Statewide Dual Credit
What is Statewide Dual Credit?
Statewide Dual Credit (SDC) courses are college-level courses taught at the high-school level by trained high-school teachers. Students who meet or exceed an online postsecondary challenge exam “cut score” receive college credit that can be applied to any Tennessee public postsecondary institution.
SDC courses are governed by the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE). Tennessee high school and college faculty worked together to develop the learning objectives and challenge exam for each course.
The public postsecondary institution has discretion on whether to award credit for elective or major credit. SDC challenge exam scores are reported on the student’s official high school transcript to award credit at the postsecondary institution. Learn more about SDC here.
What is Dual Enrollment? How is it different from Statewide Dual Credit?
Dual Enrollment (DE) 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.
SDC Courses
| Agriculture Business |
| American History |
| Criminal Justice |
| Intro to Business |
| Intro to Education (NEW) |
| Intro to Plant Science |
| Pre-Calculus |
| Principles of Marketing (NEW) |
| Psychology |
| Sociology |
| Speech |
| Statistics |
| World History |
SDC Challenge Exam Cut Scores
|
Course |
Cut Score |
|
Introduction to Business |
70% |
|
Introduction to Plant Science |
70% |
|
Introduction to Agriculture Business |
70% |
|
Criminal Justice II |
70% |
|
Speech and Communications |
80% |
|
Pre-Calculus |
70% |
|
Probability and Statistics |
75% |
|
Introduction to Sociology |
70% |
|
American History II |
75% |
|
World History |
70% |
|
Psychology |
70% |
|
Introduction to Education |
TBA |
|
Principles of Marketing |
TBA |
Who is eligible to enroll in SDC courses?
|
Course |
Grade Level |
Prerequisites |
|
Agriculture Business |
11, 12 |
English 9, English 10 |
|
American History |
11, 12 |
English 9, English 10 |
|
Criminal Justice |
10, 11, 12 |
Criminal Justice I |
|
Intro to Business |
11, 12 |
English 9, English 10 |
|
Intro to Education |
11, 12 |
English 9, English 10 |
|
Intro to Plant Science |
9, 10, 11, 12 |
N/A |
|
Pre-Calculus |
10, 11, 12 |
Algebra I, Algebra II |
|
Principles of Marketing |
10, 11, 12 |
Intro to Business/Business I |
|
Psychology |
10, 11, 12 |
English 9 |
|
Sociology |
11, 12 |
English 9, English 10 |
|
Speech |
11, 12 |
English 9, English 10 |
|
Statistics |
11, 12 |
Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry |
|
World History |
11, 12 |
English 9, English 10 |
What are the expectations of SDC students?
All students enrolled in an SDC course are required to take the online challenge exam, which is used to assess mastery of the postsecondary-level learning objectives. Students only have one attempt at these exams. Any additional attempts will not be reported and/or recognized by the Tennessee Department of Education.
How is postsecondary credit awarded?
Students who pass their statewide dual credit challenge exam are eligible to receive college credit at any of the public postsecondary institutions in the state. However, students need to enroll in an institution to receive “transcripted” college credit. Upon matriculation, a student is responsible for contacting the institution’s Records Office and providing his/her SDC course/exam information for postsecondary credits to be awarded.