Southern Connecticut State University partners with many high schools and school districts to provide college courses for eligible high school students. With a signed agreement in place, students may earn up to 30 college credits by successfully completing dual enrollment courses at their high school or at SCSU on a space-available basis. Partner schools or districts may also choose to award high school credit for the courses held on SCSU’s campus. If your school or district is a partner of our Early College program, tuition for students is waived for Early College courses taught at your high school or at SCSU!
Partners
- A.I. Prince Technical High School
- ACES Education Center for the Arts
- Achievement First Amistad High School
- Aerospace/Hydrospace, Engineering and Physical Sciences Magnet High School
- Amity Regional High School
- Ansonia High School
- Bassick High School
- Berlin High School
- Biotechnology Research and Zoological Sciences Magnet High School
- Bridgeport Military Academy
- Bridgeport Regional Vocational Aquaculture High School
- Brien McMahon High School
- Bristol Central High School
- Bristol Eastern High School
- Bristol Preparatory Academy
- Bristol Technical Education Center
- Bullard-Havens Technical High School
- Bunnell High School
- Cedarhurst/Yale School of Medicine
- Center for Global Studies
- Central High School
- Cheshire High School
- Coginchaug Regional High School
- Common Ground
- Conard High School
- Cooperative High School Inter-District Magnet
- Coventry High School
- Crosby High School
- CT Aero Tech School for Aviation Maintenance Technicians
- Daniel Hand High School (Madison)
- Derby High School
- E.C. Goodwin Technical High School
- East Haven High School
- Eli Whitney Technical High School
- Ella T. Grasso Technical High School
- Emmett O'Brien Technical High School
- Fairchild Wheeler Inter-District Magnet
- Fairfield Ludlowe High School
- Fairfield Warde High School
- Greenwich High School
- Griswold High School
- H.C. Wilcox Technical High School
- Hall High School
- Hamden Collaborative Learning Center
- Hamden High School
- Harding High School
- Harvard H. Ellis Technical High School
- Henry Abbott Technical High School
- High School in the Community
- Highville Charter High School
- Hill Regional Career High School
- Howell Cheney Technical High School
- Information Technology and Software Engineering High School
- J.M. Wright Technical High School
- James Hillhouse High School
- Joel Barlow High School
- Jonathan Law High School
- Joseph A. Foran High School
- Kennedy High School
- Kolbe Cathedral High School
- Lyman Hall High School
- Madina Academy
- Mark T. Sheehan High School
- Masuk High School
- Metropolitan Business Academy
- Middletown High School
- Naugatuck High School
- New Haven Academy
- New London High School, Multi-Magnet Campus
- Newtown High School
- Nonnewaug High School
- North Branford High School
- North Haven High School
- Norwalk High School
- Norwich Technical High School
- Oliver Wolcott Technical High School
- P-TECH Norwalk
- Plainfield High School
- Platt Technical High School
- Portland High School
- RAHM High School
- RAISE Academy
- Riverside Education Academy
- Rockville High School
- Sacred Heart Academy
- SAILS
- Shelton High School
- Sound School
- Southington High School
- St. Thomas More (STM)
- Staples High School
- Stratford High School
- Stratford School for Aviation Maintenance Technicians
- Thomaston High School
- Torrington High School
- Trumbull High School
- Vinal Technical High School
- W.F Kaynor Technical High School
- Wallingford High School
- Waterbury Arts Magnet School
- Waterbury Career Academy High School
- Weaver High School
- West Haven High School
- Wilbur Cross High School
- Wilby High School
- Windham Technical High School
- Woodland Regional High School
If your school or district is not on this list, please contact earlycollege@southernct.edu to request more information about becoming a partner.
The following list of courses is available for concurrent enrollment at high schools and appears on the application below. Each high school coordinator works directly with the Faculty Liaison for their subject matter to discuss curriculum. Interested faculty should complete an application form available (Sept. 15-Mar. 15) in the Early College Teachers section of this website.
In addition to concurrent enrollment courses offered at your high school, the following 100- and 200-level courses held at SCSU are also recommended by our faculty for Early College students coming to class at Southern. Coordinators should reach out to our admissions office with questions about course pre-requisites or placements.
High school coordinators must submit a list of eligible students to the Southern CT Early College Office as soon as possible, but no later than a few weeks prior to the start of a semester (please see Important Dates calendar). Recommendations may be submitted for students who meet the following criteria:
- High School junior or senior
- 3.0 GPA (B average) or higher
- High school counselors may recommend participation in specific courses where students have demonstrated academic promise or successfully completed related college-level coursework with a 2.0 GPA (C average) or higher.
Early College high school coordinators should direct students to the instructions provided under the "Students and Families" tab.
Keep in mind the partnership agreement provides students with a waiver for up to 2 courses in fall and spring (this total is inclusive of courses taken in the high school and at Southern), and 1 course in summer. Since students are non-matriculated, visiting students, each may take up to 11 credits, however, they must pay the current part-time rate for the courses not covered by the waiver.