Dual Enrollment program adds ‘career/technical’ courses
Pellissippi State’s Dual Enrollment program expands the variety of “career/technical” courses it offers at Knox and Blount high schools this fall.
Dual enrollment courses may be used by high school students to earn high school and college credit simultaneously, and career/technical courses correspond to the associate’s degree programs that prepare graduates to enter the workforce directly.
The growth in dual enrollment course offerings is in response to the growth in demand.
 “This semester, we’ve seen nearly 500 students participate in our Dual Enrollment program,” said Leigh Anne Touzeau, assistant vice president of Enrollment Services. “We hope to see that number double over the next year.”
Until recently, the Dual Enrollment program offered courses in English composition, U.S. history, human anatomy and physiology, college algebra, and precalculus. This spring, Pellissippi State made a Video Production Technology course available to Karns High School. VPT, one of four concentrations in Media Technologies, was the school’s first career/tech class on a high school campus.
Proposed courses for fall are in the following Career/Technical programs and concentrations: Computer Accounting, Computer Integrated Drafting and Design Technology, Early Childhood Education, Engineering Technology, Hospitality, Interior Design Technology, Paralegal Studies, Photography and VPT.
The Dual Enrollment program is open to juniors and seniors who meet the grade point average and ACT requirements for the course(s) they’re planning to take. The College’s career/tech courses may be applied as high school electives.
Interested high school students may apply for the Tennessee Dual Enrollment Grant, which pays up to $300 per semester ($600 per academic year) toward course work. There is a nonrefundable $10 application fee, and students are responsible for buying textbooks and other course materials. Most students pay less than $100 to take one Dual Enrollment course.
Dual enrollment candidates should check first with their high school guidance counselor to see which courses will be available at their school. Students enroll for the classes through Pellissippi State.
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