Dual Enrollment Courses: For Academic and CTE Courses

Suggestions for noting Dual-Enrollment College Courses in your Course Catalog to make it easy to find the Dual-Enrollment Courses you are supporting:

• Use an acronym or a short description of the specific College in the course name (e.g. FRC CHEM10 - General Chemistry II or CC Introduction to Literature, etc.)
• List the exact name of College Course as listed in the College Course Catalog.
• USE one of the CALPADS COURSE CODES for Dual Enrollment courses (see College Course Codes listed at the top of this article.)

In the Edit Course area of the Course Catalog:

• Choose a Dual Enrollment College Course code for any dual-enrollment Course. (CTE Dual-Enrollment courses will be covered later in the article.)
• Consider copying/pasting the Description of the College Course as it shows in the specific College Catalog or leave the description more generic if desired.
• Suggestion: in the Non Std Instructional Level field, be sure to pick College Credit from the drop-down if you want to be able to quickly sort the column to find all your Dual-Enrollment courses. This is NOT Required, though choosing this field is highly recommended for quick-sorting purposes.
• Important Note: Do NOT check the boxes for Independent Study and/or Distance Learning for dual-enrollment College Courses!
• SAVE changes.

The process for CTE Dual Enrollment is DIFFERENT than the process for academic courses:

• Use an acronym or a short description of the specific College in the course name.
• Suggestion: List the exact name of College Course as listed in the college course catalog.
• Be sure to use the appropriate CALPADS COURSE CODE for CTE courses (7000-8999). In the example below notice that the CALPADS code 5845 – for Criminal law – is used. (Notice you are using regular CALPADS CTE Course Codes for these dual-enrollment courses.)
• You must use the Non-Standard Instructional Level indicator to designate Dual-Enrollment for a college-level CTE course, otherwise the course will not report as dual-enrollment to CALPADS!
  
  
• IMPORTANT: go in to the Edit Course area and choose College Credit from the Non Std Instruction Level drop-down.
• Remember: a college courses are a-g. Be sure and choose the appropriate A-G State Univ. Requirement Met designation.
• Also remember to check the appropriate CTE Information on the lower right-hand side of the page.
• SAVE your changes.
  
  

1. Question: We have students who take Dual-Enrollment Courses during the summer. They give us their college-course transcript and we enter those directly into their Transcript in the PLSIS. How do we assure the school gets credit for those courses during EOY reporting?
   Answer: Unfortunately, the school will only get credit for those courses that the student takes during his/her regular school year and NOT for courses taken outside of the regular school year.
   
   Only if the student has an active enrollment in the school at the same time he/she is taking a dual-enrollment course that will be reported in CALPADS EOY (End-of-Year Reporting)for the active school year will they receive dual-enrollment credit on the State Dashboards.
   
   
2. Question: What is a Post-Secondary Articulated College Course?
   Answer: A Post-Secondary Articulated College Course is taught at the school by an instructor who has received the course syllabus from the college and who has permission from the college to teach a college course. The school actually completes articulation paperwork from the college and submits that paperwork for approval. After approval, the course then becomes a Articulated College Course and qualifies for Dual-Enrollment in CALPADS.
   
   
3. Question: You suggested that we use the College Course Description in the Description area of the course Edit page. Can you give an example?
   Answer: Here are some examples of College Courses descriptions that are typically available through online catalogs:

FRC CHEM 102 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I 4 LEC; 3 LAB, 5 UNITS CSU (B1, B3), UC (S), IGETC (5A, 5C) This is the first semester of a one-year course in chemistry intended for majors in the natural sciences (chemistry, biochemistry, biology, physics, pre-medicine), mathematics, and engineering. Prerequisite: MATH 018 or the equivalent. (Note: Because credit in this course could be transferred to CSU/UC, this course is not only a-g but can also be marked as Honors)

Lassen CC – CHEM 45 – Introduction to Chemistry 4.0 units CSU/UC (unit limitation) General Education Area A CSU GE Areas B1 & B3 IGETC Area 5A & 5C C-ID CHEM 101 Prerequisite: One year of high school algebra, or MATH 103 or equivalent placement through the assessment process. 51 hours lecture/51 hours lab An introduction to chemistry, principally inorganic. Emphasis is on basic concepts and skills. This course is for students with no prior chemistry and is intended a preparation for major’s in chemistry, allied health, and general education. (Note: could be marked as honors)

Lassen CC – MATH 103 – Elementary Algebra 4.0 units Prerequisite: MATH 102 Basic College Mathematics or equivalent placement through the assessment process. 51 hours lecture/51 hours lab Introduction to algebra of real numbers; algebraic expressions, linear equations, exponents, polynomials, factoring, rational expressions and equations, graphing, inequalities, systems of equations, roots and radicals, quadratic equations, and applications. This course has been approved for online (Note: CAN NOT BE MARKED AS HONORS)