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The Program for Accelerated College Enrollment
(PACE) provides opportunities for high school juniors and seniors to
get a head start on college. Through the cooperation and endorsement
of the Horry and Georgetown County School Districts and the respective
high schools, the PACE program enables qualified high school students
to meet high school graduation requirements while taking college
credit courses.
The PACE program offers college credit courses at Horry and
Georgetown County high schools or on any of the three campuses of
Horry-Georgetown Technical College. The courses offered by
Horry-Georgetown Technical College are taught by experienced and
dedicated full-time or adjunct college professors. These courses are
normally approved for dual-credit if requested by the PACE student
through his (her) high school. Dual-credit allows a PACE student to
apply the college credit earned at Horry-Georgetown Technical College
towards high school graduation requirements. Interested
student should contact their high school Guidance Office about
dual-credit.
There are two alternatives within PACE based upon the preference of
the qualified high school student. Each PACE opportunity has
admissions requirements that must be satisfied before a high school
student can enroll as a PACE student. The two PACE opportunities for
junior and seniors at Horry- Georgetown Technical College are
University Parallel and Applied Technology.
University Parallel
Through the University Parallel and General Studies Division the
PACE program offers college credit courses from the list of 74
statewide transfer courses to public four-year colleges and
universities.
The admission requirements for
University Parallel courses are:
- The student must have obtained junior status;
- The student must be currently taking high
school college preparatory courses with a grade point average in all
CP courses of at least 2.50;
- The student must be recommended by his (her)
high school guidance counselor, principal or other designated school
official as someone who can benefit from the program; and
- The student must have a letter of permission
from his (her) parent(s) or guardian(s).
A PACE student must have successfully completed three years of high
school CP English with a "C" or better and have senior status to be
eligible to enroll in English Composition I (ENG 101).
Students who enroll in English Composition I (ENG 101) at
Horry-Georgetown Technical College must take an in-class diagnostic
writing sample within the first week of class. This diagnostic
writing sample is to gauge the student's potential for successful
completion of ENG 101. The diagnostic writing samples are graded by
the English faculty at Horry-Georgetown Technical College. In the
case of a PACE student, where the writing sample has indicated that he
(she) will have difficulty in ENG 101, he (she) will be referred to
the Guidance Office of the high school of attendance for a schedule
change.
Applied Technology
Horry-Georgetown Technical College offers college credit applied
technology courses which the PACE student can chose. These applied
technology courses may or may not carry transfer credit to a four-year
college or university. Upon graduation, the high school student can
apply the college credits earned to a
program at Horry-Georgetown Technical
College.
The admission requirements for Applied Technology
are:
- The student must have obtained junior status;
- The student must be currently taking high
school Tech Prep courses with a grade point average of at least
2.50;
- The student must be recommended by his (her)
high school guidance counselor, principal or other designated school
official as someone who can benefit from the program; and
- The student must have a letter of permission
from his (her) parent(s) or guardian(s).
High school students who desire to
accelerate their college-going experiences may attend college classes
on one of the campuses of Horry-Georgetown Technical College. The
course(s) selected by the PACE student would depend upon his (her)
preferences and future goals. If the course selected by the PACE
student is not from the list of 74 statewide transfer courses,
transferability of the credits earned would have to be verified by the
student through college or university the student plans to attend
after high school graduation.
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