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Dual Enrollment

Dual Enrollment provides high school students the opportunity to take college-credit-bearing courses taught by college-approved high school teachers in the student's home high school building. The term "Dual Enrollment" means a program offered by a partnership between at least one institution of higher education and at least one local educational agency. Secondary school students who have not graduated from high school with a regular high school diploma are able to enroll in one or more postsecondary courses. Students can earn postsecondary credit that is transferable to the institutions of higher education in the partnership. Credits can apply toward completion of a degree or recognized educational credential as described in the Higher Education Act.

Students gain exposure to the academic challenges of college while in their supportive high school environment, earning transcripted college credit at the time they successfully pass the course. Essentially, dual enrollment prepares students for success in college and careers by increasing access to higher education, lowering the cost of college, and shortening student time to earn a degree or certification.

Credits Transfer

Students begin creating an official college transcript with participation in a dual enrollment course. College institutions determine the transferability of credit, but typically credits transfer as follows:

  • AP Courses transfer as general education requirements in either humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, or mathematics to 4-year/2-year institutions.
  • Concurrent Enrollment (CE) courses transfer as required credits at the issuing institution towards an associate’s degree or certification, or to a similar 2-year institution with like programming, or may transfer as elective credits at 4-year institutions.

Students should request transcripts from any college he/she has earned dual enrollment credit with and provide them to the college/university during the admission process. It is the student’s responsibility to disclose any college credit earned during high school, whether from an AP or CE dual enrollment course to their college advisor.

Dual Enrollment Classes at Benson

  • Cambridge Advanced English Language -MCC
  • Cambridge Advanced English Literature -UNO
  • Cambridge Spanish Language- UNO
  • Computer Graphic Design 5-6- MCC
  • Foundations of Healthcare 1-2- UNO
  • Medical Terms and Medical Pathology- UNO
  • Honors Sports Medicine -UNO
  • Introduction to Exercise Science- UNO
  • AP US Government and Politics- UNO
  • AP Comparative Government- UNO
  • MCC Business Math 1220
  • MCC Technical Math 1240
  • Honors Personal Finance - MCC

Should a staff change occur, dual enrollment for each course is contingent upon authorization by the cooperating university.