I would recommend taking ACC classes for all the reasons why it financially makes sense in the long run; so those college courses are paid for, cheaper, in the high school setting. But I would go a step further and say that the main draw, for me, was that these ACC classes were engaging, and the teachers, for the most part, created a positively, impactful environment. A combination of challenging, yet enjoyable classes, and the teacher's dedication to the student, convinced me that ACC classes are recommended.
Vincent Laury '20
University of Dayton
Chaminade made my collegiate and professional goals possible in my expedited time frame. Of my 61 Chaminade college credits that Mizzou accepted, 26 credits applied directly to my civil engineering degree program. Those credit hours will allow me to complete my Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, a Masters of Business Administration (MBA), and a minor in Construction Management (while still taking a semester off to complete a Co-Op work/study opportunity with ARCO Construction) in 4.5 years.
Nick Mollett '18
University of Missouri - Columbia
I graduated with about 24 ACC credits which I transferred to Kentucky. I am in the pre-health program to become a dentist and the ACC courses I transferred in English and history helped to give me space and time in my schedule to take required classes for my major earlier in my college career.
Joe Mitchell '19
University of Kentucky
I am a Chemical Engineering major and a college athlete. The 18 ACC credits I transferred helped me get ahead in some of the required courses. I was able to skip Organic Chemistry I because I took it at Chaminade and started at Tulsa in Organic Chemistry II. Other benefits are that I can take fewer courses each semester and still graduate on time and as an athlete, it also helps to have a lighter load of classes when I compete and travel with track and field.
Stanley Williams '19
University of Tulsa
- THE PACE PROGRAM
- PROGRAM STRUCTURE
- COURSE OPPORTUNITIES
- REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
- COURSE LEDGERS
- TRANSFERABILITY GUIDES
- PACE INFORMATION GUIDEBOOK
- ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR ADVANCED COLLEGE CREDIT
- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
THE PACE PROGRAM
- History of PACE
- PACE Mission
- Benefits for Chaminade Students
- University Partnerships
- Commonly Used Terms
History of PACE
In 1992, Chaminade became a trailblazer among St. Louis area private and public high schools by allowing students to enroll in courses that counted for both high school and college credit through Saint Louis University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis. In 2013, Father Ralph Siefert, SM, Dr. Stephanie Kralemann, Mrs. Teresa Wheeler, Mr. Jim Chrismer, and Mr. Tim Sartori formed a committee to explore, research, and implement a more formalized Advanced College Credit Program for Chaminade students, premised on Blessed William Joseph Chaminade’s vision “New Times, New Methods”.
The implementation of the Pathway to Access College Early (PACE) Program began in 2016, aligned to the Five Characteristics of Marianist Education. Today over 100 Advanced College Credits are offered through the PACE Program, allowing many students to earn 60+ college credits to transfer to their chosen university upon graduation. The PACE Program has uniquely differentiated Chaminade as a leader in Advanced College Credit Programs among high schools locally, nationally, and internationally.
PACE Mission
The PACE Program was developed in the tradition of the Catholic Marianist education.
The mission is to offer Chaminade students:
• A premier option to earn college credit through enrollment in Advanced College Credit high school courses from nationally accredited university programs,
• An opportunity to experience an introduction to college-level expectations while in high school taught by authorized Chaminade Adjunct University Instructors for our partner universities, and
• An opportunity to engage in a robust and rigorous university course experience through challenging college-level curriculum while in high school.
Benefits for Chaminade Students
While there are many benefits for students to participate in the PACE Program, official data from Chaminade alumni surveys from the Classes of 2017-2019, confirms the following:
- Allowing students access to enroll in college credit courses while in high school significantly reduces the tuition cost,
- Offering up to two years of college coursework on the Chaminade’s campus allows for the transfer of these credits to a student’s final college choice upon graduation,
- Earning college credit while in high school allows an early entry into an Undergraduate Degree Program and completion before the traditional four years,
- Earning college credit while in high school provides the opportunity for students to earn a Master’s Degree within the traditional four years,
- Earning college credit while in high school provides the opportunity for students to Double Major within the traditional four years, and
- Earning college credit while in high school provides the opportunity for students to pursue a Gap Year and graduate within the traditional four years.
University Partnerships
Commonly Used Terms
Equivalency Credit: Applying the courses toward the student’s planned program of study/major as “equivalent” to the courses offered on receiving college campus.
Elective Credit: Reducing the number of courses the student must complete on campus in order to graduate by transferring the ACC courses as “elective” credit because the receiving university does not have a course that matches the course the ACC student is transferring. In that case, the student can count the hours toward graduation but may still need to take a course that is similar to, but not the same as, the advanced college credit course.
Exempt Credit: Allowing the student to be exempt from taking certain courses required for freshmen and sophomores, including introductory courses in core subjects.
Prerequisite Credit: Allowing the ACC transfer credit to count for prerequisites for their major or minor fields of study.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Academic Policies
Participating PACE university partners view and treat Chaminade students as on-campus college students. Therefore, the three universities have a high expectation for student academic performance. Students are granted similar rights and privileges as on-campus students, including additional resources.
Grading and Scales
The official Chaminade Grading Scale is uniform for all ACC Courses from EACH of the three universities and is strictly followed:
90 - 100 = A
85 - 89 = B+
80 - 84 = B
75 - 79 = C+
70 - 74 = C
- All student grades are permanently recorded on the student’s university transcript at EACH university where he enrolled.
- EACH university transcript includes the course name, credits earned, grades posted, and a calculated grade point average.
- All grades earned are computed into the student’s undergraduate grade point average at EACH university.
- An official student university transcript is available from the Registrar’s Office at EACH of the universities where the student enrolled.
- The student must choose to register at only one university if the course is offered at multiple universities. Do not register at multiple universities since it is the same course. A student may only make payment for a single Advanced College Credit course through one university.
Student Eligibility
Student Eligibility varies based on grade level. Click on the grade level panel to see specifics for students in that grade.
Grade 12 Eligibility
Students in Grade 12
Students must have an overall minimum cumulative grade point average of 80% are automatically eligible for Advanced College Credit courses. If a student has an overall minimum cumulative grade point average between 75% - 79%, he may be required to complete an additional electronic form found on each university’s website.
Grade 11 Eligibility
Students in Grade 11
Students must have an overall minimum cumulative grade point average of 80% are automatically eligible for Advanced College Credit courses. If a student has an overall minimum cumulative grade point average between 75% - 79%, he may be required to complete an additional electronic form found on each university’s website.
Grade 10 Eligibility
Grade 9 Eligibility
Students in Grade 9
Students must have an overall minimum cumulative grade point average of 80%, and score at the 90th percentile or above on the ACT, SAT, or a comparable nationally standardized assessment.
- Grades and test scores must be certified by the PACE Coordinators with the university partners in order for the student to proceed with registration.
- Parents may receive an electronic permission form to approve their son’s registration for the course(s) and return it electronically by the university partners’ s registration deadline.
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COURSE OPPORTUNITIES
Grade 12
55 ACC Courses Offered to Students in Grade 12
Theology
THE470 ACC Foundations of Theology
THE471 ACC Apologetics: Making Christianity Credible
THE472 ACC An Exploration of Faith and Reason
THE473 ACC Servant Leadership
English
ENG470 ACC World Literature and Composition
ENG471 AP/ACC English Literature and Composition
FLM470 ACC Introduction to Film
FIC470 ACC Themes in Contemporary Fiction
Social Studies
SST470 ACC Contemporary Global Issues
SST271 AP/ACC World History
SST471 AP/ACC U.S. Government/Comparative Government SST472 AP/ACC European History
PSY470 AP/ACC Psychology
Mathematics
CAL470 ACC Pre-Calculus and Trigonometry
ALG470 ACC College Algebra
CAL471 AP/ACC Calculus AB
CAL472 AP/ACC Calculus BC
STA470 AP/ACC Statistics
Science
CHE470 AP/ACC Chemistry
BIO470 AP/ACC Biology
PHY470 AP/ACC Honors Physics 1
PHY471 AP/ACC Honors Physics 2
Classical and Modern Languages
CHI270 ACC Honors Chinese 2
CHI370 ACC Honors Chinese 3
CHI470 ACC Honors Chinese 4
FRE370 ACC Honors French 3
FRE471 AP/ACC French Language & Culture
GRE470 ACC Ancient Greek I
GRE471 ACC Ancient Greek II
LAT370 ACC Latin
LAT470 ACC Honors Latin 4
LAT570 AP/ACC Latin
SPA370 ACC Honors Spanish 3
SPA471 AP/ACC Spanish Language & Culture
Fine Arts
WDE470 ACC Wind Ensemble
JZE470 ACC Jazz Ensemble
MSC470 ACC Music Ensemble (0 hour by audition)
MUS470 AP/ACC Music Theory
MUS471 ACC World Music
DRA470 ACC Advanced Drama II
PSP470 ACC Public Speaking
ART270 ACC Drawing I
ART370 ACC Advanced Drawing II and Printmaking
ART371 ACC Painting I
ART471 ACC Painting II
ART372 ACC Digital Imaging I
ART472 ACC Digital Imaging II
CER470 ACC Ceramics I
CER475 ACC Ceramics II
Practical Arts
LAW470 ACC Business Law
ACC470 ACC Financial Accounting
ECO470 ACC Principles of Microeconomics
CNA370 ACC Cisco Academy I: Network Fund
CNA375 ACC Cisco Academy II: Routers & Routing Protocols
MIS470 ACC Advanced Information Systems
Grade 11
43 ACC Courses Offered to Students in Grade 11
Theology
THE370 ACC Interreligious Issues
English
ENG370 ACC Composition/Literature
ENG371 AP/ACC English Language/Composition
FLM470 ACC Introduction to Film
FIC470 ACC Themes in Contemporary Fiction
Social Studies
SST370 ACC Survey of U.S. History
SST371 AP/ACC U.S. History
PSY470 AP/ACC Psychology
Mathematics
CAL470 ACC Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry
CAL370 ACC Honors PreCalculus/Trigonometry
Science
CHE470 AP/ACC Chemistry
PHY470 AP/ACC Honors Physics 1
PHY471 AP/ACC Honors Physics 2
Classical and Modern Languages
CHI270 ACC Honors Chinese 2
CHI370 ACC Honors Chinese 3
CHI470 ACC Honors Chinese 4
FRE370 ACC Honors French 3
FRE470 ACC Honors French 4
GRE470 ACC Ancient Greek 1
LAT370 ACC Latin 3
LAT470 ACC Honors Latin 4
SPA370 ACC Honors Spanish 3
SPA470 ACC Honors Spanish 4
Fine Arts
WDE470 ACC Wind Ensemble
JZE470 ACC Jazz Ensemble
MSC470 ACC Music Ensemble (0 hour by audition)
MUS470 AP/ACC Music Theory
MUS471 ACC World Music
PSP470 ACC Public Speaking
ART270 ACC Drawing I
ART370 ACC Advanced Drawing II and Printmaking
ART371 ACC Painting I
ART471 ACC Painting II
ART372 ACC Digital Imaging I
ART472 ACC Digital Imaging II
CER470 ACC Ceramics I
CER475 ACC Ceramics II
Practical Arts
LAW470 ACC Business Law
ACC470 ACC Financial Accounting
ECO470 ACC Principles of Microeconomics
CNA370 ACC Cisco Academy I: Network Fundamentals
CNA375 ACC Cisco Academy II: Routers & Routing Protocols MIS470 ACC Advanced Management Information Systems
Grade 10
15 ACC Courses Offered to Students in Grade 10
Social Studies
SST270 ACC Honors Modern World History
SST271 AP/ACC World History
Physical Education
PED270 ACC Lifesaving, CPR and First Aid
Classical and Modern Languages
CHI270 ACC Honors Chinese 2
CHI370 ACC Honors Chinese 3
LAT370 ACC Latin 3
SPA370 ACC Honors Spanish 3
Fine Arts
WDE470 ACC Wind Ensemble
JZE470 ACC Jazz Ensemble
MSC470 ACC Music Ensemble (0 hour by audition)
ART270 ACC Drawing I
ART371 ACC Painting I
ART372 ACC Digital Imaging I
CER470 ACC Ceramics I
Practical Arts
MIS470 ACC Advanced Management Information Systems
Grade 9
REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
Window for Registration
- 1st Semester/FALL August-September
- 2nd Semester/SPRING January-February
About Registration
- Registration links:
- Parents receive direct electronic communication from the PACE Office about online student registration, policies, deadlines and helpful tips.
- PACE Coordinators are interactive by phone and email with students and parents concerning questions and concerns with registration, advice in course selection, and transferability of courses to their final college choice.
- PACE Coordinators prepare and coordinate parent informational videos on a variety of specific topics geared toward specific grade levels.
Payment Procedures
Missouri Baptist University
- Payment details are sent to the student in their MyMBU account.
- The registrant may pay their MBU bill by personal check or money order, online through MyMBU, or by phone with a credit card.
Saint Louis University
- A tuition bill is mailed to the home of the student in the student’s name.
- An email is also sent to the parent at the email address provided on their son’s application.
- Students can login to mySLU and view their invoice through the payment suite under the “Tools” tab.
University of Missouri - St. Louis
- After the registration process closes, an initial billing statement is mailed to the student and emailed to the parent.
- Subsequent monthly billing statements are issued until the deadline to pay closes.
- All fees are due and payable as directed on the student's monthly billing statement.
COURSE LEDGERS
TRANSFERABILITY GUIDES
Sending Transcripts
Each year Chaminade graduates request the university where they registered for their ACC to send their ACC university transcripts to the university they plan to attend upon graduation. Contact the registrar at each university or visit their online webpage.
Acceptance of Transfer Credits
Based on official survey results, the majority of Chaminade students successfully transfer 1-2 years of college credits to their final university choice. Be aware that the receiving colleges and universities have the final authority as to how to accept the ACC credit.
The transferability of ACC Credit varies at the universities Chaminade students attend. Many times advanced college credit earned by a student transfers not only the credit, but also the grade earned may transfer. If the receiving college accepts transfer college credit courses, the college will have a policy to include or not include the course grades in the student’s college GPA.
Transfer Guidebook
University of Dayton Transfer Credit Guidebook
PACE INFORMATION GUIDEBOOK
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR ADVANCED COLLEGE CREDIT
- CISCO Networking Academy Courses
- College Board AP Courses
- Project Lead the Way - PLTW Engineering Courses
CISCO Networking Academy Courses
Chaminade partners with the CISCO NETWORKING ACADEMY at St. Louis Community College-Meramec to make available advanced college credit upon successful completion of 2 courses offered in the Practical Arts Department. Advanced College Credit is awarded based on the score of an end-of-year assessment administered by Chaminade’s CISCO Adjunct Instructor and payment of the course fees. It is the student’s responsibility to verify where the credit will apply.
College Board AP Courses
The academic departments that offer AP courses are Classical and Modern Languages, English, Fine Arts, Mathematics, Practical Arts, Science and Social Studies.
Chaminade faculty who teach AP courses are highly trained, participate in College Board professional development and accountable to maintain College Board standards.
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In an AP course, the student must pass the AP end-of-course exam to be eligible to apply for college credit once the student graduates from high school.
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Generally, the student must score a 3, 4, or 5 on the AP exam.
- Students then send their AP scores to each college/university where they plan to attend, and the college/university has the final determination of how much credit they will award for the course.
- There is no standard amount of credit awarded by each college/university for an AP course because specific standards for accepting AP courses as college credit may vary greatly.
- If a college or university awards advanced placement based on your AP Exam scores, that means the student might be able to skip introductory classes and go straight into higher-level classes. It might also mean that the student can skip courses that the college requires students to take to fulfill general education requirements.
Colleges may offer both credit and placement, just credit, or just placement for successful AP scores. The student is encouraged to visit each colleges’ website or talk to an admission officer to find out which kind of recognition is offered.
AP course descriptions are available in the curriculum guide.
Please note that the AP exam is required, unless otherwise stated as an optional exam.
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry
AP Comparative Government and Politics (Optional AP Exam)
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Computer Science A
AP English Language and Composition
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Environmental Science (Optional Exam)
AP European History
AP French Language & Culture (Optional AP Exam)
AP Latin (Optional AP Exam)
AP Macroeconomics (Optional AP Exam)
AP Microeconomics (Optional Exam)
AP Music Theory (Optional AP Exam)
AP Honors Physics 1(Optional AP Exam)
AP Honors Physics 2 (Optional AP Exam)
AP Physics C: Mechanics (Optional AP Exam)
AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (Optional AP Exam)
AP Psychology (Optional AP Exam)
AP Spanish Language & Culture (Optional AP Exam)
AP Statistics
AP Studio Art
AP United States Government and Politics
AP United States History
AP World History
Project Lead the Way - PLTW Engineering Courses
Chaminade partners with the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Mo S&T) to offer the PLTW curriculum to make available college credit upon successful completion (80%) of 2 of the 4 courses offered in the Practical Arts Department.
The MO S&T university course title is
MECH ENG 1720 Introduction to Engineering Design (LEC 2.0 and LAB 1.0) 3 credits
An introduction to a systematic approach to engineering design (problem clarification, concept generation, concept selection, prototyping methods, engineering ethics).
The student must submit their Chaminade transcript and and payment of the course fees. It is the student’s responsibility to verify where the credit will apply.
4 Chaminade PTLW Course Offerings (Student must enroll in 2 of the 4 courses to be eligible to apply for credit):
- PLTW 23 STEM: Introduction to Engineering Design
- PLTW 33 STEM: Principles of Engineering
- PLTW 43 STEM: Environmental Sustainability
- PLTW 44 STEM: Digital Electronics
