Dual Enrollment in El Camino College Classes

A list of popular courses for Dual Enrollment by grade level.

Popular Courses PDF

Other helpful resources:

• A-G Course List — view which El Camino courses meet CSU and UC eligibility requirements (refer to 2013-24 list)
• El Camino College Degrees and Certificates — view required courses by major
• General Education Courses — view courses which count towards A.A., A.S., CSU GE, and IGETC requirements
• Program Pathways Mapper — view sample course plans towards a degree or certificate

Use the links below to view which courses are available during upcoming terms.

 

Winter 2025

The Winter 2025 Session is only 5 weeks, January 6 to February 6, 2025. Dual Enrollment is limited to 1 course during the winter session.

• The Class Schedule for Winter 2025 is available online! Search Classes Online or PDF
• Registration for Winter 2025 classes is open now! The Last Day to Register is the date before the Start Date for the class.
• K-12 students must complete Steps 1-3 of the Steps for Dual Enrollment before they can register for Winter 2025 classes.

 

Spring 2025

The Spring 2025 Semester is 16 weeks, February 18 to June 16, 2025 (with some 8-week classes).

• The Class Schedule for Spring 2025 is available online! Search Classes Online or PDF
• Registration for Spring 2025 classes is open now! The Last Day to Register is the date before the Start Date for the class.
• K-12 students must complete Steps 1-3 of the Steps for Dual Enrollment before they can register for Spring 2025 classes.

 

Here are links to help students find class sections with seats available and to learn more about El Camino College courses and important dates.

Class Schedules

The Class Schedule displays a list of all El Camino College classes offered during a term. Use the Search Classes Online tool to find class sections and view the number of seats available and class type (On Campus At El Camino College, Online, Hybrid, etc.)

Open Class List

The Open Class List is an easy way to see all class sections with seats still available. Use the pull-down menus at the top to filter by term, course, department, start time, etc.

Online Bookstore

K-12 students taking El Camino College classes are responsible for purchasing any required textbooks/instructional materials. Check the Online Bookstore to view required textbooks/materials by term and class section.

Program Pathways Mapper

The Program Pathways Mapper is an online tool that can display all of the courses needed to complete a degree or certificate. Select a meta-major and then a degree or certificate to view the classes which a sample student could take to achieve that educational goal.

Catalog

Use the Catalog to view degrees and certificates, transfer pathways, and detailed information about every course offered by El Camino College, including a course title, description, prerequisites (if any), number of units, and CSU/UC transferability.

Academic Calendar

Important dates for each term can be found on the Academic Calendar, including the first day to register, date classes begin, deadlines to drop, holidays, and date classes end.

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. Winter Session 2025 or Spring Semester 2025.

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. If you did not receive a Confirmation Number via email, likely you did not successfully submit your application for admission.
• Within 1-3 business days, you will be sent a Welcome Email with your El Camino Student ID Number, @elcamino.edu email address, and initial password information to sign into El Camino's online student portal, MyECC.
• The first time you sign into MyECC, you will prompted to create a new secure password.

NOTE: To attend El Camino College after graduating high school, K-12 students need to apply for admission again as a first-time college student. What happens after I graduate from high school? 

 

To provide an extra layer of security, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is 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 experience these messages when using MyECC or Canvas tools while off-campus.

     

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. (except during summer)

 

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.

Students in grades K-10 (and students in grades 11-12 wanting to dual enroll in Contemporary Health or Physical Education activity courses) also need to obtain Division Dean Approval on their Dual Enrollment Application Form.

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. See How many classes can I take through Dual Enrollment?

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

To submit your form

• Email a PDF or image of your form as an attachment to dualenrollment@elcamino.edu
• OR  Bring form in-person to Admissions & Records front counter in the Student Services Building during open hours

It usually takes 1-3 business days to process your form, but it can take longer during peak times like the start of registration or the start of a term.

Forms cannot be processed if they are incomplete or contain typed or missing signatures (including Division Dean Approval).

NOTE: Students do not receive a notification when their form is processed!  Instead, any K-12 Form warnings will disappear from MyECC and your approved courses will appear under REGISTER FOR CLASSES > Register Here > Add Auth, Petitions & Waivers.

NOTE: If you do not see Add Auth, Petitions & Waivers (as in the above image), follow the Help to Register PDF to add a planned class to your schedule.

 

Some courses have prerequisites which students must clear before they can register: List of courses with a prerequisite.

The Dual Enrollment staff cannot clear a prerequisite. Instead, K-12 students need to use one of the methods below. 

Ways to clear a prerequisite:

Math prerequisite?

• 11th-12th grade students can complete the English and Mathematics Placement Survey in MyECC to receive math placement on their account (up to MATH 190).
• For math clearance above MATH 190, email AP Exam scores or other college transcripts to math@elcamino.edu instead.

English prerequisite?

• 12th grade students can receive English placement from the same English and Mathematics Placement Survey in MyECC.
• 11th grade students can complete the Supplemental English Placement Form. Please note that in most cases students must have completed 11th grade by the start of the class to receive English placement.

Other prerequisite?

• Students using high school transcripts, AP Exam scores of 3, 4 or 5, or other college transcripts to clear a prerequisite can show them to an Express Counselor online or in-person (fastest) or submit the Online Prerequisite Clearance Form (up to 5 business days).
  • Dual Enrollment Zoom Counseling is also available on Friday afternoons! See our Help & Events page.

NOTE: Students in grades K-10 receive prerequisite clearance at the same time they obtain Division Dean Approval.

For help to clear a prerequisite, follow this guide:

Prerequisite Help PDF

 

After Steps 1-3 are completed, you are ready to register for classes online using MyECC!

You can register for any class section of the course(s) listed on your Dual Enrollment Application Form with seats available.

• If there are no sections with seats available that meet your schedule, you can join a waitlist. What if a class I wish to take is waitlisted or closed?

The last day to register is the day before the Start Date of the class.

• On or after the Start Date, the only way to register is with Authorization to Add from the instructor of a class. How do I add a class?

Here is a guide to help you Search for Classes and then Register for Classes using MyECC:

Help to Register PDF

See Page 5 to learn how to view your course permissions on file after your Dual Enrollment Application Form has been processed.

 

• Check your registered classes in MyECC. On the REGISTER FOR CLASSES card, click My Class Schedule.
  
  Registered classes will show a green checkmark and display "Registered, but not started" until the class starts (as below).
  
  
  Waitlisted classes will show a brown checkmark and display "Waitlisted" (as below). NOTE: The Waitlisted number is not your position on the waitlist. It is the total number of students waitlisted.
  
• Check your account balance in MyECC. On the PAYMENTS & FEES card, click How Much Do I Owe? K-12 students who have completed the Steps for Dual Enrollment should see an amount due of $0.00.
• Use the Online Bookstore to look up and purchase any required textbooks/instructional materials for your class(es).
• Check your @elcamino.edu email address regularly. Go to outlook.com/elcamino.edu in your web browser, or add your @elcamino.edu email address to your computer/mobile device as an Office365 account.
• If you registered for an Online or Hybrid class, your Canvas account will be created for you automatically (usually overnight). Make sure you can sign into Canvas before the start of the class.
  • NOTE: Your registered classes will not appear in Canvas until the instructor publishes the class, or the first date of the class (whichever is first).
  • For general information about Online and Hybrid classes, see How do Online and Hybrid classes work?
• Students with a disability may request accommodations at the Special Resource Center
• Review the Academic Calendar to learn important information about the term, including the Last Day to Drop Without Notation on Permanent Record and Last Day to Drop with a 'W' should you need to drop a class.

 

Enrolled courses and grades earned will appear on your El Camino College transcript for college credit.

• NOTE: Final grades are submitted by instructors up to 7 days after the End Date of the class, and only then become visible on a student's El Camino College transcript.

Any and all high school credit is determined by your high school. Each high school sets their own policies and procedure to obtain credit, but commonly involves submitting your El Camino College transcript after you receive your final grade.

Your unofficial transcript is available at any time in MyECC. This is sometimes enough to submit to your high school to receive high school credit.

If your high school (or other institution) requires official transcripts, you can order those from the Transcripts & Records webpage to be sent directly to those institutions.

NOTE: We recommend students check their unofficial transcript first, so that you know what courses/grades are included on your official transcript prior to ordering.

 

• View our Frequently Asked Questions page for answers to common Dual Enrollment questions, including:
  
  • How many classes can I take through Dual Enrollment?
  • Which language course is right for me?
  • What is a support section?
• We host regular Zoom Help for K-12 students, virtual Information Sessions for prospective students and parents, and more on our Help & Events webpage
• Watch videos at Dual Enrollment Success Camp
• Email us at dualenrollment@elcamino.edu