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College Courses

Things to Consider Before Taking a College Course:

  • Grades: They become part of your official college record.
  • Impact on Financial Aid: Failing a class could negatively affect future financial aid.
  • Transferability: Not all courses are transferable to every four-year university.
  • College Expectations: Adjusting to college-level content and faculty expectations may be challenging.
  • Privacy (FERPA): As a college student, parents/guardians cannot speak to professors directly regarding your academic matters.
 
Students can pursue any classes at any educational institution that fits the student's goals, learning style, schedule, budget, location, format, etc. Parents and students take full responsibility to verify if the course(s) meet 4-year college admissions/UC/CSU A-G requirements and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) athletic eligibility requirements.
Dual Enrollment
Dual Enrollment is a CCAP partnership between Mt Carmel High School and Palomar College. CCAP is the California College and Career Access Pathways, which allows high school students to take college courses, taught by college faculty, on the high school campus. High school students are provided an opportunity to achieve high academic goals through college coursework in a challenging, supportive, and motivating setting. Students may earn significant college credit, a certificate, and/or an AA degree upon high school graduation, as well as credits towards a high school diploma.
 

Requirements:

  • Students must be in the 10th - 12th grade to sign up
  • Minimum GPA requirement of a 2.5
  • Must request first period off-roll and be enrolled in 4 classes (periods 2-5)  (10th and 11th Grade students can only have 1 off-roll per trimester)
 
 
dual enrollment flyer
 
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Concurrent Enrollment

Concurrent enrollment allows students to register independently for courses directly at a local community college. These are traditional college courses, taken outside the high school day.

 

Students may apply to receive up to 40 credits of outside coursework to transfer back to the high school transcript.  In order for concurrent courses to transfer back students must obtain approval from their parents, high school administration, and their counselor prior to enrolling in the outside course.

It is Poway Unified School District's policy to allow college courses that are approved for transfer (to UC or CSU) to transfer back to high school transcripts.  Pre-approval is required in order to transfer college courses to the high school transcript.  Whenever possible, courses will receive credit in the subject area for which they were approved for transfer.  Additional information about transfer courses can be found at Assist.org.

 

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