Dual Credit Program

Dual Credit Program

Dual Credit (DC) courses are taught at the freshman level and on the MCA campus both in person and/or online. Current partner institutions include John Brown University and Dallas Baptist University. To evaluate a student’s readiness for this level of work, parents should consider the student’s critical thinking skills, grades earned, organization, time management, and motivation. Additional requirements for DC classes can be found in the Academic Planning Guide. See page 6 of the Academic Planning Guide for more information.

Students must apply for and gain admission to the college or university and pay the college tuition and related fees in order to enroll in the courses at MCA. Students will have the option to earn college credit upon successful/passing completion of the course.

MCA's Current Dual Credit Partner Institutions
John Brown University (JBU)
LeTourneau University (LETU)

Dallas Baptist University (DBU)

Abilene Christian University (ACU)

 * Part of a specialized certificate

Qualifying Criteria

Click here to see criteria on page 6 of Academic Planning Guide.

Academic Accommodations for Dual Credit

MCA cannot provide accommodations to students in a dual credit course without the approval and direction of the university. Requests must be made directly to the university.

Transferring Credit

Each college or university makes its own determination of credit they will accept toward degree requirements. Though the dual credit courses offered at MCA are widely accepted for transfer credit, we recommend you visit your prospective college's website and search “course equivalency” or “transfer credit”.

Texas Common Core Numbering System tool for searching the Texas equivalent course number. Enter the institution offering the course and the course number to view the transfer course name at Texas universities.

College (Dual Credit) Transcript Requests

Transcripts for the college credit must be requested directly from the partner college/university's registrar's office.  

John Brown University Transcript Request

LeTourneau University Transcript Request