Dual Credit

See below for more information on the Dual Credit Opportunities offered at LAHS, UNM-LA, & NNMC!!

Dual Credit Opportunities at Los Alamos High School 

1. Students who are enrolled in Marketing: An Introduction in the Fall and will complete Marketing: An Introduction in the Spring -- Business credit at UNM-LA (counts toward a certificate in marketing)  

2. Students who are enrolled in Marketing and Business Ownership in the Fall and will complete Marketing and Business Ownership in the Spring -- Business credit at UNM-LA 

3. Students who are enrolled in Marketing, Management & Legal Environment of Business in the Fall and will complete Marketing, Management & Legal Environment of Business in the Spring -- Business credit at UNM-LA 

4. Students who have completed Business Software I (previously Desktop Publishing) with a C or better and will complete Business Software II (previously Information Management) with a C or better in the Spring -- Computer credit at UNM-LA (counts toward a certificate in marketing) 

5. Students who have completed Robotics I with a C or better and complete Robotics II  with a C or better in the Spring -- Electronics credit at UNM-LA (counts toward a certificate in electro- mechanical technologies) 

 Dual Credit Opportunities at UNM-LA & NNMC

Eligible students may also earn dual credit by enrolling for elective courses that are offered at the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) and/or Northern New Mexico College (NNMC), located in Española, with approval. 

Check out their course catalogs by clicking the school name above.

Some of the courses offered that many of our students have taken include (but are not limited to):

• COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR ALL

• EMT BASICS

• GREEK CIVILIZATION

• GREEK MYTHOLOGY

• INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY

• INTRODUCTION TO CADD

• INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY

• INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

• INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING

• INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

• LOGIC REASONING CRITICAL THINKING

• MUSIC APPRECIATION ROCK & ROLL

• NUTRITION FOR HEALTH

• PUBLIC SPEAKING

• SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANCE

• THE BLUE PLANET

Application Process for dual credit enrollment: 

1. Schedule an appointment with your counselor at LAHS to determine those courses at UNM-LA or NNMC that are eligible for dual credit and to discuss deadlines, which are typically earlier than regular registration at UNM-LA or NNMC. LAHS counselor  approval is required to register for any dual credit course.  Dual credit information sessions are required meetings that must be attended in order to participate in dual credit.

2. Get a copy of your LAHS transcript from the registrar. Get a copy of the dual credit application packet from your LAHS counselor.

3. Submit the completed application to your LAHS counselor. 

4. Cost: All tuition costs are covered by UNM-LA or NNMC. All book costs are covered by Los Alamos Public Schools. Students are responsible for course-specific fees.