College Credit Options

Advanced Placement Courses

Advanced Placement Courses are taught by TDHS teachers at TDHS. The AP Program sponsored by the College Board offers students the opportunity to challenge themselves with university level work while still in high school. These courses develop study habits, sharpen problem solving techniques and improve writing skills, enabling students to enter college fully prepared to meet their professors’ expectations. Students who do well on the annual AP examinations in May are able to gain both course placement beyond typical freshman college levels and earn credit toward college graduation based on their scores. Students should contact their guidance counselor for further questions about AP courses.

Expanded Options Program

Expanded Options covers the cost of tuition and books for eligible high school juniors and seniors to take classes at Columbia Gorge Community College while still in high school. Students who pass receive dual credits high school and college - fully transferable to other colleges and universities.

The cost of tuition, textbooks and class fees are paid by the school district while students are responsible for the cost of transportation to and from the college. The Dalles High School and Columbia Gorge Community College are continuing to develop courses that are attractive to high school juniors and seniors and easily accessible during their school day.

To get started: Review the program eligibility criteria attached below.

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Contact: TDHS Counseling Office Secretary, Sharlene Bonham,

(541)506-3449 ext. 2007 | [email protected]

College Now!

College Now, through the collaboration of CGCC and local high schools, offers high school students the opportunity to earn college credits at the same time they are meeting high school graduation requirements. This process is called “dual credit” - where college credit, as well as high school credit, is granted for the same course. College Now courses – taught by qualified high school instructors during regular school hours at your high school – have the same content and outcomes as the courses at CGCC. Each College Now instructor has gone through an approval process to become a College Now faculty and align their courses to CGCC content in order to offer college credit.

Courses offered at The Dalles High School

Intro to Expository Writing WR115 English 11/12 Honors A

English Composition WR 121 English 11/12 Honors B

Introduction to Literature - Fiction ENG104 - Honors Literature

Writing Composition 2 WR122 Honors Rhetoric

Intro to Economics EC - 200 Equivalent to required high school class

Microeconomics EC - 201 AP Microeconomics

Macroeconomics EC - 202 AP Macroeconomics

Math 111 College Algebra

Math 112 Elementary Functions

Math 251 Calculus I

Math 252 Calculus II

Math 253 Calculus III

ITS Program

These are classes taught by TDHS teachers at TDHS. Students meeting the criteria for college credit may apply for credit through Mt Hood Community College for a nominal fee. Students must be 16 at the time the application is submitted. TDWHS staff teaching these courses can provide the paperwork and assist in getting it completed and returned to MHCC.

This is available in the following courses:

ITS 1 - A+

ITS 2 - Network+

Video Production 2

Web Design 2

Photography and Graphic Design

These are classes taught by TDHS teachers at TDHS. Students meeting the criteria for college credit may apply for credit through Mt Hood Community College for a nominal fee. Students must be 16 at the time the application is submitted. TDHS staff teaching these courses can provide the paperwork and assist in getting it completed and returned to MHCC.

This is available in the following courses:

Photography

Advanced Photography

Graphic Design and Media