Dual Credit

DUAL CREDIT

The Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Dual Credit Program allows academically talented students of junior or senior high school classification who meet the following requirements to enroll in college courses. The requirements are as follows: successful completion of 14 core units and/or high school junior status, 3.0 or higher grade point average (unweighted), MGCCC admissions application, and completed verification form by the students’ counselor or principal.

Students must meet these requirements for all dual credit courses plus any ACT prerequisite scores listed below. The Gulfport School District will pay the tuition for the following courses if the student has a 20 or higher on the ACT and if the student takes the course on the GHS campus.

Additionally, students should also check with their future college to ensure that the course will transfer and count towards their degree. Dual credit will not impact your status as an entering freshman for our public in-state schools; however, students attending private and out of state schools should check with the admissions office at the school of their choice to ensure that credits earned through dual credit will not impact their status as an entering freshman. The offering of the courses listed below are contingent upon student demand.

To enroll in Dual Credit courses at GHS, students must have a 3.0 unweighted GPA, a 20 composite ACT score, and a 20 subscore in the subject are for which the student is enrolling. 

Currently, GHS offers the following Dual Credit courses. Course availability is subject to change each year. All courses, except for College Biology I and II, are 9 week courses. 

English Composition I and II 

College Algebra 

College Biology I and II

Music Appreciation 

Employment Readiness/Smart Start (Counts for CCR)