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How do students receive college credits while in high school?
Step 1: Central teachers have to have the necessary credentials to teach applicable Ivy Tech courses. In these courses, students receive both high school and college credits. These are called ‘dual credit’ classes.
Step 2: Muncie Central teachers partner with current Ivy Tech faculty to ensure that their classroom instruction match Ivy Tech’s.
Step 3: Students at Muncie Central will receive up to 3 times as much classroom instruction compared to the regular college course; thus, they have more time and teacher assistance to learn the material.
Step 4: Dual credit classes require students to be able to enroll in Ivy Tech. Enrollment is free and is taken care of at Muncie Central. Many dual credit classes require students to also have Knowledge Assessment scores and/or prerequisite classes before they can receive college credit.
Step 5: The Knowledge Assessment is the statewide entrance exam for Ivy Tech and is given at Muncie Central. Without the necessary scores, students will not be able to receive the college credit for the dual credit course they are taking.
Step 6: Some classes require a prerequisite, which means that they will have had to have taken a previous dual credit course before they can be enrolled and receive credit for a dual credit course.
Step 7: Once students successfully pass a dual credit course with a ‘C’ or better, they will receive college credit, as well as their high school credits.
What is the difference between the two Ivy Tech Early College degrees?
Statewide General Education Transfer Core: This degree requires a minimum of 30 college credits and is equivalent to one year of college. A student can take any foreign language and pursue this one year degree.
Associates Degree in Liberal Arts, Science of General Studies: These degrees require a minimum of 60 college credits and are equivalent to two years of college.
What is the difference between the Muncie Central Early College program and regular dual credit classes?
Most high schools throughout the state have partnerships with Ivy Tech and other colleges. The majority of these partnerships provide dual credit classes offered at the high schools to qualifying students.
The Muncie Central Early College (MCEC) program offers much more. The MCEC has a full time Ivy Tech coordinator located in Muncie Central. We work with students, parents, teachers and administration to provide a supportive and engaging Early College community.
Can a student still graduate with Honors and participate in Early College?
Certainly. There are both honors and non-honors students in Early College. The courses necessary to graduate with a one or two-year Ivy Tech degree are part of either path.
Can I participate in the Muncie Area Career Center (MACC) and Early College?
Students choosing to take classes at MACC begin doing so during their junior year.
Students participating at MACC miss half of the school day. Because of this and the fact that during the junior year, Early College students begin taking the majority of their dual credit classes, it may prevent students from completing an Ivy Tech degree at Muncie Central. If students want to attend MACC, we will support them and seek to enroll them in complementing dual credit courses at Muncie Central.
What happens if my grades are too low?
The Early College program is for serious students that want a challenging course of study. As the Early College Success Contract states, if a student continues to receive low academic marks of below a 2.0 GPA in the core curriculum courses, they may be asked to leave the program.
If a student's Knowledge Assessment scores are not qualifying by certain deadlines, they will not be able to enroll in the college credit portion of a dual credit course. Students may remain in dual credit courses receiving high school credit but without necessary scores, they will not receive college credit.
If a student receives a 'D' or below in a dual credit course, they will not receive college credit for that course.
Will I keep my credits if I do not finish my Ivy Tech degree at Muncie Central?
Yes. When you enroll in a dual credit course and receive a ‘C’ or better, those college credits belong to you.
What can I do with my Ivy Tech degree once I graduate?
Ivy Tech is the largest college in the state and one of the the largest community colleges in the country. An Associates Degree or the Statewide General Education Transfer Core (STGEC) have a high transferability with both public and private four year colleges.
Upon graduating Muncie Central with both a high school and Ivy Tech degree, you provide your Ivy Tech transcripts to the college of your choosing. Depending on the college/degree path a student chooses, it will affect which classes they will still require for their program, major/minor. Visit, http://www.ivytech.edu/transfer/ for more.
- How do students receive college credits while in high school?
- What is the difference between the two Ivy Tech Early College degrees?
- What is the difference between the Muncie Central Early College program and regular dual credit classes?
- Can a student still graduate with Honors and participate in Early College?
- Can I participate in the Muncie Area Career Center (MACC) and Early College?
- Tell me more about Ivy Tech’s entrance exam, the Accuplacer
- What happens if my grades or Accuplacer scores are too low?
- Will I keep my credits if I do not finish my Ivy Tech degree at Muncie Central?
- What can I do with my Ivy Tech degree once I graduate?
How do students receive college credits while in high school?
Step 1: Central teachers have to have the necessary credentials to teach applicable Ivy Tech courses. In these courses, students receive both high school and college credits. These are called ‘dual credit’ classes.
Step 2: Muncie Central teachers partner with current Ivy Tech faculty to ensure that their classroom instruction match Ivy Tech’s.
Step 3: Students at Muncie Central will receive up to 3 times as much classroom instruction compared to the regular college course; thus, they have more time and teacher assistance to learn the material.
Step 4: Dual credit classes require students to be able to enroll in Ivy Tech. Enrollment is free and is taken care of at Muncie Central. Many dual credit classes require students to also have Knowledge Assessment scores and/or prerequisite classes before they can receive college credit.
Step 5: The Knowledge Assessment is the statewide entrance exam for Ivy Tech and is given at Muncie Central. Without the necessary scores, students will not be able to receive the college credit for the dual credit course they are taking.
Step 6: Some classes require a prerequisite, which means that they will have had to have taken a previous dual credit course before they can be enrolled and receive credit for a dual credit course.
Step 7: Once students successfully pass a dual credit course with a ‘C’ or better, they will receive college credit, as well as their high school credits.
What is the difference between the two Ivy Tech Early College degrees?
Statewide General Education Transfer Core: This degree requires a minimum of 30 college credits and is equivalent to one year of college. A student can take any foreign language and pursue this one year degree.
Associates Degree in Liberal Arts, Science of General Studies: These degrees require a minimum of 60 college credits and are equivalent to two years of college.
What is the difference between the Muncie Central Early College program and regular dual credit classes?
Most high schools throughout the state have partnerships with Ivy Tech and other colleges. The majority of these partnerships provide dual credit classes offered at the high schools to qualifying students.
The Muncie Central Early College (MCEC) program offers much more. The MCEC has a full time Ivy Tech coordinator located in Muncie Central. We work with students, parents, teachers and administration to provide a supportive and engaging Early College community.
Can a student still graduate with Honors and participate in Early College?
Certainly. There are both honors and non-honors students in Early College. The courses necessary to graduate with a one or two-year Ivy Tech degree are part of either path.
Can I participate in the Muncie Area Career Center (MACC) and Early College?
Students choosing to take classes at MACC begin doing so during their junior year.
Students participating at MACC miss half of the school day. Because of this and the fact that during the junior year, Early College students begin taking the majority of their dual credit classes, it may prevent students from completing an Ivy Tech degree at Muncie Central. If students want to attend MACC, we will support them and seek to enroll them in complementing dual credit courses at Muncie Central.
What happens if my grades are too low?
The Early College program is for serious students that want a challenging course of study. As the Early College Success Contract states, if a student continues to receive low academic marks of below a 2.0 GPA in the core curriculum courses, they may be asked to leave the program.
If a student's Knowledge Assessment scores are not qualifying by certain deadlines, they will not be able to enroll in the college credit portion of a dual credit course. Students may remain in dual credit courses receiving high school credit but without necessary scores, they will not receive college credit.
If a student receives a 'D' or below in a dual credit course, they will not receive college credit for that course.
Will I keep my credits if I do not finish my Ivy Tech degree at Muncie Central?
Yes. When you enroll in a dual credit course and receive a ‘C’ or better, those college credits belong to you.
What can I do with my Ivy Tech degree once I graduate?
Ivy Tech is the largest college in the state and one of the the largest community colleges in the country. An Associates Degree or the Statewide General Education Transfer Core (STGEC) have a high transferability with both public and private four year colleges.
Upon graduating Muncie Central with both a high school and Ivy Tech degree, you provide your Ivy Tech transcripts to the college of your choosing. Depending on the college/degree path a student chooses, it will affect which classes they will still require for their program, major/minor. Visit, http://www.ivytech.edu/transfer/ for more.