Dual Enrollment at Your High School

K-12 students must first submit an online application for admission to El Camino College.

If you have already applied for a previous term, and not missed consecutive fall and spring semesters, proceed to Step 2. Students need to apply for admission again if they do not register for classes for consecutive fall and spring terms.

Apply for Admission

If this is your first time applying, you will first create an OpenCCC Account. Take your time and enter all identifying information carefully.

Once created, use your OpenCCC account to start a new application for El Camino College. Make sure to apply for the earliest term you wish to start taking classes, e.g. Spring Semester 2024 or Summer Term 2024.

K-12 students need to select a College Enrollment Status of "enrolling in high school (or lower grade) and college at the same time."

For help to submit your application for admission, follow this guide:

Help to Apply PDF

After you submit your application

• You will receive a few different emails right away – one with your CCCID, one with your 8-digit Confirmation Number, and another from El Camino College with information about Dual Enrollment for K-12 students.
• After your El Camino student account is created, you will be sent a Welcome Email with your El Camino Student ID Number and access to MyECC.
• If you do not receive your Welcome Email after 3 business days, please send an email with your full name, date of birth, and 8-digit Confirmation Number to dualenrollment@elcamino.edu for assistance.

 

To provide an extra layer of security, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is now required for all El Camino College students and employees. 

MFA is used to verify your account when signing into MyECC from an off-campus location. This also affects access to Canvas, your @elcamino.edu email address, and other apps.

Students who have not enrolled in MFA may now experience this error when using their MyECC login credentials:

What students need to do

• Visit El Camino's Multi-Factor Authentication page and follow instructions to set up MFA
• Video instructions and Frequently Asked Questions about MFA are also available

If you encounter any issues or have any questions, our ITS Help Desk is here to help! Please contact them for assistance:

• helpdesk@elcamino.edu
• (310) 660-6571
• ITEC Building, Room 140
  Monday-Thursday  8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  Friday  8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

 

K-12 students need to submit a completed Dual Enrollment Application form for each term they wish to take classes.

This form needs to be signed by the student, a parent/guardian, and a principal or counselor at the student's high school. Signatures cannot be typed —all parties must draw their signature using pen, mouse, or touchscreen.

This form is also where K-12 students indicate the courses for which they would like to register, e.g. History 102 and Mathematics 150.

Download PDF Form

We've created these instructions to help complete the Dual Enrollment Application Form using Adobe Acrobat Reader or by printing and scanning:

K-12 Form Help PDF

Completed forms for High School Partnership Classes are collected by the high school to submit to El Camino College as a batch, along with a roster of participating students for each class.

 

High schools verify that participating K-12 students taking High School Partnership Classes meet any prerequisites for the class. There is nothing else that students need to do to complete this step.

 

This step is completed by El Camino College for K-12 students taking High School Partnership Classes at their high school.

Participating K-12 students are typically registered for their High School Partnership Classes the week before the start of class.

Students must appear on the roster provided by the high school and have successfully completed Steps 1-2 (above) in order to be manually registered by El Camino College staff.

NOTE: Any issues with a student's application or form can result in a delay. El Camino also needs to receive the roster and forms for every student in the class in a timely manner.

In the event of a delay, students can only be registered after the class has begun, and will not have access to online class content in Canvas until they are officially registered.

 

Even though Steps 3-4 are completed for you, it's very important that you are able to sign into MyECC well before the start of your classes.

Sign into MyECC

• MyECC is El Camino's online student portal where students perform a variety of actions, including registering for classes and viewing grades/transcripts.
• Find your username and initial password for MyECC in your Welcome Email. If you did not receive your Welcome Email, please send an email with your full name, date of birth, and 8-digit Confirmation Number to dualenrollment@elcamino.edu for assistance.
• If you did not include a Social Security Number on your application for admission, you will need to follow the bit.ly/nossn link in your Welcome Email to obtain your initial password. Click the "DON'T HAVE SSN/TIN 4 DIGIT START HERE" button and submit the form.
• The first time you sign into MyECC with your username and initial password, you will be prompted to create a new secure password. Remember your new password for your records.
• Once signed into MyECC, K-12 students who are manually registered for High School Partnership Classes will continue to see the below notification stating "All K12 Forms Not Submitted" until your Dual Enrollment Form is processed.
  
  

Your same MyECC login credentials are also used to access Canvas.

Sign into Canvas

• Canvas is El Camino’s learning management system for online classes. Canvas accounts are created after you are registered for your first El Camino College class (usually overnight).
• Use the Canvas Login Page link to sign into Canvas with your same MyECC username/password.
• Your registered classes will not appear in Canvas until the instructor publishes the class or the Start Date of the class (whichever is first).
• After a class begins, if you are able to access MyECC and Canvas but still do not see your class in Canvas, please send an email with your full name, date of birth, and ECC ID Number to dualenrollment@elcamino.edu.

Your MyECC login credentials are also used to access your El Camino College email address and Microsoft 365.

• To check your @elcamino.edu email address, go to outlook.com/elcamino.edu and sign in with your same MyECC username/password. You can also add your @elcamino.edu email address to your smart phone or other device as a Microsoft Exchange or Office365 account.
• To use Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc., go to office.com/login and sign in with your same MyECC username/password. 

 

K-12 students who are manually registered into High School Partnership Classes may experience an error if they attempt to drop a class using MyECC.

Instead, communicate your drop request to the contact(s) for Dual Enrollment at your high school.

Only after your Dual Enrollment Form is processed (and you no longer see the "All K12 Forms Not Submitted" notification in MyECC) will you be able to drop as normal. See How do  I drop a class?

K-12 students taking High School Partnership Classes are subject to the same deadline dates for dropping a class as college students. View the Academic Calendar to learn the Last Day to Drop Without Notation and Last Day to Drop with a "W" for each term.

View Grading Policies for more information about the "W" (Withdrawal) notation and El Camino College grades and grade point average.

 

• View our Frequently Asked Questions page for answers to common Dual Enrollment questions
• Watch videos at Dual Enrollment Success Camp
• We host regular Zoom Help for K-12 students, virtual Information Sessions for prospective students and parents, and more on our Help & Events webpage
• Email us at dualenrollment@elcamino.edu