Requirements

Concurrent Enrollment

Concurrent enrollment is a status in which a student is enrolled in two schools/academic institutions at once. In most cases this refers to being enrolled with a local college and a local high school at the same time. Dual Credit or Concurrent Credit is credit that is listed on both transcripts for both of the schools/institutions (college and high school). Concurrent classes listed in this catalog are college classes taught by college faculty or Bentonville Schools faculty who meet the Arkansas Department of Higher Education (ADHE) standards for teaching bachelor’s level academic courses or technical credit courses (where applicable). Concurrent courses may be on our campus, on-campus at a local college or university or online. Recommended college courses are listed throughout this catalog. Other college courses may be utilized with approval of the campus principal. See Board Policy 5.15 for the most recent details. See also Alternative Methods to Earn or Recover Credit.

College enrollment during high school must be approved by a written agreement completed prior to enrollment between: (1) The District's student, and his or her parent(s) or guardian(s) if the public school student is less than 18 years of age; (2) The District; and (3) The college or university the student attends to take the college course.

  • Concurrent credit may be pursued with various community colleges, colleges and universities.
  • The parent will sign a permission slip college application. By completing this application process parents are acknowledging responsibility for all costs of higher education courses taken for concurrent credit including but not limited to tuition, textbooks, fees, digital learning fees and transportation. The parent will also assume the responsibility of the student when he/she is not on a Bentonville Schools campus.
  • A student with 8 or more college credit hours per semester could qualify for a reduced course load. See Course Load.
  • Grades received from a community college will be automatically included in our transcript if the course was built in the student’s schedule. Students taking courses on a college or university campus may be required to take consecutive courses at High School (all morning or all afternoon).
  • Courses taken in the summer, at night and online with a community college or otherwise not listed in our schedule may count as concurrent credit be included on our transcript at a student’s request provided that the course crosswalks to our HS curriculum and is needed for graduation requirements. Anything added to our transcript will be subject to all GPA procedures.
  • It is a student’s responsibility to make sure the District registrar receives the college transcript.
  • Students taking college courses must furnish proof of enrollment at the college or university to their high school during the first two weeks of the semester.
  • Dropping college courses is a bad habit and may be limited in some states and schools our students attend after high school. Should a high school student decide to drop a college course they may only be enrolled in a comparable course if the course exists and if there is space available. If a college course shows on the student’s current schedule and the student drops the course after the first two weeks of the high school semester, he/she may receive an “F” on the high school transcript for that concurrent class. Note also parameters, expenses, forms and deadlines required by the college for dropped courses.
  • For college courses to fulfill a high school graduation requirement, the concurrent credit course must appear on the student’s high school transcript and will count toward GPA and class ranking. It is a student’s responsibility to make sure the high school registrar receives the high school transcript.
  • Students electing to take college courses must meet that institution’s concurrent admissions and course placement requirements.
  • Students will not be awarded concurrent credit for duplicate courses. (Example: HS US History and ACC HIST 2013 & ACC HIST 2003 English IV and Freshman English.)
  • The high school course code that corresponds to the college course is determined and advertised in our crosswalk published in this catalog and may vary by school district or college.
  • GPA Requirements vary by school and program. For example, NWACC generally requires a 3.0 cumulative GPA; the University of Arkansas generally requires a 3.5 GPA.
  • Interested students must also have a minimum score on a national college placement test, such as the ACT, SAT or Accuplacer by March 15 or October 15.
  • Students electing to take college courses must meet that institution’s concurrent admissions and course placement requirements for most courses.

NWACC requires subtest scores that are at or above the following minimum scores for most classes:

  • English Scores - ACT 19; SAT 480; Accuplacer 83260; Aspire 10 428 Aspire Writing 428
  • Reading Scores - ACT 19; SAT 480; Accuplacer 78252; Aspire 10 428
  • Math Scores - ACT Math 21 (College Alg); SAT 500; ACT Reading 19; SAT 500; Aspire 10 varies
  • See complete details at nwacc.edu > Admissions & Aid > High School Concurrent
  • See course catalogs at nwacc.edu > Current Students > Course Catalog
  • See the NWACC ECE Course Catalog at nwacc.edu > Admissions & Aid > Handbook & Policies > Concurrent Handbook & Policies > Early College Experience/Concurrent Handbook