Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment
Earn College Credit in High School
Advanced Placement, Dual Enrollment, and Concurrent Enrollment programs offer students the opportunity to complete rigorous college level courses and earn college credits while in high school. Benefits of these programs include easing the transition to college level-work, completion of college general education requirements, reducing the overall cost of college tuition, and standing out in the college admissions process.
Advance Placement Courses
The Advance Placement (AP) program is administered by the College Board. Students enroll in the program through MMA. Classes are taught at MMA. To earn college credit the student must pass an end of course AP exam. Most colleges award credit for exam scores of three or better on the exam's five-point scale.
The Marine Military Academy offers the following Advance Placement Courses:
- Calculus AB
- Chemistry
- Government and Economics
- Physics 1: Algebra-Based
- Computer Science
- World History: Modern
Dual Enrollment
MMA partners with Tarleton State University and TEL Learning & McMurry University to offer Dual Enrollment (DE) credit. Students are simultaneously enrolled in both high school and college receiving credit for the courses they successfully complete during the school year. College courses selected must match those of MMA's core curriculum. For example, acceptable Tarleton State University dual enrollment courses include:
- College Algebra (Math 1314)
- Precalculus (Math 2412)
- Statistics (Math 1342)
- Animal Science (ANSC 1319)
- General Psychology (PSYC 2301)
- US History (HIST 1301 & HIST 1302)
- Composition I & II (ENGL 1301 & 1302)
- Americal Literature (ENGL 2326)
- Business Literature (ENGL 2321)
- Personal Finance (BUSI 2321)
- Foundations of Leadership (LDRS 2301)
Participation in dual-enrollment courses requires satisfactory academic standing and readiness for the rigor of the course work.
Concurrent College Enrollment
This program gives students the chance to take classes that explore their interests. These courses are outside of MMA’s college preparatory curriculum but can still count as elective high school credits. Like dual enrollment, concurrent college courses are taken through one of our university partners and can be completed during the school year or over the summer.
Students must obtain approval from the Academic Office prior to enrolling in the course to receive credit.
Summer College Course Enrollment
Rising Juniors and Seniors, in the summer, may be eligible to take college-level online courses through one of our university partners. Approved coursework can earn both college and high school elective credits.
The summer college credit program allows students to strengthen their college applications by showing successful completion of college-level work and lessens the overall cost of obtaining a college degree.
Students must apply through MMA's Academic Department and qualify to participate in the program.
Which Should You Take: AP or Dual Enrollment?
There may be opportunity to choose between a course offered in either the AP or DE programs. Which you choose ultimately depends upon your educational goals. Students who are seeking admissions to highly competitive schools should choose AP as these courses are standardized with a known rigor & quality and thus are recognized nationwide.
Our university partners are Texas based institutions so college credit earned through dual or concurrent enrollment will transfer to any Texas public university. Students will need to check on the DE policy of out-of-state and private colleges to ensure they accept DE credits.
Before choosing, you must discuss your educational goals with your MMA counselor.