High Schools

We’re glad you are considering a Dual Credit partnership with Loyola University Chicago. We want to help make the dual credit collaboration as smooth as possible.  Please write to us at dualcredit@luc.edu. We can answer questions, share the dual credit application and other resources, and/or set up a time to meet to explore your options. Below are a few resources that may be helpful as you plan to offer dual credit courses. 

Loyola’s Memorandum of Understanding for a Dual Credit Partnership clearly outlines the roles and responsibilities of our two institutions. Admission criteria typically include teacher qualifications, curricular sequence, curricular rigor, and student selection process. You can download a sample copy of Loyola's Dual Credit MOU.

As an educator, you want to make sure that you can help prepare your students to succeed—in college and beyond. Loyola's Dual Credit program gives you another way to help your students prepare for the future.

But the benefits don't stop there. This is an opportunity for you to collaborate with and receive mentoring from a university professor in your discipline. We see this as part of our mission—to give back to the community by empowering high school teachers with professional development. Our hope is that the college professor-high school teacher relationship will help both parties reflect on and hone their skills in the classroom. Teachers who are eligible to participate in the program receive affiliate lecturer status at Loyola with all of the benefits of the Loyola adjunct faculty who teach on campus. 

We always welcome new instructors to apply to our program. However, your high school must be partnered with Loyola’s Dual Credit Program before any courses can be offered.

To be part of the Dual Credit program, eligible teachers must have a master's degree in the subject matter (i.e., an MS in Biology) or a master’s degree with at least 18 graduate hours in the subject matter's discipline (e.g., MS-level biology coursework). Teachers who have a master's degree in education (MEd) are not eligible without the required graduate coursework in the discipline. 

Interested?

We encourage you to read Appendix A and B of Loyola’s Memorandum of Understanding and send all required materials to dualcredit@luc.edu.

Request a sample course syllabus in your discipline by contacting Dr. Yvonne El Ashmawi, Faculty Director, at dualcredit@luc.edu. Dual credit courses offered at participating high schools should be similar in content, rigor, assignments, and assessments as the on-campus version. 

Learn more about teaching in Loyola's Dual Credit Program in the Instructor Handbook.

Loyola University Chicago's Dual Credit program offers the following to participating schools,

• Eases students’ transitions to college by preparing them for the demands of college-level coursework.
• Exposes students to academically challenging material while in the familiar surroundings of their high school.
• Allows students to begin their freshman year of college with college credits while they also earn credits toward high school graduation.
• Empowers students to earn college credit at a significantly reduced cost.
• Gives high school teachers an opportunity to collaborate with their university counterparts, sharing the resources and expertise of their discipline.
• Provides qualified high school teachers with Loyola affiliate lecturer status.

In order to participate in Loyola University Chicago's Dual Credit program, high school teachers must become Loyola affiliate lecturers. (Please refer to "What Teachers Need to Know" for eligibility requirements.) Teachers who become Loyola affiliate lecturers will be eligible for professional development opportunities offered by Loyola. Interested, eligible teachers must complete/submit the following:

• Dual Credit Instructor Application
• Cover letter summarizing the applicant’s qualifications. The cover letter should explicitly describe the teacher’s interest, commitment, and experience in teaching the discipline to be taught. The cover letter should explain how the teacher remains professionally active and intellectually engaged in the discipline while also describing what they have taught and how they have taught it.
• Curriculum vitae
• College transcript
• Two letters of recommendation. One must be from the high school principal. At least one of the letters should explicitly discuss the teacher's instruction of discipline, preferably with anecdotal evidence.
• Dual Credit Course Review Form

APPLY TODAY! Please send your application and supporting documents as attachments via email to dualcredit@luc.edu.

Please also review Appendix A and B of Loyola's Dual Credit MOU sample for important details.

Newly appointed affiliate lecturers will be invited to participate in an orientation session where they will learn about the policies and procedures of the Dual Credit Program as well as student registration procedures, grading and assessment, etc. Each instructor also will be appointed a Loyola University Chicago faculty mentor in their discipline at this time.

Currently offered courses can be found here. Send us an email if you don't see the course you are interested in on the list.

Loyola University Chicago Dual Credit courses are currently offered at:

• Andrew High School
• Carmel High School
• Fenwick High School
• Hinsdale Central
• Hinsdale South
• Highland Park High School
• Jones College Prep
• Lane Tech
• Lemont High School
• Loyola Academy
• Lycee Chicago
• Marian Catholic
• Marist High School
• Marmion Academy
• Minooka High School
• Niles North High School
• Niles West High School
• Rich Township High School
• Richards High School
• Riverside-Brookfield High School
• Sandburg High School
• Senn High School
• Shepard High School
• Southland College Prep
• Stevenson High School
• Stagg High School
• St. Viator High School
• Wheaton Warrenville High School
• Whitney Young High School