Classes to be held at Miller
Education Center on Bell Street
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Starting
this fall, area homeschooled high school students will have a chance to earn
college credits and “get a slice of MTSU” by taking classes at University
College’s new Dual Enrollment Center at Bell Street.
The
university’s dual-enrollment program allows high school students, who meet
MTSU’s admissions criteria and gain approvals from their guidance counselors,
to take college classes before they graduate, thus earning high school and
college credits at the same time.
Classes
are offered online and this past year began being offered at schools in
Rutherford and Williamson counties.
Now,
with the opening of the Andrew Woodfin Miller Sr. Education Center on Bell
Street earlier this year, University College has established a Dual Enrollment
Center inside the building that will hold three sections of classes this fall.
Classes
that will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays for fall semester include
introductory college courses in psychology, music and communication. Like other
dual-enrollment classes, all three courses satisfy general education
requirements at MTSU and can also be transferred to any state institution.
MTSU
officials hope the Miller Education Center’s centralized location away from the
main campus with easy parking and accessibility as attractive draws to
homeschooled students and their parents.
“We
really envision a majority, if not all of the students, that fill up these
classes will be homeschooled students,” said Matt Hannah, coordinator of dual
enrollment in University College, adding that the university recently hosted a
booth and was a sponsor of a curriculum fair held in Nashville by the Middle
Tennessee Home Education Association.
“Dual
enrollment has been around for a while, but this past academic year we’ve put
more of an emphasis on growing that program and really communicating the
benefits of that,” he said.
One
benefit, Hannah noted, is the dual-enrollment grant offered by the state. Last
spring, MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee announced a supplemental scholarship
provide by the university that can be coupled with the grant to make the first
two MTSU dual-enrollment courses (for six credit hours) tuition free.
Hannah
also pointed out that homeschooled students who meet prerequisite standards can
use the grant toward any introductory level classes offered at the university,
a smart option for students interested in courses such as graphic design that
may not be available through their home education.
The Dual
Enrollment Center will work directly with homeschooled students with the
admissions process and pair them with advisers to help them choose the right
classes and keep them on track with their coursework.
Dual-enrollment
students also have the same access as traditional undergraduates to most
student services, such as the library, writing center, math labs and recreation
center.
For more
information about MTSU’s Dual Enrollment Program, go to www.mtsu.edu/dualenrollment or email DualEnrollment@mtsu.edu
or call 615-898-5246.
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