Running Start
Interested Students - 10th and 11th Grade students interested in Running Start for 2009- 2010 School Year should attend an Information Night @Clark College on January 7th or 21st 7-8 p.m.  Information Night.doc |
Current Washington State legislation allows high school students to attend their local community college or technical school and earn high school credits and college credits at the same time. There are no tuition fees for the student if the number of credits does not exceed the maximum allowed. Students enrolled in Running Start must:
Be at least a junior in high school and have 12 credits
Must sign a contract with their high school counselor and review all of the high school graduation requirements
Must enroll in courses that are approved by the high school counselor so that graduation requirements are completed in conjunction with any college course work that may lead to an Associates Degree. The student should also maintain full-time enrollment so that the student’s graduation status is not jeopardized
Be responsible for knowing the registration dates and deadline(s) for district and college course registration
Be responsible for transportation, lab fees and books
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Subject Area |
Year Taken |
Requirement |
Accepted Clark Equivalent Course |
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English |
1 st year of RS |
Junior or Senior English 1 & 2 |
ENGL 101 - English Composition and
ENGL 102 - English Composition |
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2 nd year of RS |
Senior English 1 & 2 |
Choose one of the following:
ENGL& 260 - World Literature
ENGL& 261 - World Literature
ENGL& 268 - American Literature
ENGL& 269 - American Literature
ENGL& 270 - American Literature
ENGL& 280 - American Multicultural Literature
ENGL& 140 - Women in Literature |
|
Social Studies |
If credit is still needed: |
Washington State History |
HIST&214 - Pacific NW History
* Class is not offered every quarter |
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Choose 2 of the 3 courses if you need credit in either of these areas |
World History 1
World History 2 |
HIST&126 - Survey of World Civilization
HIST&127 - Survey of World Civilization
HIST&128 - Survey of World Civilization |
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US History 1
US History 2 |
HIST& 146 - United State History
HIST& 147 - United State History
HIST& 148 - United State History |
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SENIOR YEAR ONLY
(Choose 1 Economics and 1 Political Science) |
Contemporary World Issues
Economics |
ECON 101 - Intro to Economics
ECON 107/GEOG 107 - Economic Geography
ECON 110 - Intro to Global Economics
ECON& 201 - Microeconomics
ECON&202 - Macroeconomics |
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Contemporary World Issues
Political Science |
POLS 111 - Am. Natl. Government & Politics
POLS 171 - Survey of the US Constitution
POLS&203 - International Relations |
Running Start Graduation Equivalents