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Start your SCAD journey early

Take college-level classes while in high school with SCAD joint enrollment, where you have early access to virtual class instruction by renowned professors, Zoom hangouts with your classmates, and unparalleled academic resources.

For more information, contact SCAD admission at [email protected] or 800.869.7223.

Apply for joint enrollment

Earn college credit before graduating high school

Students can take up to two online courses per quarter and receive five credit hours for each successfully completed course. Credits may be applied to an eventual degree at SCAD. Available courses span a variety of creative areas of interest, from advertising to drawing to digital communications and camera technique.

100+

degree programs

Browse through 100+ degree programs to design the path to your creative career.

Explore joint enrollment courses

Courses offered may vary.

ANAT 100 General Anatomy
ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology
ADBR 150 Introduction to Advertising: Concept to Content
BUSI 110 Business I: Fundamentals
BUSI 210 Management in the Creative Environment
BUSI 220 Business II: Economic Principles*
BUSI 265 Principles of Marketing*
CHIN 101 Basic Grammar and Vocabulary (Mandarin)
CHIN 150 Survey of Chinese Culture
CTXT 121 Visual Culture in Context: Pre-Modern Global Perspectives
CTXT 122 Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities
DRAW 100 Drawing I: Form and Space
DRAW 101 Drawing II: Composition and Media*
DRAW 200 Life Drawing I*
DRAW 206 Drawing for Storyboarding*
DWRI 106 Introduction to Screenwriting*
DSGN 100 Design I: Elements and Organization
DSGN 101 Color: Theory and Application*
DSGN 102 Design II: 3-D Form in Space*
DSGN 105 Visual Design Systems*
DSGN 208 Storyboarding Essentials*
DIGI 130 Digital Communication
ENGL 123 Ink to Ideas: Critical Concepts in Literature and Writing
ENGL 142 Foundations of Story*

ENGL 166 African-American Literature*
ENGL 168 American Moderns: Skeptics and Rebels*
FASH 105 Introduction to Textiles
FASH 110 Introduction to Fashion Design*
FASM 215 Fashion Aesthetics and Style
GRDS 201 Introduction to Graphic Design*
IDUS 215 Contextual Research Methods*
ITGM 120 Introduction to Interactive Design and Game Development*
ITGM 122 Introduction to Interactive Design*
ITGM 130 Digital Design Aesthetics*
ITGM 220 Core Principles: Programming
MATH 100 College Mathematics
MATH 140 The Geometry of Physical Space
PHIL 202 World Religions
PHOT 113 Camera Exploration and Technique
PHOT 114 Digital Imaging and Compositing*
POLS 100 Politics in America
PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
SEQA 100 Introduction to Sequential Art*
SOCL 110 History and Evolution of Social Media*
SNDS 101 Sound for Film and Television
SNDS 102 Sound for Animation and Games
WRIT 178 The Short Story*
WRIT 255 Business and Professional Writing*

*Course requires prerequisite coursework

Requirements

Must be a high school student 16 years of age or older, currently in your junior or senior year
Application
$100 application fee
Transcript
Résumé
Two letters of recommendation

If you attended SCAD Rising Star, you are only required to submit your transcript and résumé.

Dates

(10-week quarters)

Winter: Jan. 8–March 14, 2024
Spring: March 25–May 30, 2024
Summer: June 17–Aug. 22, 2024
Fall: Sept. 9–Nov. 14, 2024

What's the difference between joint and dual enrollment?

SCAD offers joint enrollment, a program where high school students are enrolled in both college and high school. Students earn college credit, but this credit may not be applied to meet high school graduation requirements. Dual enrollment is an agreement between a college and the student’s high school in which the student earns dual credit, which can be applied to a high school graduation requirement. Individual students may request credit for college courses from their high school, but this is on an ad hoc basis.

International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme

International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (IBCP) students can earn up to 25 credit hours at SCAD, benefitting from the advanced resources and individual attention from professors at The University for Creative Careers.

Learn about IBCP joint enrollment