Lone Star College
How to Apply
- Fill out the Electronic Form: Course Approval Form
- Dual Credit Courses List
These guides are created for our dual credit students to use for their course applications. ApplyTexas will be used for any students seeking admission for Fall 2024. To apply for a dual credit class, students will need to meet the necessary dual credit placement scores (DC Placement Scores – Original TSI, DC Placement Chart-New) and will need to create an ApplyTexas account (ApplyTexas DC Guide) Then submit the following to the campus admissions office prior to or when registering:
- Meet all course prerequisites and minimum college readiness test scores in reading, writing, and/or math for enrolled courses
- Go to the ApplyTexas Website and use the (ApplyTexas DC Guide) to complete the application.
- Upon receipt of your LSC Student ID # via emails, and submit the following electronic form: Course Approval Form for Fall 2024 courses you will be taking next school year by the deadline Sunday, April 14th, 2024 at 4:00 pm. Course Approval form will be available for the Fall 2024 beginning Wednesday March 27th. If a student has added the following courses in their course request, you will need to submit the Lone Star form for Fall 2024:
- English 1301 (English 3-D (11th grade), English IV-D (12th grade))
- Math 1314 (Pre-Calc Dual)
- Biology 2401 (Anatomy & Physiology-D)
- Musi 1306 (Music Studies Music Appr. I-D)
- When completing the form for Section # and Course # for each course, please add “0000“. For “Subject” and “Catalog #” you will put for example Subject “English” and Course Catalog: “1301” if the class you are submitting it for.
- College Ready TSI Test Scores (Depends on Courses – Please check the Course Matrix for College Core Curriculum Completion for more details)
- Upon submission of the Course Approval Form, your counselor will receive an email to verify the courses listed for correct enrollment and to approve your submitted form.
- If approved, a waiver will be applied to cover tuition costs.
NOTE:
- In order for all students to take dual credit courses for next year, course request submission MUST be made by Wednesday March 6, 2024 at 4:00 pm. After the Deadline, dual credit course requests will NOT be considered.
- The Course Approval form MUST be submitted by Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 4:00 pm.
- Please make sure you submit only 1 enrollment form for all of your courses you will be taking for the Fall 2024, if applicable.
- No submissions will be accepted AFTER the deadline (Sunday April 14, 2024 at 4:00 pm).
Dual Credit During Summer
Students who choose to take dual credit during the summer break will only be allowed to take the following courses:
- Texas Government (Govt 2306)
- Introduction to Communication (SPCH 1318) or Public Speaking (SPCH 1315)
- Principles of Sociology (Soci 1301)
Students who take dual credit over the summer, payment will covered by the student. Campus will not be covering payment for summer dual credit courses. Starting at the start of the 2023-2024 school year, any course that is taken off the students schedule -(including dual and online in the summer) will receive on-level (out of 4.0) grade points corresponding with the grade earned.
Summer Dual Credit Registration is now available: Summer Dual. Deadline for Summer Dual Credit registration is Friday March 22nd at 1:30 pm.
Here are the instructions to officially enroll into summer dual:
1. First get your Lone Star ID, by submitting your application to Lone Star through ApplyTexas: ApplyTexas (if you do not have an account, create an account).
2. Once you receive your Lone Star ID, you will fill out and submit the following forms: Course Approval, FERPA, Transcript, TSI Scores, and submit all these documents into the Summer Dual Credit Registration form: Summer Dual.
3. In your Course Approval form, you will need to state the exact courses and section you have signed up for with your counselor (form will also require counselor signature). Below is how you can find the directions on how to find the course and section:
A. Go to Lonestar.edu
B. Select search for classes
C. That will bring you to the Guest Homepage
D. Select View Classes
E. Select 2024 Summer
F. That will bring you to Class Search and Enroll
G. Enter the class information you are looking for
H. That will show you all of the classes at all of the campuses/online
I. Select the campus/online you wish to attend
J. That will show you all of the classes that is being offered.
How to Drop a Course
Please submit the Lone Star Dual Credit Add Drop Form by filling out the following form: Lone Star Fillable DC Drop/Add Form
Counselor and Student are expected to sign the form. Counselor will share signed form to Lone Star