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         Workforce Education Course Manual  Workforce Education Course Manual
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College Tech Prep (Archived)

College Tech Prep is a program that awards college credit for certain courses completed in high school. These courses can lead to a certificate or an associate degree at the Dallas County Community College District.

Each DCCCD Tech Prep program is a planned sequence of courses developed cooperatively between school districts and DCCCD. Students can get up to 15 college credit hours while they are still in high school--for free.

High school students must follow these steps to participate in College Tech Prep:

  • Choose a technical career program of interest and discuss it with a high school teacher or with your high school counselor.
  • Complete the suggested high school classes and earn college credit if you receive a grade of "A" or "B".

Following high school graduation:

  • Enroll at one of the seven DCCCD colleges
  • Meet with a Tech Prep advisor at the college and be sure to bring a high school transcript
  • Declare a major and file a degree plan or certificate plan.

Note: You must enroll at a DCCCD campus within 15 months of high school graduation in order to claim your College Tech Prep credit.

For more information about the College Tech Prep programs, contact your high school counselor or career and technology teacher or call 214-860-2324. See this Web site for more information: http://www.dcccd.edu/TechPrep.
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