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• Purpose
• Policy Statment
• Types of College-School District Relationships
  • Dual Credit
    • Definition
    • Articulation Agreements
  • Concurrent Studies
    • Definition
    • Eligibility
    • Admission Criteria
    • Registration
  • Accelerated Credit Enrolment in Industry Training (ACE IT)
    • Definition
    • Eligibility
    • Admission Criteria
    • Registration

  Purpose

  This policy affirms Douglas College's commitment to contribute actively to secondary school and adult learners' mobility within the post-secondary system.

  Policy Statement

  Douglas College is committed to working with School Districts to articulate agreements which facilitate the transition of secondary school students to college courses and programs.

  The College recognises the interest and commitments of School Districts in the field of adult education and will strive to coordinate the provision of learning activities for adult learners with school districts. The College will seek opportunities to co-operate with school districts, at the policy and administrative levels, in order to ensure effective and economical use of joint facilities and cooperative arrangements where possible and desirable.

  Types of College-School District Relationships

  Dual Credit

  • Definition: Dual Credit is advanced credit granted by the College for secondary school courses that are established through articulation agreements to be equivalent to college courses. Such courses may include those in the International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement Programs.
  • Assignment of Credit: Credit for courses taken under Dual Credit articulation agreements will be assigned to the student, at the students request, upon admission to Douglas College. Students who do not attend Douglas College will not receive a Douglas College transcript listing courses and grades. Douglas College cannot provide any commitment as to how such agreements and course credits will be accepted by other educational institutions, agencies, potential employers, or the public at large.
  • Articulation Agreements: Dual credit articulation agreements with individual schools or school districts will be reviewed every two years.

  Concurrent Studies

  • Definition: Concurrent Studies programs enable secondary students to enroll in college courses, for credit, at the same time as they are completing their secondary education.
  • Eligibility: An eligible Concurrent Studies student will normally be a grade 12 student and will be limited to a maximum of two courses per semester. Exceptions may be approved on an individual basis by the College Registrar, upon recommendation from the school principal.

  • Admission Criteria: Upon application to the Registrar, a secondary student may be admitted as a Concurrent Studies student providing:

    1. college resources permit;
    2. specific program requirements and course prerequisites (excepting grade 12 graduation) have been met;
    3. the student has demonstrated appropriate maturity to the satisfaction of the student's school principal or his/her designate, and has written approval to enroll in specific Concurrent Studies courses.

    Secondary school students accepted as Concurrent Studies students, will register as Douglas College students, pay all applicable fees, and be subject to all College policies and procedures.

  • Registration: Secondary school students accepted as Concurrent Studies students will receive priority in registration at the College. Upon completion of secondary school requirements, they must reapply to the College and follow the same registration priority system as other College students.
  • Limitations: The College maintains the right to limit the number of Concurrent Studies students in order to meet its commitments to regular College students, and to limit the number of Concurrent Studies students enrolled in any one section.

  Accelerated Credit Enrolment in Industry Training (ACE IT)

  • Definition: Accelerated Credit Enrolment in Industry Training (ACE IT) programs enable secondary school students to earn credit towards secondary school graduation requirements at the same time as earning a post-secondary credential for the technical training part of the first level of an apprenticeship. ACE IT programs are developed and delivered as partnerships between school districts and post-secondary institutions and include involvement from employers and/or industry organizations that support the work experience part of the apprenticeship.
  • Eligibility: An ACE IT student wil normally be a currentloy enrolled Grade 11 or 12 student who has not yet graduated from seconary school and who has been selected by his/her secondary school as being appropriate for an ACE IT program. The student must not be enrolled in any other concurrent studies program or courses.
  • Admission Criteria: Upon application to the Registrar, a secondary school student may be admitted as an ACE IT student providing:
    1. The college offers a program that has received "designated trainer provider status" from the Industry Training Authority (ITA) to provide a Level One apprenticeship program;
    2. Specific program admission requirements and course prerequisites (excepting Grade 12 graduation) have been met;
    3. The student has demonstrated appropriate maturity to the satisfaction of the student's secondary school principal or his/her designate, and has written approval to enroll in a specific ACE IT program.
  • Registration
    Secondary school students accepted as ACE IT students will receive priority in registration at the college. They will register as Douglas College students, pay all applicable fees, and be subject to all College policies and procedures.

    Upon completion of secondary school requirements, ACE IT students who wish to take other college

    courses/programs must reapply to the College, meet normal admission criteria, and follow the same registration priority system as other College students.

  This policy was last revised in October, 2010.