Earning College Credit in High School

WAYS TO EARN COLLEGE CREDIT IN HIGH SCHOOL

START COLLEGE NOW program for Technical Colleges in Wisconsin 

• General Information about the Start College Now program. 

• Start College Now Application 

• Common Courses at Technical Colleges 

• Start College Now Expectations Contract  or Contrato de Start College Now 

• Start College Now Program Check List 

• • DPI Start College Now Information link - https://dpi.wi.gov/dual-enrollment/start-college-now

CollEDGE UP via Southwest Technical College 

• General Information about  the CollEDGE UP program. 

• CollEDGE UP application 

EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT PROGRAM for UW System Colleges and Private Universities in Wisconsin

• General Information about the Early College Credit Program in Wisconsin

• Early College Credit Program  Application

• Common Courses at UW Schools 

• Early College Credit Program Expectations Contract or Contrato del programa de crédito universitario temprano 

• Early College Credit Program Checklist 

• • DPI Early College Credit Information link - https://dpi.wi.gov/dual-enrollment/eccp

General information for the START COLLEGE NOW, CollEDGE UP and EARLY COLLEGE CREDIT:

• Variety of courses available, but you must meet the prerequisites first.  

• Ultimately the colleges decide to admit you and/or allow you to take the courses.  Most are approved, so long as you meet the prerequisites. 

• If we offer a similar course at DHS, for example, Statistics, you must take the DHS Statistics first, before the Dodgeville School District will agree to pay for you to take the college Statistics class.  

• We pay for 18 college credits and books, so long as you pass the courses and return the books. 

• Any course you take at a college institution will count for college credit and high school credit, at a rate of .25 DHS credits for 1.0 college credit. 

  • • Application Deadlines:

      • March 1st for Fall Semester Courses 

      • October 1st for Spring Semester Courses

COLLEGE COURSES YOU CAN TAKE AT DHS THAT ARE FREE:

• English Composition I with Mrs. Burkhardt (1.0 English credit, 3 college credits)

AP COURSES

• You can earn college credit by taking any of our AP Courses, taking the exam at the end and scoring well.   The AP courses we offer are:

  • AP Literature and Composition, AP Language and Composition, AP US History, AP European History, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP 2D Art, AP 3D Art, AP Drawing, AP Computer Science.