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About Dual Credit in Hutto
Dual credit is a program that allows high school students, including home school and private school students, to take postsecondary coursework and simultaneously earn college credit towards a high school diploma, a career certificate, or an associate degree. Also, dual credit allows high school students to earn credits on either the Temple College Campus or the Taylor and Hutto Centers. Students can also earn credit within the high school day - without leaving the high school setting.
Students must meet college readiness course placement prerequisites, complete all the registration steps, and pay tuition and fees to receive dual credit.
*Public high school students should see their school counselor to get registered
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Program
A system under which an eligible high school student enrolls in college course(s) and receives credit for the course(s) from both the college and the high school. While dual credit courses are often taught on the secondary school campuses to high school students only, applicable sections of these rules, §4.84(a) and §4.85(a), (b), (g), (h), (i) of this title (relating to Dual Credit Partnerships), apply irrespective of location or mode of delivery. Dual credit is also referred to as concurrent course credit; the terms are equivalent.
Through dual credit Memorandums of Understanding(MOU), Temple College has aligned several courses that meet both high school and college learning objectives. The courses are offered at local high schools, all Temple College teaching locations, and online.
Dual credit courses must meet the criteria set by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in Texas Administrative Code: 4.85.
- The course must be in the college’s “course inventory”.
- The course cannot be developmental or remedial.
- The course is listed under either the current Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) or the current Workforce Education Course Manual.
The course must be one the college’s core curriculum (in the college’s “course inventory”).
The course must NOT be developmental or remedial.
Middle College Program
Middle College is a designation given by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board that enables high school juniors and seniors who attend the Texas Bioscience Institute (TBI) to take more than two college courses per semester. Students who begin taking courses their junior year may earn as much as 58-60 college credits and seniors may earn 28-30 credits by high school graduation.
Middle College Program Benefits
- Increase the number of college credits students can obtain while still in high school.
- Make higher education more accessible, affordable, and attractive by bridging the divide between high school and college.
- Provide needed guidance and support from adults through the first two years of college.
- Facilitate the transition of motivated students to higher education.
Texas Bioscience Institute Middle College Program is available in Temple and Hutto.