Dual Credit

How It Works:


Valle Verde CampusEl Paso Community College offers core courses to qualified high school seniors and juniors in the high school campuses during daytime periods.  Students receive both high school credit and college credit for the course they take in the Dual Credit Program.  The College class is a replacement rather than an addition.  The course are taught by certified college instructors.


To Qualify Students Must Complete the Following Requirements:

  • You have to be classified as a junior or senior.
  • Complete an Admission Application Form.
  • Submit current high school transcript.
  • Submit Early Admission Form signed by student, parent, and high school principal.
  • Take Placement Exam.
  • Attend New Student Orientation.

Courses:


Instruction and materials for the Dual Credit Program must be at the equivalent level of instruction and material used for the identical course taught at the college.  Dual Credit Program courses must be identified as college-level academic courses in the current edition of the Community College General Academic Course Guide Manual or as college-level technical courses in an approved Tech-Prep or Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Degree or Certificate Program.


Tuition and Fees are Waived


Placement Test at school site is free if at least 15 students enroll to take the test;otherwise the test is $10.00 (re-test are $15.00 regradless of site).

  • Participating district and HS
  • Distance Learming
  • Intra-Local Agreement
  • Dual Credit Handbook
  • New Student Orientations (PowerPoint)
  • Testing Link
  • Download E.A.


 

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