What is a Dual Credit Course? A Dual Credit course is a class where students earns both high school and college credit at the same time. These classes are taught at Century during normal school hours. Century offers 30 Dual Credit courses that satisfy 8 of ISU's 9 General Education Requirements. Finishing these general requirements now can save you anywhere from a semester to an entire year of college!
Who pays for Dual Credit Courses? Idaho has a program called Advanced Opportunities that allocates $4,125 for every student to pay for Dual Credit courses, Overload courses, and AP tests. To access these funds, you must create an Advanced Opportunities account and submit a funding request for each Dual Credit course you take. See the Advanced Opportunities tab for more information and instructions.
What are the Admission Requirements? To qualify for ISU Dual Credit, you must be at least 16 years old and have a 2.7 GPA.
What happens if students fail? Dual Credit grades go permanently on both your high school and college transcripts. A bad grade in a Dual Credit class affects your college GPA. Instead of starting college with a clean slate, you would start college on academic probation. There are also financial consequences. If you fail or withdraw from a Dual Credit class, Advanced Opportunities will not pay for additional courses until you pay for the next course, to make up for tax-payer money spent on failure.
Dual Credit courses are an amazing opportunity to kickstart your college career, but always be mindful of the risks and consequences.
The grades on your college transcript will follow you after college.
Only sign up for a Dual Credit class if you are absolutely confident you will earn a strong grade.
Dual Credit Offered At Century High School
How Dual Credits Fulfill ISU General Education Requirements
Dual Credit Prerequisites
What is a prerequisites? Prerequisites are conditions that must be fulfilled before you can take a class for Dual Credit, usually a previous course or a qualifying test score.
Which dual credit courses have prerequisites? English, Math, and Physics.
What is the ALEKS test? The ALEKS test is a math placement exam that can fulfill the prerequisite for all Math and Physics Dual Credit classes. The ALEKS test is free. You can take it up to 5 times, but retakes will be "locked" until you complete 4-5 hours of the practice modules that ALEKS assigns you based on your previous testing attempt. Only about one-third of students pass the ALEKS test on their first try, which is why you can retake it 4 more times for free. As you are taking the test, the better you do, the harder the test becomes. It's trying to gauge your highest math level to place you in the correct course. You must have already applied to ISU's Early College Program when you take the ALEKS test.
When can I take the ALEKS test? Talk to the College and Career Advisors in the Counseling Center to schedule a time to take the ALEKS test. It is a proctored test. You can either take it here at Century on your district Chromebook or at home on a non-Chromebook device that has a webcam. When taking the ALEKS test at home you are required to use a Lockdown Browser that uses the webcam to monitor you, but it does not work on Chromebooks.