Saylor Academy offers free college credit courses evaluated by ACE for college credit. If you use Saylor courses in your homeschool, you’ll want to rush through the course and finish before the end of this month. The following 9 courses are being REMOVED at the end of this month.
Nine courses will EXPIRE in April 2025 will be removed from Saylor Academy
BUS202: Principles of Finance, 3 semester hours (upper division)
BUS305: Small Business Management, 3 semester hours (lower division)
CS105: Introduction to Python, 3 semester hours (lower division)
POLSC201: Introduction to Western Political Thought, 3 semester hours (lower)
POLCS221: Introduction to Comparative Politics. 3 semester hours (lower)
PHYS101: Introduction to Mechanics, 3 semester hours (lower)
PHYS102: Introduction to Electromagnetism. 3 semester hours (lower)
MA121: Introduction to Statistics, 3 semester hours (lower)
MA005: Calculus I, 4 semester hours (lower)
Plan to complete these courses before April 30th.
Who is ACE, and What is a Credit Evaluation?
ACE (American Council on Education) is the third-party credit evaluator hired by a business to evaluate a course or exam for college credit. ACE only evaluates learning that happens outside of a college, so college courses that occur inside a college don’t need to be evaluated because those type of credits (from a college) never expire.
ACE credit is “ranked lower” in the acceptability and transferability hierarchy, so while not all colleges accept ACE evaluated credits, having ACE evaluation is the minimum to even consider it. As such, if a course loses (or gives up) it’s ACE evaluation, no college will accept it.
No ACE evaluation = no college credit.
Expiration Date is Here
When a course or exam expires, one of 3 things will happen:
- The course or exam may be discontinued.
- The course or exam may be revised.
- The course or exam will be renewed for another 3 years.
If a course or exam is being discontinued, as is the case with these Saylor Academy courses, you MUST have finished earning college credit before the discontinuation date for you to receive college credit. (Completing it after it has expired means it is not worth college credit)
ACE Tracking
You can track expiration dates yourself by visiting the American Council on Education’s National Guide. Type in the name of the company you’re looking up, and all of their approved products will be visible. You can see the date the product was approved, and when it is set to expire. ACE National Guide
