North Texas NOW!

The high-value education you need for a competitive advantage in today’s economy is now available in Frisco. North Texas NOW! is a dual credit program with a project-based curriculum emphasizing collaboration, hands- on learning and problem solving.

You can start on a path toward a bachelor’s degree as a high school junior and gain skills that will get you hired.

More information on taking dual credit courses with UNT (PDF)

The Benefits:

  • Earn dual credit from a Tier One public research institution
  • Complete the Texas Core Curriculum while still in high school
  • Gain transferrable credit toward a bachelor's degree
  • Receive discounted tuition rate

The Experience:

  • Learn in a collaborative environment with renowned faculty
  • Discover the power of interactive, team-based problem solving
  • Experience an interdisciplinary approach to both teaching and learning
  • Study coursework centered around real-world problems

How it works

North Texas NOW! is a four-semester interdisciplinary, project-based learning experience designed around solving real-world problems. Your half- day of dual credit classes will engage you in discovering unique solutions while developing skills that employers identify as most desirable, including project management, collaborative thinking, data analysis, communication, creativity, decision-making and leadership. North Texas NOW! equips you for success — professionally, academically and personally.

The program includes courses to complete the Texas Core Curriculum, which is fully transferrable and required for bachelor’s degrees at public colleges and universities in Texas. You will be on track for a wide variety of university majors, including the following degrees offered at UNT at Frisco:

  • Consumer Experience Management
  • General Business
  • Integrative Studies: Project Design and Analysis
  • Integrative Studies: Strategic Corporate Communications
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Marketing
  • Psychology
  • More to come for Fall 2022!

What your schedule could look like

Junior Year - Fall Junior Year - Spring
  • College Writing I
  • History since 1865
  • Texas Government
  • Introduction to Communication
12 SCH
  • College Writing II
  • History to 1865
  • Art Appreciation
  • Sociology

12 SCH
Senior Year - Fall Senior Year - Spring
  • Literature I
  • Economics
  • Science
  • Probability and Statistics
12 SCH
  • Literature II
  • U.S. Government
  • Science
  • Computers in Business
12 SCH
Courses in green apply to the fully-transferrable 42 semester credit hour Texas Core Curriculum. Core requirements are subject to change per state, university or departmental requirements.
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Get in touch

Call: 972-668-7100
Email: dualcredit@unt.edu

Come see us

UNT at Frisco - Hall Park
2811 Internet Blvd., Suite 100 Frisco, Texas 75034