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High School Concurrent Enrollment students take our regularly offered college credit courses. HSCE students cannot enroll in Kinesiology courses. Otherwise, as long as a student meets HSCE program requirements and all course prerequisites (see more below), they may enroll in any course. Do NOT use "High School - Dual Enrollment" when searching for offered classes using our Searchable Class Schedule.

Please check Apply/Starting Steps for information on how to participate in the HSCE program. Classes must first be prescribed by Admissions in order for the student to enroll.

Important to Note: Our courses are college courses. This seems obvious, but it means that we do not make equivalencies to high school courses. Course equivalencies and receiving credit for high school is strictly done between the student and their high school. Students should talk to their high school counselor. Also, as our courses are college courses they will become part of the student's permanent college record, including the corresponding credit and GPA. Classes cannot be audited or forfeited in any way.

BIOL 3
CHEM 10
CIS 4
COM ST 35
ECON 1
HEALTH 10
HIST 1
HIST 2
HIST 11
HIST 12
LIBR 1
MATH 2
MATH 20
MATH 32
MEDIA 1
MUSIC 33
MUSIC 36
PHOTO 1
PSYCH 1
SPAN 1

We also offer many Career Technical Education courses that may interest you and get you started on a career path.

Although these terms are often confused and used interchangeably at different colleges, at SMC we define "Concurrent" classes as those regularly taught on our campuses and online, and "Dual" classes as those taught on a high school campus. Dual Enrollment courses have a separate enrollment process, and students interested in those courses should talk to their high school counselor.

High School Concurrent Enrollment students are allowed to take online courses. These courses are subject to the same eligibility, limits, and enrollment requirements as those of on-ground courses. Class space is also limited. Students with specific questions regarding course curriculum and/or requiring an Instructor Approval Code to add the course should contact the instructor directly via email (see more below).

Students are allowed to enroll in 6 units or 2 classes, whichever is greater, per term (winter, spring, summer, fall). A separate, fully complete application is required for each term.

For students enrolling in more than 6 units, you will need to add the first class via your Corsair Connect on your enrollment date and then email concurrentenrollment@smc.edu with the section number of the second class in which you'd like to enroll.

Many SMC courses have specific prerequisites or advisories, which are noted on the schedule of classes. All students must meet prerequisites before they enroll. Some courses have a course "advisory." This means students are expected to have skills at the level of the advisory.

Students must complete the English and math self-guided placement via the Placement tab in their Corsair Connect if the intended course has an English or math prerequisite. Placing one level above a prerequisite course will fulfill that prerequisite. Eligibility to take a prerequisite course does NOT satisfy the prerequisite.

If a student has college-level English or math coursework from another institution or has taken English or math AP exams receiving a 3 or higher can meet with a counselor at the SMC Welcome Center in order to receive a prerequisite waiver. When visiting the Welcome Center, be sure to call ahead to ensure a counselor is available. Bring a photo ID, know your SMC ID number, and have a copy of your other coursework or test results. Be sure to tell the office that you are there simply to get a math or English waiver.

Alternatively, the student may email their transcripts/test scores to successandengagement@smc.edu from their SMC student email to request a waiver.

Corsair Connect is the student portal from which a student enrolls in classes, checks dates, accesses their email, pays fees, and much more. After logging in for the first time you will update your password to something more secure. You will not be able to enroll in a class until your assigned enrollment date, and not until you have been prescribed a class after turning in the HSCE program application to the Admissions Office.

A Corsair Connect Guide  is available to guide on all enrollment-related transactions.  

In Corsair Connect, students add courses using the 4-digit section number for a class, which can be found in any of our class schedules. If adding a class after it has started then you will need an Instructor Approval Code (see more below).

For students enrolling in more than 6 units, you will need to add the first class via your Corsair Connect on your enrollment date and then email concurrentenrollment@smc.edu with the section number of the second class in which you'd like to enroll.

Students can only enroll in the courses they have been prescribed, meaning courses that were approved by their counselor on their application and then approved by SMC Admissions. If a student would like to add additional courses to their application, the student can fill out the "Approval of Additional Courses" form (log in with your SMC username and password). Students may also ask their high school counselors to email us directly (concurrentenrollment@smc.edu) from their school email account including the following: student's SMC ID number, course name as it appears in our catalog, term student wishes to enroll, and a brief message indicating their approval of enrollment.

Often times courses fill up. Do not despair, there are several chances to still enroll in the course. Other students often change their schedules and seats open up. In Corsair Connect, students can wait for such availability by joining an open seat notification list or wait list. After joining a list, you and other students on the list will receive a notification in the instance that a seat opens up. The first student to enroll will be granted that seat. Once a class starts there is no longer a list, you must "crash" the course.

• First, make sure you are on the Wait List
• Next, email the instructor from your SMC email to show your interest
• Due to COVID, no student should enter a classroom unless enrolled in the class. Signs posted near the door will aid instructors in reminding students of the policy against in-person crashing. Please note this policy applies even to students who say they are vaccinated; since it is not possible for an instructor to check the vaccination status of a student who is not on the course roster. All students must use email to contact an instructor for an add code.

After a class has started, professors will have Instructor Approval Codes, commonly known as "add codes." A code is required anytime a student wants to either enroll in a course that has already started or enroll in a course that is full. Read "Crashing" classes above on how to obtain a code.

Instructor names can be found in the class schedule and instructor contact email addresses can be found in the online Employee Directory of college personnel. It is recommended to use your SMC student email account for all correspondence.