Congratulations on completing the Fall 2020 semester! You should be extremely proud of yourself for making it through the past several months! I hope you gained subject knowledge, but I also hoped you learned a little about yourself and how you will apply what you learned in the classroom to your life and your future career. Because ultimately, that is what we want for you. We want you to be able to take your education out into the community, beyond this campus, and use it. Put what you have learned into action, in whatever way that makes sense to you, your life and your career. Enjoy your holiday break and we look forward to welcoming you back in the spring!
Dr. Rachel Kirk
Program Manager, Anchor
Congratulations Anchor Islanders
Eligibility
Students must be a current high school student, attending one of the high schools that has a current MOU on file with TAMU-CC, or a home-schooled student.
Corpus Christi College Preparatory High School
Students must have the approval of their legal guardian/parent, as well as their high school counselor and their high school principal (if applicable).
Students must meet one of the designated criteria for TSI requirements. For more information, click here.
Students must have proof of a current bacterial meningitis shot or submit valid proof of vaccination exemption. (https://admissions.tamucc.edu/meningitis.html)
Students must be prepared to function in an adult learning environment.
Application
All interested students will need to complete a Texas A&M University –Corpus Christi online application through applyTexas.org and pay the application fee.
In addition, students will need to submit the Islander Academy application to University College Anchor team. Islander Academy applications may be submitted via email to william.coari@tamucc.edu. Students must have the approval of their parents/legal guardians, as well as their high school counselor and high school principal (if applicable).
Submit proof meeting one of designated criteria for TSI requirements to TAMU-CC Admissions Office.
Submit proof of a current bacterial meningitis shot or submit valid proof of vaccination exemption to TAMU-CC Admissions Office.
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Prior to registration of university classes, all students wishing to take courses are required to visit with the TAMU-CC Academic Advisor. The Academic Advisor for Islander Academy is Bill Coari. Students can make an appointment here.
Students will enroll in a course selected from the list of approved dual credit courses for TAMU-CC; students are only allowed to enroll in core curriculum courses.
Prior to attending classes on the TAMU-CC campus, students must register for and attend a new student orientation (Islander Launch). Go to the link below to register.
Islander Launch
Here are things you need to do during the semester.
Find the syllabus for your classes. There are two ways to do this.Watch video or Read transcript to find out. Watch video or Read transcript to find out.
Go to the following link to learn the description and purpose of Blackboard.
https://iol.tamucc.edu/bb_resources_students.html
Study Skills for college. Watch video or Read transcript to find out.
Dual Credit lounge at TAMU-CC. Watch video or Read transcript to find out.
Dropping a course. Watch video or Read transcript to find out.
Where do dual credit students fit-in at TAMU-CC? Watch video or Read transcript to find out.
Here are a list of resources at TAMU-CC. Please take advantage of them.
Center for Academic Student Achievement, (CASA)
Stem, Outreach, Access, and Retention, (SOAR)
Islander Academy Academic Advisor Anchor Program Manager
Bill Coari Dr. Rachel Kirk
william.coari@tamucc.edu rachel.kirk@tamucc.edu
361.825.3787 361.825.2257
UPHS is a partnership program with Flour Bluff Independent School District (FBISD). Students attending 8th grade in FBISD apply to UPHS; if accepted to the program, they attend classes on the UPHS campus at FBISD for their freshmen year before coming out to the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi campus to take courses. *As of Fall 2018, FBISD has stopped accepting new applications to the program.
