Future Students

Dual Credit

Dual credit classes offer students several advantages:

Students are able to earn college credit while still in high school.
Students learn the rigors of college work early. They are able to adjust study habits to college work before they have to deal with the total college experience.
Students gain confidence in dealing with college level work.
Students can use their dual credit work to demonstrate their ability to complete college level work when they apply for admission to colleges, universities, and vocational schools.
Students can complete entry level, elective, or occupational college credit work at significantly lower costs than they would experience at four-year public or at private institutions of higher education.

Dual credit classes offer faculty several advantages:

Instructors teach college level classes.
High school teachers are considered Adjunct faculty at Illinois Central College and share access to college services and resources with all faculty.
Dual credit students typically are more motivated to achieve in class, knowing that their grades will become part of their college transcript.
High school teachers can teach additional classes for Illinois Central College at other campus sites.

Dual credit classes offer high schools several advantages:

With more than 300 high schools in the state participating in dual credit, offering dual credit courses provides an attractive feature for parents who want an outstanding high school experience for their students.
Dual credit courses provide an additional option for upper level coursework for high school students, further expanding high school course offerings.
Dual credit courses allow high schools to offer faculty the opportunity to teach college level work.
Senior-level students who take dual credit courses often complete their fourth year of study at their high school.