• Print out either the dual credit request form (for public or charter school students) or the concurrent high school student application form (for private or home school students).
• Page 1 – Top boxed area (required): 

• 1. Student or parent/guardian must complete the form.
  2. Begin by marking the appropriate Admission for: question – Summer & Fall, etc. Continue filling in all the spaces, through the line: Name of High School.
  3. Please print neatly & use black or dark ink. (no pencils).

•  Your response to the following two items….

1. Information concerning gender and ethnicity is voluntary but important.
2. Fill in at least the Title of Course box for each class to be taken.
3. The Dual Enrollment staff will complete this section if there is information missing or unknown at the time of registration.

• Lower boxed area (required):

1. Enter Cumulative GPA and Date of Graduation.
2. High School Representative – signature approving the student’s taking the class.
3. Student – must sign and date
4. Parent/Guardian – signature on the appropriate line (unless the student is 18 or older)
5. Postsecondary Representative – signature as WNMU’s representative.

•  What do you do next? 

• 1. Bring the completed form to the WNMU Dual Enrollment Office,
     OR
  2. Email the completed form to dualenrollment@wnmu.edu.

• Tuition is waived by WNMU, so dual enrolled teens attend tuition-free.
• Registration and technology fees are the student’s responsibility.

• Online fees (generally $30 per credit hour, totaling $90 per course) are required for high school students enrolled in online courses.
  • Students enrolled in ITV courses, even if the course has an online component, generally do not pay fees.
• Lab fees are course-specific costs that the student is responsible for covering.

• All fees must be paid before the end of the semester. 
  • Billing arrangements need to be made with the WNMU Business Office.  Payment can be made physically at the WNMU Business Office or online via Mustang Express.
  • Some school districts voluntarily pay online and lab fees, though none are required to do so. Each school counselor or dual enrollment representative will have information about their school’s policy concerning payment of fees and books for dual enrolled students.

Some high schools cover the cost of books for students also attending WNMU. If your school participates in the WNMU | Access program, your textbooks will be packaged and provided through the campus bookstore ahead of your course’s start date. If your required materials are offered in digital format, they will be made available to you through Canvas.

Private school students who are concurrently enrolled at WNMU must buy their own books.

With questions, contact the WNMU Dual Enrollment Office (575-538-6185) or the WNMU Bookstore (575-538-6123).

A word of caution to high school students considering taking an online class:

• The largest percentage of D and F grades made by dual credit students come from those taking online courses.
• Especially if you live in Grant, Luna or Hidalgo County, it is strongly recommended that you take a face-to-face college course before enrolling in an online only course.
• Students taking online classes need access to high speed internet service.
• Online classes cost students $30 per credit hour (totaling about $90 per course). Except for lab classes, face-to-face instruction is provided without those fees.

Most concurrently enrolled students take college freshman and sophomore classes (100 and 200 level).

Certain classes like math and English have prerequisites. (See Placement Tests.)  Other courses have co-requisites, meaning the class and lab must be taken during the same semester.

Some class sizes are limited, so early registration is key to getting into the course you want to take.

• It is very important to be present on the first day of your course. The WNMU academic calendar is available here. 
• Students enrolled in an online course, or a course with an online component, should log in to the course the first day of class. 
  • Students who are taking online courses must first select the My Online Courses (Canvas) option under the Quick Links menu to the left. The User Name and Password are the same as your Mustang Express account information.  First time users should follow the “Preview a WNMU Online Class!” help tutorial.
  • If login is unsuccessful after following instructions, please contact the WNMU Dual Enrollment Office (575-538-6185).

Credits earned through WNMU | Accelerate U will transfer to other universities as regular college classes.

By law, dual credit classes must be viewed as any other college course. All general education class credits earned at WNMU will transfer to other New Mexico public universities and public community colleges as general education courses.

The transfer of credits to private colleges and out-of-state colleges can be tricky for any type of student, but it is generally possible. The idea is that you will have credits that will demonstrate your proficiency in those areas so you can shorten the time to your degree at any institution.

Violations include any behavior that misrepresents or falsifies a student’s knowledge, skills or ability with the goal of unjustified or illegitimate evaluation or gain. Such violations include two broad categories: (1) cheating and (2) plagiarism.

1. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, using or attempting to use unauthorized materials such as notes, texts, images, electronic devices, and unauthorized copies of test materials. Cheating is also understood to mean unauthorized collaboration with others, copying the work of another, or any action that presents the work of others to misrepresent the student’s knowledge, skills, or ability;
2. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the intentional or unintentional representation of another’s work as one’s own without proper acknowledgement of the original author or creator of the work, failure to quote and/or cite sources, providing or receiving unauthorized assistance in the preparation of any academic work, the fabrication of sources or information, or submitting the same work for more than one course/instructor without the permission of the current course instructor.

All faculty shall, in the class syllabus, clearly define the conditions under which academic dishonesty would occur in their class (in accordance with the above policy) and clearly define the penalties for such dishonesty. Penalties and educational interventions are imposed at the discretion of the faculty member under the following conditions:

1. Infractions deemed by the faculty member to be minor in nature and that were not covered through instructional materials or the course syllabus shall result in faculty consultation with the student. It is recommended that faculty consider offering instructional coverage of the issue for the entire class. No action detrimental to a student’s grade is taken in this instance;Faculty are highly encouraged to inform the Academic Integrity Panel about this issue since it could inform the greater WNMU community about students’ need for instruction regarding such matters. However, names of students who received such a consultation shall not be divulged;2. Infractions that were covered through instructional materials or the course syllabus shall result in a penalty to be determined by the faculty member when the student admits to the offense. The instructor will meet with the student to review the issue and subsequently file the Faculty Adjudication Form with the Academic Integrity Panel (AIP);
2. Infractions that were covered through instructional materials or the course syllabus to which the student denies responsibility shall be forwarded to the AIP through the Faculty Adjudication Form. Such an action is an automatic request for a hearing at which both the student and faculty member will present their respective cases.

No action detrimental to a student’s grade can be taken until AIP renders a decision. The Panel decision is communicated to both the student and faculty member. If the student is found to have committed an academic infraction as alleged, the faculty member will decide on the appropriate penalty and report his/her action back to AIP.

If the student is found not to have committed an academic infraction as alleged, the faculty member must base the student’s grade on any and all academic work without reference to any allegation of dishonesty.

All Faculty Adjudication Forms will be retained in the student’s permanent file and will be taken into consideration if the student’s file is accessed in future instances involving Academic Integrity. This information could also be provided to external sources (e.g. graduate programs or professional organizations) when requested through appropriate releases. The AIP shall retain the right to request a hearing with any student who has an accumulation of forms in his/her file. In extreme cases, AIP, after having dealt with multiple infractions by a single student, may recommend to the VPAA that the student be expelled from the University.

If a student determines that his/her grade was reduced based on a disputed allegation of academic dishonesty that was not referred to AIP or was reduced contrary to a finding of AIP, or if the student feels that, in his/her opinion, the faculty-imposed penalty was unfair, the student may appeal his/her grade to AIP. If AIP finds that the faculty member improperly reduced the grade of a student or that the penalty imposed was unfair, it will direct the faculty member to change or reinstate the student’s grade in accordance with this policy. If the faculty member fails to follow such a directive, the Vice President for Academic Affairs will be so notified by AIP and may then, in conjunction with the University Registrar, change the grade improperly applied by the faculty member.

A student may appeal any penalty pursuant to the procedure set forth in the Student Handbook.

The Academic Integrity Panel shall consist of two faculty members appointed by the President of the Faculty Senate, two students appointed by the President of the WNMU Student Body, and one staff member appointed by the President of the Staff Senate. In addition, each of the presiding Presidents shall appoint one alternate who will serve in the event a regular member is unable to attend Panel hearings. The chairperson of the Panel shall be elected by the members.