Dual Credit for High School Students
The Dual Credit program at UNM-LA is designed to provide high school students with the opportunity to take university-level courses and earn simultaneous academic credit in both college and high school.
Benefits include:
- Earning high school and college credit at the same time
- The potential to graduate high school with a certificate
- Experience with university instruction
- Preparation for a college major and career field
- Small classes and personalized attention from faculty
- Tuition waived for up to two courses per semester
Dual Credit Course Suggestions*
*Courses here are not a complete list of options. Courses may or may not apply to every associate or bachelor's degree. Discuss course selections with your counselor and/or a college advisor.
| Are you interested in business? Here are some suggestions: | |||
| Course Title | Course Dept. & Number | Modality | Prerequisites? |
| Ethics in Organizations | MGMT 158 | In person | No |
| Intro to Business | BUSA 1110 | Online | No |
| Intro DMA I Photoshop | DMA 165 | Online | No |
| Are you interested in health or medical fields? Here are some suggestions: | |||
| Course Title | Course Dept. & Number | Modality | Prerequisites? |
| Biology Health Sciences with a lab | BIOL 1140/BIOL 1140L | Online/In person | No |
| EMT-Basic | EMSS 1120 | Hybrid | No |
| Nutrition for Health | NUTR 1110 | Online | No |
| Are you interested in engineering? Here are some suggestions: | |||
| Course Title | Course Dept. & Number | Modality | Prerequisites? |
| Intro Engineering Computing | ENG 130L | In person | No |
| Energy Environment & Society | ME 217 or GEOG 217 | Online | No |
| Computer Science for All: Intro Comp Model | CSCI 1108 | Online | No |
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Not sure what you're interest in yet? Here are some General Education courses. |
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| Course Title | Course Dept. & Number | Modality | Prerequisites? |
| Communications | |||
| Public Speaking | COMM 1130 | Hybrid | No |
| Logic, Reasoning, & Critical Thinking | PHIL 1120 | Online | No |
| Physical Sciences | |||
| Biology for Health Sciences with lab | BIOL 1140/BIOL 1140L | Online/In person | No |
| Physical Geology with lab | GEOL 1110/GEOL 1110L | Online/In person | No |
| Social Sciences | |||
| Intro to Cultural Anthropology | ANTH 1140 | Online | No |
| Macroeconomics | ECON 2110 | Online | No |
| Microeconomics | ECON 2120 | Online | No |
| Intro Psychology | PSYC 1110 | Online | No |
| Intro Sociology | SOCI 1110 | Online | No |
| The Dynamics of Prejudice | SOCI 2315 | Online | No |
| Humanities | |||
| Roman Civilization | CLST 2120 | Online | No |
| Western Civilization I | HIST 1150 | Online | No |
| Intro Native American Studies | NATV 1150 | Online | No |
| Foreign Language | |||
| Spanish I | SPAN 1110 | Online | No |
| Spanish II | SPAN 1120 | Online | SPAN 1110 |
| Art & Design | |||
| History of Art I | ARTH 2110 | Online | No |
| Art Practices I | ARTS 1220 | Online | No |
| Music Appreciation: Western Music | MUSC 1130 | Hybrid | No |