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Concurrent Enrollment Info for Parents

Concurrent Enrollment gives your student an early start on college while they remain in the support system of their high school.

Through this program, your student can earn college credit from Winona State University at the same time they earn high school credit. The course grade becomes part of the student’s official Winona State transcript and permanent college record.

Because students are earning college credit, they are also taking on college-level responsibility. Encourage your student to understand the expectations of the course, communicate with their teacher, meet deadlines, and ask for help early if they need support.

College records are protected by FERPA, which means the student’s Winona State grades and transcript belong to the student.

How to Apply

To join the Concurrent Enrollment program, you’ll need to work with your student’s high school guidance counselor.

There are no minimum GPA requirements or other pre-requisites for students. Your student’s high school will determine if they are ready for college-level coursework in a concurrent enrollment class.

There is no application form for high school students to submit. Your student’s high school counselor will provide their enrollment details to Winona State.

Concurrent Enrollment Courses

High schools choose which courses are available to students. Your student’s high school may not offer all of these course options.

All Winona State concurrent enrollment courses meet goal areas in the General Education Program (GEP).

Course TitleCreditsDescriptionGEP Goals
Essentials of Biology with Lab

4 with lab or 3 without lab

Explore the scientific study of life through virtual lab activities, field studies, and readings.

You’ll be able to:
  • understand the basics of biology
  • make sense of the science-related news in everyday life
  • discuss societal issues in the biological sciences
Goal 3: Science with Lab
Introduction to Public Speaking3Learn how to speak confidently to a crowd.

You’ll be able to:
  • select and organize materials
  • deliver common types of speeches
  • practice listening skills
  • analyze and evaluate presentations
Goal 1: Communication
Introduction to Effective Communication3Explore the concepts, models, and theories of human communication and how to apply these ideas to interpersonal, small groups, and public speaking situations.

You’ll be able to:
  • practice problem-solving
  • identify conflict-resolution strategies
  • recognize leadership styles
  • give informative, persuasive, and group presentations
Goal 1: Communication
United States History to 18653Study a broad range of United States history from prehistoric times to the American Civil War.

You’ll focus on:
  • political developments and public policy
  • the origins and consequences of slavery
  • ethnic, cultural, and regional diversity and conflict
  • transformation of social and economic systems
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 6: Humanities
United States History Since 18653Study a broad range of United States history since the American Civil War.

You’ll focus on:
  • post-Civil War Reconstruction
  • late 19th-century economic and social developments
  • 20th-century reform movements
  • foreign policy and the overseas expansion of the U.S. economy
  • Cold War and post-Cold War developments
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
College Algebra3Gain a rigorous preparation in algebra.

Along with a review of basic algebra concepts, you’ll learn:
  • functions and graphs
  • polynomial, radical, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions
  • equations, inequalities, systems of equations and inequalities
  • applications
Goal 4: Mathematics/Logic Reasoning
Precalculus4Be ready for college-level calculus.

You’ll focus on:
  • equation solving
  • symbolic/algebraic manipulation
  • graphing of rational, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions
Goal 4: Mathematics/Logic Reasoning
Introduction to Sociology3Explore the systematic study of human society.

You will learn:
  • the foundations of sociology
  • the basics of social research methods
  • the dimensions of social inequality and social institutions
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7 Human Diversity

How to Support Your Student

The best thing you can do is guide your student to set goals, access campus resources, and solve their own problems.

If you are concerned about your student’s success, reach out to their high school teacher or guidance counselor.

If you are having academic difficulty in your course, reach out early to your teacher or school counselor. Successful college students know when to ask questions, seek support, and take ownership of their learning.

Understand Student Data Privacy

In K-12 schools, parents have access to their student’s class grades, GPA, and other information on their student records. However, this changes once your student attends a post-secondary institution through a concurrent enrollment course.

Your student becomes the sole owner of their university student data and must choose to give their parents, guardians, or others permission to view their records.

Learn more about how Winona State addresses student data privacy.

Remind Your Student to Check Grades

After your student has completed your CE course, they should verify their grades in Student eServices to make sure they are accurately listed.

Your student should let us know immediately if the grades listed on their student record do not match the grade they received in the course.

Contact
Winona State Concurrent Enrollment
Email the Concurrent Enrollment Team