Dual Enrollment Course Offerings

Vista Unified School District is partnering with Palomar College & Cal State, San Samcos to offer college course FREE of charge to high school student!

What is Dual Enrollment?

College courses taught by college faculty for college credit on our high school campus.

Why take Dual Enrollment courses?

Explore courses, majors, and careers while earning credit towards certificates, degrees, and transfer goals.

Who should enroll?

Students interested in the available classes can enroll, and also access the FREE tutoring, library, and other support services available to all Palomar College students.

What is the cost of Dual Enrollment?

Courses, textbooks, and materials are FREE to Dual Enrollment students.

Is there an additional test or requirements to earn credit, like AP classes?

Students earn college credit as long as they pass the course with a C or higher. There is no additional test a student has to take outside of the college coursework.

See Mrs. Parli for more information, chivonparli@vistausd.org

Proposed Dual Enrollment Electives For 2026-2027

Palomar Dual Enrollment Courses

Palomar College The California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC)

English

MVHS: (E560) Palomar: Oral Communication - COMM C1000

(Abbr. Transcript Title: DE Oral Communication)

Prerequisite: Successful completion of AP English Lit or English 11 and Enrollment in AP Eng Lang or ERW

Transfer acceptability: CSU; UC

Course Meets Palomar College Cal-GETC: AREA 1: ENGLISH COMMUNICATION

Students will need to enroll in Palomar College, as this course is offered through Dual Enrollment, and you will be earning college credits

In this course, students learn and apply foundational rhetorical theories and techniques of public speaking in a multicultural democratic society. Students discover, develop, and critically analyze ideas in public discourse through research, reasoning, organization, composition, delivery to a live audience and evaluation of various types of speeches, including informative and persuasive speeches. Emphasis will be placed on the collection, analysis, and organization of material appropriate to typical public address situations, as well as on the linguistic, vocal, and physical skills needed for effective delivery.

Math

MVHS: Calculus 3 (DEM205) Palomar: MATH 205 Calculus With Analytic Geometry, Third Course

(Abbr. Transcript Title: DE Calculus w/ Analytic Geo3rd)

Prerequisite: Successful completion of AP Calculus B/C (It is Strongly Suggested to pass AP Calc test with 3 or higher) or Palomar Math 141

Transfer acceptability: CSU; UC

Course Meets Palomar College Cal-GETC: Area 2: MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING

Students will need to enroll in Palomar College as this course is offered through Dual Enrollment, and you will be earning college credits.

Vectors in the plane and space, three-dimensional coordinate system and graphing, vector-valued functions and differential geometry, partial differentiation, multiple integration, and vector calculus.

CSUSM Dual Enrollment Course

Computer Science

MVHS: (M450) CSUSM: CYBR 210: Introduction to Cybersecurity

(Abbr. Transcript Title: DE IntrotoCybSec)

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Web Programing, Machine Learning or Computer Gaming

This course is offered through Dual Enrollment, and you will be earning college credits.

Units: 3

Introduces the core areas in the field of cybersecurity including but not limited to cyber attacks, cyber defense, risk, vulnerabilities, threats, CIA, DoS, DDoS, social engineering (e.g., phishing, hacking), principles of secure design, and defensive coding, security measures and mitigation in the computer system and network. Covers cybersecurity law and ethics. Provides students with tools and skills in reporting on current events in cybersecurity.

Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted to students in the Cybersecurity major.

2025 Dual Enrollment Offerings-CSUSM.pdf

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