OnRamps

• OnRamps students are enrolled in a year-long high school course facilitated by a Northwest ISD teacher who is trained and certified by OnRamps.
• During the first half of the course, OnRamps students complete a series of required assignments that are designated by the Instructor of Record at the University of Texas to determine eligibility to be dually enrolled in the university course.
• Students who successfully complete the high school version of the course receive credit from their campus. In addition, students who successfully complete the spring college course (in OnRamps College Algebra, Precalculus, Statistics, Physics, and Computer Science) receive three Texas Core credits from the University, and students who successfully complete the fall and/or spring college course (in OnRamps English and OnRamps History) can receive three to six Texas Core credits from the University.

OnRamps courses provide an affordable opportunity for students to earn college credit while still in high school. The cost for each college course is $149 per student, but students who qualify for Free/Reduced lunch can receive a significant discount. With financial assistance from NISD and a tuition discount from the University of Texas, eligible students can enroll in OnRamps courses for only $25 per college course.

Tuition fees for OnRamps courses will be posted to student accounts in August. For students taking English and Social Studies, there will be a tuition payment for the fall semester and another for the spring semester. Microeconomics, on the other hand, is a one-semester course and only requires one tuition payment. For all other courses, the tuition fee will be posted in the fall only.

 

NISD currently offers OnRamps courses in each of the four core content areas.  All courses, with the exception of English and Social Studies, are full-year courses. Students who take English or Social Studies OnRamps Courses will take one course each semester. To learn more about each of our OnRamps courses see the information sheets below.

English

• Introduction to Rhetoric: Reading, Writing, and Research [ENGL 1301]
• Reading and Writing: The Rhetoric of American Tradition [ENGL 1302]
• OnRamps Rhetoric Information Page

Math

• College Algebra [MATH 1314]
• Discovery PreCalculus [MATH 2312]
• Statistics [SDS 302]
• OnRamps College Algebra Course Information Page
• OnRamps PreCal Course Information Page
• OnRamps Statistics Course Information Page

Science

• Mechanics, Heat, and Sound: General Physics Technical Course I [PHYS 1301 & PHYS 1101]
• OnRamps Physics Course Information Page

Social Studies

• The United States, 1492-1865 [HIST 1301]
• The United States, Since 1865 [HIST 1302]
• Microeconomics [ECON 2302]
• OnRamps US History Course Information Page
• OnRamps Microeconomics Course Information Page