College Credit

Obridge Academy proudly offers access to over 60 college-level courses from Arizona State University, giving students the opportunity to challenge themselves academically while still in high school. Through this program, students can take rigorous university courses and earn transferable college credits, gaining a valuable head start on their higher education journey.

These courses help students build confidence, strengthen critical thinking skills, and prepare for success at top universities. Most colleges accept transfer credits, making these courses an excellent introduction to college-level learning—though students should always confirm credit transfer policies with their intended institutions.

Flexible Course Options

The program offers 75+ courses covering STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Career/Life Skills.

Learning Format: Fully asynchronous online learning.

Pacing Options: Students can choose an accelerated 8-week format or a traditional 16-week format. Courses are available on a regular semester schedule or through more flexible “On-demand” options.

Computer Science

Introduces business information systems from a business intelligence perspective and the uses of application software with emphasis on database. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Excel in Business

Covers advanced Excel skills using an applied focus on different types of decisions one may analyze using spreadsheet capabilities; Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Business Data Visualization

Learn the fundamentals of data visualization with practical applications on Tableau and Excel. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Macroeconomics

Introductory course in macroeconomics. Topics include the measurement and modeling of output, national income, inflation and unemployment; the determinants of cross-country differences in income;Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Microeconomics

Introductory course in microeconomics. Topics include marginal analysis; international trade; supply and demand analysis; market efficiency; basic welfare analysis of market interactions and government intervention; consumer choice. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Personal Finance

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to personal finance and focuses on topics which are important to the financial health of young Americans. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

College Algebra

Linear functions, quadratic functions, general polynomial functions, rational functions, systems of linear equations, logarithmic and exponential functions. Course duration: On-demand, 12, or 16 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Precalculus

Intensive preparation for calculus. Topics include: functions, domain and range, properties of graphs, transformations of functions… Course duration: On-demand, 12, or 16 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Business Calculus

Study the differential and integral calculus of elementary functions with applications. This course is ideal for those interested in business, economics, or social sciences. Course duration: 16 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Introduction to Project Management

Investigate components of project management and the project life cycle such as: creating charters, developing a project plan and schedule. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Statistics

Basic concepts and methods of statistics, including descriptive statistics, significance tests, estimation, sampling, and correlation. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Career Exploration

This course will help students gain self-awareness and practical skills to aid in pursuing their career goals. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Technology Literacy

Introduces digital technologies and their place in society. Applies 21st century skills to problem solving using digital technology applications including spreadsheets and databases. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Education Exploration

Explore education as an instrument in the development of the individual and society and its significance as an American Institution. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Sustainable Engineering

Introduces the importance and role of technological, social, and sustainable systems in the modern world. Provides a framework for the theory and practice of sustainable engineering. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Chemistry for Engineers

Learn how atoms and molecules act and interact to make the modern materials that underpin technology and solve engineering challenges. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 4.

Programming

Concepts of problem solving using an object-oriented programming language, algorithm design, fundamental algorithms and techniques. Course duration: On-demand, 12 or 16 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Engineering

Introduces the engineering design process; working in engineering teams; the profession of engineering; engineering models, written and oral technical communication skills. Course duration: 16 weeks. Credits available: 2.

College Algebra

Linear functions, quadratic functions, general polynomial functions, rational functions, systems of linear equations, logarithmic and exponential functions. Course duration: On-demand, 12, or 16 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Precalculus

Intensive preparation for calculus. Topics include: functions, domain and range, properties of graphs, transformations of functions, exponential functions. Course duration: On-demand, 12, or 16 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Calculus for Engineers

Learn the mathematical skills required for programs like engineering, mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, earth and atmospheric sciences, and life sciences. Limits and continuity. Course duration: On-demand or 16 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing

Provides a basic understanding of solid modeling, engineering drawings and principles of modern-day 3-axis, 4-axis machine tool control using computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software tools. Course duration: 16 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Anatomy and Physiology

Learn terminology and essential concepts in human anatomy and physiology, as well as the structure and function of the human body. Course duration: On-demand or 16 weeks. Credits available: 4.

Ethics in Healthcare

Understand healthcare ethics emphasizing analysis and ethical decision making at clinical and health policy levels for healthcare professionals. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Introduction to Healthcare

Explore the historical, social, political, economic and interprofessional contexts in which health care professions and the United States health care system evolved. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Culture and Health

Learn about cultures of diverse groups and health/illness; cross-cultural communication, awareness of own cultural influences, indigenous, and alternative healing practices. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Health and Wellness

Learn current concepts in exercise, health, and wellness. Emphasizes personal health, theories, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. Course duration: On-demand, 8 or 16 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Drawing

Immerses students from a broad range of non-art disciplines in the practice of drawing. Considers and reflects on drawing in its most expanded form: as a primary tool of communication and creative problem solving. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

English Composition I

Discovers, organizes and develops ideas in relation to the writer’s purpose, subject and audience. Emphasizes modes of written discourse and effective use of rhetorical principles. Course duration: On-demand, 8 or 12 weeks. Credits available: 3.

English Composition II

Critical reading and writing; emphasizes strategies of academic discourse. Learn how to effectively execute a research-based writing project from conception to finalization. Course duration: On-demand, 8 or 12 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Language, Self and Society

Examines how language helps to shape important issues and big questions in the world today. By studying the process of meaning-making, students work toward understanding these issues better. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Early Global History

Survey human origins; early civilizations in Africa and Eurasia; the ancient Mediterranean; the pre-Columbian Americas; the rise of Islam and Muslim empires; medieval Europe. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Modern Global History

Survey Africa, the Americas, and Eurasia; changes in communication, communities, demography, economics, environment, politics, religion, technology, warfare, and women. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

European History

Origins and development of European societies and institutions from the ancient world through the Middle Ages. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

American History

Explore the people, events, ideas, and places that have made American history, from the powerful Indigenous societies that shaped the continent. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Modern American History

Explore the people, events and ideas that shaped U.S. history from 1865 to the present. Examine the evolving role of government in shaping domestic policy and society. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Genocide History

Historical examples of genocide and mass killing abound, but why does this horrible crime continue in our modern world? This course aims to identify the causes of historical examples of genocide through comparative study. Course duration: 8 or 12 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Religion

Explore how religions are conditioned by cultural values and operate in the public sphere. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Public Speaking

Learn about verbal and nonverbal communication in platform speaking. Discussion and practice in vocal and physical delivery. Course duration: 8 or 16 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Criminal Justice

History and current practice of the criminal justice system. Roles of law enforcement agencies, courts and correctional agencies. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Global Affairs

Analyze international challenges and opportunities shaping the modern world through history, governance, economics, and security. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Ethnic Studies

Curious about how culture, identity, and power shape our world? Dive into the key ideas and real-life stories behind Ethnic Studies in the U.S. Explore how race, gender, class, sexuality. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Civic Engagement

Introduces the history of American democracy and civic engagement, while developing civic identity through hands-on democracy-in-action assignments. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Government

Learn about the major institutions of modern government and processes of individual and group political activity, with emphasis on the American experience. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Social Work

Examine the development of the U.S. social welfare system, the impact of policy on communities, and the diverse roles social workers play in driving meaningful change. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Astronomy

Properties and origins of the solar system, exoplanets, astrobiology. History, properties of light, instruments, study of solar system. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 4.

Biology

Consider the authentic, compelling question: how do we find life in the universe? Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 4.

Environmental Science

Introduces the interconnected nature of Earth’s hydrosphere, lithosphere (soils and rocks), atmosphere, and biosphere. Course duration: On-demand, 8 or 16 weeks. Credits available: 4.

Marine Biology

Introduces the basic concepts of marine biology, the study of the ocean and the diverse life forms that reside in the diverse habitats found there. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 4.

Anatomy and Physiology

Learn terminology and essential concepts in human anatomy and physiology, as well as the structure and function of the human body. Course duration: On-demand or 16 weeks. Credits available: 4.

Chemistry

Elements of general chemistry. Adapted to the needs of those in nursing and kinesiology and those preparing for general chemistry. Course duration: 16 weeks. Credits available: 4.

Chemistry for Engineers

Learn how atoms and molecules act and interact to make the modern materials that underpin technology and solve engineering challenges. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 4.

Sustainability

Introduces key themes, practices, and principles of sustainability across social, economic, and environmental dimensions. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Paleoanthropology

History of discoveries and changing interpretations of human evolution. Earliest ancestors to emergence of modern humans. Humanity’s place in nature. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 4.

Communication

Topics-oriented introduction to basic theories, dimensions, and concepts of human communicative interaction and behavior. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Organizational Leadership

Basic introduction to leadership by focusing on what it means to be a good leader. Examines topics such as the nature of leadership, recognizing leadership traits. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Behavior in Organizations

Explores the different theories, strategies and skills in the fields of organizational behavior. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Psychology

Major areas of theory and research in psychology. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Sociology

Fundamentals of sociology, organization of human groups and society, processes of interaction, and social change. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Social Work

Examine the development of the U.S. social welfare system, the impact of policy on communities, and the diverse roles social workers play in driving meaningful change. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Game Design

This course introduces students to the general and foundational concepts behind game design, including what works, how to integrate game elements, and how to support a player’s experience. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Cloud Foundations

Learn how all of your favorite internet services and platforms keep up with growing and changing user demands. Course duration: On-demand or 12 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Computer Science

Introduces business information systems from a business intelligence perspective and the uses of application software with emphasis on database and spreadsheet packages for efficient. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Excel in Business

Covers advanced Excel skills using an applied focus on different types of decisions one may analyze using spreadsheet capabilities; graphs and charts to communicate complex analytics. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Business Data Visualization

Learn the fundamentals of data visualization with practical applications on Tableau and Excel. Course duration: On-demand or 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Programming

Concepts of problem solving using an object-oriented programming language, algorithm design, structured programming, fundamental algorithms and techniques. Course duration: On-demand, 12 or 16 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Technology Literacy

Introduces digital technologies and their place in society. Applies 21st century skills to problem solving using digital technology applications including spreadsheets and databases. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing

Provides a basic understanding of solid modeling, engineering drawings and principles of modern-day 3-axis, 4-axis machine tool control using computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software tools. Course duration: 16 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Statistics

Basic concepts and methods of statistics, including descriptive statistics, significance tests, estimation, sampling, and correlation. Course duration: 8 weeks. Credits available: 3.

Why Start College Courses in High School?

Research shows that high school students who participate in early college programs are significantly more likely to achieve long-term academic success:

Higher College Enrollment

84% of dual-enrollment students transition to college (compared to 77% of their peers).

Increased Degree Completion

45% of participants earn a college degree within six years of high school graduation (compared to 33%).

Faster Path to Graduation

Over one-third (34%) of these students complete their bachelor’s degree within four years of high school graduation.

Core Advantages of the Accelerate ASU Program

Accelerate ASU is revolutionizing how high school students earn college credit through four key pillars:

No Risk to Transcript

Students only pay for the course if they pass and decide they want the credit on their official ASU transcript. If a student does not pass or chooses not to claim the credit.

Simple Enrollment

No complicated university application process is required. Students can begin learning immediately through a streamlined online registration.

Rigorous & Widely Recognized Curriculum

With over 75 courses designed by ASU faculty, this program serves as an excellent alternative to AP courses, with credits that are widely transferable to universities across the U.S.

Breaking Barriers

By removing high-cost barriers, ASU ensures that world-class college coursework is accessible to all students, regardless of their financial background.

Specialized Certificate Programs

Beyond individual electives, students can stack credits to earn specific certificates:

Career Foundations Certificates: Requires 4-6 courses (12-18 credits). These allow students to explore foundational fields like Computer Science, Engineering, General Business, Education, or Health Education before committing to a major.

Career Mastery Certificates: Requires 3-6 courses (9-18 credits). These combine college credit with top industry-recognized credentials to boost employability. Areas include Google IT Support, AWS Cloud Computing, Project Management, and Applied Business Data Analytics.

Comprehensive Student Support System

ASU provides a robust support network for all online high school learners:

Dedicated support resources and targeted communication campaigns.

Free Academic Tutoring: Includes specialized math tutoring and subject-specific support for all learners.

ASU 360 Life Services: Focused on the mental health, well-being, and holistic development of the student.

In addition to our robust curriculum with ASU, Obridge Academy is honored to facilitate specialized university course programs in collaboration with Syracuse University and Saint Joseph’s University. Through these diverse partnerships, students can engage in rigorous coursework across multiple disciplines, earning transferable college credits and gaining a significant head start on their higher education journey.