WHAT IS DUAL CREDIT?
- A dual credit class offers students the chance to earn both high school credit AND college credit hours for 1 class.
- School districts match approved college courses to a high school course that closely aligns with the college course curriculum. This allows the high school to award credit for a high school course when the student passes the college course.
- Dual credit courses are taught by college professors from the high school’s partner college.
- High school students that take dual credit classes are also college students and therefore are required to complete the partner college’s application for admission and enrollment process. They must also meet the college’s enrollment requirements prior to enrolling in a dual credit course.
- The student is responsible for verifying transferability of course credit to the college/university of choice.
BENEFITS OF DUAL CREDIT
- Taking a dual credit class in high school will save a student both time and money.
- Students can work on core college credit hours before graduating high school so there are fewer classes that need to be completed when a student begins college coursework.
- Dual Credit classes offered through TVAH are FREE during the fall and spring school semesters!
- This means free college credit hours that students won’t have to pay for later at a university!
DUAL CREDIT OPTIONS
workforce dual credit
TVAH offers students the opportunity to take in-person dual credit classes that focus on specific career areas of study. These opportunities are offered at various community colleges across the state of Texas and the career pathways vary from campus to campus. To find out which options might be available near you as well as enrollment eligibility requirements, visit the Workforce Dual Credit Site.
academic dual credit
Virtual Academic Dual Credit classes are provided by Kilgore College online FOR FREE (paid for by TVAH). Any other virtual college classes taken by students will be paid for at the expense of the student and will be completed only for college credit and not for high school credit. TVAH pays for any approved fall and spring courses only.
Academic Dual Credit Course Offerings
Each of the following courses awards 3 college credit hours:
- BIOL 1408 – Biology for Non-Science Majors I
- High School Credit Awarded: Scientific Research & Design A – 1.0 credit
- BIOL 1409 – Biology for Non-Science Majors II
- High School Credit Awarded: Scientific Research & Design B – 1.0 credit
- BCIS 1305 – Business Computer Applications
- High School Credit Awarded: Business Information Management I – 0.5 credit
- EDUC 1300 – Learning Framework
- High School Credit Awarded: College Transition – 1.0 credit
- ENGL 1301 – Composition I
- High School Credit Awarded: English 3A – 0.5 credit
- ENGL 2326 – American Literature
- High School Credit Awarded: English 3B – 0.5 credit
- Must complete ENGL 1301 & ENGL 1302 prior to enrolling
- ENGL 1302 – Composition II
- High School Credit Awarded: English 4A – 0.5 credit
- Must complete ENGL 1301 prior to enrolling
- ENGL 2322 – British Literature
- High School Credit Awarded: English 4B – 0.5 credit
- Must complete ENGL 1301 & ENGL 1302 prior to enrolling
- MATH 1314 – College Algebra
- High School Credit Awarded: Algebra 2 – 1.0 credit
- HIST 1301 – US History to 1877
- High School Credit Awarded: Special Topics in Social Studies – 0.5 credit
- HIST 1302 – US History since 1877
- High School Credit Awarded: US History – 1.0 credit
- HIST 2321 – World Civilizations I
- High School Credit Awarded: World History A – 0.5 credit
- HIST 2322 – World Civilizations II
- High School Credit Awarded: World History B – 0.5 credit
- GOVT 2305 – Federal Government
- High School Credit Awarded: Government – 0.5 credit
- GOVT 2306 – Texas Government
- High School Credit Awarded: Special Topics in Social Studies – 0.5 credit
- ECON 2301 – Principles of Macroeconomics
- High School Credit Awarded: Economics – 0.5 credit
- MUSI 1306 – Music Appreciation
- High School Credit Awarded: Music Appreciation – 1.0 credit
- PSYC 2301 – Intro to Psychology
- High School Credit Awarded: Psychology – 0.5 credit
- SOCI 1301 – Intro to Sociology
- High School Credit Awarded: Sociology – 0.5 credit
- SPCH 1315 – Public Speaking I
- High School Credit Awarded: Public Speaking III – 0.5 credit
Academic Dual Credit Enrollment Eligibility
Colleges require students to have qualifying test scores from either the TSI, SAT, ACT, PSAT or STAAR tests in order to be eligible to enroll in dual credit courses. Qualifying test scores are listed for each test below.
- TSI Qualifying Scores
- Reading/ELA = 945-990 with Essay score of 5+
- Reading/ELA = Less than 945 with Diagnostic Score of 5+ with Essay score of 5+
- Math = 950-990
- Math = Less than 950 with Diagnostic Score of 6+
- FOR ECON 2301 ONLY: Math = Less than 950 with Diagnostic Score of 4+
- SAT Qualifying Scores
- Reading/ELA = 480+
- Math = 530+
- ACT Qualifying Scores (Taken prior to 2/15/2023)
- Reading/ELA = 19+ with Composite score of 23+
- Math = 19+ with Composit score of 23+
- ACT Qualifying Scores (Taken after 2/15/2023)
- Reading/ELA = 40+ Combined English & Reading Scores
- Math = 22+
- PSAT Qualifying Scores
- Reading/ELA = 460+
- Math = 510+
- STAAR Test Qualifying Scores
- English 2 STAAR Score = 4000+
- Algebra 1 STAAR Score = 4000+
- TSI Qualifying Scores
In addition to having a qualifying test score, students must also meet the following criteria:
- 3.00 GPA or better (recommended but not required)
- No failing grades in any core classes during the previous semester
Eligible students may take 2 dual credit courses during their first semester in the program and 3 dual credit courses in subsequent semesters once they have proven to be successful with the first course.
Students that do not pass a dual credit course will be removed from the program.
Enrollment Procedures
Students that are interested in dual credit opportunities with TVAH must first decide if they want in-person workforce dual credit or virtual academic dual credit. Refer to the Dual Credit Options Page for explanations of both.
Before requesting/enrolling in dual credit, please read through the I Understand Statements thoroughly.
In-Person Workforce Dual Credit
For students that are interested in workforce dual credit, please visit the Workforce Dual Credit Site to see the list of colleges offering this option.
If you have questions about these options, you will need to reach out to Ms. Salli Page with the Stride College & Career Prep Department. When emailing her please use the following in the subject line of your email – Dual Credit – & your student ID#
Virtual Academic Dual Credit
Students interested in virtual core academic dual credit should do the following:
- Review the course offerings in the Academic Dual Credit section on this page
- Add your name to the Dual Credit Interest List – https://tinyurl.com/DualCreditRequest-TVAH
- The dual credit coordinator will review your requests along with your transcript and test scores to determine if you qualify for your requested classes or if you need TSI testing. Based on what you qualify for, the dual credit coordinator will reach out to you and let you know what your next steps will be.
- Students that qualify for dual credit classes will be sent instructions on how to enroll with our partner college(s)
- Dual credit coordinator will submit student registration form, transcript & test scores to the college
504 & IEP Accommodations
- Students that receive accommodations for a disability via a 504 plan or IEP are also eligible to receive accommodations in their college dual credit class.
- It is important to note, however, that these accommodations are not automatically transferred over to the college prior to the start of the dual credit class.
- It is the responsibility of the parent & student to follow the college’s process for applying for accommodations in their college class.
- Students that do not reach out to the college and follow their processes set by thier disability services department will not get accommodations in their dual credit class.
- You can find instructions for contacting the Kilgore College office of disability services here – https://www.kilgore.edu/academics/support-services/accommodations-disability-services/.