About Our Courses
McMurry partners with TEL Education to construct and deliver online dual credit courses. Dual credit courses are designed to provide students with an intuitive and structured online experience. Highly qualified instructors provide student support as students engage in self-paced courses. The McMurry Dual Credit Academy, in partnership with TEL education, is an excellent opportunity for dual credit students to obtain valuable college experience at an affordable price.
Approved students may enroll in McMurry DCA courses that are offered by their respective high schools. The complete DCA course catalog is listed below but your high school may limit course selection. Learn more about the application, admission, and registration process to begin your DCA journey. Consult your high school counselor for course offerings provided to your high school.
McMurry dual credit academy courses are transferable to most two-year and four-year institutions in the state and across the nation. Texas Common Course Numbers are provided for DCA courses in the descriptions below when applicable. Course transfer differs from university to university, and it is recommended that you check with the receiving institution to confirm transferability.
Course selections are made in students’ application portals prior to the beginning of each semester. Students may enroll in 12 hours each semester. Students who wish to enroll in additional hours can seek approval from their high school counselor or principal.
Students local to the Abilene area who would like to take in-person courses on the McMurry campus may request to do so. Our Registrar’s Office will walk through the course registration process on an individual basis to ensure students are enrolling in suitable courses.
Online Courses
Credit Hours: 4
Designed as a course for general education credit in Natural Science for non-majors. An introduction to the fundamental principles and processes of life, including the diversity of life, the nature of cells, the principles of heredity basic organismal, physiology, evolution, and the interdependence of life. Concurrent enrollment in lab BIOL 1401L required.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 1
TCCN: BIOL 1408
Credit Hours: 3
This course includes discussion of the responsibilities and obligations in global society; principles and problem-solving techniques related to major social problems confronting business organizations; business ethics and corporate social responsibility; and inductive and deductive reasoning in new venture creation. Students will become proficient in research in business ethics, globalization, and entrepreneurship.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 4
Designed as a course for McMurry general education credit in Natural Science for students who do not major or minor in science or engineering. Students who have not had chemistry courses prior to enrollment in the University should take this course before taking any other chemistry course. A general introduction to concepts that are fundamental to chemistry, such as atomic structure, chemical bonding, acids and bases, oxidation and reduction, and nuclear chemistry. Topics studied may vary depending on the focus of the course (forensic chemistry, environmental chemistry, etc.). Concurrent enrollment in lab CHEM 1400L required.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 1
TCCN: CHEM 1405
Credit Hours: 3
An introductory study and application of the basic principles of communication. This course is an option for the general education requirements in the oral communication competency. Emphasis is placed on the acquisition of communication skills that can be applied in interpersonal, small group, and public speaking contexts. Specific concepts explored by this course include self concept and esteem, leadership, conflict management, diversity and intercultural communication issues, listening, nonverbal, communication anxieties, and ethical considerations as both the sender and receiver of messages
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
TCCN: SPCH 1311
Credit Hours: 3
An introductory course for all students. Required course for COSC major and IT major and minor. Topics covered include the development of algorithms, implementation of algorithms, solving software problems, program design, and error handling. Various software design techniques are implemented in a programming language. Students must have a laptop computer.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
Designed to partially fulfill the Business Core Course Requirement for the BBA, and optional for the General Education Requirement for Personal and Global Perspectives. Economic principles that focus on households, business firms, industries and international trades. Includes demand, supply, costs of production, and the market structures of pure competition, oligopoly, monopolistic competition and monopoly.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
TCCN: ECON 2302
Credit Hours: 3
Required for all degree programs, this course provides an intensive study and practice of the fundamental principles of exposition leading to the habit of effective writing. Classes, limited in size, are workshops with individual instruction.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
TCCN: ENGL 1301
Credit Hours: 3
Required for all degree programs, this course acquaints students with the written analysis of literary works including representative examples of poetry, drama, and prose fiction.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1310
Lecture Hours: 3
TCCN: ENGL 1302
Credit Hours: 3
Survey of world civilization from its origins to the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe. Comparison of European civilization with the non-Western world: Far East, India, Africa, the Americas.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
TCCN: HIST 2321
Credit Hours: 3
General survey of American history to 1877, concentrating on colonial foundation, national growth, Civil War, and Reconstruction. Problems of the nature of history.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
TCCN: HIST 1301
Credit Hours: 3
General survey of American history since 1865, concentrating on economic, social, political, and intellectual developments. Problems of historical evidence and research.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
TCCN: HIST 1302
Credit Hours: 3
Topics covered in this course include linear and quadratic functions, systems of linear equations and matrices, exponential and logarithmic functions, inequalities, and linear programming. A graphing calculator is recommended. MATH 1311 or a higher-level mathematics course fulfills the General Education requirement for BA and BBA degrees. Consult requirements for your major to see if this course is required.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
TCCN: MATH 1314
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on conveying the power of mathematics by showing a variety of problems that can be modeled and solved by quantitative means. This course will give a broad sense of what Math is about and how it applies to everyday life. Some of the topics this course may include are Management Science, Statistics, The Science of Data, Voting and Social Choice, Fairness and Game Theory, The Digital Revolution, On size and Growth, and Your Money and Resources.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
TCCN: MATH 1332
Credit Hours: 3
This course fulfills the fine arts general education requirement. The music appreciation survey course is designed to provide students with the foundation to understand and appreciate basic elements of music through critical and creative thinking/listening. These elements will be taught through the focus on a single musical style, such as Rock & Roll, Jazz, World Music, R&B and Hip Hop. The style to be covered in the course will be announced every semester and will be on a rotating schedule.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
TCCN: MUSI 1306
Credit Hours: 3
For all students. This course acquaints students with the fundamental problems of philosophy and the cardinal issues confronted in major areas of philosophy, aimed at giving historical background in philosophical, scientific, and religious traditions as well as providing resources for understanding issues and problems of contemporary society.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
TCCN: PHIL 1301
Credit Hours: 4
This course is intended for non-science majors. Optional course for general education requirements in Natural Science. This is a one-semester course covering the basic principles of classical and modern physics. No mathematics preparation beyond high school algebra and geometry is assumed.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 1
TCCN: PHYS 1410
Credit Hours: 3
A required course for majors, minors, and students in teacher education programs. Optional for the general education requirement in Global, Societal, and Personal Perspectives Society and Self section. An introductory course which surveys the historical origin, the constitutional basis, the forms, powers, and functions of the federal government.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
TCCN: GOVT 2305
Credit Hours: 3
Designed as a course for anyone interested in psychology, and is required for psychology majors, minors, and nursing majors, and is optional for the General Education Requirement for Personal and Global Perspectives. This course is an overview of the scientific study of factors underlying human and animal behavior. Topics include physiological bases of behavior, learning, development, personality theories, social interaction, psychological disorders, and therapy.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
TCCN: PSYC 2301
Credit Hours: 3
An introductory level course for all students. Satisfies 3 hours General Education requirement for Understanding Christian Tradition. The course is a general introduction to the history, theology, and social impact of Christianity past and present with attention given to the relationship of Christianity to persons and institutions in the modern world.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3
This course satisfies 3 hours General Education requirement for Understanding Christian Tradition. The course is a survey of the Old Testament which investigates the history of the Hebrew people, the nature and development of their relationship with God, and the transmission of their tradition and experience in literary form.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 4
For students who have had no previous instruction in the language, or have had one year or less of high school Spanish. Introduces patterns of pronunciation, basic conversation, grammar, reading and writing exercises, and aspects of Hispanic civilization. One hour of laboratory practice a week is required.
Prerequisites: None
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 1
TCCN: SPAN 1411
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More Options
Associate Degree
DCA students may pursue the Associate of Science degree. Students are encouraged to work with their high school counselor to plan their dual credit course work.
Fast Tracks
McMurry Dual Credit Academy courses are transferable to most colleges and universities; however, these courses are approved by our faculty to match core curriculum, major, minor, and/or elective requirements at McMurry University. Students are able complete several hours of our first-year curriculum through the Academy before starting as a freshman. Taking Dual Credit Academy courses now permits students the opportunity to finish a bachelor’s degree faster at McMurry University.