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High
school Juniors and Seniors can achieve college credit during high school
in primarily five ways:
Tech
Prep College Credit Certificates
These certificates are presented
to high school juniors and seniors that have successfully met the
requirements of a college course while in high school. High school and
college instructors meet and review their curriculum every two years to
determine which college course requirements could be completed through
an existing high school class (or classes). Once the appropriate
college courses are identified, high school principals and college
presidents sign an "Articulation Agreement" that indicates they
understand and will follow the guidelines set forth in the formal
contract. Students or schools do not pay college tuition for Tech Prep
College Credit Certificates. The certificates are generally for
entry-level college courses. The student would not have to take the
course in college if they successfully completed the requirements while
in high school. Click on the link below to view courses available for
Tech Prep College Credit.
 | Southern Minnesota Regional Tech Prep College Credits |
Post-secondary
Enrollment Option (PSEO)
Post
Secondary Enrollment Option (PSEO) is a Minnesota Department of
Education program.
Through the program, any Minnesota high school student in grade
11 or 12 can enroll in college courses either full time or part time at
a particular college and receive both high school and college credit for
these classes. All tuition
costs are covered, so there is no cost to the student except for
transportation and any extras the student chooses to pay for (such as
housing or a meal plan) while participating in PSEO.
Students may attend classes at any Minnesota college that chooses
to participate in the PSEO program.
A wide variety of schools--public and private, two year and four
year--participate in the program, so there is a wide variety of choices
for students. Admissions
standards are set by the colleges and vary from school to school.
Most have either a class rank or grade point average standard
that prospective students must meet if they wish to enroll at that
school. Click here
for more information about PSEO.
Concurrent
Enrollment
The
program works as a supplement to the high school curriculum by offering
college courses to high school juniors and seniors (generally at the
high school campus). The
program gives students a unique opportunity to gauge their ability to do
college work in introductory freshman-level courses prior to full-time
college study. Students
that register for these courses (listed in high school course catalogs)
gain high school credit and a grade in the course from the participating
college. Ask your high
school counselor if Concurrent Enrollment courses are available at your
high school.
Advanced
Placement (AP) Program
The
Advanced Placement (AP) Program is a cooperative educational endeavor
between secondary schools and colleges and universities.
Since its inception in 1955, the Program has provided motivated
high school students with the opportunity to take college-level courses
in a high school setting. Students
who participate in the AP Program not only gain college-level skills,
but in many cases they also earn college credit while they are still in
high school. AP courses are
taught by dedicated and enthusiastic high school teachers who follow
course guidelines developed and published by the College Board.
The AP Program offers 35 courses in 19 subject areas.
Over 90 percent of the nation's colleges and universities have an
AP policy granting incoming students credit, placement, or both, for
qualifying AP Exam grades. Ask
your high school counselor if AP courses are offered in your school.
For more information about the AP Program go to: www.apcentral.collegeboard.com
College-Level
Examination Program (CLEP)
The
College-Level Examination ProgramŽ or CLEP provides students of any age
with the opportunity to demonstrate college-level achievement through a
program of exams in undergraduate college courses. As part of the
"Get Ready, Get Credit" initiative, high school students in
Minnesota can take the test for free. Most colleges and
universities grant credit for CLEP exams, but not all. There are
2,900 institutions that grant credit for CLEP and each of them sets its
own CLEP policy; in other words, each institution determines for which
exams credit is awarded, the scores required and how much credit will be
granted. Therefore, before you take a CLEP exam, check directly with the
college or university you plan to attend to make sure that grants credit
for CLEP and review the specifics of its policy. For more
information about CLEP go to: www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/about.html
