credits Mrs. Guariglia

- Graphic Design 2 ( ADIM1311-PNT - Graphic Design Advertising Art 1) 3 Credits Ms. Ciccone

- AP Art History/Art History Honors (ARTH1101-PNT - Art of the Western World) 3 Credits Ms. Melchionne

- Studio Art - Drawing (ADIM1110-PNM - Drawing) 3 Credits Ms. Manley

- AP Studio Art 2-D (ADIM1223-PNM - 2-D Design and Color) 3 Credits Ms. Manley

- AP Studio Art 3-D (ADIM2210-PNM - Drawing III) 3 Credits Ms. Manley

- Digital Photography 2 (ADIM2320-PNU - Still Photography) 3 Credits Mr. Heintze

 

Spring 2025 Registration Information will be available by December 2024

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The following list contains Colleges and Universities who in the past have accepted the transfer of Project Acceleration credits for incoming freshman.  The attached list is based on prior student transfers, as well as the policies posted on these college websites.

PLEASE NOTE: Policies at the colleges listed may change without notice. Likewise, the policies between different programs within the same University are not always identical. Please contact your college of choice to confirm that they will continue to accept these credits from Seton Hall University. 

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE

NEW JERSEY *

Atlantic Community College 

Bergen Community College

College of New Jersey                                                                           

College of St. Elizabeth

Fairleigh Dickinson University 

FelicianCollege³

Jersey City State College^{19, 20}

Kean University                                                                                        

Monmouth University

Montclair State University                                                                

New Jersey City University ^{(Oral Approval)}

Ramapo College of New Jersey                                                      

Raritan Valley Community College

Rider College

Rowan University                                                                                    

Rutgers University²³                                                                              

Thomas Edison State College                                                          

William Paterson University                                                           

New Jersey Institute of Technology                                            

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Saint Peter’s College ⁸                                                                          

 

* Additional information about credits transferring between NJ institutions can be found at www.njtransfer.org

 

ALASKA

University of Alaska

 

ALABAMA

University of Montevallo¹² 

 

ARIZONA

Arizona State University¹⁰

 

CALIFORNIA

California State University /Los Angeles¹⁶

Loyola Marymount University^8,2

University of California at Los Angeles¹²

 

COLORADO

Colorado School of Mines

Mesa State College¹²

University of Colorado⁸

 

CONNECTICUT

Albertus Magnus College¹³

Connecticut University^6,8

Hartford University⁸

Quinnipiac College

Sacred Heart University

Southern Connecticut State University

University of Hartford 

Fairfield University^2,4,9

 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

American University⁶

George Washington University 

Howard University

Trinity College

Georgetown^8,9

Catholic University⁹

 

DELAWARE

University of Delaware¹² 
 

FLORIDA

Flagler College¹²

Saint Leo College¹⁰

University of Florida

University of Miami¹⁰

University of Tampa

 

GEORGIA

Augusta College¹² 

Georgia Institute of Technology ⁸

Georgia Tech^8,9,13

 

IOWA

Drake University⁸

Iowa State University⁸

Loras College¹² 

University of Iowa 

 

ILLINOIS

DePaul University¹⁰

Knox College¹²

Loyola University of Chicago⁸

Monmouth College ¹²

Notre Dame University

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville ⁸

Northwestern⁹

University of Illinois^8,9

 

INDIANA

Ball State University¹²

Earlham College¹²

Indiana University⁸

Purdue University/Calumet

Purdue University/West Lafayette^8,12

Saint Joseph's College^8,12

 

KANSAS

Kansas State University⁸

Kansas Wesleyan University¹² 

University of Kansas ¹²

 

KENTUCKY

Bellarmine College⁸

Spalding University^8,10

University of Kentucky^3,16

 

LOUISIANA

Louisiana State University A & M^8,13

Tulane University^8,9,13

 

MAINE

Saint Joseph's College ⁸

University of Maine – Augusta¹²

 

MARYLAND

Hood College 

Mount Saint Mary's College^12,14

Salisbury State Unviversity

Towson University¹⁸

University of Maryland-College Park¹²

University of Maryland-Eastern Shore ^8,12

Western Maryland College^13,16

 

MASSACHUSETTS

Assumption College¹²

Bloomfield College

Boston College^11,15

Boston University⁸

Clark University ^8,16

Gordon College¹⁰

Harvard College^10,12,15

Mass Maritime Academy¹³

Merrimack College^12,19

Northeastern University⁸

Springfield College¹²

StonehillCollege^10,12

Suffolk University ⁸

Univ. of Massachusetts⁸

Wellesley College^8,12,22

Worcester Polytechnic Institute^2,8,12

Amherst ⁹

Bentley College⁹

Emerson College^{9,10,13,16,17,18}

 

MICHIGAN

University of Detroit Mercy

University of Michigan⁸

Wayne State University⁸

 

MINNESOTA

Carleton College

 

MISSOURI

Avila College⁸ 

University of Central Missouri

Missouri Southern State College⁸ 

Northwest Missouri State University^8,10

Saint Louis University⁸

Southeast Missouri State University ¹²

University of Missouri¹²

 

NEBRASKA

Creighton Uiversity

Union College at Lincoln¹⁹ 

 

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Plymouth State College⁸

Saint Anselm College^2,4

University of New Hampshire¹²

 

NEW YORK

Adelphi¹⁰

Albany College Pharmacy

Alfred University

Bethany College

Binghamton-State University of NY⁸

Canisius College^2,3,21

Clarkson University

College of New Rochelle¹²

College of St. Rose^8,19

Columbia University^10,15

Concordia College

Dominican College

D'Youville College

Fashion Institute Technology¹²

Hofstra University

Houghton College

Hunter College-City University of NY

Ithaca College¹⁰

Laboratory Institute of Merchandising ⁸

Lemoyne College¹²

Long Island University C.W. Post Campus

Marist College^6,8

Molloy College

New York University¹⁰

Niagara University¹⁷

Nyack College ¹²

Pace University¹⁸

Rockland Community College 

Saint Bonaventure University¹⁰

Saint Francis College

Saint John Fisher College⁸ 

Saint Lawrence University¹⁰

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Siena College¹² 

St. John's University

State University College of New York at Buffalo

SUNY College at Potsdam 

SUNY-Binghamton

SUNY-Buffalo

SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry

SUNY-Cortland¹³

SUNY-Morrisville

Syracuse University¹⁰

University of Rochester⁹

Cornell⁹

 

NORTH CAROLINA

Belmont Abbey College

Davidson College^7,8

Duke University^{7, 21}

East Carolina University¹²

Louisburg College¹²

University of North Carolina¹⁶

 

NORTH DAKOTA

North Dakota State University¹⁰

University of North Dakota

 

OHIO

Bowling Green State University¹²

College of Wooster^5,8

Kent State University¹⁷

Miami University of Ohio

Ohio Northern University¹⁸

Ohio State University¹⁹ 

University of Akron

University of Dayton

Wittenberg University^10,19

Wright State University

Xavier University/Cincinnati

Ohio Wesleyan University^9,12

 

OKLAHOMA

University of Oklahoma

 

OREGON

Eastern Oregon State College¹⁶ 

Oregon State University¹²

University of Portland¹² 

 

PENNSYLVANIA

Albright College 

Arcadia University

Bloomsburg University ⁸

BucknellUniversity^6,12

Cabrini College¹⁰

Carnegie Mellon University^10,23

Drexel University¹⁰

Edinboro University¹²

Elizabethtown College¹²

Gwynedd-Mercy College¹³

Indiana University of Pennsylvania ⁸

Kings College¹²

La Salle University¹⁸

Lehigh University⁸

Lock Haven University

Mansfield University

Marywood University¹⁶

Muhlenberg University¹²

North Hampton Community College 

Penn State¹²

Seton Hill College¹²

Temple University¹²

University of Pennsylvania¹⁰

University of Pittsburgh^13,16

University of Scranton¹² 

York College^1,8

Villanova^9,10,19

 

RHODE ISLAND

Brown University ¹⁰

Johnson and Wales College¹⁰

Rhode Island College¹²

Rhode Island School of Design¹⁶

University of Rhode Island¹²

Providence College ^9,10

 

SOUTH CAROLINA

Clemson University¹⁰

Francis Marion University¹² 

University of South Carolina¹⁸

 

TENNESSEE

University of Tennessee¹³

Vanderbilt University^9,10,12,19
 

TEXAS

Baylor University^,8

Texas A&M University¹²

Texas Christian University

Trinity University

 

UTAH

Utah State University¹⁰

 

VERMONT

Champlain College¹²

Norwich University⁸

Southern Vermont College⁸

St. Michael's College⁸

 

VIRGINIA

College of William and Mary¹²

Hampden-Sydney College⁸

James Madison University^10,13

Mary Baldwin College⁸

Old Dominion University

Regent University¹⁰

University of Richmond¹²

University of Virginia⁸

Virginia Polytechnic Institute State University⁸

 

WASHINGTON

Gonzaga University

 

WEST VIRGINIA

Shepherd University¹²

University of West Virginia⁸

 

WISCONSIN

Carroll College¹⁹

Carthage College⁸

Marquette University¹³

University of Wisconsin¹⁷

                  

NOTES / INSTRUCTIONS

2.  Minimum grade of B.                 

3.  12 credits or less.     

4.  15 credits maximum; grade of B preferred.  

5.  16 credits maximum.               

6.  22 credits maximum.               

7.  Only 2 courses accepted.      

8.  Comparable to courses at accepting colleges or universities.             

9.  Credits not accepted if necessary for high school graduation.   Call college or university for clarification.    

10.  Case by case basis; example: departmental permission.   

11.  Credits accepted only if taken at Seton Hall University campus  with regular Seton Hall University faculty with other college students.    

12.  Telephone clarification recommended.      

13.  Depending on course content, courses could transfer specifically or as an elective credit.                

14.  First-time freshmen who wish to transfer English Composition may receive general elective credit.             

15.  Advance placement standing only; not for college credit.  

16.  Meet normal transfer criteria.         

17.  Comparable with student’s degree program and normal transfer credit policy.      

18.  Courses must apply to student’s major coursework, core or elective coursework.                  

19.  Need Seton Hall University course description.       

20.  Need course description, information on instructor, location and texts from high school.                  

21.  Free electives only.

22.  Maximum 2 credits awarded

23.  Does not accept ENGL 1201 & ENGL 1202