Dual Credit

Dual Credit

The Rankin County School District offers Dual Enrollment and Dual Credit courses for eligible students from all eight high schools.

Mississippi Code of 1972: 37-15-38 established dual enrollment and dual credit programs for high school and postsecondary credit. The purpose of the Dual Enrollment and Credit Program is to offer structured opportunities for qualified high school students to simultaneously enroll in college courses at Mississippi (public) Institutions of Higher Learning (IHLs) or Mississippi Community or Junior Colleges (CJCs) that provide pathways leading to academic or career technical postsecondary credit.

Currently, the Rankin County School District has an MOU dual credit agreement with Hinds Community College.

Purpose

The primary purposes of a dual credit program are to increase the educational options and opportunities for high school students and increase the overall quality of instruction and learning available through secondary schools. Fundamentally, dual credit programs allow students to earn credit at the secondary and postsecondary levels simultaneously and they provide students an early glimpse of college life.
The programs may also encourage more students to consider higher education, especially students from underrepresented

groups.

Benefits

Builds college-level academic skills.
Sets students apart in college admission and on scholarship applications.
Students can earn high school credits while earning college credits.
Increases college readiness
Assists with college cost savings.
Dual credit classes can earn students college credit that can be applied to high school and college graduation, and transferred to other colleges (out of state colleges vary on transfer acceptability).