College Credit

One of the best College Tech Prep advantages is the opportunity to earn college credit – without paying tuition - for some of your technical courses.

Cost saving is a benefit of Tech Prep’s seamless pathway structure. You complete college-level technical coursework while you’re still in high school. Your high school teachers and partner college faculty members work together, agreeing to teach the same content at the same level in a particular course.

This collaboration is recognized in a formal articulation agreement between the school district and the partner college. Typical agreements include:

• high school and college curriculum options and requirements
   

• college admission prerequisites
   

• standards for advanced placement, college credit and course by-pass
   

• continuing education options

However, in order to earn college credit, advanced standing or course by-pass you must meet specific program qualifications. You must successfully complete both years of your Tech Prep program as well as meet specific performance criteria, such as achieving a certain grade or formally demonstrating subject material mastery.

Specific standards and opportunities for earned credit vary for each program and course. Talk to your Tech Prep teacher or Tech Prep Consortium about your program options.