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Dual Enrollment College Courses

Dual Enrollment is a program that allows current high school students to take community college classes while attending high school.  Students will earn high school and college credits.

Two types of Dual Enrollment:

  • CCAP (follow steps 1-3 below): A CCAP course is a college class offered through your community college and taken online. While the coursework is online, you will have a scheduled class period at Rio Americano to work on the course.  This class consists only of other high school students.
    • Students begin the process to sign up for CCAP classes during their regular course selection process for the next school year.  CCAP is available to 11th and 12th grade students only.
  • Non-CCAP (follow steps 1-7 below):  A non-CCAP course is a course you take independently through the community college. You will not have a class period at Rio to work on this course; instead, you must complete it on your own at home. This type of course will include high school and college students taking the class together.

 

To enroll in a dual enrollment college course, you need to complete the following steps:   

1. Go to the ARC Dual Enrollment website for detailed instructions and steps (Follow all steps!):

  https://arc.losrios.edu/admissions/get-started-and-apply/dual-enrollment-admission-and-enrollment-steps

2. Note on Step #1: how you complete this will depend on if you took classes this current semester (Fall 2025)

  • If this is your first college class (or you were not enrolled in a class during Fall 2025, you need to complete CCC Apply.
  • If you took a class during Fall 2025, you do not need to do CCC Apply again, go into EServices and complete a “Supplemental Enrollment Form”.

3.  Complete the Special Admit form for the school you intend to take a class at (ARC linked below)

https://arc.losrios.edu/admissions/get-started-and-apply/dual-enrollment-admission-and-enrollment-steps/special-admit-form-for-dual-enrollment

  • The Special Admit form is a digital permission slip.  You will complete the form and it will be digitally routed to your parent for approval and then to the “school designee” for approval.  Your school designee is your assigned counselor.

A-Di:  Megan.lopescunha@sanjuan.edu

Do-I:  Dorie.baker@sanjuan.edu

J-Mo:  elizabeth.irwin@sanjuan.edu

Mu-Sa: Sidney.Mitchell@sanjuan.edu

Sc-Z:  Sydnee.butcher@sanjuan.edu

  • You do not choose a class during this step.  The Special Admit form is for general permission from your parent and the school to take a college course.
  • If you are choosing to take an English or math course you will be asked to upload your transcript.

4. You will receive a confirmation email once all the steps of the Special Admit form have been completed.

  • Check your EServices account for your registration date.

5. (Step #6 on the Dual Enrollment webpage):

  • On the priority registration date you need to go into EServices and register for your class.  This will not be done for you.  
  • Before your registration date, you can review available course offerings by looking at the schedule for the campus you are interested in attending.  ARC class schedule
    • Note: Class schedules can be filtered by Mode:  “FULLY ONLINE”  

6. DO NOT FORGET:  Once you have registered for your class, send your counselor a screenshot of your eservices showing the course name, number and enrollment period.  

  • You will not be able to have a “College” period in your schedule unless you send this screenshot.

7. If you find a course you would like to take at another Los Rios Campus (Sac City, Folsom Lake, or Consumnes River) the process is exactly the same, just choose your desired campus.

For questions or issues with enrollment please email ARC directly:  DualEnrollment-SpecialAdmit@arc.losrios.edu

Here is a helpful video on how to add your class when your enrollment appointment starts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3G6pRX3UPc