Yes. The Angelicum Academy requires 4 years of English, 4 of religion or theology, 3 of math, 3 of science and 3 of social studies. The Great Books Program satisfies the English and social studies requirements. The rest are satisfied by taking The Great Courses Plus/Wondrium courses required in those subjects.
Ordinarily, no, unless you received permission to substitute courses you did complete. However, you may still qualify to earn the Academy Homeschool program diploma (see those requirements).
If a student begins the Greats program, and for whatever reason decides not to complete some of it, that portion/course not completed will, of course, not be posted on their transcript. They may then wish to complete the study needed to earn an Angelicum Academy diploma in the Homeschool program, or they may move on to some other program, to which we will be happy to provide a transcript for any studies completed. When a student withdraws, once they notify the Academy (after 72 hours notice–email notification is fine), they have no further financial obligation–no more payments.
Of course. Just give us 72 hours notice to terminate the automated payments. After that, there are no further financial obligations. Any payments already received, or received in the 72 hour notice period, are nonrefundable.
Yes. Any educational level 9th and higher is fine, including adults, provided you complete the remaining portion of the Great Books Program (a minimum of one year), and take or have taken courses substantially equivalent to the required GHP courses,that are high school level or higher. However The Great Courses Plus/Wondrium may not be transferred in as merely watching the lectures does not provide any means of testing and assessing educational outcomes – those need to be taken within/while enrolled in the Greats Honors Program for that reason.
Students enrolled in the Greats Honors Program may view any of The Great Courses Plus/Wondrium – there are over 300 courses offered at this time. However only a select few are required in the Greats Honors Program. Please see the GHP curriculum charts HERE to view the list of courses required for the Greats Honors Program diploma.
Please see the GHP curriculum charts #1 and #2 HERE.
Normally it takes four years to complete the whole Greats program as the Great Books component of the GHP is normally a four-year program. However, students not interested in taking or completing the whole program may take as little as one course, or one semester. Most students begin in 9th grade and complete the program in four years, however our oldest student was 87, and we have had students of nearly all ages, from about 40 countries, though the great majority are Americans homeschooling or in high school. A few students have taken two years of the Great Books Program simultaneously [...]
Here is what the NACAC writes about that: “College Board: The National Association of College Admission Counseling’s annual State of College Admissions survey consistently finds that student performance in college preparatory classes is the most important factor in the admission decision. With this in mind, encourage enrollments in honors courses…even if your student has the impression that only ‘top’ students should take these courses or the fear that taking a challenging course might result in a lower GPA. Advanced level courses are worth the extra effort.”
Most high schools require about 5-6 hours of class time per day. It often includes considerable wasted time, but it takes a lot of time nonetheless: 25-30 hours or so of classroom time per week. If you view our curriculum charts HERE, you will observe that typical Greats students have about 6 hours of online, classroom time per week (including the weekly Great Books discussion and The Great Courses Plus/Wondrium lectures). Our curriculum works more like a college curriculum (particularly one with the tutorials, such as Oxford), with much less classroom time than high schools, and more time for independent reading and [...]
