Options Schools offers Indiana College Core with Ivy Tech

Options Schools offers Indiana College Core with Ivy Tech

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. – In partnership with Ivy Tech Community College, Options Schools is excited to announce an expansion of opportunities for Options students to earn the Indiana College Core (ICC). Options Schools is the first school in Hamilton County to offer this service through a combination of dual credit and dual enrollment courses, along with other forms of verified credit.

Dual credit provides students with the opportunity to be simultaneously enrolled at Options and a college or trade program, while obtaining credit culminating in mastery of the subject matter.

The Indiana College Core ensures that a student’s 30 hours of general education credit transfers between Indiana public colleges and universities.

Included below is a full list of courses now available with the expanded partnership between Options and Ivy Tech.

As part of the partnership, Options Schools will offer the following:

• 30 credit hours of coursework and/or verified credit (AP, Cambridge, CLEP) aligned with the Indiana College Core.
• At least 15 of the 30 credit hours of college coursework required to complete the ICC through dual credit or dual enrollment programming.

For more information on dual credit opportunities, contact Rob Stewart, Advanced Learning Specialist for Options Schools.

New course offerings include those listed below:

Written Communication
ENGL 111 – English
ENGL 215 – Composition Rhetoric and Argument

Speaking & Listening
COMM 102 – Intro to Interpersonal Communication

Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
ENGL 202 – Creative Writing
ENGL 206 – Intro to Literature

Social & Behavior
HIST 101 – Survey of American History I
POLS 101 – Intro to American Government and Politics
SOCI 111 – Introduction to Sociology

Quantitative Reasoning
MATH 123 – Quantitative Reasoning
MATH 136 – College Algebra
MATH 137 – Trig w/ Analytic Geometry

Scientific Ways of Knowing
BIOL 101 – Introductory Biology (AP)
PHYS 101 – Physics I (AP)

About Options Schools
Founded in 2002, Options Schools are free, public charter schools serving grade 6-12 students in 134 school districts across Indiana. With a high-quality, individualized approach to education, Options Schools specializes in providing students with an inclusive environment, unparalleled support, and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15-to-1. With brick-and-mortar campuses in Noblesville and Westfield, Options also offers additional programs in virtual and in-person formats.