BYU Independent Study has over 98 years of experience and commitment to expanding educational opportunities for students in over 90 countries worldwide. High school and middle school courses are of the highest quality in terms of relevance and rigor and are accredited by several commissions including Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS). Online high school and middle school courses strongly lend themselves to preparation for university studies and lifelong learning.

• Targeting students in grades 7 – 12
• The flexibility of online courses enables students to access them when and where they choose
• Online courses can be taken independently or with the instructional assistance and facilitation of a highly qualified CapstoneCore tutor
• With online courses, students can listen to lessons at their own pace
• Lesson content can be “packaged” into manageable amounts reinforcing greater comprehension and connections to prior learning
• Online courses allow for acceleration, reinforcement of classroom studies, credit recovery

• Learning activities that connect to the student’s prior experiences
• Complex thinking and challenging activities
• Language and literacy development
• Emphasis on development of and application of critical thinking skills
• Emphasis on vocabulary building skills
• Strong development of communication skills through active listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities that engage the student
• Project-based learning
• Cross curricular connections between the core academic areas of English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies