Dual Enrollment Facts

Dual Enrollment students can enroll in face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses if the course is approved in the Dual Enrollment Course Directory. Students should carefully consider whether an online course is a good fit for them before enrolling. Select courses may be offered on the DHS campus each semester in partnership with local colleges. Dual Enrollment students attending off-site programs are required to provide their own transportation.

Approved courses for Dual Enrollment are listed in the Dual Enrollment Course Directory. Approved classes may include degree level or non-degree level courses in the five main academic areas (English, math, science, social studies and world (foreign) languages), as well as electives, career, technical and agricultural offerings.

Decatur High School students who earn postsecondary credit for a course associated with an EOC are required take that assessment unless the Department of Education exempts that test. The Dual Enrollment student's EOC will count 20% of their grade on the high school transcript. 

A student is eligible through the Dual Enrollment Program to take up to 15 semester or 12 quarter hours per term. Full-Time enrollment is not a requirement. Students are eligible to participate in all high school activities. 

All DHS graduation requirements must still be met in order to graduate.

Most Georgia postsecondary institutions are on semester or quarter hour systems. Students' postsecondary credits are converted into high school credit to be included on the high school transcript. Below indicates how the Dual Enrollment credit will be translated to the high school transcript.

• One to two semester credit hours = .5 high school credit
• Three to five semester credit hours = 1 high school credit
• One to three quarter credit hours = .5 high school credit
• Four to eight quarter credit hours = 1 high school credit

Dual Enrollment courses will appear on both the high school and college transcripts. Dual Enrollment courses are weighted the same as DHS International Baccalaureate (IB) and Advanced Placement (AP) courses.

Students in grades 10th-12th are eligible to participate in Dual Enrollment in Georgia. Students in the 10th grade are usually only eligible at technical colleges. There are exceptions made for this rule based on the individual postsecondary institutions. Students in the 11th-12th grades are eligible to apply at all colleges and universities listed in the Dual Enrollment Course Directory. 

• Students are eligible to participate in Dual Enrollment in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters. It should be noted that most postsecondary institutions start summer coursework before DHS is dismissed for summer break. Students may not participate in Dual Enrollment after graduation from high school. Students are eligible to participate in Dual Enrollment at multiple postsecondary institutions, not to exceed 15 semester or 12 quarter hours per term combined. Students enrolling in dual enrollment starting the summer of 2020  and beyond are capped at 30 semester or 45 quarter hours during their high school careers. 
• Students cannot repeat dual enrollment courses.
• Once a student drops two dual enrollment courses, they are no longer eligible for funding.