If you live outside the United States, you can earn GE credits while waiting for your visa, missing undergraduate credits, or prepare to apply to a U.S. graduate program. If your dream school costs more than $239 per credit, you’ll also save big on tuition. Our accredited university courses transfer to almost all U.S. colleges and universities (please verify specific courses with your intended school).
Students everywhere leverage BYU Independent Study to learn at their pace. Online courses allow flexibility to your schedule to keep graduation plans on track, go back to school, earn prerequisite credit for graduate school, and much more.
Anyone—whether you are enrolled in an undergraduate school or not—can take BYU Independent Study courses and earn transferable credits anytime and anywhere (and you do not have to be admitted to Brigham Young University).
Supplementary courses can save your schedule for a class your school doesn’t offer, allow you to brush up on math skills, or allow for some much-needed travel!
Advanced high school students may opt to take eligible BYU Independent Study University courses that fulfill general education requirements, such as match, world languages, English, and physical science, and earn dual credit at your local high school and toward future undergraduate needs. All high school students can take concurrent enrollment courses, whether homeschooled, in a local school or enrolled full-time in BYU Online High School
Fill in scheduling gaps to help you finish graduation requirements, find pre-requisite or hard-to-find classes, prepare for a graduate program, or review needed skills.
All BYU Independent Study courses provide language and literacy support to students. Read aloud lesson text. Translate text from English to any of 68 languages. Click into a dictionary definition. Highlight passages or focus using screen masking.
Built-in equation accessibility and videos help explain difficult concepts. Ungraded self-checks precede graded quizzes and exams. Students work with materials and follow instructions in virtual science labs that give an experience similar to in-person labs.
Students download a template and take specific, guided notes as they study a unit of content. These graded assignments prepare students for quizzes and exams.
We offer free weekly tutoring through the BYU Student Success Center—up to two half-hour tutoring sessions per week. And our Customer Support team is ready to help students successfully complete their courses.
Enhanced teacher involvement includes responsive feedback, quicker grading, virtual office hours, and timely communications.
Feel free to reach out and we'll be happy to help.
“We are very thankful for the courses you offer and the credibility they carry with universities.”
—HS counselor, Oregon
“We are very thankful for the courses you offer and the credibility they carry with universities.”
—HS counselor, Oregon
