NCSSM Connect
Distance education courses offered to NC high school students via interactive video conferencing
NCSSM Connect
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Connect program provides distance education courses to schools across the state. NC public high school students at participating partner schools can supplement the curriculum offered in their home high school by taking tuition-free, honors-level, and AP courses in STEM and humanities from NCSSM via interactive video conferencing.
About NCSSM Connect
NCSSM Connect students collaborate in project teams and whole-class discussions with students at other schools across the state — developing skills valued by business and industry. During class, teachers use group activities and cutting-edge instructional technology to facilitate active participation, with project-based learning and cross-site collaboration among peers around the state. NCSSM teachers monitor the class in real time, assessing student learning and ensuring that students engage with the course materials and with each other.
Registration must be requested and facilitated by a student’s home high school, which must be an NCSSM Connect partner. Students should contact their school counselor if they are interested in taking an NCSSM Connect course, and counselors may contact NCSSM to initiate a partnership.
2023-2024 course catalog
Includes course descriptions, prerequisites, meeting times, course requirements, PowerSchool codes, and course introduction videos.
NCSSM Connect quick facts
• NCSSM has offered the tuition-free supplementary honors and AP courses now known as NCSSM Connect to North Carolina schools since 1994 (previously called Interactive Videoconferencing Courses, or IVC, and Open Enrollment courses).
• All NCSSM instructors have an advanced degree in their subject area.
• NCSSM operates four NCSSM Connect studios.
• NCSSM Connect courses have PowerSchool codes.
• Courses are offered in 70-minute blocks throughout the school day.
• NCSSM accommodates multiple school calendars.
• There is no student application to NCSSM for NCSSM Connect courses; however, some courses do have prerequisites.
• Classes are capped at 25 students.
• Enrollment is first-come, first-served, and registration must be completed by school personnel.
NCSSM Connect FAQ
NCSSM Connect courses are live, synchronous courses taught by NCSSM faculty to students in their home schools. All NCSSM Connect courses are tuition-free.
The NCSSM Connect program allows schools across North Carolina to offer AP and honors-level STEM and humanities courses from NCSSM that would otherwise be unavailable. The program offers courses such as Honors Aerospace Engineering, Honors Physics, and Honors African American Studies.
Partnership is open to North Carolina Public Schools, and courses are available to students in grades 9-12.
Students and parents should contact their school’s counselor for more information. Only school personnel can register students for classes.
For more information
If you have any questions, please complete the form below, email connect@ncssm.edu, or contact Camilla Brothers, Director of Instructional Leadership.
