WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL

These courses are college-level courses, and the curriculum is designed and monitored by The College Board. Students in these courses are expected to participate in the Advanced Placement testing program in May of each year. Students in these courses have the opportunity, based on their exam results, to potentially earn college credit for coursework completed in high school. Western offers 16 AP courses including:

• English Literature
• Calculus
• Statistics
• Biology
• Environmental Science
• Physics I
• Physics II
• Computer Science
• United States History
• World History
• French
• Japanese
• Spanish
• Music Theory
• Drawing
• 3D Art and Design

Western High School and Ivy Tech Kokomo have partnered to offer several dual credit courses to students. No Ivy Tech tuition or fees are charged for Western students enrolling in dual credit courses taught at the high school by high school teachers. Each year our agreements with Ivy Tech are reviewed and we may delete or add courses to best fit the needs of our students. Currently, the following classes are offered for Ivy Tech dual credit:

• Honors Pre-Calculus: Ivy Tech MATH 136 (3 credits)
• Honors Trigonometry: Ivy Tech MATH 137 (3 credits)
• Anatomy and Physiology: Ivy Tech APHY 101 (3 credits) and APHY 102 (3 credits)
• Prin of Advanced Manufacturing: Ivy Tech ADMF 101 (3 credits)
• Advanced Manufacturing Tech: Ivy Tech ADMF 102 (3 credits)
• Animal Science: Ivy Tech AGRI 103 (3 credits)
• Advanced Life Science Animals: Ivy Tech AGRI 107 (3 credits)

High school juniors and seniors who have a solid academic preparation and a desire for more advanced work are good candidates for ACP classes. The basic premise of ACP is to provide an opportunity for high school students to succeed in college coursework. Minimum 2.7 GPA required. Cost is $25 per credit hour. For more information, visit the IU ACP website. Currently, the following ACP classes are offered at Western:

• Advanced English/Language Arts, College Credit: ENG W131 (3 credits)
• Advanced English/Language Arts, College Credit: ENG L202 (3 credits)
• Advanced English/Language Arts, College Credit: P155 Oral Communication (3 credits)
• Advanced Math, College Credit, :  MA 125 Precalc Math (3 credits) 
• Advanced Math, College Credit: MA 126 Trig functions (3 credits)
• Advanced Math, College Credit: MA 118 Finite (3 credits)
• Advanced Science, College Credit: CHEM C101 and CHEM C121 (5 credits)
• Advanced Science, College Credit: BIOL L100 Humans and the Biological World (5 credits)

Seniors in good academic standing have the opportunity to take one or more classes each semester at IUK or Ivy Tech and earn both high school and college credit. Classes offered vary from semester to semester, but generally the classes are either Monday and Wednesday from 1:00-2:15 or Tuesday and Thursday from 1:00-2:15. Students/parents are responsible for IUK / Ivy Tech tuition and fees, which are discounted for Western students. Seniors taking advantage of this opportunity will be permitted to leave school after SRT each day.

Students enrolled in Education Professions may be eligible to participate in the Tomorrow’s Teachers program through IU Kokomo. Students can earn up to 12 college credits over two years in Education Professions:

• Education Professions I: EDUC F200 (3 credits) and EDUC W200 (3 credits)
• Education Professions II: EDUC P214 (3 credits) and EDUC K205 (3 credits)

Many programs at the career center are offered for dual credit through Ivy Tech or Vincennes University. See the KACC section of this book (beginning on page 61) for more details about dual credit classes.

To enable students to transfer college credits, Indiana has developed the Core Transfer Library (CTL) – a list of courses that will transfer among all Indiana public college and university campuses, assuming adequate grades are earned. All CTL courses will meet the general education or free elective requirements of undergraduate degree programs, and a significant majority of CTL courses will also count as one-on-one equivalents to courses taught at the new campus. Visit the Core Transfer Library website.

Indiana College Core is a block of 30 credit hours of college-level coursework that includes specific competencies and learning outcomes commonly found in general education programs.  The ICC credential transfers between Indiana public colleges and universities.

INDIANA COLLEGE CORE COURSE GUIDE