Holy Apostles A.A. Degree by 12th Grade Bundle

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Overview

A combination of the Great Books Program, Theology Online, and Holy Apostles College Courses allows our 12th graders to graduate with their A.A. Degrees. This program is only available to students who began it on or before 12/31/2023. After that date, we recommend students interested in our A.A. degree program by 12th grade enroll in our like program with Catholic International University, the University of St. Thomas or one of the other colleges associated with the Angelicum Academy.

Alumni Stories

From 9th Grade to B.A. Degrees in Five Years!

How Three of our Grads Earned Their BA Degrees a year after Graduating High School

Joan Babecka and Sarah and Markus Visconti graduated from Angelicum Academy in the Spring of 2017. Thanks to the Angelicum Academy-Holy Apostles Agreement, Sarah and Markus were each able to transfer 48 credits from Angelicum’s Great Books Program and 12 credits of our online Theology courses, and both earned 15 credits from Holy Apostles online, for a total of 75 college-level credits towards their BA degrees at Holy Apostles College. As Angelicum Academy-Holy Apostles students, Sarah and Markus began studying online at Holy Apostles in the summer semester of 2017 while Angelicum Academy students, and by the end of the Spring Semester of 2018, Sarah and Markus had completed their BA degrees with a Double Majors in Philosophy and in History in the Social Sciences, Sarah at the age of 19 and Markus at age 20.  Sarah and Markus both graduated with 136 total credits, and a Cumulative GPAs of 3.26 and 3.32, respectively.

Earning Bachelor’s Degrees for Under $30,000: Thanks to the Agreement between the Angelicum Academy and Holy Apostles College, the total tuition for Sarah’s B.A. degree was under $30,000, and Markus’ – due to the Angelicum Academy family discount – was about $25,000 (The average total cost of a four-year B.A. in private colleges is $180,000+).

“Thank you for all you have done over the years with Markus’ and Sarah’s education! We are so grateful and are unsure of the words that could ever possibly express the blessings we have received by being a part of Angelicum Academy & Holy Apostles. We are so excited that our son Sam will be starting the Great Books Program with you! God Bless You for all you do. With sincere gratitude and best wishes always.”

-Mark & Terri Visconti

College Credits

Our students may earn from 1-75 college credits while home schooling (in grades 9-12) or while in high school, or later. They may earn their accredited Associate’s degree (from Holy Apostles College -requires 60 credits) while in high school or home school (grades 9-12, or later), or they may take individual college-level courses for transfer elsewhere – to other of the hundreds of colleges and universities that accept ACE recommended credits. Students who earn their Associate’s degree while in home school (grades 9-12) or high school, may earn a further 15 credits then as well, enabling them to complete 75 credits towards their accredited bachelor’s degree (requires 120 credits) – that is nearly 2/3rds of their bachelor’s degree, for a fraction of the cost elsewhere.
Degree Plans

The Great Books Method

In 1983 the late, great philosopher convert and educational reformer, Dr. Mortimer J. Adler wrote: “I have been conducting seminars for 60 years now, with students in high schools and colleges and with adults who have engaged in the reading and discussion of great books or who have been participants in the Aspen Executive Seminars. Long experience has convinced me that seminar teaching, on the Greek or Socratic model, not the German (lecture) one, belongs not only in the colleges, but should be carried on also in high schools, where students have proved every bit as able to profit from seminars that I have conducted as have their college counterparts–have shown themselves even better participants in some ways. The high school students did just as well; in fact, having had less schooling, they were somewhat less inhibited in discussion.”

Renowned Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain held virtually the identical view as Dr. Adler: “I advance the opinion, incidentally, that, in the general educational scheme, it would be advantageous to hurry the four years of college, so that the period of undergraduate studies would extend from sixteen to nineteen. The B.A. would be awarded at the end of the college years [at 19 years of age], as crowning the humanities…”

Mortimer Adler and the Great Books

A.A. Degree Plans

Choose from Three Degree Plans

Choose from Three Degree Plans:

A.A. in Liberal Arts

A.A. in Liberal Arts (with Theology Online)

A.A. in Theology

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Choose from Two Modes:

Live

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Live (Synchronous)

Students meet online, weekly, for a two-hour Great Books Program discussion on the great books reading.  Enrollment is limited to 20 students per class.  Classes are hosted on Electa Live.

Holy Apostles College classes and Theology Online remain asynchronous.

Asynchronous

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Recorded (Asynchronous)

Students watch recorded discussions compiled from the past 20 years of our online Great Books Program classes.  This is the best option for students unable to attend our live classes.

Holy Apostles College classes and Theology Online are also asynchronous.

Yearly Tuition

$3,97500yearly
  • 5% Payment in Full Discount = $3,776.25
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Monthly Tuition

$39750monthly
  • 10 Month Payment Plan
  • No Additional Fees
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Additional Resources

A.A. Degree Program FAQs
Great Books Syllabus & Course Conversion Chart
Great Books Course Schedule 2020/2021
Great Books Program Readings

Accreditation

The Great Books Program and the Theology Online courses were reviewed by the American Council on Education college credit recommendation service (ACE CREDIT), which recommended the Great Books Program for 6 college credits for each semester of the program – 48 college credits in all. ACE CREDIT recommended the Theology Online courses for three credits per course, 12 college credits in all. All 60 such credits are accepted for transfer by Holy Apostles.

Those 60 credits are also applicable towards Holy Apostles Bachelor’s degrees (B.A.s) in Theology, Philosophy, English in the Humanities, and History in the Social Studies.

Cardinal Newman Society Recommendation

The Great Books Program is recommended by the Cardinal Newman Society’s The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College.