Top 5 Reasons to take the Dual Credit option
- Your tuition is covered by your school district
- Credits earned go directly toward your High School and Post Secondary transcripts
- Most courses are transferable to other colleges and universities
- Avoids the five course crunch in your first year. Five can be a lot!
- Build your confidence going into future options
Dual credit courses and programs enable students to receive credit for post-secondary courses, while simultaneously receiving high school credit towards their graduation. Both Camosun College and the University of Victoria provide SD61 students with the opportunity to take post-secondary courses, tuition-free, while they are still in high school.
Click on the following links to discover more information about:
- Dual Credit Courses
- Camosun- SIP (South Island Partnership)
- UVIC- UStart See the UStart Program Guide for more details.
- School-based Dual Credit Cohorts-Dual Credit Cohort Classes involve high school teachers team teaching with Camosun instructors inside and/or outside the regular secondary timetable. This opportunity allows students to get credit for a high school and a Camosun course while receiving support and instruction from two teachers.
- Camosun Programs – non-trades Career programs including, Legal Office Assistant, Medical Office Assistant, Office Administration, Computer Network Electronics Technician, Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology- Renewable Energy, Information and Computer Systems Technician.
What is Dual Credit? And why it’s so awesome?
- High school & post-secondary credits
- Your school district covers the tuition
- Smooth transition into post-secondary education
- An opportunity to ‘Try It, Before You Buy It’
- Taking one (or two) course(s) in the subject area is an outstanding way to determine if this is the right fit for you
Course Delivery Plans (Sept – Dec)
- 14 Week Course Durations
- MLAB 139 – Pre-Analytics & Laboratory Principles
- Blended – Online Asynchronous + On-Campus Labs Weekly
- Labs on Friday’s from 3:00 – 5:50pm
- Pre/Co requisites: Eng 12 & Bio 12 must be done at the same time (or earlier)
- Part of the Certified Medical Lab Assistant Program (CMLA)
- MOA 155 – Medical Terminology
- Online Asynchronous Delivery
- Pre/Co requisites: Eng 12 must be done at the same time (or earlier)
- Part of the Medical Office Assitant Progam & a pre-requisite for the Sonography, Medical Radiography, and the CMLA programs
Course Delivery Plans (Jan – April)
- 14 Week Course Durations
- PNUR 101 – Anatomy & Physiology
- Online Synchronous Delivery
- Requisites: Bio 12 must be completed OR taken in Semester 1
- HEALTH 111 – Indigenous Peoples Health
- Online Synchronous Delivery – Wednesday’s 5:30 – 8:20pm
- Requisites: Eng 12 must be completed prior to course start
- MLAB 139 – Pre-Analytics & Laboratory Principles
- Blended. Online Asynchronous + On-Campus Weekly Labs
- Labs on Friday’s from 3:00 – 5:50pm
- Requisites : Eng 12 & Bio 12 can be done at the same time (or earlier)
- MOA 155 – Medical Terminology
- Online Asynchronous Delivery
- Pre/Co requisites: Eng 12 must be done at the same time (or earlier)
See Ms. McDiarmid or Samantha in the Career Center for more information