2016-2017
LVHS DUAL CREDIT
What? Who?
How? Why?
WHAT IS DUAL CREDIT (DC)?
• DC is a voluntary program in which
qualified junior and senior students
may enroll in courses that receive both
college and high school credit.
• LVISD partners with St. Philip’s College
(SPC), an Alamo Community College
(ACC), to provide the program.
WHAT?
• Students earn transferable college
credit hours. Public and state colleges
and universities usually accept DC
hours.
• DO NOT ASSUME THAT DC HOURS WILL
TRANSFER. CHECK WITH THE
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY.
WHAT?
• The acceptance of the hours as
core or elective hours is up to
the discretion of the college.
• DC is not offered during the
summer.
WHO? HOW?
• ELIGIBLE JUNIORS AND SENIORS
• ELIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
– Completion and submission of enrollment
packet to Ms. Braun;
– Completion of Apply Texas application.
Apply Texas will be completed at school
under Ms. Braun’s supervision.
HOW?
• Completion of ACC “ Go FAARR” and
practice TSI test. These activities will be
completed at school under the supervision
of Ms. Braun.
• Qualifying scores on tests accepted by
ACC:
– ACT scores;
– SAT scores; or
– Texas Success Initiative (TSI) scores.
HOW?
• TSI Testing:
– Administered on Saturdays
– Dates: January 16, January 30, February 13,
February 27, March 5 (Yes, I know it is stock
show weekend. Sign up early to secure a
January or February Saturday test date.)
– No cost for initial exam
– Retakes: $5 for each exam area
WHY? BENEFITS?
• Courses earn both high school and
college credits.
• TUITION FREE! Student must only
purchase text for class.
• Students can earn up to 28 hours of
transferable college work.
GRADES
• DC grades are weighted. Eight (8) points
are added to the semester numeric grade
average (NGA) only. The NGA is used to
establish class rank. The transcript does
not reflect the extra points.
• Students earning a final grade lower than
a “C” in a DC course will be permanently
dropped from the DC program as soon as
the grade is reported.
GRADES
• DC course grades are permanent
grades reflected on both the high
school AND college transcript.
• DC letter grades will be converted to
the following numeric grades on the
transcript:
A= 95
D= 70
B= 85
F= 65
C=75
COURSE DELIVERY
• Course instruction is delivered in one of
two ways:
On Campus Instruction: On campus
courses are taught on the LVHS campus
by LVHS teachers who are qualified as
adjunct instructors through ACC.
COURSE DELIVERY
• Online Instruction:
– Some DC courses are taught over the internet. All
instruction and interaction with the professor is
done online.
– Because the course is a college course, the Family
Education Right and Privacy Act (FERPA) laws deny
parent access to professors and/or grades.
– NOTE: Students are required to print their online
course grades for LVHS so that grades can
recorded for LVHS transcript.
– Online students MUST be self disciplined and
mature.
COURSE DELIVERY
• The professor teaching an online course may or
may not know that a student enrolled in the
course is a high school student. The course
requirements and expectations are those
required and expected of every college
student.
• Students enrolled in online courses are
assigned a DC Computer Lab period for each
course taken. Students have the time and
opportunity to complete and submit their work
during the computer lab period.
ON CAMPUS DC COURSES
• HIST 1301/1302 History of US I and II.
Courses meet graduation requirements for
US History.
6 credit hours.
• MATH 1414 College Algebra/MATH 2412
PreCalculus. Courses meet requirements
for high school precalculus.
8 credit hours.
ON CAMPUS DC COURSES
• BIOL 1406/1407 Principals of Bio I and
Principles of Bio II.
– LVHS prerequisite course work includes:
• IPC, Biology, and Chemistry or
• Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.
Course qualifies for science majors.
8 credit hours.
ON CAMPUS DC COURSES
• ARTS 1316/1317 Drawing I and Drawing II.
Approval by Ms. Mills is required.
6 credit hours.
ONLINE COURSES
• ENGL 1301/1302 Freshman Comp I and
Freshman Comp II. Courses meet
graduation requirements for English 4.
6 credit hours.
• GOVT 2305 American Federal
Government. Course meets graduation
requirement for Government.
6 credit hours.
ONLINE COURSES
• ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics. Meets
graduation requirement for Economics.
3 credit hours.
• PSYC 2305 General Psychology. Elective credit.
3 credit hours.
• SOCI 2301 Introduction to Sociology. Elective
credit. 3 credit hours.
CONSENT AND INFO FORMS
DC Program Student/Parent Consent Form
 Fill out in blue or black ink. No pencil or other
colored ink. This is an official document.
 Required parent and student signature on
back.
 Students do not have a Banner ID or Apply
Texas ID# yet. Leave blank.
 Keep one copy for your files. READ!
LVHS 2016-17 DUAL CREDIT STUDENT
INFO FORM
 Fill out in blue or black ink. No pencil or other
colored ink. This is an official document.
 Parent and student signature required.
 Students do not have a Banner ID or Apply
Texas ID# yet. Leave blank.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Applications are due by
Wednesday, October 21, to
the Counseling Office.
Turn in earlier if possible.
WHY? SAVINGS!
School
Tuition/Fees
In Residence
Commuter
Alamo Colleges
(SAC, SPC, Palo Alto,
NW Vista, NE Lakeview)
$5,470 (out of district)
NA
$21,007
Our Lady of the Lake U
$24,596
$36,352
$29,096
Schreiner University
$24,539
$36,569
NA
St. Mary’s University
$26,186
$39,480
$34,480
Texas A&M U
College Station
San Antonio
$9,180
$3,656
$22,470
NA
Texas Christian (TCU)
$38,510
$53,742
Texas Lutheran (TLU)
$26,670
$39,590
WHY? SAVINGS!
School
Tuition/Fees
Texas State U
$9,9,500
$21,260
Texas Tech U
$9,608
$24,612
Trinity U
$36,214
$50,550
University of Texas
Austin
San Antonio
$9,380
$9,361
$26,148
$23,663
$17,201
$26,940
$41,290
$40,246
U of Incarnate Word
(UIW)
In Residence
Commuter
$18,550
Contact Information
Ms. Dede Braun, LVHS DC Counselor
ellen.braun@lvisd.org
830-779-6630 x 3236
Schedule: Monday-Wednesday with variations
Best method of contact: email
QUESTIONS