Available College Programs

Three opportunities to earn college credit exist for students in high school. Students may earn credit through Concurrent Enrollment, Dual Enrollment, and potential credit through successful performance on an Advanced Placement exam. The THEA (Texas Higher Education Assessment) test is required before any student is allowed to enroll. High school counselors are prepared to help students take advantage of these programs.

CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT

The concurrent enrollment program is designed to provide students with the opportunity to complete college courses during their last two years of high school at any university or college campus. The concurrent college class is taken on the student’s own time, and there is not a designated period in the high school schedule to allot for concurrent classes. Concurrent college classes do not count as a high school credit and will not be added to the high school transcript or calculate in the GCISD GPA. Any college course approved through GCISD for Dual credit (high school and college credit) is considered a Dual credit course, not concurrent enrollment. Please see the Dual credit description in the Course Selection Guide. Any student taking a college level course on a college campus must speak to their counselor and fill out the required paperwork PRIOR to enrolling.

(Enrollment Based)

Course No. NONE

Semesters: 1-2

Credits: College Only

Prerequisite: Junior or Senior Classification; Meet College Entrance Requirements

DUAL ENROLLMENT

The Dual Enrollment Program allows students to take courses that apply toward both high school and college graduation. Only a limited number of courses meet the strict requirements of this program. Students must maintain a 70 or above to receive high school credit for the course. All GCISD approved Dual credit courses will be added to the high school transcript. See the table below for how each course calculates into the Ranking GPA. Students can take a maximum of 8 periods each year of high school, which includes Dual credit courses. If a Dual credit course offered on the high school campus does not make due to low enrollment, students may take the course on the college campus if they qualify. All Dual credit courses taken on a college campus will take the place of a release period. Juniors can take a maximum of one Dual credit course per semester on the college campus. Seniors can take a maximum of three Dual credit courses per semester on the college campus. Any student taking a college level course on a college campus must speak to their counselor and fill out the required paperwork PRIOR to enrolling.

(Enrollment Based)

Semesters: 1-2

Credits: High School and College. All courses receive 0.5 high school credit with the exception of the math courses which receive 1.0 high school credit each.

Prerequisite: Junior or Senior Classification

Meet TCC Early Entrance Requirements

The following Tarrant County College (TCC) courses are available for Dual credit:

TEXAS VIRTUAL SCHOOL NETWORK

Texas Education Code 26.0031 requires that at the time and in the manner that a school district or open-enrollment charter school informs students and parents about courses that are offered in the district’s or school’s traditional classroom setting, the district or school shall notify parents and students of the option to enroll in a course offered through the state virtual school network under Chapter 30A.