New: Dual Credit BCTC Cooper Campus Course Offerings/Schedule for Fall 2018

New Opportunities for Spring 2018

STEAM offers a variety of dual credit courses at STEAM Academy to rising juniors and seniors who meet the eligibility requirements. 

STEAM's partnership with Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) allows an increasing number of courses available both at STEAM and on the BCTC Campus. BCTC is our primary dual credit partner moving forward, which you will see reflected in the course offerings below.

Important Cost Information: The most notable change to implement this new partnership is a change in the financial model where STEAM will only continue to pay the tuition costs for students that qualify for free or reduced lunch. All textbooks and/or online book fees will still be the responsibility of each family. Families of students that do not qualify for free/reduced lunch will be asked to pay the tuition, fees, and books for any dual credit courses. For next year that is expected to be about $168 per course for tuition and a potential additional book cost. While this is a very real cost on our families, please keep in mind that this is still very cheap for a college course. It is 1/3 of the normal BCTC rate and about 1/8 the tuition at UK. Families will be billed directly by BCTC.

**Under the current Governor’s Dual Credit Scholarship Plan, all seniors are eligible to receive up to two FREE courses (one in the fall semester and one in the spring semester) during the 2017-18 academic year. Please note this plan is subject to change at any time.

Dual Credit at STEAM – Qualifying Juniors and Seniors (Prerequisite is an ACT English subscore of 18 or higher AND an ACT Reading subscore of 20 or higher)

The courses on STEAM's campus available this spring are:

• ENG 101:  Writing 1
• ENG 102:  Writing 2 (Prerequisite is successful completion of ENG 101)
  • ENG 101 and ENG 102 are used to fulfill the writing requirement for all BCTC degrees. They will also fulfill the writing requirements at many other Kentucky public colleges and universities. However, prospective University of Kentucky students will need to take ENG 101, ENG 102, and a COM course in order to completely satisfy UK s writing requirement.
• BIO 120:  Human Ecology
  • Interrelationships among humans, other organisms and the environment including principles of energy and matter, resource use, biogeochemical cycling, trophic structures, sustainability and environmental impacts by humans.
• BIO 121:  Human Ecology Lab
  • Basic laboratory studies of interactions among living organisms and their environment including biogeochemical cycling, trophic structures, sustainability and human impacts on the environment. Prerequisite/Corequisite: BIO 120 or BIO 124. Laboratory: 1 credit
• PSY 110:  Introduction to Psychology
  • Introduces the history, methods and content of modern psychology. Covers the history and systems of psychology, psychological research, physiological psychology, psychological processes, developmental psychology, personality, abnormal behavior, and social psychology.
• COM 181:  Public Speaking 
  • Applies the basic principles and techniques in research, organization, and delivery of speeches for informative and persuasive speaking purposes. Provides practical platform experience in developing speaking abilities to enable the student to communicate orally in clear, coherent language appropriate to the purpose, occasion and audience. 

Dual Credit at BCTC Qualifying Seniors Only

For qualifying seniors only, STEAM encourages you to take additional courses at one of the BCTC campuses during the afternoons and/or evenings. The specific courses taken at any BCTC campus should correspond to student interests and be selected both in consultation with Mr. Ridd and with an assigned BCTC academic advisor. These afternoon courses can be combined with the existing Internship program to fill a student's afternoon schedule.

Fall 2017

Once again this fall we will offer a variety of dual credit courses at STEAM Academy to rising juniors and seniors who meet the eligibility requirements. Please review below information for the upcoming options for qualifying students.

This fall marks the first semester of a new partnership with Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) to increase the number of courses available both at STEAM and on the BCTC Campus. The Advisory Council at STEAM has voted to streamline our dual credit partnership, making BCTC our primary dual credit partner moving forward, which you will see reflected in the course offerings below.

Important Cost Information: The most notable change to implement this new partnership is a change in the financial model where STEAM will only continue to pay the tuition costs for students that qualify for free or reduced lunch. All textbooks and/or online book fees will still be the responsibility of each family. Families of students that do not qualify for free/reduced lunch will be asked to pay the tuition, fees, and books for any dual credit courses. For next year that is expected to be about $168 per course for tuition and a potential additional book cost. While this is a very real cost on our families, please keep in mind that this is still very cheap for a college course. It is 1/3 of the normal BCTC rate and about 1/8 the tuition at UK. Families will be billed directly by BCTC.

**Under the current Governor’s Dual Credit Scholarship Plan, all seniors are eligible to receive up to two FREE courses (one in the fall semester and one in the spring semester) during the 2017-18 academic year. Please note this plan is subject to change at any time.

Dual Credit at STEAM – Qualifying Juniors and Seniors

The courses on STEAM's campus available this fall are:

• ENG 101:  MF 8:00-9:15 a.m. OR MF 9:17-10:31 a.m. (Prerequisite is an ACT English subscore of 18 or higher AND an ACT Reading subscore of 20 or higher)
• HIS 109:  TR 8:00-9:15 a.m. (Prerequisite is an ACT English subscore of 18 or higher AND an ACT Reading subscore of 20 or higher)

Dual Credit at BCTC Qualifying Seniors Only

Also, for qualifying seniors only, we will be encouraging them to take additional courses at one of the BCTC campuses during the afternoons and/or evenings. The specific courses taken at any BCTC campus should correspond to student interests and be selected both in consultation with Mr. Ridd and with an assigned BCTC academic advisor. These afternoon courses can be combined with the existing Internship program to fill a student's afternoon schedule.