Dual Credit / Credit by Assessment

Dual Credit / Credit by Assessment

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Credit by assessment is often a departmental challenge assessment (cognate or performance) that allows high school students to demonstrate prior learning relevant to a particular body of knowledge. The demonstration of proficiency of knowledge of the learning outcomes for a particular college-level course is validated by the college faculty, and upon enrollment of the student into the particular college, the student is awarded “transfer” credit by the college faculty. All academic credit by examination requests must be made to the division dean and approved by the vice president for Academic Affairs. To be eligible for consideration for credit by examination, examination requirements must be completed as designated by the division.

The high school career technical instructors and Walters State Community College instructors review course materials to determine duplicative course outcomes and then develop articulation agreements and policies which can result in opportunities for high school students to receive college credit. These agreements allow 11th and 12th grade high school students to take a college level assessment.

 

• High school instructors will analyze the post-secondary competencies/skills needed by students to successfully pass/master one or more post-secondary level courses.
• Based on this analysis, instructors may recommend qualified students attempt a Dual Credit Exam at Walters State. Students will need to apply for a Dual Credit Examination and be approved before taking an exam.
• Students must have a minimum high school GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
• Students must be currently enrolled in high school as an 11th or 12th grader.

 

To receive dual credit at Walters State, students must apply for and receive approval to take a dual credit exam. Students that pass a dual credit exam can then request to receive college credit at Walters State. Please see below for more details.

Apply for a Local Dual Credit Exam

• Complete the Local Dual Credit Electronic Application
• Print a copy of the completed application.
• Obtain the following signatures on the printed copy to receive approval for testing:
  • Student - Verifies your agreement to participate in the exam
  • Instructor - Verifies your eligibility and readiness for testing
  • High School Counselor - Verifies qualifying GPA
• Submit the signed application to the designated instructor on the date of the test. Students will receive a username and password on the testing date to access the online Local Dual Credit exam.

Note: Students may attempt each dual credit exam for a specific course only one time.

Testing at Walters State

Students wishing to take the dual credit exam at Walters State will be issued a User Name  and Password upon their arrival to campus.

This set of credentials will give a student access to the online dual credit exam.

 

 

Request College Credit

Students who pass a Dual Credit exam may request to receive college credit at Walters State.

Procedure for Obtaining College Credit

• Complete a Walters State Slate First-Time Application, if you have not already been admitted.

Note: All required supporting documents must be submitted and the application must be fully processed before proceeding to the next step. 

• Provide a certified and signed score report/letter (the letter mailed directly to the student).
• Pay a $25.00 processing fee to the Cashier' s Office (on the Morristown Campus).
• Submit the payment receipt and certified score report/letter to the Student Records Office (on the Morristown Campus).

 

Statewide dual credit provides high school courses which are aligned to post-secondary standards. All statewide dual credit courses are approved by the Consortium for Cooperative Innovative Education before they can be offered as a part of the state’s current pilot program.

Statewide dual credit courses are taught and the online challenge exam is taken on the high school campus. All students enrolled in a statewide dual credit course take the online challenge exam, which is used to assess mastery of the post-secondary level learning objectives. Tennessee high school and post-secondary faculty work together to develop the learning objectives and challenge exam for each course, which are tie to current post-secondary learning outcomes.

Procedure for Obtaining Credit

Upon matriculation, it is the student’s responsibility to contact Student Enrollment Services to provide his or her statewide dual credit course and exam information in order for post-secondary credit to be awarded. Student Enrollment Services will then verify a passing score in the Early Post-secondary Data System and award appropriate credit as determined by the institution. A student will receive a Passing Grade (P) for awarded credit.

Statewide Dual Credit Courses Tested/Articulated Credit

Walters State Equivalency to Statewide Dual Credit Courses

Statewide Dual Credit Course	Walters State Equivalency
Agriculture Business	AGRI 1010
Criminal Justice	CRMJ 1010
Greenhouse Management	AGRM 2310
Health Information Technology	MDTR1015
Pre-Calculus	Math 1710 and 1720
Psychology	PSYC 1030
Sociology	SOCI 1010
Statistics	MATH 1530