STEP 1:
Discuss Your Options
Discuss course options with your high-school counselor.
Your counselor will tell you if you meet the criteria to enroll in dual credit courses.
Frank Phillips College determines acceptance of all students, including dual-credit students. However, the college requires permission from a high-school official for students to enroll to ensure that the high school is able to articulate the credit.


STEP 2:
Apply for Admission
Apply for admission. Then, fill out enrollment sheet for dual credit either with your counselor or an FPC Representative.
STEP 3:
TSI Assessment as Required
Take appropriate TSI test or check with your counselor to see if you are eligible.
(See below for eligibility requirements)
You may meet with an advisor (see Advisor table below) who can help you prepare for the TSI Assessment if you need to take it.
The cost is 10.00 per section (reading, writing, math), and you pay only for the section(s) you need to take. The cost of retesting is the same.

Dual-Credit Advisor List
Advisor Site List |
Location | Advisor | Email Address | Telephone # |
---|---|---|---|---|
Borger | Borger High School | Michele Stevens | mstevens@fpctx.edu | (806) 457-4200 X 707 |
Channing Dalhart Hartley Texline |
Dalhart Center | Ilene Walton | iwalton@fpctx.edu | (806) 244-7669 |
Dumas | Dumas Cosmetology Center |
Misty Light | mlight@fpctx.edu | (806) 394-9494 |
Perryton | Perryton High School |
Amber Jones Noah Cano |
ajones@fpctx.edu ncano@fpctx.edu |
(806) 648-1450 X 608 (806) 648-1450 X 168 |
All Other High School Locations |
All Locations | Kamron Nonhof | knonhof@fpctx.edu | (806) 457-4200 X 775 |
STEP 4:
Provide Transcripts
Your high school will provide appropriate transcripts and other registration related materials to the Office of Admissions and Records.
Dual-credit students will work with the high-school counselor and the FPC advisor to ensure that students are enrolled in the correct courses and sections. Depending on your location, your FPC advisor with either enroll you at your high-school campus or at an FPC campus.
STEP 5:
Proof of Vaccination
If a student is taking classes on an FPC Campus, proof of Bacterial Meningitis Vaccination is required.
The date of the vaccination must be at least 10 days prior to the first day of classes.
Any student aged 22 or younger who is attending classes on a college campus must have a vaccination within the previous five years. Students may seek an exemption for reasons of conscience.
Evidence of Vaccination against meningitis: Meningitis Vaccination Form
Exemption from meningococcal Vaccination Requirements for Reasons of Conscience Form


STEP 5:
Enroll for Classes
Enroll for classes with an advisor. Dual-credit students will work with the High School counselor and the FPC advisor to ensure that students are enrolled in the correct courses and sections.
Depending on your location, your FPC advisor with either enroll you at your High School campus or at an FPC campus.
STEP 6:
Pay for Classes
Pay Online:
Log into the Student Portal and check the billing statement under “MY LEDGER.”
Under MY LEDGER, click pay now – Do not change the amount you are paying.
IF YOU ARE SIGNING UP FOR THE PAYMENT PLAN, CLICK PAYMENT PLAN!
Only use payment plan if you intend to make payments.
Pay by mail with check or money order to:
Frank Phillips College Business Office
P.O. Box 5118
Borger, Texas 79008

What is Dual Credit?
The dual credit program allows high school students the opportunity to enroll in college courses while still in high school provided they have:
- Achieved the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board testing standard on STARR EOC, PLAN, PSAT, ACT, SAT, or TSI;
- Been granted permission from the high school principal or counselor; and
- Been evaluated by the Director of Enrollment Management for admission based on demonstrated ability for the courses in which they seek enrollment.
Certain courses are approved through dual credit partnerships between the college and local independent school districts for dual high school and college credit. Dual credit students enroll in college courses while in high school and earn college credit that the high school will convert to high school credit for graduation purposes.
To be admitted, dual credit students must demonstrate college-level proficiency through a standardized test noted above and provide the Office of Educational Services with written approval of the high school principal or counselor, an official high school transcript, and state-mandated test scores or proof of exemption.
HB 505, effective immediately, states the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may not limit: 1) The number of dual credit courses or hours in which a student may enroll while in high school; 2) The number of dual credit courses or hours in which a student may enroll each semester or academic year; or 3) The grade levels at which a high school student may be eligible to enroll in a dual credit course.
Dual credit students must adhere to all college policies and procedures set forth in the Student Handbook, including email, CAMS, rules of plagiarism, concerns and complaints, grade appeals, and disciplinary action and appeals.
Contact Information
Kamron Nonhof
knonhof@fpctx.edu
806-457-4200 X775
Booker, Canadian, Canyon, Darrouzett, Felt, Follett, Gruver, Hereford, Higgins, Nazareth, Randall, Sanford-Fritch, Spearman, Sunray, and Stinnett.
Ilene Walton
iwalton@fpctx.edu
806-244-7669
Channing, Dalhart, Hartley, and Texline.
Michele Stevens
mstevens@fpctx.edu
806-457-4200 ext. 707
Borger
Amber Jones
ajones@fpctx.edu
806-648-1450
Perryton
Important Information about Bacterial Meningitis
The 77th Texas Legislature requires that all public institutions of higher education notify all new students about bacterial meningitis and to obtain confirmation from the students that they received the information.
This information is provided to all new college students in the state of Texas. Bacterial Meningitis is a serious, potentially deadly disease that can progress extremely fast–so take utmost caution. It is an inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. The bacterium that causes meningitis can also infect the blood. This disease strikes about 3,000 Americans each year, including 100-125 on college campuses, leading to 5-15 deaths among college students every year. There is a treatment, but those who survive may develop severe health problems or disabilities.
Bacterial Meningitis Information (SB 1107)
This information is being provided to all new college students in the state of Texas. Beginning January 2012, all first-time students and students that have not attended any Texas college or university during the 2011 fall semester that are under the age of 30 will be required to have the bacterial meningitis vaccination at least 10 days prior to the first day of the semester. Students will not be able to register until proof of vaccination is on file in the Admissions office.
The following is acceptable evidence of vaccination or receiving a booster dose:
- The signature or stamp of a physician or his/her designee, or public health personnel on a form which shows the month, day, and year the vaccination dose or booster was administered;
- An official immunization record generated from a state or local health authority; or
- An official record received from school officials, including a record from another state
- High fever
- Severe headache
- Rash or purple patches on skin
- Vomiting
- Light sensitivity
- Stiff neck
- Confusion and sleepiness
- Nausea
- Lethargy
- Seizures
There may be a rash of tiny, red-purple spots caused by bleeding under the skin. These can occur anywhere on the body.
Those people who are presenting numerous symptoms must seek immediate medical attention due to their high risk or increased complications.
- Diagnosis is made by a medical provider and is usually based on a combination of clinical symptoms and laboratory results from spinal fluid and blood tests.
- Early diagnosis and treatment can greatly improve the likelihood of recovery.
- Exposure to saliva by sharing cigarettes, water bottles, eating utensils, food, kissing, etc.
- Living in close conditions (such as sharing a room/suite in a Student Apartment or group home).
- Death (in 8 to 24 hours from perfectly well to dead)
- Permanent brain damage
- Kidney failure
- Learning disability
- Hearing loss, blindness
- Limb damage (fingers, toes, arms, legs) that requires amputation
- Gangrene
- Coma
- Convulsions
- Antibiotic treatment, if received early, can save lives and chances of recovery are increased. However, permanent disability or death can still occur.
- Vaccinations are available and should be considered for:
- Those living in close quarters
- College students 25 years old or younger
- Vaccinations are effective against four of the five most common bacterial types that cause 70 percent of the disease in the U.S. (but does not protect against all types of meningitis).
- Vaccinations take 7-10 days to become effective, with protection lasting three to five years.
- The cost of vaccine varies, so check with your healthcare provider.
- Vaccination is very safe – most common side effects are redness and minor pain at injection site for up to two days.
- Vaccination is available from local healthcare providers.
- Contact your own health care provider.
- Contact your local or regional Texas Department of Health office at 655-7151.
- Contact web site:
The student has a right to claim an exemption from the vaccination requirement. To claim the exemption the student must provide one of the following:
- An affidavit or a certificate signed by a physician who is duly registered and licensed to practice medicine in the United States, in which it is stated that, in the physician’s opinion, the vaccination required would be injurious to the health and well-being of the student; or
- An affidavit signed by the student stating that the student declines the vaccination for bacterial meningitis for reasons of conscience, including a religious belief. A conscientious exemption form from the Texas Department of State Health Services must be used. https://webds.dshs.state.tx.us/immco/affidavit.shtm