High School Course Catalog Running Start

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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 is a $20 fee to take the Compass exam. Full time enrollment is 15 credits between high school and Clark College. Students enrolled in Running Start must:

• Be at least a junior in high school
• 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
• Full time Running Start students are expected to complete their Culminating Project through Clark College. Part time students should see their high school Culminating Project Coordinator for specifics.
• Athletes must contact their high school Athletic Coordinator

Subject Area	Year Taken	Requirement	Accepted Clark Equivalent Course
English	1st year of RS	Junior or Senior English 1 & 2	ENGL101 - English Composition and ENGL102 - English Composition
	2nd year of RS Choose one	Senior English 1 & 2	ENGL140 - Women in Literature ENGL260 - World Literature ENGL261 - World Literature ENGL267 - American Multiethnic Literature ENGL268 - American Literature ENGL269 - American Literature
Social Studies	1st or 2nd year if credit is still needed:	Washington State History	HIST214 - Pacific NW History * Class is not offered every quarter
	1st or 2nd year: Choose 2 of the 3 courses if you need credit in either of these areas	World History 1 World History 2	HIST126 - Survey of World Civilization HIST127 - Survey of World Civilization HIST128 - Survey of World Civilization
		US History 1 US History 2	HIST146 - United States History HIST147 - United States History HIST148 - United States History
	SENIOR YEAR ONLY (Choose 1 Economics and 1 Political Science)	Contemporary World Issues Economics	ECON101 - Intro to Economics ECON107/GEOG107 - Economic Geography ECON110 - Intro to Global Economics ECON 201 - Microeconomics ECON 202 - Macroeconomics
		Contemporary World Issues Political Science	POLS111 - Am. Natl. Government & Politics POLS171 - Survey of the US Constitution POLS203 - International Relations
Culminating Project	SENIOR YEAR ONLY	High School Plan and Beyond	HDEV100 or HDEV101 AND HDEV116, HDEV117 or HDEV196
		Civic Action/Service Learning (15 Hours)	HDEV 175 – Intro to Service Learning and Civic Engagement (the 15 service hours are documented at the student’s high school)
		Research Analysis Paper (Eng 102)	ENGL 101 & ENGL 102