Dual Enrollment
New opportunities coming Fall 2025! Check them out below.
Asynchronous Course Options
Through asynchronous online courses, dual enrollment students will have meaningful interactions with their peers and instructors, engage with high quality content, all while completing coursework with more flexible scheduling that can better fit into their school day. Students can take courses anytime in their school day with an internet connection. This reduces scheduling conflicts and transportation issues that high schools may currently face. Asynchronous classes will be taught by NPRC instructors who have in-depth experience in their subject matter. Our first set of asynchronous courses include new offerings focused on potential careers in areas such as business, social work, criminal justice, and early childhood education.
Fall 2025 Asynchronous Courses
- BIO 105 Environmental Biology - This interdisciplinary course delves into the relationships between major groups of living organisms, focusing on ecological perspectives and the interactions within populations and communities. It encourages critical thinking about environmental issues, energy concerns, sustainable development, and green initiatives.
- BUS 105 Business Foundations - This business course covers the components of a business, its external environment, and their interactions, while engaging students in decision-making and problem-solving exercises. It also explores ethics, leadership, technology impacts, and the global market, developing critical thinking, communication, and team skills through case-based learning and a term project.
- CCR 110 College and Career Readiness - This course helps students become self-regulated learners and professionals by introducing effective academic strategies and psychological concepts for success. It also provides strategies for balancing personal responsibilities, explores college support services, and guides students in planning their degree and career paths.
- CIS 110 Computer Applications - This course offers a hands-on introduction to using personal computers in professional settings, developing skills in desktop and cloud-based software. Students learn to analyze technological needs and select suitable software for various projects.
- CRJ 110 Introduction to Criminal Justice - This course introduces students to the American criminal justice system by examining police, courts, and corrections, and reviewing historical data, statistics, and policies. It also covers terminology, inquiry methods, and attitudes towards crime, aligning with NPRC Career Services Outcomes.
- ECE 120 Instructional and Classroom Design for Early Childhood Curricula - This course introduces pre-service teachers to best practices for early childhood instruction, focusing on lesson development, learning theories, and classroom management. It includes a 30-hour field experience and aligns with NPRC Career Services Outcomes.
- ENG 125 College Composition - This course develops effective written communication skills, progressing from basic composition to argumentation, with a focus on organization, audience, and editing. It also covers research skills, including citation formats, information literacy, and source evaluation.
- SWK 105 Introduction to Social Work - This course introduces students to social work, examining human needs, services, values, and issues in the field. It explores the roles of social workers and related professionals, aligning with NPRC Career Services Outcomes.
Runways Program
Runways is a unique approach to dual enrollment that includes deep collaboration between a high school instructor and an NPRC faculty member who consult and collaborate on assessments, curriculum, and enhanced lab and interactive learning opportunities. We are currently piloting multiple Runways courses with terrific results. Students have been able to participate in labs using NPRC equipment and supplies and grow in confidence that they can succeed in a college level course. In some districts, Runways courses can also help to address credentialing gaps in STEM areas by pairing a classroom teacher at the high school with a master’s level credentialed NPRC instructor. At this time, we are actively exploring opportunities to pilot more courses in the Runways format.
Fall 2025 Runways Courses
- BIO 110 Human Biology - This course introduces human body systems, emphasizing the connection between structure and function. It covers basic chemistry principles, cellular structure and metabolism, selected organ systems, globalization's impact on health, and medical technologies like cloning, genetic engineering, stem cell research, and gene therapy.
- BIO 111 Human Biology Lab - This course is a lab investigation of BIO 110 concepts, covering the chemistry of life, cell and tissue dynamics, human organ systems, and human genetics with biotechnology applications.
- BIO 210 Biology I - This course surveys modern biology, covering the scientific process, chemistry of living things, cytology, metabolism, molecular genetics, inheritance patterns, and biotechnology applications. It includes a lab experience for hands-on learning and experimental procedures.
- BIO 220 Biology II - This course surveys major phylogenetic lineages, focusing on the diversity of life, structures, functions, survival strategies, interactions, and evolutionary processes. It includes a lab experience for hands-on learning and experimental procedures.
- MTH 180 Pre-Calculus - This course introduces trigonometry and foundational analysis for success in Calculus, focusing on functions and graphs. It covers trigonometric inverses, identities, equation-solving techniques, and various functions including rational, polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric.
- MTH 225 Applied Statistics - This course enhances problem-solving and decision-making skills through descriptive measures, probability, and statistical inference, including estimation and hypothesis testing. It covers random sampling, confidence intervals, chi-square testing, regression analysis, correlation, and analysis of variance.
Cost
We are excited to announce that the first 25 students to register in each asynchronous online dual enrollment course for the Fall 2025 semester will receive free tuition for those courses.
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Academics Team
NPRC is in the process of developing a more robust dual enrollment website including sections for Frequently Asked Questions, parents, students, and school districts. We anticipate the new website will be available by the end of March 2025.
See What Our Students Have to Say
Growing up in rural Potter County, Pennsylvania meant if I wanted good educational and employment opportunities, I would have to move. When NPRC started offering classes less than 30 minutes from my home (almost an hour closer than the next closest college), my future was no longer dependent on living in a more urban area. I received a quality education without spending the tens of thousands of dollars on room and board a traditional school would have required. And now, I feel incredibly blessed to be a part of the team making this story possible for so many other people in rural Pennsylvania. NPRC’s mission is a necessary one, helping serve a part of the population that has lacked affordable and quality higher education for decades. This school helped me avoid debt, find my path in life, and now, I have a job I love and opportunities I never expected.
- Brian, NPRC Graduate
While attending NPRC, I am enrolled in 16 credits and working toward a degree in business administration. This switch is already positively benefitting me as a student. I have been keeping up with classes and shifting out of bad habits that may hinder my success. As someone who is diagnosed with anxiety and ADHD, it sometimes gets hard to effectively communicate. However, NPRC continues to provide opportunities to not only challenge myself, but to help me grow as a student, and more importantly, as a person. NPRC was my second chance. My second chance to help me build myself better, and I feel like my future is already better than what it was before NPRC.
-Noah, Business Administration Student
My time at Northern Pennsylvania Regional College has been a great experience even through the COVID-19 pandemic. Never did I imagine doing a year of college in my own home and still be able to be on the Dean’s List and be extremely proud. I am 39 years of age, and it has taken me this long to attempt college. I have to say that starting college at this age was hard. However, everyone at NPRC has made it easy for me to understand what it means to be studious. You can feel the care that is given to you through the staff at NPRC. The instructors are always willing to help and they will always answer the questions that we have. This college is a great way to get started on your new path through life. There are so many options to pick from if you are undecided.
-Claudia, NPRC Graduate
I started with NPRC right after graduating high school in 2018. I was not sure what I wanted to do career-wise, but the criminal justice field had always piqued my interest. Before finishing my two-year degree with NPRC, I decided to transfer to a four-year university to further my education in both sociology and criminal justice. Without the affordability of NPRC and their knowledgeable staff, I would never have dreamed of being where I am today. I will be graduating from RIT in August of 2022 having majored in Sociology and Criminal Justice, as well as having minored in Criminal Justice. I am excited to start a career in the federal Criminal Justice system or within admissions/counseling in higher education. I plan to put myself through law school while working full time after graduating from RIT.
-Ally, Former NPRC Student
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