If your teen earns any college credit that isn’t directly coming from a college, you probably have to use Credly. Help! What is Credly? In this post, I’ll explain Credly very simply and in under 5 minutes.
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Watch List: Expiring Courses Study.com
If your teen is taking courses from Study.com, take note of these dates. Between now and then we hope to see a renewal, but if we don’t, it’s possible that they won’t be worth college credit at your target college. Read more for details.
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Watch List: Expiring AP® & CLEP® Exams
If your teen is taking one of these exams, take note. Between now and then we hope to see a renewal, but if we don’t, it’s possible that they won’t be worth college credit at your target college or that we’ll see a content revision. Read more for details.
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Watch List: 20+ Study.com Courses Expiring
If your teen is taking a course from Study.com, take note. Between now and then we hope to see a renewal, but if we don’t, it’s possible that they won’t be worth college credit at your target college. Read more for details.
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List of Free Dual Enrollment for 2023-2024
If you’re not one of the lucky 13 states that have free dual enrollment, you might worry about how to budget this year. I’m thrilled to share that there are many colleges offering free *college credit* classes to ANYONE. These are legit college classes your teen can take via distance learning for $0. It’s been a blast assembling this list, I hope it saves your family time and money having it in one place.
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UPDATE: List of Free Dual Enrollment for 2023-2024
We have a code! Special thanks to Lisa for the application voucher code to enroll at Jackson State University for free. Details below.
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New Sophia Courses Just Launched
Happy to share this email I received from Sophia announcing their new courses: Anatomy and Physiology I, Anatomy and Physiology I Lab, Business Ethics, and Introduction to Networking. More about each course in this post.
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List of Free Dual Enrollment for 2023-2024
If you’re not one of the lucky 13 states that have free dual enrollment, you might worry about how to budget this year. I’m thrilled to share that there are many colleges offering free *college credit* classes to ANYONE. These are legit college classes your teen can take via distance learning for $0. It’s been a blast assembling this list, I hope it saves your family time and money having it in one place.
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Content Update: Straighterline
Straighterline is an ACE-evaluated provider of college credit. They’ve added several new classes since our last HS4CC update. See the full table of available courses, how to use them in your homeschool, and what each course is worth in this updated post.
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Watch List: 6 Studycom Courses Expiring
If your teen is taking one of these 6 business courses, take note. Between now and then we hope to see a renewal, but if we don’t, it’s possible that they won’t be worth college credit at your target college. Read more for details.
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NEW Source of Music Education Credit
I stumbled on this program last week and want to share them with you! Music courses for college credit can be hard to find, and these are taught by Grammy Award winners James Fauntleroy and Larrance Dopson. The program is mainly in person, but they offer 6 online courses, all ACE evaluated for 1 college credit each: Music Production, Songwriting, Music Business, Artist Branding, Mixing, and Engineering.
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Watch List: 3 Straighterline Courses Approach Expiration Dates
If your teen is taking one of these courses, take note. Between now and then we hope to see a renewal, but if we don’t, it’s possible that they won’t be worth college credit at your target college. Read more for details.
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UPDATE: 16 Study.com Courses Get New Versions
This is an update to the pending expiration dates for several Studycom courses. I can now confirm that those courses were revised. 16 courses have undergone changes over at Studycom and been given new ACE evaluations. We have the list below. The most significant changes were in their computer courses, which we can presume were updates due to new trends in computer science education.
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Confusion: Microcredentials, Certificate, Certification, Badge, ACE Credit, NCCRS Credit, College Credit, etc.
With so many different types of credits and credentials, it can be hard to know what you’re actually buying. I’ve made a quick reference list using plain language to help you sort it out.
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**New Exam Versions** for 3 CLEPs
This is an UPDATED post tracking the expiration dates of several CLEP exams that we saw approaching their expiration dates this year. One exam did not get a revision (German) but I can now confirm that 3 CLEPS have undergone changes resulting in new exam versions and College Math lost 3 credits!
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Introductory Statistics to Begin April 6
Begins 04/06/2023 (2 consecutive 4-week sessions). Open to any Homeschooling for College Credit student – any grade/age, no placement scores or transcript required and we have a coupon! 3 college credits. It is suggested that the student be in or have completed Algebra 2, but that is not required. There are no set times when you must be online.
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15 Study.com Courses: New versions!
Last month I announced that 15 Studycom courses were set to have their college credit evaluation expire on 02/28/2023. Well I have some big news to report! Spoiler alert: all got new versions!
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High School & College Credit in Biology
Looking for a way to get high school and college credit in Biology? Here’s the a list!
Option 1: Look local! Always start with this option for highest level of transfer, lowest cost, and best flexibility. Your local community college probably offers “dual enrollment” courses open to high school students, and sometimes they offer reduced for free tuition. Courses taken this way are transferred later into your target college.
Option 2: Out of state dual enrollment list. The colleges on this list will have “excellent” transferability like your local options, but you’ll have to participate remotely. Our list is open to students in any state, with the costs as low as $25 per credit. Courses taken this way are transferred later into your target college.
Option 3: Alternative credits the resources below are “alternative” ways of earning high school and college credit. Alternative credits transferability is ranked as follows: good, limited, very limited, special, not recommended as a general guideline, BUT, if you choose a partner college, then transfer is guaranteed.
| COURSE / CREDIT | SOURCE | TRANSFERABILITY | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIO100 The Living World | ASU UL | excellent | $425 |
| Biology | CLEP Exam | good | free with voucher |
| Biology 101 Intro to Biology (with or without lab) | Studycom | limited | about $100 |
| Biology 106: Pathophysiology | Studycom | limited | about $100 |
| Biology 105: Anatomy & Physiology (no lab) | Studycom | limited | about $100 |
| Biology 201L: Anatomy & Physiology I with Lab | Studycom | limited | about $100 |
| Biology 202L: Anatomy & Physiology II with Lab | Studycom | limited | about $100 |
| Biology 103 Microbiology (with or without lab) | Studycom | limited | about $100 |
| Biology 102: Basic Genetics | Studycom | limited | about $100 |
| AP Biology | AP Exam | good | about $100 |
| Human Biology | Sophia | limited | about $100 |
| Human Biology Lab | Sophia | limited | about $100 |
| Introduction to Life Processes | Coopersmith | very limited | $150 |
| BIO101: Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology | Saylor Academy | limited | $5 |
| Introduction to Biology | Straigherline | limited | about $100 |
| Anatomy and Physiology | Straigherline | limited | about $100 |
| Biology 101 | Onlinedegreecom | very limited | $9 |
| General Biology | Wescott | excellent | about $500 |
| Human Anatomy (with or without lab) | Wescott | excellent | about $500 |
| Human Physiology (with or without lab) | Wescott | excellent | about $500 |
| Microbiology (with or without lab) | Wescott | excellent | about $500 |
| Biology | Gateway | limited | about $100 |
| Introduction to Biology | Davar | very limited | about $100 |
| Introduction to Biology (BIO-101-TE) | TECEP | special transfer | about $150 |
High School & College Credit in Art
Looking for a way to get high school and college credit in Art? Here’s the a list!
Option 1: Look local! Always start with this option for highest level of transfer, lowest cost, and best flexibility. Your local community college probably offers “dual enrollment” courses open to high school students, and sometimes they offer reduced for free tuition. Courses taken this way are transferred later into your target college.
Option 2: Out of state dual enrollment list. The colleges on this list will have “excellent” transferability like your local options, but you’ll have to participate remotely. Our list is open to students in any state, with the costs as low as $25 per credit. Courses taken this way are transferred later into your target college.
Option 3: Alternative credits the resources below are “alternative” ways of earning high school and college credit. Alternative credits transferability is ranked as follows: good, limited, very limited, special, not recommended as a general guideline, BUT, if you choose a partner college, then transfer is guaranteed.
| COURSE / CREDIT | SOURCE | TRANSFERABILITY | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| (NEW) Art Appreciation | Straigherline | limited | about $100 |
| Art of the Western World | DSST Exam | good | about $100 |
| Art 104: History of Western Art II | Studycom | limited | about $100 |
| Art 103: History of Western Art I | Studycom | limited | about $100 |
| Art History | AP Exam | good | about $100 |
| Studio Art 2-D | AP Exam | good | about $100 |
| Studio Art 3-D | AP Exam | good | about $100 |
| Studio Art Drawing | AP Exam | good | about $100 |
| Art History 1 | Sophia | limited | about $100 |
| Art History 2 | Sophia | limited | about $100 |
| Introduction to Art (ART-101) | Coopersmith | very limited | $150 |
| Jewish Art of Antiquity (ART-301) | Coopersmith | very limited | $150 |
| ARTH101: Art Appreciation | Saylor Academy | limited | $5 |
Updated Entry Saylor Academy
I’ve just finished updating the Saylor Academy entry at Homeschooling for College Credit Master List of College Credit. There are a small number of changes to their courses and our page. Quick summary- Saylor offers upper and lower division ACE courses for $5.
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Free College Credit in Cybersecurity
It’s baaaack. Texas A&M Extension is offering their cybersecurity course catalog for free and for ACE evaluated college credit. Some of you may recall that we lost this college credit option in 2021, so this is great news that we have it again!
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Introductory Statistics to Begin February 3
Begins 02/03/2023 (2 consecutive 4-week sessions). Open to any Homeschooling for College Credit student – any grade/age, no placement scores or transcript required and we have a coupon! 3 college credits. It is suggested that the student be in or have completed Algebra 2, but that is not required. There are no set times when you must be online.
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HELP! What is Credly?
If your teen earns any college credit that isn’t directly coming from a college, you probably have to use Credly. Help! What is Credly? In this post, I’ll explain Credly very simply and in under 5 minutes.
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Career Readiness Classes @Sophia
If you’d like to start working with your teen on potential careers, Sophia offers 3 different Career Readiness courses that might want to look at. In this post, I’m going to break down all 3 and show you the pros and cons of each.
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UPDATED POST **new dates** for 16 CLEP 12/31/22 expiration
This is an UPDATED post tracking the expiration dates of 16 CLEP exams that were set to expire on 12/31/2022. The NEW expiration dates are given as 12/31/2027 except for 4 exams. Renewals are typically for 3 years, so I always find inconsistencies noteworthy. These 3 exams received a 3 month renewal, which could indicate significant content revision changes of those exams this year!!!
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