Early College Essentials, Certificate -EC21

The Early College Essentials Technical Certificate of Credit (TCC) provides students a greater opportunity for gaining college credits while completing their high school diploma. The TCC creates a unique link between secondary and post secondary education, and furthers the effort, embodied by the Complete College America program, to increase the number of high school and college graduates. This TCC is designed for a cooperative agreement between technical colleges and four-year colleges/universities in the area. These students have been identified as capable of performing academically at the college level and some are disengaged at the high school and are at risk of dropping out. Students who choose the Early College Essentials TCC are encouraged to continue working toward their associate degree at the technical college. Students would then have the opportunity to attend a four-year college or university after completing the associate degree.

Curriculum Outline

The following is a suggested path to complete this program in a timely manner. An individual’s path to completion may be different based on institutional and personal factors affecting his/her academic progress. The Early College Essentials TCC will be completed in 19 credit hours when the student opts to participate in the eligible science classes and corresponding labs. All other students will complete required coursework in 18 credit hours. 

Required

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

Select 15 hours from the list of courses below. If you select a science course, you must also select the corresponding lab.

ARTS 1101Art Appreciation

3

BIOL 1111Biology I

3

BIOL 1111LBiology Lab I

1

BIOL 1112Biology II

3

BIOL 1112LBiology Lab II

1

BIOL 2113Anatomy and Physiology I

3

BIOL 2113LAnatomy & Physiology Lab I

1

BIOL 2114Anatomy and Physiology II

3

BIOL 2114LAnatomy & Physiology Lab II

1

CHEM 1211Chemistry I

3

CHEM 1211LChemistry Lab I

1

CHEM 1212Chemistry II

3

CHEM 1212LChemistry Lab II

1

ECON 1101Principles of Economics

3

ECON 2105Macroeconomics

3

ECON 2106Microeconomics

3

HIST 1111World History I

3

HIST 1112World History II

3

HIST 2111U.S. History I

3

HIST 2112U.S. History II

3

HUMN 1101Introduction to Humanities

3

MATH 1100Quantitative Skills&Reasoning

3

MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3

MATH 1103Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

3

MATH 1111College Algebra

3

MATH 1112College Trigonometry

3

MATH 1113Precalculus

3

MATH 1127Intro to Statistics

3

MATH 1131Calculus I

4

PHYS 1111Introductory Physics I

3

PHYS 1111LIntroductory Physics Lab

1

PHYS 1112Introductory Physics II

3

PHYS 1112LIntroductory Physics Lab II

1

POLS 1101American Government

3

PSYC 1101Introductory Psychology

3

SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3

SPCH 1101Public Speaking

3