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TxVSN Courses

Students can opt to enroll in a course provided through the TxVSN (Texas Virtual School Network) course catalog during the school year with the following stipulations:

  • The student will work on the course off-campus*
  • Besides AP courses, the same course or a substantially similar course is not currently available at CSA**
  • The student must be younger than 21 years old
  • The course taken must be consistent with the student’s high school graduation plan or requirements for college admission or requirements for earning an industry certification
 

*It may be possible that the student could work on his/her TxVSN course at school during a designated 40-minute period.  However, this is only possible after the annual master schedule has been finalized.

**During the summer, students can take any courses listed in the TxVSN catalog.  Cost for summer courses is to be covered by parent(s)/student(s)/legal guardian(s).

Registration for a course through TxVSN must take place during the enrollment period determined by TxVSN. A parent/legal guardian may appeal to the commissioner of education a school district’s or charter school’s decision to deny a request to enroll a student in an electronic course offered through TxVSN.  If a student wishes to take a course through TxVSN, please complete the TxVSN Course Registration Request Form.  Students and/or parent(s)/legal guardian(s) must complete the online form at least 15 business days before the close of the enrollment period for the respective course.  Registration for Fall courses during the summer must take place after Round-Up, when the master schedule has been finalized (to determine eligibility).  To complete the form, students will  will need to look at the course catalog found at TxVSN’s website to determine which course provider is desired.

HOW TO FIND A TxVSN COURSE & PROVIDER

 

Cost for courses (assuming above criteria is met) is covered by CSA if student is enrolled in 7 courses or less (total including TxVSN and CSA courses combined).

AP Courses taken through TxVSN factor into a student’s CSA GPA (on the 5.0 scale)!  Please note that courses taken over the summer do not factor into a student’s GPA calculation (including TxVSN AP courses).  If a student is interested in taking an AP course via TxVSN, there are certain prerequisites for the courses:

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY (AP)
There are no prerequisite courses. Students only need to be able to read college-level texts and apply the conventions of Standard Written English in their writing. However, a background in world history, world regional geography, physical geography, comparative world religions, and economics will give students a solid foundation for building conceptual understanding.

PSYCHOLOGY (AP)
There are no prerequisite courses, but students should be able to read and comprehend college-level texts and apply the conventions of Standard Written English in their writing.

US GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS (AP)
There are no prerequisite courses, but students should be able to read and comprehend a college level textbook and write grammatically correct, complete sentences.

MACROECONOMICS (AP)
There are no prerequisite courses, but students should be able to read and comprehend college-level texts and should possess basic arithmetic and graphing skills.  

BIOLOGY (AP)
Students must have taken Biology and Chemistry before enrolling in Biology (AP).

STATISTICS (AP)
Students must have taken Algebra II before enrolling in AP Statistics.