Can you decline dual enrollment credit?

SammoJ
Sun, 20 Oct 2019 18:45:55 +0000

Our very small school might not be able to offer physics next year - there has been a prof there teaching it for eons, she is retiring, not sure what the outlook is for a replacement. S21 plans to major in engineering and wants to apply to the likes of Duke, Clemson, and Georgia Tech, and engineering applicants are strongly encouraged/required to have high school physics. We have a regional branch of our state U in town. He could take first-year physics there dual enrollment, but I have heard (from professors at the local college) that it is simply not as rigorous as first-year physics at his hoped-for universities (the regional branch is just a step up from community college in STEM). This could make follow-on courses difficult.

Can he take the physics course at the local college then retake first-year physics for credit at his chosen university? I can’t seem to find this specific issue addressed on the college websites (they all assume the opposite, that you will be arguing to get credit), I have gotten mixed answers from folks around here, and our guidance counselor doesn’t seem to understand my question.

An unfavorable answer might require an online high school physics class, which sounds unsatisfying to my S21.