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Dual Credit. ND Department of Public Instruction ND University System. Presentation to Include:. Definition of dual credit course Problems with previous process Cooperative efforts between NDDPI and NDUS New form, process and Guidance Plans for automated application and process Questions?.
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Dual Credit ND Department of Public Instruction ND University System
Presentation to Include: • Definition of dual credit course • Problems with previous process • Cooperative efforts between NDDPI and NDUS • New form, process and Guidance • Plans for automated application and process • Questions?
Dual Credit Definition • A dual credit course is a college course taken by a high school student for which both college credit and high school credit are awarded. • If taught in the high school, the content of the dual credit course must be identical to the content of the course taught on the college campus. • If taught in the high school, the course must be of one semester in length. (The college course must align with a course taught in the high school for which there is a high school course code.)
Problems with Previous Process ND Century Code 15.1-25-02 “For purposes of determining credit, a three-semester-hour course offered by a postsecondary institution is equivalent to a full semester high school course.” • Recommendations from Dual Credit Task Force • Scholarship consistency • eTranscript
NDUS and NDDPI Joint Policy • Dual credit committee comprised of University and Department staff • Unified policy communicated in letter signed by Dr. Michael Hillman and Superintendent Sanstead • Policy and procedures relative to dual credit application process and enrollment
Guidance • New Form • Placement Scores • Process Handouts
Automated Dual Credit Process Fall, 2013 Demonstration
Contact Information Aimee Copas 701-328-4136 aimee.copas@ndus.edu Connie Mittleider 701-328-2755 comittleider@nd.gov North Dakota University System North Dakota Department of Public Instruction