Dual Enrollment - Bison Prep

Admissions

*SPRING 2025 COURSES ARE NOW AVAILABLE, SEE BELOW*

Bison Prep is designed for college-bound high school juniors and seniors and allows students to earn college credit at Harding while still in high school. Depending on your school’s requirements, you can also earn dual credit toward high school coursework for graduation. Online students can view course options at the link below, and on-ground students may enroll in most 1000- and 2000-level courses. Courses are available in the fall and spring semesters only.

Note: Students will be charged for textbooks and supplies for some classes.

Note: all admissions requirements (see below) must be submitted before you are added to a class.

The cost per course is now $250, limited to one course per semester. The SPRING 2025 course list is now posted.

Apply today for Spring 2025 Bison Prep courses!

Program Benefits

Get a head start on college credits.
Experience college-level work.
Earn dual credit toward high school graduation (if approved by
your school).
Preview college life in a Christian university environment.
The cost per course is $250, limited to one course per semester. Additional courses will be full price.
Build relationships with college faculty — 72% of whom have a terminal degree.

Admissions Requirements

High school junior or senior in good standing
Minimum of 12 units of high school coursework
Completed application for admission
Immunization record showing 2 MMR (measles, mumps, rubella). This is not required for students taking online courses.
Official high school transcript with minimum 3.0 GPA
Minimum qualifying ACT (19), SAT (990) or CLT (58)
Apply for Spring 2025 Bison Prep
Bison Prep Dual Enrollment form (pdf)- must be emailed to bisonprep@harding.edu

Note: Online courses are asynchronous (at your own pace); therefore, you are NOT required to participate at an assigned class time. Progress will be determined by set milestones throughout the course(s).

Courses Offered:

SPRING 2025

ANTH 2500 - Anthropology
ECON 2010 - Macroeconomics - CLOSED
ENG 2020 - World Literature: Enlightenment to the 21st Century
PHS 1060 - Physical Science
PSY 2010 - General Psychology

The following courses are recommended for Bison Prep:

**Courses require minimum ACT and SAT scores.

ASL 2750: American Sign Language I
ASL 2770: American Sign Language II
ANTH 2500: Anthropology
ART 1010: Art Appreciation
BIOL 1100: General Biology
CHEM 1010: General Chemistry
CHEM 1040: College Chemistry I**
CHEM 1010L LAB: General Chemistry
CHEM 1040L LAB: College Chemistry I**
COMM 1010: Communication Principles
ECON 2010: Macroeconomics
ENG 1110: Intro to University Writing and Research**
ENG 2020: World Literature (17th Century to the Present)
ENG 2110: Critical Reading, Thinking, Writing
FR 1010: Elementary French I
FR 1020: Elementary French II
HIST 1010: American History to 1877
HIST 1020: American History Since 1877
HIST 2100: Western Civilization to 1500
HIST 2110: Western Civilization Since 1500
KINS 1010: Wellness
MATH 1100: Math for the Liberal Arts
MATH 1200: Elementary Statistics
MATH 1330: College Algebra**
MATH 2350: Analytics and Calculus I*
MUS 1010: Music Appreciation
PHS 1010: Earth Science
PHS 1020: Geology
PHS 1050: Energy Pollution and Society
PHS 1060: Physical Science
PHYS 2010: General Physics I
PHYS 2010L LAB: General Physics I
POLS 1787: American National Government
POLS 2100: International Relations
PSY 2010: General Psychology
SOC 2030: General Sociology
SPAN 1010: Elementary Spanish I
SPAN 1020: Elementary Spanish II
SPAN 1040 Accelerated Elementary Spanish II
THEA 1010: Theatre Appreciation

You may also enroll in any other course for which you have the prequisites.

For a list of the upcoming semester's courses, please view the Course Schedule.

Enrollment in any of these courses without a test score requires department chair approval. These requests will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

NOTE: when signing up for HUDirect classes, students will be charged for the HUDirect access books needed for those classes.

ECON 2010 - Macroeconomics

Macro Econ 6-W/Access ISBN: 978-1-3374087-3-8 By: William McEachern HU Direct Access: Yes
Was Jesus a Socialist? ISBN: 978-1-6126801-7-0 By: Lawrence W Reed Price: $14.95. HUDirect Access: Yes Extra Credit
Rich Dad Poor Dad ISBN: 978-16101716-0-1 By: Robert T. Kiyosaki Price: $17.95 HUDirect Access: Yes Extra Credit
Economics In One Lesson ISBN: 978-0-517-54823-3 By: Henry Hazlitt (Optional)
Basic Economics ISBN: 978-0-465-06073-3 By: Thomas Sowell (Optional)

ENG 1110 - Introduction to University Writing and Research

Textbooks:
1. Pursuing Happiness: A Bedford Spotlight Reader, edited by William Parfit ISBN: 978-1-3192587-9-5 HU Direct Access: Yes
2. Lessons from Lucy, by Dave Barry ISBN: 978-1-5011611-5-5 HU Direct Access: Yes
3. Surprised by Joy, by C.S. Lewis ISBN: 978-0-15-687011-5 HU Direct Access- No Required
4. Woe is I: Grammerphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English, 3rd Edition By: Patricia T. O’Conner. ISBN: 978-0-525-53305-4 HU Direct Access: Yes

PSY 2010 - General Psychology

Textbook: Exploring Psychology (11th ed.) By: Myers, D. G. & Dewall, C.N. (2019). New York, NY: Worth Publishers ISBN: 978-1-3191041-9-1 The MSRP for this textbook in paperback is approximately $200; however, for the online course, we utilize HUDirect Access. The HU-Direct digital version is typically priced at around $45.