Dual & Joint Enrollment:
College Credit for High School Students

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If you have completed your sophomore year in high school, there are two ways you can start earning college credit at Austin Peay. Through dual enrollment, you take classes that count towards both college and high school credit. Through joint enrollment, you take classes for college credit only.

Program Requirements

In order to participate in the dual or joint enrollment program at Austin Peay State University, the student should meet the following APSU admissions requirements in addition to any course prerequisite requirements:

• Complete your sophomore year of high school.
• Maintain a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale (high school cumulative GPA).
• Submit a minimum ACT subscore of 19 in English and math (SAT 460 on Critical Reading and math).
• Be recommended by your high school principal or school counselor.
• Have your parent's permission to enter the program.

Forms

• Application for Admission - first-time dual/joint students only
  You MUST select the dual/joint application option in the online form. When you are asked to select a major, you will choose "Undecided" or "UND".
• Application for Early Admission - submit each semester of dual/joint enrollment
• Immunization Health History form - first-time dual/joint students only

Grants & Scholarships

Students are eligible to apply for the Tennessee Dual Enrollment Grant Program which currently provides $100 per semester credit, up to $300 per term and $600 per academic year. In addition, Austin Peay offers a needs based scholarship for dual enrolled students.

• Tennessee Dual Lottery Grant application
  Beginning with the fall 2009 semester all students must complete the grant application online at https://egrands.guarantorsolutions.com/scholarshipapps/. Paper applications will no longer be accepted.  Deadline for Dual Lottery Grant application submission is September 1 for fall, February 1 for spring and May 1 for summer semesters.
• APSU need-based dual scholarship
  Pages 1-2 must be completed by the students and parent(s); page 3 should be completed by your school counselor. All three pages must be submitted together.

FAQs

More Information

For more information about Dual and Joint Enrollment at APSU, contact:

• Linda Stolz, secretary
  (931) 221-7175