Dual Enrollment
The benefits of Dual Enrollment
High School students take college course on their High School campus, taught by college faculty or High School teacher who meets Minimum Qualifications to teach college-level course:
- All students services fees are waived
- All Unit fees are waived
- Textbooks are provided for all on high school campus college courses
- The program is FREE to all students
- Students can take up to 15 college units between the high school and the college campus each major term
- Builds confidence
- Students are on their home campus which is less intimidating when starting college courses
- Students don't need to worry about transportation to the college campus
- Dual Enrolment gets the student on their program of study(pathway) faster which saves the student time and money
- Not sure which pathway to choose? The program is a great way for students to explore different pathways at no cost and not wasting their college years on experimentation of courses
- The Dual Enrollment program helps to transition the students from high school to college rigor, policies and procedures
- Credit-bearing college courses are counted as core courses or elective high school credits
- Most college courses are CSU and or UC approved.
- Dual Enrollment courses, in most cases, are a weighted grade for the student high schools GPA
- Student earns college grade based on multiple and varied assessments throughout a course, not just from one high-stakes test
- Student earns transcript college credit at the time they successfully pass the course