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High School Dual Credit

UCM's dual credit program reaches all over the state, including more than 50 high schools. It is an educational experience that allows juniors and seniors to participate in college-level coursework while maintaining the transitional comfort and ease of a high school environment.

The dual credit program offers students the opportunity to take fall, spring and summer courses in any given year. There are approximately 40 different courses available each semester. These courses are offered in a variety of outlets to include: online, I-TV (interactive television), or face-to face. Courses range from computer science and nursing, to art and music.

Students who participate in dual credit classes can transfer the credits they earn throughout high school to any college world wide. Colleges and Universities can accept UCM's dual credit courses in several ways: toward your chosen degree, as elective credits and as a prerequisite. This allows students to start at a higher level of class work in a given major as well as a higher level as a student.

There are many benefits to taking UCM dual credit classes. Tuition for a course at UCM taken through the dual credit program is a substantial savings compared to the university's undergraduate tuition. While obtaining college credit for your high school classes, you will receive a discount of approximately 50 percent on tuition. (Current tuition costs are available at www.ucmo.edu/dualcredit/student) Other benefits include: textbooks at no cost to you, access to the James C. Kirkpatrick Library both online and in person, access to all campus computer labs, and all extra fees (parking, library services, labs, etc.) are waived.

Lacy La Monte High Photo taken by Kyleigh Whitfield

"I liked taking dual credit courses because it gave me a real experience of what college was going to be like after I graduated high school. My professors (when taking online or ITV) were awesome and it was a mature atmosphere; a real escape from ‘high school life’.”