Dual Enrollment courses allow high school students to earn both high school graduation requirement credits and Rhode Island College credits. Credits are applied to your RIC transcript when you enroll at RIC, or may be transferred to hundreds of colleges or universities accepting RIC credits.
To meet the rigors of college-level work, students wishing to take dual enrollment courses should have a high school GPA of at least 3.0 and junior or senior status.
Please Note: Exceptions to the GPA cutoff or grade level status must have the recommendation of the school counselor, school administrator and/or or teacher.
Look at the courses in our course catalog and meet with your school counselor to select courses that will contribute to your high school requirements. It's important to always have more than one course option approved by your counselor, since a course may be closed by your registration appointment time.
Please Note: The Prepare RI Dual Enrollment Fund only applies to students receiving both high school and college credit.
Students must first create a New Non Degree Online Registration Account in order to register for a dual enrollment course. After creating the account the student will be emailed registration instructions and a specified appointment time to access the registration system.
Current or past EEP students will need to contact the Registrar's Office at 401-456-8213 to set up their account for taking courses on campus.
Dual enrollment students register approximately one week before classes begin, on the same day as new non-degree students. These dates can be found in the college’s Academic Calendar.
At your designated appointment time, use your username and password to access MyRIC and register for a course.
Remember that you are responsible for meeting the course expectations, requirements, and for following the course syllabus. This information will be given to you by the instructor at the beginning of each course. The syllabus will tell you what you can expect to learn and what is expected from you such as:
It is your responsibility to keep up with the course deadlines. It is vital that you pay attention to withdrawal and add/drop deadlines. Your grade will appear on an official college transcript. If you drop the course after the deadlines or receive a failing grade, this may impact your financial aid and/or GPA during college in the future. Failing a course could also impact admission to college. The academic calendar lists important dates like last date to add or drop a class.
If you are thinking of dropping a course for any reason, talk with your school counselor as soon as possible. The course you've chosen counts toward your high school requirements and dropping or failing the class may impact the credit you need for high school graduation.
Please Note: Upon completion of any course(s), students should complete a Transcript Request Form to send an official transcript to their high school. A grade will be recorded on the student’s high school transcript and official RIC transcript.
