DUAL CREDIT
Opportunities
Benefits of Dual Credit
Area high school students can earn college credits — while also earning credit toward high school graduation — in many unique career clusters and a variety of associate degree programs .
Benefits for students include :
• Saving money in pursuit of their college degree .
• Enabling them to potentially take fewer credits each semester of college .
• Earning college credits toward an NWTC certificate , technical diploma , or associate degree ; or the potential of transferring to another college or university .
• Experiencing college level coursework and learning how to navigate a syllabus , college assignments , papers , and exams .
• Experiencing Blackboard , an online learning management system .
• Increasing the likelihood of pursuing a college education .
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