Dual Enrollment

What is Dual Enrollment?

Dual Enrollment is a program that offers high school students the opportunity to begin working toward a college degree by earning college credit and high school credit simultaneously. The Dual Enrollment program provides an academically rigorous program that accelerates learning in a collegiate environment. The college courses blend the curriculum as a coherent unit of college-level work infused into a single academic program that meets both high school and college requirements. These courses can substitute for high school courses. This program gives students a jumpstart on a college education and career.

What are the benefits to Dual Enrollment?

Dual Enrollment provides an opportunity for qualified high school students to enhance their education by enrolling early in college courses and allowing them to progress toward their next academic goal without waiting until high school graduation. Studies show that students who acquire college credits while still in high school are more likely to graduate and continue their formal education.

Additional Dual Enrollment Benefits:

• Allows students to receive high school and college credit simultaneously.
• Eliminates the duplication of courses taken in high school and college.
• Shortens the time required to complete an undergraduate degree.
• Permits students to accumulate credits before entering college to be able to graduate from college early or on time.
• Provides students with a broader range of courses, allowing them to complete general education courses required at most colleges and will enable them to explore different fields before declaring a major.
• Facilitates a seamless transition from high school to college.
• Lowers the cost of post-secondary education, thus reducing the financial burden for families and students.

Dual Enrollment Participation Options

Memphis-Shelby County Schools has a unique Dual Enrollment program that includes multiple college partners with various enrollment options. These options help meet the needs of schools and students, making Dual Enrollment more accessible.

1. Students can attend classes on the college campus after school or on weekends.
2. High school teachers can be credentialed through the college or university to teach Dual Enrollment classes on high school campuses.
3. College professors can teach college courses on high school campuses during or after school.
4. Students can enroll in online college courses.

How is Statewide Dual Credit different from Dual Enrollment?

Statewide Dual Credit courses are college-level courses taught at the high-school level by trained high-school teachers. All students enrolled in a statewide dual credit course take the online challenge exam. Students which meet or exceed the exam ‘cut score’ receive college credit that can be applied to any Tennessee public postsecondary institution. These courses are governed by the TDOE.

Dual Enrollment courses are college courses taught at colleges by professors or at high schools by vetted adjunct high school teachers. Students who successfully pass the course receive high school and college credit, there is no determining challenge exam. DE college credits may be transferrable to other colleges. These courses are governed by the partnering postsecondary institutions.

Who are MSCS's college partners?

• Baptist Health Sciences University
• Bethel University
• Christian Brothers University (Special partnership with Middle College High)
• LeMoyne-Owen College (Special partnership with Hollis F. Price)
• Southwest Tennessee Community College
• Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT Memphis)
• Tennessee State University
• The University of Memphis
• Moore Tech College of Technology

Who is eligible for Dual Enrollment?

• Students in grades 9-12
• College and individual course requirements vary; students must meet high school and college prerequisites to enroll in DE courses.
• Only eligible 11th and 12th grade students can apply for the TSAC Dual Enrollment Grant.
• Participating students must meet individual colleges' admission requirements.

How do students enroll in Dual Enrollment?

Students should discuss Dual Enrollment options with their high school's Dual Enrollment counselor or coordinator. Students must receive approval from their counselor on the DE course(s) they are interested in before enrollment. Students will need to complete the online Dual Enrollment registration process. Eligible students should be registered according to the respective college's admission requirements.

What are the admissions requirements for partnering colleges?

Baptist Health Sciences University

• ACT score of 18 or higher
• GPA of 2.85 or higher

Bethel University

• ACT scores waived for all courses
• 3.0 unweighted high school GPA

Christian Brothers University

• Special Partnership with Middle College High School at CBU

LeMoyne-Owen College

• Special Partnership with Hollis F. Price Middle College

Moore Tech

• In good academic standing with a C or better in high school with administrative approval.
• Good attendance in high school.
• Satisfactory scores on Moore Tech's entrance exam.

Southwest Tennessee Community College

• Admission requirements vary by course.
• Courses require minimal sub scores on the ACT.
• Some courses waive ACT scores.

Examples include: Academic Success, Introduction to Criminal Justice, Introduction to Business

Tennessee College of Applied Technology Memphis

• Students must be a junior or senior.
• Students must meet TSAC eligibility requirements.
• Students who do not meet TSAC Dual Enrollment Grant eligibility requirements may still enroll, but they will be responsible for the tuition/fees.

Tennessee State University

• Students must be a junior or senior.
• Admission requirements vary by course.

The University of Memphis

• 19 composite score on the ACT.
• 18 English sub-score for students taking English Composition.
• 19 math sub-score for students taking college math.
• 100 admissions index score; 30 times the high school GPA (based on a 4.0 scale) plus the composite ACT score.

Example: High School GPA of a 2.85 x 30= 85.5+19= 104.5

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Being in dual enrollment showed me that I can do the work and helped me with writing skills and techniques needed for college.

Kelly Nguyen, DE student, Memphis Virtual School

Taking just four dual courses can earn a student a full semester of college credit. The dual courses also present concepts not available in other courses, thus giving our students a head start in upper-level college courses.

Cindy Geyer, adjunct teacher, Germantown High

Through the collaborative partnership between MSCS and University of Memphis, students have access to a variety of resources that lead to academic success and college preparedness at a fraction of the cost.

Courtney Orians, Associate Director of Admissions, Dual Enrollment & Special Enrollment Programs, The University of Memphis

We're going over limits in Calculus 1 right now, and everything you taught us last year just came flowing back to my head, and it is so simple now.... I just wanted to say, thank you so much.

Ted Lyons III, DE graduate

Several of my students have benefitted from [Dual Enrollment], as they went on to many top colleges... and proved equal abilities with students who took other advanced courses.

Dr. Chikezie Madu, White Station High

The Dual Enrollment program has provided an avenue for our students... to gain a college experience while finishing high school!

Principal Jocelyn Mosby, Oakhaven High School