Dual Enrollment Information for Current Students at the Florida Keys Community College in Key West, FL

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Dual Enrollment

 Dual Enrollment Basics

Purpose:

The purpose of the Dual Enrollment program is to provide qualified high school students the opportunity to enroll free of charge in college courses to earn both college credit and credit toward high school graduation.

 Dual Enrollment Basics

 

Basic Eligibility Requirements: 

Students must have:

-Completed the 9th grade.

-An un-weighted cumulative high school GPA of 3.0 or higher (A cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required for vocational PSAV courses.)

-The recommendation of the high school principal/assistant principal/counselor

-College Level Placement Scores that demonstrate college readiness

  • Reading for all classes
  • Other areas as dictated by College Catalog

-Other Course Catalog Prerequisites

 

Non-eligible Courses 

  1. No Physical Education Courses (including those courses that start with the prefix PEN or PEQ)
  2. No Developmental Courses
  3. No Courses with a lab fee of $225 or greater
  4. No Courses that are less than 3 credits that are not designated as lab courses

 List of Courses excluded from Dual Enrollment eligibility

How do I get started?

  1. Think about your education and career goals. The website www.facts.org is an excellent educational planning website.
  2. Browse through the FKCC catalog to identify the degree programs and courses that interest you, then:
  3. Meet with your school counselor to discuss your goals and the FKCC accelerated education options that can help you reach them.
  4. Arrange for free college placement testing (PERT) if you plan to enroll in college credit classes and have not taken an appropriate college placement test.

a.       Students must make an appointment to take the PERT test.
b.       To make an appointment, students must complete the PERT Authorization Form with their counselor and return it to FKCC with their completed DE Application for Admission.
c.       Alternatively, the counselor can call (305) 809-3169 for KWHS, (305) 743-2133 MHS, or (305) 852-8007 MHS to schedule an appointment and the student must show up 30 minutes prior to testing with all completed forms.
d.       Once the student has been assigned a student ID by FKCC, they may take the PERT test.
e.       Students are responsible for returning test scores to their high school counselor.

  1. Complete all sections of the Dual Enrollment Authorization (or Approval) form and secure all the required signatures.
  2. Return the Authorization (or Approval) form to FKCC Advising Services

Appropriate Forms are available below.


Commonly Used Forms

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
FERPA Consent Form

 

Public School Students

Dual Enrollment Authorization Form-Monroe County School District Students

Dual Enrollment Application for Admission Form-Monroe County School District Students

Monroe County School District Student Book Order Form

PERT Authorization Form

 

Home School Students

Dual Enrollment Home School Approval Form

Dual Enrollment Application for Admissions Form-Home School Students

 

Island Christian School Students

Dual Enrollment Application for Admission Form-Island Christian School

Dual Enrollment Authorization Form-Island Christian School

For more information, please contact Michael McPherson at michael.mcpherson@fkcc.edu or at (305) 809-3280.