Olivet Nazarene University

Through their YourWay Program, Olivet Nazarene University offers a number of self-paced classes for $50 per credit (as of January 2021). Unlike many other credit options, you pay for your class after you are done and not before you have started. These classes are only available to students with a high school diploma or GED. There is no fee for applying to the program but you must provide proof of graduation in order to be accepted. If you don't have access to your HS graduation information but you do have a transcript from another college or university then this is sufficient. For the purposes of the YourWay program, an unofficial transcript is good enough for enrollment.

Course Structure/Content
Because ONU does not wish to have its course details made public at this time, details here will also remain vague.

Each class is broken up into different modules and each module is broken down into different units. Each unit has an estimated time to completion but these may not take into account the external reading and almost certainly don't take into account the time needed to complete the required assignments. In addition to readings, there are also videos most/all units.

At the end of each unit, there is a Trailhead/Salesforce quiz. These are similar to the Study.com quizzes. But, if you get everything right on the first try, you get 100 points. Second attempt, 50 points. Subsequent attempts, 25 points. For ONU classes, these points seem to be there mainly to track your progress because they don't appear to have any bearing on your grade. In addition to the quiz, there is also an easily-missed link to an assignment that must be completed. These may be multiple-choice tests. These may be written assessments. It depends on the class. These assignments are graded.

The modules themselves may be completed either on a computer or on a mobile device. ONU modules have nominally been tested to work with Chrome on Android and Safari on iOS. However, you may not use the Salesforce mobile app to access ONU courses. Your mobile browser may try to suggest that you download the app but the app doesn't actually connect to the ONU courses; only to the Salesforce-branded Trails. It is unknown if this will change in the future.

Although self-paced, ONU courses contain at least as much work as any RA option. They are certainly more work than most ASU EA courses. Students should not expect to accelerate through these classes in the same way that one may accelerate through courses from institutions like Study.com or Sophia.org.

Available courses
As of March 2020, there are only a handful of courses available to students. More are planned for future months. Currently available courses include:


 * BIB 105 - Introduction to Christianity
 * BIB 110 - Introduction to World Religions
 * BIB 215 - Understanding the Bible
 * BIO 201 - General Biological Science
 * COM 105 - Oral Communication
 * ENG 109 - College Writing I
 * ENG 200 - College Writing II
 * ENG 204 - World Literature
 * ENG 301 - Thematic Studies in Literature (UL)
 * FAC 126 - Nutrition, Health, and Fitness
 * FIN 105 - Fine Arts
 * GEO 121 - Physical Geography
 * HIS 210 - Western Civilization
 * HIS 379 - Latin American History and Politics (UL)
 * MTH 117 - Finite Math
 * MTH 120 - Introduction to Statistics
 * PSC 223 - American Government
 * SOC 120 - Introduction to Sociology
 * THE 300 - Faith and Contemporary Issues (UL)
 * THE 310 - Christianity and Culture (UL)

HIS379 is expected to work for the non-western history requirement for a history degree at TESU or COSC. Ethnic Relations, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and Chemistry are classes that are expected to be added in the near future.