Over 200 electives and unique tailored individual courses for students who don’t see the class that they want at their local high school or homeschool
Reasons why you would take an individual course from Citizens High School
- You can’t find the courses you want to take at your local school
- Your school only offers credit recovery courses in the summer
- Your school does not allow you to learn at your own pace
- You work at different hours and your local school cannot accommodate non-traditional schedule needs
- You are a homeschool student and the content vendor or your parents cannot offer the courses you want
- Other online providers do not guarantee transfer of credit to my high school
- You are a student-athlete and need a program that can follow your travel schedule
- You are a few credits short of graduation
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Examples of CHS Innovative Elective Individual Courses
What Will You Learn?
- Students can learn any list of skills that they deem most essential in their life. The choice of Certain life skills will be dependent on your life circumstances.
- Some key life skill areas are: Communication, decision making, problem solving, public speaking, critical thinking, negotiating, financial, and willingness to learn.
- Listening skills, writing skills, math, language skills, learning skills, and many others.
What Will You Learn?
- Students will learn the essential elements of information technology systems, including Microsoft, Adobe, Google and others.
- From basic to advanced coding skills and computer programming preparing students for industry certifications.
- Students will be challenged to take their projects developed in courses and apply them to real world applications.
What Will You Learn?
- You will learn cooking skills, recipes, meal ideas, different presentation, nutrition, meal preparation techniques and all the core skills of cooking.
- Prepare 26 meals of your choice over one year. One meal every 2 weeks.
- Focus your meals on Italian, Mediterranean, Mexican, Grandma’s receipts, or on any cuisine area of your choice
What Will You Learn?
- In this course the student and faculty select the books on a specific topic which the student then reads and completes the assignments required for the course.
The course can take anywhere between two months to one year to complete depending on how often the student chooses to complete their reading.
What Will You Learn?
- These courses are designed to deliver parallel dual language instruction to students whose primary language is Spanish. Students view their courses in English and Spanish side-by-side.
- All the assignments and exams are in English, however, the lessons are presented in both English/Spanish side by sided
- Bilingual Faculty and Staff are available to provide language, academic, and administration assistance.
What Will You Learn?
- In an Independent Study Course the student and the teacher agree upon a topic for the student to research with guidance from the teacher for an agreed upon outcome, time period and number of credits.
- The course allows the student to explore their interest and earn 1 academic credit. Students can pursue independent study over multiple years in the same subject or in multiple subjects.
- Types of learning include: Directed Reading, Directed Study, Project Based, and Activity Based in any special topic of choice by the student and teacher.
What Will You Learn?
- CHS uses Duolingo learning platform as your classroom. Lessons focus on real-life-goals. Developing vocabulary, grammar, and real world language practice.
- In addition to lessons, learners can access Tips for explanations on grammar, pronunciation, and helpful phrases.
- Interaction, conversations and reading and listening comprehension.
What Will You Learn?
- Course offers biblical history, themes and context of Biblical text. Students select books or specific topics to build out their tailored lesson plans.
- Each directed reading activity give the student a variety of options from writing assignments, producing a video, or creating a podcast to demonstrate their knowledge.
- Course length can be anywhere between two months to one year to complete depending on the student’s desire pace.
What Will You Learn?
- The Civics Program expands the traditional view of civic education to the broader concept of “civic learning area”; Civic Knowledge, Civic Skills, Civic Disposition and Call to Action.
- Civic Knowledge, classroom taught: US Government, History of Constitution, Bill of Rights and others
- Civic Skills. Public speaking, Critical Thinking, How to Understand Arguments, Tolerance as a Basic American Value and others.
- Civic Disposition. Find Your Voice, How to be Change Agent, National Service and others.
- Civic Capabilities. Call to Action Courses, Social Justice, Education Reform, Criminal Justice Reform and others.
What Will You Learn?
- This is an opportunity to learning real-world skills through hands-on-service. It is an experience to learn about a better you. An opportunity to help in your community to respond to an immediate need.
- This is a one-year, one-credit course . You can spend a year helping with issues in your local community. Opportunities to serve are available in a wide array of areas: disaster relief, local non profits, your church and others.
- Addition service areas focus are: youth activities, reading partners; work with YMCA, and other areas of interest.
Become an ambassador for service.
What Will You Learn?
- Young parents learn about Parenting and Child Development and then apply what they have learned to their real life parenting experiences.
- Courses include Cooking, Directed Reading in Parenting and Child Development, Child Development Practicum and Life Skills.
- Earn High School Credit for real-life learning that comes with raising a child.
What Will You Learn?
- Students examine the experiences, history, and culture of people of African descent in North America. Students work with their teacher to choose and develop the tailored syllabus.
- Course design allows students to propose readings and selected study or activity in any area of African American history or culture.
- Study at your own pace on your own terms, courses are flexible and designed to be completed within a period of one month or up to a year, it’s your choice.
Explore all courses available in our Individual Course Catalog.
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CHS Courses are $49 per month | When you finish the course, your billing automatically stops
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Explore Our Individual Courses - Try a Sample Lesson
Preview a sample lesson from one of the courses, just like the ones our students take every day:
- Algebra I
- Biology
- English I
- College Readiness
- Life Skills
- eDynamic Courses
- Intro to Social Media
For Students that prefer textbooks, we offer Citizens Offline - Correspondence Program
Self-paced, distance learning individual courses for students who prefer printed learning materials
- No technology or internet access required
- No laptop or device required
- All textbooks and learning guides are provided at no extra cost and sent directly to your door
- Feel Confident, take test as many times as you wish with no pressure and no extra cost
- Dedicated State Certified teachers are always there to help you learn
Transfer credit to your local high school. It’s the perfect option for:
- Making up credit for courses that you missed, failed or did not complete
- Taking a class or two to catch up with your graduating class
- Getting a summer school education
- Supplementing your current school curriculum
- Additional FEATURES
- Advance your studies in a traditional format
- 24 courses to choose from
- Textbooks shipped within 48 hours to your doorstep
For almost 40 years CHS has provided accredited high school courses for thousands of students. With regional and national accreditation – COHS is the trusted name in online High School education. To learn more about our accreditation, please visit our accreditation page.
COHS Individual Course Advantages
Engaging lessons designed by subject matter experts to better provide you with a solid academic foundation
All of our courses are taught by state certified teachers who are there to assist you at every step
- Study at your own pace and on your own terms
- Choose from a list of over 200 accredited courses and electives
- NCAA-approved courses for student-athletes seeking scholarship opportunities in college or university
Citizens Success: Diego Dickson Lomba
We are so grateful to have a teacher like Mr. Allen in our son’s high school education journey. He has made a difference in Diego’s online high school experience. Mr. Allen continues to go the extra mile and we are pleased to see Diego succeed.
FAQ
Students can sign up for up to 6 individual courses at a time. However, CHS suggests no more than three courses if you are currently a full time student or working full time or part time.
Its up to you. Courses can be competed in as little as 28 days (one month). The cost is $59 per month. The quicker you complete the course, the less costly.
Once assignments are received by your instructor they have 24 hours to action your assignment and post the results.
Once assignments are received at CHS, we upload and send your assignments to your instructor within 48 hours. From there, your instructor has 48 hours to grade and complete the submission. CHS will then return your assignment within 48 hours.
Fill out the CHS Guaranteed Transfer Credit Form and present it to your school counselor. Once they approve the Guaranteed Transfer, the counselor will email the document to Citizens Administration Office (request the counselor provide you with a copy) and the CHS will set up the automatic transcript request to be sent once you have completed the course and received a final grade. Learn more here.
For best performance, you should access your courses with a computer that supports the most recent browser versions. It is recommended to use a computer five years old or newer with at least 1GB of RAM. You can also access your courses with the Canvas Student app. The Canvas Student app can be easily downloaded from your App Store. For parents, there is also the Canvas Parent App which allows you to track your student’s progress, see their current grades, and communicate with the teacher. Learn more here.
Our classes are designed to be completed in 16 weeks. Which means you will complete one lesson per week. However, in our self-paced model, if you want to accelerate your pace, it is possible to complete a course in a month. Each of our lessons are engaging and interactive. See for yourself in our course demo.
Yes. All teachers at COHS are state certified.
Yes, Citizens Online High School is regionally accredited through the MSACESS (Middle States Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools). We are also nationally accredited by DEAC (Distance Education Accrediting Commission). COHS has been nationally accredited for nearly 40 years, making us the second oldest active nationally accredited distance education high school in the United States. Learn more here.
Tuition payments will be automatically deducted from your account each month based on the day you enroll. A student who enrolls on the 10th of the month will be automatically charged on the 10th of every month moving forward.
Our online high school courses are designed to be completed in 16 weeks, with a focus on one lesson per week. By doubling or tripling the amount of lessons you complete each week, you can finish a course in as little as 28 days. As long as you are focusing on one lesson per week, it is up to you to set the pace that works best for your schedule.
For best performance, you should access your courses with a computer that supports the most recent browser versions. It is recommended to use a computer five years old or newer with at least 1GB of RAM. You can also access your courses with the Canvas Student app. The Canvas Student app can be easily downloaded from your App Store. For parents, there is also the Canvas Parent App which allows you to track your student’s progress, see their current grades, and communicate with the teacher. Learn more here.
Your CHS Teachers are state certified and here to help! You can reach out to your teacher via e-mail, telephone, or text message. On the home page of each course, each teacher provides their listed phone number, be prepared to leave a detailed voice message including your name, course, phone number including area code, and a brief description of your specific question. Learn more here.
Grading Scale for CHS courses is as follows:
A = 100% -90%
B = 89% – 80%
C = 79% – 70%
D = 69% – 60%
F = Below 60%
Citizens High School Offline courses can be completed from any location in the world, at any time of the day. You pick the setting and time that works for you. Instead of completing your studies online in front of a computer, the Offline course learning materials are mailed to your location. You are not required to have a computer or internet access to complete CHS Offline courses.
For best performance, you should access your courses with a computer that supports the most recent browser versions. It is recommended to use a computer five years old or newer with at least 1GB of RAM. You can also access your courses with the Canvas Student app. The Canvas Student app can be easily downloaded from your App Store. For parents, there is also the Canvas Parent App which allows you to track your students’ progress, see their current grades, and communicate with the teacher.
There are multiple ways in which a student or parent can get help and ask questions. You can live chat with our Student Services department via the website, or send us an email at studentservices@citizenshighschool.com. You can also call our student service or academics team at 1-866-740-4053 Monday through Friday 9AM – 5PM Eastern Standard Time.
