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Early Honors

Alaska Pacific University offers an Early Honors Program for qualified high school seniors, in agreement with the Anchorage School District (also Mat-Su and Kenai). Early Honors students take a full year of classes at APU, fulfilling remaining high school graduation requirements while also earning transferable college credits. Students will gain an appreciation of the arts and sciences, and will build and refine their analytical and expressive reasoning powers.

Early Honors classes are scheduled to meet in the mornings to allow students to continue participation in their extracurricular activities. APU works on a Block and Session semester format that involves intensive courses three times a year: September, January and May.

During the first semester, Early Honors students enroll in a common university-level curriculum designed with the intent to satisfy the senior level requirements of the Anchorage and Mat-Su School Districts. The September Block starts off with GS 133: Critical Thinking and GS102: Fitness for Life. Students move into the Session in late September and finish their semester by mid-December. During that time students enroll in designated sections of LL101: Argumentative Writing. Placement in math courses depends on prior coursework, and there are choices among the science and social science courses offered.

In the second semester, many of the students elect to participate in the Travel Abroad option for the January Block (see LS 204:Travel Course) but alternatives are available on campus. During the spring Session, which begins in early February, students have the opportunity to select courses from the Alaska Pacific schedule relevant to their academic interests.

Early Honors mainly serves students from the Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. Students living outside of the Anchorage area may be eligible, provided they have family residing within commuting distance or they live on campus in the Residence Halls. Outstanding home-schooled students may also be eligible to apply.

Because Alaska Pacific University does not grant high school diplomas, students who want to receive a diploma must work with their high school guidance office to insure that they do so.