Students can begin taking Dual Credit college courses beginning their sophomore year at Greer Middle College. Students who pass a Dual Credit college course receive credit for both a completed high school course at the Advanced Placement level and college course credit toward a college degree.
In order to take college course, students must complete the following process:
GMC students meeting the following criteria are eligible to enroll in a Dual Credit course.
Students must complete their freshmen year with a 3.5 minimum GPA and have passed all course work. Juniors and seniors are required to have a minimum 3.0 GPA and have passed all course work the previous year.
Students must take and pass the Accuplacer test in the required areas. SAT and/or ACT scores can be used in some instances.
Accuplacer will be given in the Fall/Spring for 10th, 11th, and 12th graders.
For 9th graders, Accuplacer will be given during Spring SLCs (More information to come in your student's IGP meeting)
Students need to have the recommendation of teachers. Maturity is the biggest single success factor, so teacher input is important. Students need to be independent learners, show time management skills, be organized and be able to self-advocate.
Any student who qualifies for the program must complete and sign a GMC Middle College Program Contract. Two important provisions of this contract are:
1. GMC will cover the cost of a certain number of college courses per semester. If a student wishes to take additional college courses in a given semester, then the student will be responsible for covering the additional tuition costs. The Course Allotment and Tuition Schedule for each class is: