Frequently Asked Questions

Once you have completed the Online Readiness Course (scoring an 80% or higher on the final assessment), the hold from your account will be removed within approximately 24 hours. 

Yes! As their high school schedules allow, DE students are strongly encouraged to be actively involved in the PHSC community by participating in student clubs, organizations and extracurricular activities.

No. Students who pass the AP, ACE, IB, or CLEP examination are not permitted to earn postsecondary credit for that course via dual enrollment.

Dual enrollment students will not be permitted to register for classes until the Dual Enrollment Online Orientation course has been completed and the student hold removed.

No. The Online Readiness Course must be completed in advance of enrolling into any online courses. 

Yes, new dual enrollment students can complete the dual enrollment application through the Bobcat Application Portal. 

No. You may complete the course in one sitting or come and go from the course – even over several days. The modules you completed will be saved, so you can pick up where you left off.

You may complete the course in one sitting or come and go from the course – even over several days.  The modules you’ve completed will be saved, so you can pick up where you left off. 

Yes.

The online dual enrollment registration process begins with the student completing and submitting the Dual Enrollment Request Form.

All new and continuing dual enrollment students who have completed the Online Dual Enrollment application are automatically enrolled in the Dual Enrollment Online Orientation course.

The Online Readiness course is located on the PHSC website in the Canvas learning platform. You will access the Online Readiness Course by:

1. Logging into myPHSC
2. Going to Canvas
3. Selecting the “Online Readiness at PHSC” course from your “Courses” menu. 

1. Go to myPHSC Bobcat Portal.
2. Click on Canvas, after you have successfully entered the myPHSC portal.
3. Accept the invitation (in Canvas) to join the Dual Enrollment Online Orientation. If you do not see the invitation to accept at the top of the Canvas page, the Dual Enrollment Online Orientation can be found under the ‘Courses’ tab.
4. Complete the Online Readiness Course located in the ‘Courses’ tab, after completing the Dual Enrollment Online Orientation. Completion of the Online Readiness Course is required to register for any online class.

Go to myPHSC student portal.  In Canvas, the Online Readiness Course can be found under the 'Courses' tab.

DE students must have an unweighted 3.0 high school GPA (for college credit courses) or a 2.0 high school GPA (for technical credit courses) and are required to take a College Placement Test (PERT/SAT/ACT/CLT score are accepted). All DE students must have a full battery of test scores on record to qualify for dual enrollment.

Dual enrollment students access their PHSC email through the PHSC Student Portal.

Students can begin the online dual enrollment request form approximately two-three days after completing the online admissions application. 

It varies, of course, but you should be able to complete it in 2 hours. Completion of the Online Readiness course requires students to work through all five modules and obtain a score of 80% or higher on the final assessment. So, don’t just scan the information – it might be in a question at the end! 

It varies, of course, but you should be able to complete it in two hours. At the end of each module, you will have to take a quiz, and you must achieve 100 percent before you can move on to the next module. So, don’t just scan the information – it might be in a question at the end!

Dual enrollment required documents (i.e. test scores, GPA, and prerequisite/co-requisite documentation) are only valid for one semester within the Online Dual Enrollment Form.

Students will indicate their course selection from a drop-down menu of all eligible courses being taught during the semester. Students are encouraged to include the maximum number of courses, fourteen (14), on the form. Note: If the course selections indicated are full and the student does not have additional courses approved, the student will need to submit a new request form to include the additional courses, which would start the approval process all over.

Students will access the Banner online registration system via the myPHSC portal.

The dual enrollment student will receive an email after the parent, high school counselor, and PHSC academic advisor reviews the form. After the PHSC academic advisor has approved/denied the course(s) the student selected, he/she will receive an email to their PHSC email account listing the course(s) and the approval status. If a course or courses are denied, it will list the reason for the denial.

Should PHSC academic advisors deny a course, only that course will be denied. However, the PHSC academic advisor does have the option to reject the entire request if the dual enrollment eligibility requirements (GPA, test scores, and prerequisites) are not met.

No. The Online Readiness Course will meet the requirement for all future semesters.

Yes, effective Fall semester 2019 (20201), all dual enrollment students must successfully complete the Dual Enrollment Online Orientation.

Yes, all students new to PHSC who want to take online courses are required to complete the Online Readiness course – even if the student has transfer credits and is not a first time in college student. The online readiness course is not required for students who are only taking on-campus courses. 

All students are responsible for their own transportation.

Dual enrollment students should register for the theory and laboratory course during the same semester (e.g., BSC 1085 – Human Anatomy and Physiology and BSC 1085L – Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab).

Depending on grade level, dual enrollment students may take a dual enrollment course at the high school, on a PHSC campus, or online, as approved by the high school counselor.

You may take the final quiz as many times as you need to reach the 80 percent score required. You may also go back into the course to review areas as needed.

You may take the assessment as many times as you need to reach the 80% required.  You may also go back into the course to review areas as needed. 

The parent/guardian must have an email address as the online process requires an electronic signature for a parent/guardian authorization. The parent/guardian may obtain a free email account from gmail.com or yahoo.com.

Dual Enrollment (DE) is a program where students attend college courses at PHSC and/or their high school to earn credits toward fulfilling high school graduation requirements, while also earning credits toward a college degree.

There is no cost for application, tuition, or required textbooks for Pasco and Hernado County public, private and home school dual enrollment students. Books are loaned to students by PHSC and must be returned to the respective school district at the end of each semester. For private and homeschool students, books are also on loan and must be returned at the end of each semester to the PHSC College Store location in New Port Richey. 

The students should check their spam folder for an email from forms@phsc.edu.

For assistance with technical difficulties with the Dual Enrollment Online Form, call the PHSC Help desk at 727-816-3311 or send an email to helpdesk@phsc.edu

Pasco and Hernando County’s public school dual enrollment registration information for each semester is noted on the Dual Enrollment Registration Dates webpage and on the academic calendar.

The Dual Enrollment Online Orientation student hold will be removed automatically. However, please allow approximately 24 hours for the hold to be removed. 

The Dual Enrollment Online Orientation course is located via the myPHSC portal in the Canvas learning platform.

Prerequisite and co-requisite information is noted on the course description in the college catalog. 

The Course Schedule is available at https://reg-prod.phsc.elluciancloud.com:8103/StudentRegistrationSsb/ssb/term/termSelection?mode=search

Online dual enrollment registration is restricted to Pasco and Hernando County’s public school students.

Yes, dual enrollment students who applied for admissions over a year ago but never enrolled in a dual enrollment course or who have not enrolled in a dual enrollment course for one year or more will be allowed to submit the reapplication via the online dual enrollment application.

Yes, your credits will be fully transferable within the state of Florida; however, for private or out-of-state schools, please contact that school directly.

Yes, the online registration system has been programmed to prevent public school dual enrollment students from registering for an accelerated course. Private and home school dual enrollment students are eligible for accelerated semesters.