Indiana College Core
The Indiana College Core is a Technical Certificate (College Credential) that can be earned by taking dual credit and traditional classes with Ivy Tech. The Indiana College Core consists of 30 semester hours of credit in general education classes such as Math, Science, History, English, etc., the completion of which at one public institution (Ivy Tech) means it can transfer as a block and count as satisfying the Indiana College Core equivalent at the receiving public Indiana institution. Public Indiana institutions include IU (all sites), Purdue (all sites), Ball State, IUPUI, University of Southern Indiana, and Indiana State University. This 30-credit hour block of courses is equal to a full year of college coursework, meaning any student that completes the Indiana College Core can cut roughly a year-off of college if they earn the IN College Core. The IN College Core is also half (30 credits) of the credits needed to earn an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts or General Studies (60 credit degrees) at Ivy Tech.
The requirements needing to be satisfied to be awarded the Indiana College Core at Ivy Tech are:
- 30 Credit Hours must be earned from classes offered on the IN College Core.
- Students must earn at least 3 credit hours in each of the 6 categories on the IN College Core (Written Communication, Speaking and Listening, Quantitative Reasoning, Scientific Ways of Knowing, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing, and Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing).
- The maximum credit hours for each of the 6 categories allowed is 15 credit hours (ie., even if a student earns 18 credit hours in the Scientific Ways of Knowing category, only 15 of those credit hours will count towards the 30 credits needed to earn the IN College Core).
- At a minimum, 15 of the 30 credit hours needed to earn the IN College Core must come from Ivy Tech dual credit courses or traditional classes to meet Ivy Tech residency requirements.
- Students must earn, at minimum, a 2.0 GPA in their dual credit classes that are part of the College Core in order for it to be awarded
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What is FAFSA?
The Free Application For Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the most important document for determining if you’re eligible for financial aid — money to help you pay for education and training beyond high school. The easiest way to file the FAFSA is online at FAFSA.gov.
After you file your FAFSA, your college will be able to tell you which scholarships and grants you could receive as well as how much money you can borrow in federal loans. To find out more about the FAFSA, including what kinds of state financial aid is available, check out Learn More Indiana’s FAFSA guide for Hoosiers.
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