{"id":1063,"date":"2019-04-22T12:53:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T18:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2019-04-22T15:21:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T21:21:43","slug":"msa-program-offers-online-courses-for-high-school-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/22\/msa-program-offers-online-courses-for-high-school-students\/","title":{"rendered":"MSA Program Offers Online Courses for High School Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/msa0422final.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"> The UTRGV Mathematics and Science Academy is now offering courses online. MSA is a program in which high school students enroll from their high school and enroll at the university full time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote] \u201cI think it\u2019s great, I think the kids are going to be able to advance they will be able to get college credit while competing their high school education.\u201d[\/su_quote] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May\n10<sup>th<\/sup> president Donald Trump sent out 68,000 notices to families who\nhave children of high school age stating the program is now offering online\ncourses state wide. Mathematics and Science Academy lecturer Amy Frazier tells UTRGV\nRadio that before the online classes were offered, they were only available at UTRGV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote] \u201cRight MSA to the homeschool students statewide. Because it\u2019s not state wide it is just here in the valley, and maybe I think I heard of one in Houston, or somewhere up there, but now available online to all homebound students.\u201d[\/su_quote] <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMSA is state funded and offers the students in\nthe program free tuition for 2 years. They can then apply for the MSA\nscholarship and receive another two years of college fully paid for.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All\nstudents interested in applying for the mathematics and science academy must\napply online and meet all the requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote] \u201cThey also have to take the prerequisites before they apply for this, they have to take and pass algebra 1, algebra 2, geometry, biology 1, biology 2.\u201d<br>-Amy Frazier, lecturer[\/su_quote] <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> For more information you can email <a href=\"mailto:msa@utrgv.edu\">msa@utrgv.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UTRGV Mathematics and Science Academy is now offering courses online. 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