***Morehead State University Dual Credit Courses***
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THE COURSES LISTED BELOW ARE DUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE WITH MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS WILL TAKE THESE
COURSES ON EITHER MSU’s or RCSHS’s CAMPUS AND RECEIVE CREDIT AT RCSHS AS WELL AS AT MSU. Courses taken on RCSHS’s campus MAY
have a BOOK fee only.
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Courses highlighted in GREEN are the DUAL CREDIT courses taken at ROWAN COUNTY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
ENG 100: Writing 1 A/B
DUAL CREDIT w/MSU
Grade Level: 11,12
1 Credit
Prerequisite: An ACT subscore of 18 in English or successful completion of ENG 099. This course is designed to help
students understand and develop their writing, reading, and thinking abilities through the production and rhetorical
examination of personal and academic texts. This course satisfies the required core-writing I for general education.
70016, 70017: Math 152: College Algebra A/B (DUAL CREDIT w/MSU)
Grade Level: 12
1Credit
Prerequisite: "C" or better in MATH 093 or minimum ACT math subscore of 20. Field and order axioms; equations, inequalities; relations and
functions; exponentials; roots; logarithms; sequences. This course satisfies the required core-math reasoning for general education. STUDENTS
MUST RECEIVE A ‘’C’’ OR ABOVE TO RECEIVE MSU CREDIT. RCSHS WILL AWARD CREDIT WITH A “D” OR ABOVE.
7019: IET 120: Technology Systems
DUAL CREDIT w/MSU
Grade Level: 11-12
½ Credit
“RCHS…We have a problem.” When you are faced with problems, what problem solving technology approach do you use in innovating solutions?
Investigate technology systems in the most common areas utilized everyday such as communications, manufacturing, transportation, construction
and biotech. The course offers hands-on problem solving projects for you to innovating creative solutions to common and future problems we all
may experience.
7021: ITCD 103: Computer Aided Design and Drafting I
DUAL CRDIT w/MSU
Grade Level: 11-12
½ Credit
Pablo Picasso or Leonardo da Vinci? Pablo used art to paint his feelings and Leonardo used his art to describe his scientific ideas in detail. This class
can be described as scientific art on steroids from the two dimensional world view to the three dimensional construction of geometric objects and
products. Learn the easy to use CAD software to unleash your Leonardo for the engineering world.
7022: ITCM 101: Introduction to Construction Technology
DUAL CREDIT w/MSU
Grade Level: 11-12
½ Credit
If the leaning tower of Pisa is leaning, why doesn’t it fall down? Even though it increases its lean 1mm per year, it has withstood over 800 years of
environmental and human impact. This class investigates the various aspects of the construction industry including building methods, costs,
personnel requirements, equipment, surveying, regulations and civil engineering structures.
7025: ITMT 106 – Thermoplastic Processing
DUAL CREDIT w/MSU
Grade Level: 11-12
½ Credit
To be plastic…or NOT to be. That is the question. This super versatile, free forming material has changed manufactured products such as panty
hose, toothbrushes, automotive engine components and even human biotech body parts. Take a ride on the plastics trail of history and learn
about how everyday products are made, used, abused and controlled in order for society to function daily and stay environmentally friendly.
7018: CIS 101: Computers for Learning
DUAL CREDIT w/MSU
Grade Level: 11, 12
½ Credit
Students will learn effective strategies for learning and applying microcomputer software including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and
database management. The course introduces concepts, terminology, and tools of the microcomputer software operating and application system
environment. Introduction to the effective utilization of networking for communication, research, and information downloading is also
incorporated in the course. Emphasis is on preparing the student to use computer technology effectively in the education and work
environment. This course satisfies the computer competency requirement for general education.
7020: IET 110: Fundamentals of Computer Technology
DUAL CREDIT w/MSU
Grade Level: 11,12
½ Credit
How do you eat a computer? Of course, one BYTE at a time. The aim of the course is allowing you to get inside the head of the computer and learn
what makes a computer system the most widely used technology available. The course covers an applied approach to hardware components,
software usage, system maintenance, simple networking and web page development.
7026: AGR 185: Current Food and Energy Issues
DUAL CREDIT W/MSU
Grade Level: 11-12
½ Credit
A course designed to increase the understanding, awareness, and critical analysis of contemporary food, energy, and natural resource issues and
their effect upon the social, political, economic and cultural aspects of society. Topics will include food safety, food production, genetically-
modified foods, niche food markets, energy sources, renewable fuels, energy sustainability, global warming, limited natural resources, water rights,
water quality, and soil nutrient.
7016: SPA 101: Span Language and Culture 1 DUAL CREDIT w/MSU
Grade Level: 11, 12
½Credits
Prerequisite: Student must have successfully completed RCSHS’s Span 2B with a “C” or better. SPA 101: Study of listening, speaking, reading, and
writing basic Spanish with emphasis on the appreciation of the culture of Spain and other Hispanic cultures. This course satisfies the area studieshumanities for general education.
7017: SPA 102: Spanish Language and Culture 2
DUAL CREDIT w/MSU
Grade Level: 11, 12
½ Credit
SPA 102: Prerequisite: SPA 101. Continued study of listening, speaking, reading, and writing basic Spanish with emphasis on the appreciation of the
culture of Latin America and other Hispanic cultures.
2523: ASTR 299: Astronomy: Pulsar Search Collaboratory (winter) DUAL CREDIT w/MSU
Grade Level: 11-12
½ Credit
This course will consist of online data analysis of archival Green Bank Telescope (GBT) data as part of the PSC effort to find new pulsars. The aim of
the course is to acquaint students with the scientific method, experimental design, research methodologies, the power of information technology,
and basic astronomical concepts. Students will learn about pulsars and how to search for them. To understand these exotic stellar endpoints,
students will learn about the physical processes involved in stellar evolution. These topics include the physics of star formation, nuclear reactions
that produce energy in stars, forces acting upon the star including gravity and radiative pressure, and the physics of the endpoints of stellar
evolution. Students will participate in online classes hosted by professional radio astronomers from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory—
the national laboratory for radio frequency astrophysics research. Students will learn experimental processes in astronomy, including data
reduction, calibration, interpretation and analysis—skills that translate to all other disciplines of science. As a culminating activity, students
undertake their own experiment—a search for previously undetected pulsars by mining and analyzing GBT data. Students will present their
research at the PSC capstone at West Virginia University in May.
7014: SSE 120. Introduction to Satellites and Space Systems
DUAL CREDIT w/MSU
Grade Level: 11, 12
1.5 Credits
Introduction to Satellites and Space Systems (ISSS) is an MSU dual credit course taught by world renowned aerospace engineer, Bob Twiggs via
internet and is facilitated by Mrs. Carter. ISSS is second in a proposed three year sequence of courses offered to prepare students in a career in
aerospace engineering. Topics include: space in our lives, exploring space, the space environment, orbital motion, computing orbital elements and
predicting and getting into orbit, maneuvering in space, returning from space: re-entry, space systems engineering, space vehicle control systems,
spacecraft subsystems, rockets launch vehicles, space operations and using space. Students will learn the basics of electronic, AC and DC circuits,
and to solder. Students will design, build, test and launch satellite-type devices (i.e. WalkBots, CricketSat and CanSat). Students will have the
opportunity to earn an amateur radio license to communicate on air with such devices. Students will take multiple field trips to the Morehead State
University Space Science Center to meet the faculty/staff, tour the facility (including the 21-meter space tracking antenna) and to use state of the
art equipment for design and construction.
7003: Early College Program—Dual Credit: Students taking dual credit courses should sign up for class 7003. This takes
care of 6 of your 15 offerings. Courses taken on KCTCS or MSU campus will have a tuition fee as well as book fee. We will sign up for
your 4 courses with admissions later.