Concurrent Credit
The Bear Creek School partners with Northwest University to offer 20 concurrent credit courses to high school students. All of these courses have been reviewed by the respective university and assigned a college equivalency course. Upon successful completion of concurrent credit courses, Bear Creek students will receive high school as well as college credits for the course.
Northwest University offers concurrent college credit for a select list of Bear Creek courses (see below). As an accredited university, Northwest University (NU) college credit is often transferrable to your college of choice and may be a good and economical way to jump start your college career. For more details about the program, watch the recording of our September 2025 information meeting.
Step 1: Complete NU Online Application
Go to northwestu.edu/apply and follow these instructions to enroll online.
Applications for fall semester and full-year classes must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, September 22, 2025. Northwest University does not accept late applications.
Step 2: Pay the Fees
Concurrent credit fees are $65 per credit.
After completing the NU application, pay the fees for those concurrent credit classes. Payment is due by Wednesday, October 15, 2025. If you need to confirm for which courses you have applied, you may reference NU's applicant dashboard.
| 2025 – 2026* | ||
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Digital Art (Plourde) | ARTE 2853 TOPIC (Advanced Digital Art) | 3 credits |
| AP Biology (Blakeley) | SCIE 1103/1 (Principles of Biology w/ lab) | 4 credits |
| AP Chemistry (Bell)** | SCIE 1203/1 (Survey of Chemistry I w/ lab) | 4 credits |
| AP English Language and Composition (Norris) | ENGL 1023 (Composition I: Expository Writing) | 3 credits |
| AP English Literature and Composition (Summers) | ENGL 2133 (Survey of British Literature) | 3 credits |
| AP European History (Sorensen) | HIST 1513 (Western Civilization II) | 3 credits |
| AP Physics 1 (Rogers) | SCIE 2283/1 (Physics I w/ lab) | 4 credits |
| AP United States History (Strobel) | HIST 2503 and 2513 (U.S. History I and II) | 6 credits |
| Christianity and Contemporary Culture (Jackson, Scrivner, Summers, Urban) | THEO 2413 (Developing a Biblical Worldview) | 3 credits |
| Film and Animation (Plourde) | AVPE 1843 (Film & Animation) | 3 credits |
| Graphic Design 1 and 2 (Plourde) | ARTE 1853 (Introduction to Graphic Arts) | 3 credits |
| Honors Enlightenment and American Literature (Norris) | ENGL 2203 (Survey of American Literature) | 3 credits |
| Honors Senior English (Summers) | ENGL 2853 (Rhetoric) | 3 credits |
| Multivariable Calculus (Shipley) | MATH 2843 TOPIC (Multivariable Calculus) | 3 credits |
| Philosophical Theology (Davison) | THEO 1843 (Christianity in a Modern World) | 3 credits |
| Photography 1 (Plourde) | ARTE 1343 (Introduction to Photography) | 3 credits |
| Photography 2 (Plourde) | ARTE 2843 TOPIC (Advanced Photography) | 3 credits |
| Spanish I (Gardiner) | LANG 1013 (Elementary Spanish I) | 3 credits |
| Spanish III (Gardiner) | LANG 2013 (Intermediate Spanish I) | 3 credits |
Questions regarding this program may be directed to Dean of College and Academic Advising Katie Gomulkiewiz (kgomulkiewicz@tbcs.org).
* Each fall, the list of courses is reviewed and updated. Students must be enrolled in the appropriate Bear Creek course(s) during this school year in order to receive credit.
** If students matriculate to NU on the nursing track, they will receive the 4 credits; however, they also will be required to take an additional chemistry class at NU in which they must earn a grade of B- or better.