College Credit Plus

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College Credit Plus

College Credit Plus

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With Ohio’s College Credit Plus Program you can earn college at Rio and high school credit at the same time. Open to high school students in grades 7-12, CCP is a great way to earn college credit or earn a degree for free. Tuition, books, and course fees are at no charge. The CCP program provides a wide variety of course options here at Rio.

To view more information and FAQs on College Credit Plus, visit Ohio Higher Ed.

General Program Information Regarding Course Eligibility Rule OAC 3333-1—65-12

“First 15” Rule: Students must complete 15 credit hours in the Level I before advancing to Level II courses. Those courses include:

Transferrable courses: Ohio Transfer Module (OTM), Transfer Assurance Guides (TAG), Career-Technical Assurance Guides (CTAG)
Courses in anatomy, physiology, computer science, information technology, or foreign language, including American Sign Language (ASL)
15 credit hour or 30 credit hour model pathway course
Study skills, academic, or career success skills course
Technical certificate course
Internship course
Chancellor may approve other courses on an annual basis.

Non-allowable courses in College Credit Plus:

Remedial course and Sectarian religion course
Physical education course
Study abroad courses
Courses with fees that exceed the amount set by the Chancellor
One-on-one private instruction courses
P/F or S/U grades (unless the course is an internship course or is a transferable course for all students enrolled)

Level II
Any other college course that is not listed on a Level I course.

Pathways

For College Credit Plus, there are 15 credit hour model pathways and 30+ credit hour model pathways.

15-Credit Pathway

Courses
ENG 11103 (TM) Composition I
ENG 11203 (TM) Composition II
COM 11103 (TM) Fundamentals of Speech Communication

Credits: 9

Courses:
ART 10303 (TM) Art Appreciation or
MUS 10403 (TM) Music Appreciation or
FPA 10503 (TM) Fine Arts

Credits 3

Courses:
ENG 24103 (TM) The Literary Imagination or
HUM 20103 (TM) The Humanities or
PHR 21103 (TM) Philosophical Inquiry

Credits 3

For a total of 15 credit hours

30+ Credit Pathway

Courses
HIS 13103 (TM) World Civilization I or
HIS 13203 (TM) World Civilization II

Credits 3

Courses:
ATH 12103 (TM) (TAG) Anthropology or
HIS 12203 (TM) American History II or
POL 11103 (TM) American National Government

Credits: 3

Courses:
ECO 11103 (TM) Contemporary Economics or
PSY 11103 (TM) General Psychology or
SOC 11103 (TM) Introduction to Sociology

Credits: 3

Courses:
MTH 14505 (TM) Pre-calculus or
MTH 21404 (TM) Introductory Probability and Statistics or
MTH 15105 (TM) Calculus I

Credits: 4-5

Courses:
BIO 11404 (TM) Principles of Biology or
BIO 12104 Biology I

Credits: 4

Plus 15 credit hours from the 15-Credit Pathway

Eligible Courses

College Credit Plus Level I TAG Courses

Course ID(s)	Course Name
ACC11403	Principles of Accounting I
AHC13303	Medical Terminology I
ART12403	Drawing I
ART15404	Western Art History I
ART21504	Printmaking I
ART23504	Ceramics I
ART24504	Sculpture I
ART25404	Western Art History II
ART26604	Darkroom Photography I
ART26904	Digital Photography
ART28604	Painting I
BIO12104	Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology
CHM15005	General Chemistry I
CHM15505	General Chemistry II
CHM26202	Organic Chemistry Lab I
CHM26303	Organic Chemistry Theory I
CHM27202	Organic Chemistry Lab II
CHM27303	Organic Chemistry Theory II
ECO11403	Introduction to Microeconomics
ECO12403	Introduction to Macroeconomics
EDU10303	School and Community
ELE 21103	Programmable Controllers I
ENG25103	American Literature to the Civil War
ENG25203	American Literature Since the Civil War
ENG26103	British Liturature to the Romantic Period
ENG26203	British Literature Since the Romantic Period
HIS12103	American History I (To 1877)
HPE16203	Nutrition
IT10203	MS Office and the Internet I
PHR21203	Ethics
PHY20505	General Physics I with Calculus
PHY21505	General Physics II with Calculus
PSY21103	Human Growth and Development
SOC25103	Social Problem
SWK21103	Introduction to Social Work
SWK23103	Social Welfare Institutions

College Credit Plus Ohio Transfer Module Courses

Course ID(s)	Course Names
ART10303	Art Appreciation
ATH12103	Anthropology
BIO11404	Principles of Biology
CHM10404	Principles of Chemistry
COM11103	Fundamentals of Speech Communication
ECO11103	Contemporary Economics
ENG11103	Composition I
ENG11203	Composition II
ENG24103	The Literary Imagination
FPA10503	Fine Arts
HIS12203	American History II (From 1877)
HIS13103	World Civilization I
HIS13203	World Civilization II
HUM20103	The Humanities
MTH14505	Pre-Calculus
MTH15105	Calculus I
MTH15204	Calculus II
MTH15304	Multivariable Calculus
MTH21404	Introductory Probability and Statistics
MTH27703	Differential Equations I
MUS10403	Music Appreciation
NSC22304	Enviromental Science
PHR21103	Philosophical Inquiry
PHY10404	Principles of Physics
PHY17505	General Physics I with Algebra
PHY18505	General Physics II with Algebra
POL11103	American National Government
PSY11103	General Psychology
SOC11103	Intoduction to Sociology