Senior High Honors/Dual Credits | Heritage Christian Academy

Honors / Dual Credit

Honors

Honors courses are developed locally by high school teachers to help meet the needs of accelerated students. Honors classes offer the same curriculum that non-honors classes offer but are more challenging. Honors courses are faster paced and cover topics more in-depth. They may also require the student to interact with the material studied in a more advanced fashion. However, these classes are not usually considered to be equivalent to college-level work, which is why they will not result in college credit. Students may choose honors level work in Geometry, Algebra 2, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, US History, World History, World Literature, US Literature, English Literature and Spanish.

AP Courses

Advanced Placement (AP) courses are developed by high school teachers and college faculty with the help of the College Board. These courses are more difficult and involve more work than standard classes. AP courses are considered college-level courses, so they may allow a student to earn college credit. (Check with an individual college or university to find out how they treat AP courses.) In order to get college credit, you must earn a certain score on the AP exam (this also varies by university), which is administered at the end of the course. We currently offer AP US History through SevenStar Academy.

Dual Credit Courses

Dual credit courses are courses that are offered to cooperation with a college or university and earn credit college credit from that institution. These are essentially college classes taught either at the high campus or at the institution. In most cases, the teacher of these classes must meet the qualifications for a teacher at that college or university. Currently, HCA offers dual credit courses in PreCalculus and English Composition (through MidAmerica Nazarene University) and Wordviews – Understanding the Times (through Bryan College).

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