Dual Enrollment

• Free Tuition - No cost for tuition, and your high school covers books and materials!
• Take Classes with Your Peers - Join classmates in college-level courses.
• Class Schedule - You can take up to 11 units per fall and spring term, and 8 units per summer session.
  • OUSD students: Can take up to 15 units in the fall or spring, and up to 9 units in the summer. For more details, check MiraCosta College AP 5011.
• Earn High School Credits - You can request 10 high school credits for a 3-unit class.
• Weighted Grades - You may get a weighted letter grade if the course is added to your high school transcript - check with your counselor!
• Meet Honors Requirements - Some courses may count towards honors graduation requirements at your high school - talk to your counselor for details.
• Boost Your College Applications - Show colleges you can handle college-level coursework.
• No AP Exam Required - Unlike AP, there’s no test to pass for college credit!

• High school students who have finished 8th grade (or are 15 years old) can take classes with permission from their high school and a parent/guardian.
• If you are 18 years or older, permission from a parent/guardian is not required.
• Attending a high school with a Dual Enrollment partnership. See step 1 in How to Apply & Enroll for more details.
• MiraCosta's AP 5011 provides details regarding high school student enrollment at the college.

After your MiraCosta application has been processed and you have your SURF ID, you are eligible to meet with a MiraCosta counselor to obtain support for your long-term college and career planning at MiraCosta College, including:

• Creating or updating an Education Plan for a MiraCosta College degree or transfer plan
• Exploring majors, certificates, or transfer pathways available at MiraCosta
• Connecting to MiraCosta’s academic and personal support services

Oceanside Unified School District Students
OUSD students have the added benefit of on-campus access to a MiraCosta counselor who specializes in dual enrollment advising.

Liz Leguizamo, Academic & Career Counselor, MiraCosta College
eleguizamo@miracosta.edu
Available weekly on-site | Appointments available in-person and via Zoom

• CalGETC Advisement Sheet: Identify transferable general education courses for UC and CSU
• MiraCosta Counseling Center
• AP Grid Link: If you’ve earned a score of 3 or higher on an AP exam—or plan to take one—use the chart at this link to see how your AP scores may count toward MiraCosta College course equivalents, associate degree requirements, Cal-GETC certification, and admission requirements for CSU and UC schools.

• Official transcript requests are made online at miracosta.edu/transcripts. The first two official transcripts ever requested are free; thereafter, it is $7 per request.
• Students can access their unofficial transcript in SURF.

Tutorials: How to View My Unofficial Transcript

Important Notice for OUSD CCAP Dual Enrollment Students:
As part of the OUSD CCAP agreement, Admissions & Records will send your final grades to the OUSD registrars at the end of each semester. You may receive a weighted letter grade if the course is added to your high school transcript. Please contact your high school counselor for more information.

• School district leads, please submit the K12 Partner Early College Credit Interest Form. MiraCosta will review the request. If there is no possibility of fulfilling your request, we will confirm in writing. Districts within our service area will be provided a release letter to pursue opportunities with another community college. If there's a possibility of fulfilling your request, we will coordinate an exploratory meeting to discuss the request, goals, and next steps.
• High schools outside of the MiraCosta service area need to have a release letter from their community college. Please explore opportunities with your local community college first.
• Explore our various Academic and Career Pathways (ACP’s). Course details can be found in our course catalog.
• MiraCosta works with each district and school to ensure there is a balanced offering of courses within a pathway that allows students to complete their general education requirements and/or college certificate. Once courses are confirmed, we will schedule them and provide the school lead contacts with the course numbers, so students can complete their required steps.
• Classes may be cancelled due to low enrollment. If this occurs, high school counselors are responsible for informing students and helping them find an alternative dual or concurrent enrollment class.
• The high school district collects information about students interested in dual enrollment.

• The Student Dual Enrollment Handbook contains tips, resources, and services for your success.
• Support Resources has you covered with support inside and outside of the classroom. As a MiraCosta College student, you have access to free support services, including tutoring, counseling, technology loan, transportation assistance, food pantry, and much more!