Dual Credit/Project Acceleration

What is dual enrollment credit?

Courses offered for dual enrollment credit stem from agreements between high schools, universities and community colleges whereby a student's high school course enables them to enroll in a college course and simultaneously earn high school AND college credits for the course.

WHAT DUAL ENROLLMENT CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO SPHS STUDENTS?

South Plainfield High School, in partnership with Middlesex College, Seton Hall University, Fairleigh Dickinson, and Kean University offers the following opportunities to eligible juniors or seniors. 

SPHS Courses that have been approved as Dual Credit classes:

  1. ENG 121- English Comp 1 - Middlesex College (English 4 Honors- Mascaro)

  2. SPA 121/SPA 122- Elementary Spanish 1/2 - Middlesex College (Spanish 4 Honors- Perero)

    • SPAN1001- Elementary Spanish II- Seton Hall (Spanish 4 Honors- Perero)

  3. MAT 129- Pre-Calculus- Middlesex College (Pre/Academic Precalculus- Adams & Knarr)

  4. MATH1015- Pre-Calculus- Seton Hall (Honors Pre-Calculus- Adams)

  5. MAT 131- Analytical Geometry & Calculus 1 - Middlesex College (Calculus- Briskin)

    • MATH1401- Calculus I- Seton Hall (Calculus- Briskin)

  6. MAT 116- College Algebra - Middlesex College (Algebra 3/Trig- Decker-Prybella & Briskin)

  7. BIO 131- Human Structure and Function - Middlesex College (Anatomy & Physiology- Perry)

  8. PHYS1001- Intro to Physical Science- Seton Hall (Acad Physics- Panek)

  9. SOCI1101- Intro to Sociology - Seton Hall (Sociology- Fuschetto & Nydam)

  10. Holocaust, Genocide, and Modern Humanity (offered at SPHS in alternating years) - Kean University

  11. EDUC 1108 & 2401- Tomorrow's Teachers- Fairleigh Dickinson

WHAT COLLEGES WILL ACCEPT THESE TRANSFER CREDITS?

Dual Credit colleges cannot guarantee that a school will accept their credits, although many colleges do accept credits from other institutions. Acceptance of credits is up to the receiving college and the decision is often made by a department chairperson. For information on which New Jersey colleges and universities may accept the Dual Credit credits, go to www.njtransfer.org. Or contact your college directly.

To prove your earned credits to your school, you must order a copy of your transcript from the college from which you've earned the credits. Middlesex, Seton Hall, Fairleigh Dickinson, or Kean hold the credits you will need to verify, not South Plainfield High School. Please visit their websites for instructions on ordering a transcript.

MIDDLESEX DUAL CREDIT INFORMATION

Students will earn 3 Credits per course taken (or 4, if indicated below) if final grade is a "C" or better

HOW DO I REGISTER?

Click Here for FIRST TIME Middlesex College Fall 2024 registration application DUE 9/29

Click Here for RETURNING Middlesex Dual Enrollment Students 2024 application. DUE 9/29

Click Here for the information sent home on Jan 25th 2024

QUESTIONS? Email Middlesex Dual Enrollment office at MCCDE@middlesexcc.edu

* NOTE: If you student did NOT register for ENG 121 in the fall, they are not eligible for ENG 122 in the Spring. Registration cannot be concurrent. If they want, they CAN register for ENG 121 in the Spring.

SETON HALL DUAL CREDIT INFORMATION

SPHS participates in Seton Hall University's Project Acceleration. Information regarding registration and payment can be found here.

KEAN UNIVERSITY DUAL CREDIT INFORMATION

In alternating school years, when the courses are offered, SPHS also participates with Kean University** for dual enrollment credit in:

  1. The Holocaust, Genocide and Modern Humanity

CLICK HERE for Kean Welcome Letter 2024

CLICK HERE for Kean Application and Instructions 2024

Kean prefers applications be submitted by 10/11 but will work with students who require an extension. Contact info on the Welcome Letter.

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON DUAL CREDIT INFORMATION

The Early College Dual Enrollment program at FDU allows high school students to take credit-bearing FDU courses from the comfort of their high school classrooms.

Register HERE by October 4, 2024

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YOU MUST REQUEST A TRANSCRIPT FROM THE COLLEGE WHERE YOUR CREDITS WERE EARNED IN ORDER TO OBTAIN PROOF OF CREDIT FOR THE SCHOOL YOU WILL ATTEND AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. And so, Middlesex College, Seton Hall, Fairleigh Dickinson, or Kean University transcripts are needed to prove these credits.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

$135.00 per class (Middlesex 2024-25 School Year)

$330.00 per class/$110.00 per credit (Seton Hall 2024-2025 School Year)

$300 (Kean 2024-2025 School Year)

$408 (Fairleigh Dickinson 2024-2025 School Year for 2 courses)