The Kishwaukee College Engineering-Math-Science Academy (EMSA) will be accepting applications for the 2016 – 2017 academic year through January 31, 2016. Students who are high school juniors currently enrolled in or have already completed pre-calculus and general chemistry at their high schools are eligible to apply. EMSA is a program designed for students who will be entering their senior year in high school in the fall of 2016.
Traditionally aimed at students interested in pursuing a degree in engineering or physics, the program has expanded to accommodate talented students interested in pursuing a “pre-professional” major in college. Pre- professional majors are programs that prepare students for studies in, for example, veterinary sciences, medicine, pharmacy, or physical therapy. All of these fields have a math–science base that differs from that required for engineering.
Taking classes through EMSA allows area seniors to get a jumpstart on their college career by fulfilling science and math course requirements for a fraction of the cost of university tuition. The courses are compatible with the equivalent courses offered by the University of Illinois and Northern Illinois University, to maximize transferability of 23 – 26 credit hours, which is nearly one full year of college course credits. Students typically earn 24 – 30 hours of credit during their first year of college. Students who have attended EMSA have transferred to University of Illinois, NIU, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Case Western Reserve University, Cornell University, and Harvard, and many other four-year institutions.
Track one of EMSA will remain the Engineering-Physics track with the students taking Calculus and Analytic Geometry I in the summer prior to their senior year in high school. That fall, they will take Calculus II and Physics for Science and Engineering I. In spring 2017, they will complete the Academy with Calculus III and Physics II.
Track two, which is new for Fall 2016, is the Pre-Professional Track. Students will begin with the same Calculus and Analytic Geometry I class in summer but in fall will take General Chemistry I and General Physics I, followed by General Chemistry II and General Physics II in spring 2017.
During the fall and spring semesters, students will attend classes at Kishwaukee College at 7:30a.m. and return to their high school at 10:00a.m. to attend their senior year classes there. For more information on applying to the EMSA program for 2016 -2017, please contact Kathy Mershon at 815-825-2086, ext. 2070 or email kathy.mershon@kishwuakeecollege.edu.
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