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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 course offerings

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
COMM 105 Speaking of Ideas
CTXT 121 Visual Culture in Context: Pre-Modern Global Perspectives
CTXT 122 Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities
FOUN 110 Design Thinking and Process
FOUN 111 Sketching and Drawing
FOUN 112 Color in Context*
FOUN 220 Drawing: Light and Shadow*
FOUN 230 Figure Drawing: Gesture and Movement*
FOUN 240 Spatial Design and Fabrications*

FOUN 250 Storyboarding*
DIGI 130 Digital Communication
ENGL 123 Ink to Ideas: Critical Concepts in Literature and Writing
ENGL 142 Foundations of Story*
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
SOCL 110 History and Evolution of Social Media*

*Course requires prerequisite coursework

Requirements

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

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

Dates

(10-week quarters)

Winter: Jan. 5–March 12, 2026
Spring: March 23–May 28, 2026
Summer: June 15–Aug. 20, 2026
Fall: Sept. 14–Nov. 19, 2026

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.

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