Maine Township offers Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment courses in partnership with multiple colleges and universities including Oakton Community College (OCC), Harper College, and the Illinois Institute of Technology. Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment courses provide students with an opportunity to study college level courses offered through official agreements between Maine Township High School District 207 and partner colleges, universities, and post-secondary institutions.
For more information regarding Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment courses, students should visit their Student Services Offices, review our course catalog, and visit the partner college or university website including Oakton Community College’s Dual Credit website.
Frequently Asked Questions
A full list of FAQs is available here
What is Dual Credit?
When you take a dual credit course, you earn both high school and college credit for the same class. You go to class at your high school and you earn college credit without paying college tuition – please see FAQ regarding tuition for more information.
Note: There is a minimum requirement that you pass your dual credit course(s) with a C or better in order to earn college credit.
What are the benefits of Dual Credit Classes?
- Earning college credits now means you may not have to take that class (or a related class) in college. This could save you time by reducing the number of courses you need to take in college.
- Dual Credit classes can save you money! You don’t have to pay the college price for these classes (see next FAQ question). For example, the average cost of tuition for a single credit hour at the University of Illinois is $646. Even at OCC, the in-District cost will be at least $137 dollars per credit hour. When a student takes a dual credit class partnered with Oakton, they only have to pay a one-time application fee, saving you hundreds of dollars!
- Dual credit classes earn accelerated credit and can help improve your weighted GPA.
- Students get a taste of college rigor. It is helpful to experience these challenging classes while still having all the support services available in the high school.
- Students begin their permanent college GPA and transcript while in high school.
- Students who earn 15 hours or more of college credit before graduating from high school are two times more likely to complete a post-secondary program.
- Many of our dual credit classes provide career exploration opportunities.
Who accepts dual credit?
Many colleges and universities accept dual credit courses from Oakton and our other college partners.
Check with your university to determine their policy. You will need to send your college transcripts to your university upon graduating from high school. These are transcripts from each of the colleges with which you earned credits through dual credit courses while in high school.
It is important to note that some dual credits from technical classes do not transfer into four year degree requirements. However, they can help those earning an Applied Associate degree in a technical area.
Do I have to pay tuition for these Dual Credit courses?
There is a one time application fee to enroll as a dual credit student with Oakton. The application fee for Oakton is $25. Students who decide to attend Oakton after high school do not need to pay this fee again.
Other partner colleges have a course fee to earn college credit. For example, the cost is $300 to earn a class credit with Lake Forest College. That may seem high, but this fee is still a significant savings over costs per class once in college. The course fee with Eastern Illinois University is also discounted down to $90 for our students.
Note: For classes with higher fees, financial assistance may be available. Contact the class teacher for more information.