Teach Dual Credit: Graduate Pathways for Educators

These graduate pathways are designed to provide a focused, efficient option for educators seeking to qualify as dual-credit instructors. Built around discipline-specific graduate coursework, the pathways include both formally approved certificates and intentional graduate coursework sequences that allow teachers to complete the required content credits—typically a minimum of 18 graduate hours—needed to teach dual-credit courses, without pursuing an additional full graduate degree in the field.

These offerings directly address the needs of K–12 school districts by expanding the pool of credentialed dual-credit instructors, particularly in high-demand subject areas. For educators, they provide a practical and flexible way to build subject-matter expertise, meet higher education credentialing standards, and broaden professional opportunities. For students and schools, the result is increased access to high-quality dual-enrollment courses that support college readiness, reduce time-to-degree, and strengthen secondary-to-postsecondary pathways.