Marquette Explorer Program
The Marquette Explorer Program is a dual-enrollment program offered by Marquette University. This program offers qualified international high school students who have demonstrated dedication, ability, and motivations to begin taking college level courses while they are still in high school. This program is also available to first-year international undergraduate students around the world.
Dual-enrollment Programs are growing exponentially popularity among high school students exponentially, both domestically and internationally. Students who finish the dual-enrollment programs can not only graduate college early and save tuition, but also gain confidence by seeing their own achievements on managing college level coursework successfully.
A few advantages of the Marquette Explorer Program are:
- Earn Marquette’s college credits while in high school
- More likely to graduate college early and save college tuition
- Highly transferrable credits
- Diverse and rigorous curriculum
- Enhance students’ college applications
- Guaranteed admission to Marquette University
Course offering
The Marquette Explorer Program supervises partner high schools that offer Marquette courses at their institution. Most 1000 and 2000 level courses are available for our international partners to offer. Please refer to the popular course list below.
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BIOL 101
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General Biology 1
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BIOL 102
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General Biology 2
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CHEM 1001
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General Chemistry 1
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CHEM 1002
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General Chemistry 2
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COMM 1100
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Professional Communication
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COMM 1200
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Media in Society
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COMM 2500
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Communication Research
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COSC 1000
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Introduction to Computer Science
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COSC 1010
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Introduction to Software Development
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ECON 1103
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Principles of Microeconomics
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ECON 1104
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Principles of Macroeconomics
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ENGL 1001
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Foundations in Rhetoric
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ENGL 1002
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Foundations in Rhetoric 2
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HIST 1002
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Growth of Western Civilization since 1715
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HIST 1120
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Growth of the American Nation 1
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HIST 1121
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Growth of the American Nation 2
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HIST 1201
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History of Western Art
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HIST 1202
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History of Western Art 2
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MATH 1450
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Calculus 1
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MATH 1451
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Calculus 2
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MATH 1700
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Modern Elementary Statistics
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PHYS 1001
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General Physics 1
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PHYS 1002
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General Physics 2
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PSYC 1001
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General Psychology
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ANTH 2203
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Human Geography
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POSC 2201
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American Politics
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FIAR 1000
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Systems of Drawing: FYE100
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FIAR 1100
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Visual Language: FYE110
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FIAR 1501
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Digital 2D: FYE150
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Contact
The Marquette Explorer Program is developed and co-managed by Marquette University and the International Partnership of Education Research and Communication (IPERC). IPERC oversees the recruitment, screening, communication, student English evaluation, and other quality enhancement measures for the Marquette Explorer international students and international partner schools.
If you are a high school student interested in enrolling in the Marquette Explorer Program, or a school administrator who is interested offering the Marquette Explorer Program at your school, please contact Justin Osborn at justin.osborn@marquette.edu or globalrecruit1@marquette.edu for more information.
If you have any questions regarding Marquette University, please contact Yao Andrew.
Marquette University
Marquette University is a private Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881. The university was named after 17th-century missionary and explorer Father Jacques Marquette, S.J. Marquette is part of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and currently has a student body of about 12,000. Marquette is one of the largest Jesuit universities in the United States, and the largest private university in Wisconsin.
Marquette University's 11 colleges and schools deliver nationally recognized programs for undergraduates, graduate and professional students, and working professionals. For prospective undergraduate students, Marquette offers 83 majors and 80 minors, as well as pre-professional programs in dentistry, law and medicine. For postgraduate students, Marquette offers 66 doctoral and master's degree programs, 18 graduate certificate programs, and a School of Dentistry and Law School.
2022 Overall National Ranking
- 83 Best Colleges (U.S. News & World Report)
- 58 Best Undergraduate Teaching
- 54 Best Value Schools
- 6 Employment rate 95.55% (Zippia.com)
- 19 Best Schools for Internships (Princeton Review)
Highly Ranked Programs (Nationally):
- 16 Supply Chain Management (undergraduate)
- 21 Accounting (undergraduate)
- 22 Finance (undergraduate)
- 43 Nursing (undergraduate)
- 6 M.S Computing (online)
- 8 Dispute Resolution program
- 14 Legal Writing program
- 15 Executive MBA program
- 46 Part-time MBA program
- 60 Nursing, M.S.N.
- 70 Biomedical Engineering
- 70 Environmental Engineering
University Highlights
- 8,024 undergraduate students, 3,526 graduate students
- 83 undergraduate majors and 80 minors with pre-professional programs in dentistry/law/medicine
- 70+ master’s, doctoral graduate programs
- Undergraduate students are directly admitted to one of our seven undergraduate colleges
- Student-to-faculty ratio 13:1, 48% classes with fewer than 20 students
- Knowledgeable international student advisors, cultural adjustment and academic success services.
- Careers services to help students secure internships and jobs
- 16 NCAA Division I Athletics Teams 8 female teams and 8 male teams including basketball, lacrosse and soccer
- Cura Personalis: Care for the entire person; individualized attention