Course Types and Eligibility

Understanding Course Types

Vol State courses are designed according to their purposes and the credentials in which they are embedded. On the previous page, click on “Courses to Credentials” to learn more about the types of credentials that students can earn at Vol State and where they lead. This knowledge will help in choosing appropriate classes for dual enrollment.

University Parallel: These are designed to transfer to four-year colleges. All general education courses and some CTE-aligned courses fall into this category.
Career and Vocational Designation: Courses denoted with the *symbol in the title focus on specific career skills. These courses may be accepted as transfer credit by some colleges and universities, but that decision is made by the receiving institution.
Remedial: These are not available for dual enrollment

Course Eligibility

A student must meet a course’s prerequisites to be able to enroll in the course. Some courses have no listed prerequisites. Many courses have a prerequisite that can be met with an ACT or ACCUPLACER minimum score. Other courses may require additional prerequisites. Use the table below as a guide:

Vol State Course Prerequisite	Dual Enrollment Requirement	Example Courses
No prerequisite listed	High School GPA 2.0	INFS 1010 Computer Applications BUSN 1305 *Introduction to Business CRMJ 1010 Introduction to Criminal Justice
“Acceptable placement scores...in Reading and Writing”	High School GPA 3.6 or ACT Eng 18, Read 19 or ACCUPLACER Writ 250, Read 250	ENGL 1010 English Composition I PSYC 1030 Intro to Psychology ECON 2100 Principles of Macroeconomics
“Acceptable placement scores...in Math”	High School GPA 3.6 or ACT Math 19 or ACCUPLACER Math 250	MATH 1530 Introductory Statistics MATH 1130 College Algebra
Additional Prerequisites	Full extent of stated prerequisites	MATH 1910 Calculus I: Four years of high school math, including trigonometry, and an ACT math sub score of 25 or greater or MATH 1720 or MATH 1730 with a C or higher.