Dual Credit

Dual credit is a program that provides eligible high school students an excellent opportunity to earn both high school and university credit for classes taken through the University of Idaho. Dual credit also provides a wider range of course options for high school students. Courses may be taught at the high school campus, the university campus, or online depending on the arrangements made with the high school. Through this program, dual credit students can accumulate college credits prior to entering college that will help them graduate early or on time. High school students who are 16 years or older at the start of the semester or course, or who have completed at least half of their high school graduation requirements, and who are prepared for the demands of college-level coursework can enroll in the Dual Credit Program.

Tech Prep

Tech Prep is one of four advanced learning opportunities recognized by the State Board of Education that links approved technical and academic high school courses to certificate and degree programs at the postsecondary level. All high school Tech Prep courses are articulated courses, high school courses that contain the same content as an equivalent college course, for which a postsecondary institution has agreed to award college credit provided the high school student meets the course requirements. Idaho has six regional Advanced Learning Partnerships (ALP) that coordinate Tech Prep articulation agreements and related services between the technical college and the school districts. Tech Prep is a federal education initiative that was first implemented in 1990 as part of the Carl Perkins Act and renewed in 2006.

Students benefit by :

• Improving the transition from high school to college
• Not repeating course competencies already mastered
• Earning advanced credits while in high school and needing fewer college courses to graduation
• Reducing tuition costs
• Connects learning to career pathways

Elements of Tech Prep:

• Has an approved articulation agreement between high schools and postsecondary institutions
• Integrates academic and technical education and, if appropriate and available, workbased learning
• Provides technical preparation for careers
• Builds student competence in core academic and technical area