CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT
Concurrent Enrollment (CE)
A student is simultaneously enrolled in a local education provider and in an institute of higher education or career and technical course that will render college credit and satisfy credits toward high school graduation. Please see Concurrent Enrollment Policy for high school credit equivalency and enrollment information.
12th graders only - All Concurrent Enrollment (CE) courses will receive a credit of 1.0 or higher unless otherwise stated in the course selection.
All 9th - 11th graders - To align with DCSD graduation requirements, Concurrent Enrollment (CE) courses will receive 0.5 credits, except for the following P-TECH Courses or as identified on the course selection sheet.
Concurrent Enrollment Expectations
Concurrent Enrollment (CE) allows high school students (9th-12th grade) to enroll in college-level courses while still in high school. STEM School Highlands Ranch will pay the tuition portion of that college education. To qualify for the Concurrent Enrollment Program, students must:
- Be in 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade
- Be a student of good standing in previous coursework and show a history of strong standardized test scores. This includes a GPA of 3.0 for the previous 2 semesters.
- Have a social maturity to excel in a college environment.
- Must follow the attendance policy at STEM School Highland Ranch.
- Receive a minimum score on the ACT, SAT, or Accuplacer as needed.
- Complete all portions of the CE application and submit the completed application to the Career Discovery Coordinator by the published deadlines.
- Meet with the Career Discovery Coordinator once each year to review eligibility for CE.
- Guaranteed transfer course recommended.
- Be enrolled in the College Opportunity Fund.
- Students will be responsible for any additional college/ university fees.
*Students who fail to meet these requirements, might not be eligible to enroll in Concurrent Enrollment courses paid for by STEM.
** If a student has an Individualized Education Plan or Section 504 plan, they are responsible for submitting that plan to the partner institution and working directly with that institution for accommodations.
Offsite Concurrent Enrollment Option
Students can take courses onsite or online at one of our partner colleges/universities. Please note if a CE course is offered at STEM, it may not be approved at the partner institution. You must review your offsite CE course selection with your high school counselor and the career discovery coordinator.
Students must be enrolled as a full time student at STEM School Highlands Ranch while taking courses offsite. Additionally they must maintain full time status while taking courses offsite. Students may enroll in 12-18 semester credit hours at one of our partner schools to achieve full-time status. If students are enrolled part-time* at a partner school, they may choose to take a combination of STEM and off-campus CE courses. Each student's schedule is unique and must be reviewed to ensure it meets STEM's course load requirements (defined above). *Part-time status is 3-11 semester credit hours.
Concurrent Enrollment High School Credit Equivalency
Students completing college-level concurrent enrollment college level courses with a grade of C or higher will be awarded credit equivalency as follows. * Students who earn a D will only receive 0.5 credits (1 semester) of high school credit regardless of the number of college credits.
