Academic Program Information and Course Descriptions
Upper Arlington College Jumpstart Program
The Upper Arlington College Jumpstart is a partnership between Upper Arlington City Schools and Columbus State Community College.
This program is designed for the student who wants to experience higher education during their high school career. Through partnerships with Columbus State Community College, a student will be able to enroll in college level courses, participate in dual enrollment courses on-site, and/or earn college credits prior to graduation. This program is truly for the student who wants to personalize their learning by getting a jumpstart on their college career.
This is a two year comprehensive dual enrollment experience that will allow Upper Arlington City School students the opportunity to graduate with 25 credit hours from Columbus State Community College.
ENGL 1100 Composition I
1 credit — Grades 11 & 12
Mode of Delivery: In-Person Course
College Credit Plus Course
Prerequisites: CCP Eligibility and Placement into ENGL 1100
English 1100 is a semester-long composition course which develops processes for critically reading, writing, and responding to a variety of texts in order to compose clear, concise, expository essays. With a focus on academic literacy the course facilitates an awareness of purpose, audience, content, structure and style, while also advancing research and documentation methods. Course reading and writing assignments may be thematically organized.
Students who take this course earn one year of high school English credit and three semester hours of college credit. Students should keep in mind that grades earned for this course will also appear on their college transcripts.
As a foundational course, ENGL 1100 serves as a prerequisite for many other College Credit Plus electives.
GEOL1151 Natural Disasters
1 credit — Grades 11 & 12
Mode of Delivery: In-Person Course
College Credit Plus Course
Prerequisites: CCP Eligibility and Placement into ENGL 1100
This course covers the occurrence and causes of earthquakes, volcanoes, and related hazards, and their impact on climate, society, and history.
University of Cincinnati Early IT Program powered by PAST Foundation
The Early IT program is an innovative initiative that removes barriers to college access. It is an ecosystem of K12 districts, community colleges, the industry, and the University of Cincinnati. The goal of the Early IT initiative is to transform the economic health of individuals and communities through growing the quality, diversity, and number of technology talent.
The basic idea is to deliver the first year of the undergraduate program during high school. The performance of the student in those classes becomes the admission criteria to the undergraduate program. On one hand, the program gives students focus on developing their knowledge, abilities, and skills in the career of their choosing. On the other side, the student no longer needs to worry about college admission and can benefit from completing the courses required for their Bachelor degree during high school, which reduces the overall cost of their college degree.
The courses include 6 college-level IT courses and 3 college-level academic courses as outlined here.
IT1050 Fundamentals of Information Technology
1.0 credit — Grades 10, 11 & 12
Mode of Delivery: In-Person Course
College Credit Plus Course
Course Offering Industry-Recognized Credential
Prerequisites: CCP Eligibility Requirements & Acceptance in the UC Early IT Program
This course is an introduction to the field of Information Technology including technology concepts, terminology, hardware components and software applications. Students will be introduced to and asked to apply basic skills in the core areas of information technology such as programming, database management, networking, systems administration, and web development and the basic research, problem solving and decision making skills required to be successful in this field. The course emphasizes the role of technical communication, project management, languages, tools, models and application architectures within the IT development process.
IT2040C Fundamentals of Web Development
1.0 credit — Grades 10, 11 & 12
Mode of Delivery: In-Person Course
College Credit Plus Course
Course Offering Industry-Recognized Credential
Prerequisites: CCP Eligibility Requirements & Acceptance in the UC Early IT Program
This course enables students to create and manage web sites using modern content management systems (CMS) and web development software tools. Students learn CMS installation and management on hosted web space along with user-centric Web site design, aesthetics, effective web-based visual design. validation of pages to industry standards, and embedding media. The course includes coverage of common software tools for creating and managing Web site content. Active hands-on learning required.