Through dual credit advantage, Wilmington University students can apply credits from selected WilmU courses to multiple academic programs. We call those credits dual credits because they serve a dual purpose.

The advantage is that you can earn more academic credentials, meaning Degrees and Certificates faster, more efficiently and with significant tuition savings. Let's take a closer look at how it works.

There are a number of ways that dual credit advantage can work for you apply dual credits to both a certificate and a degree program. By using your degree programs elective courses to earn a related certificate, you can earn two credentials at once without extra time or tuition costs.

Here's an example. Kim is earning her bachelor's degree in criminal justice, and she plans to use her five elective courses to complete a Certificate in crime scene investigation. Kim will graduate with two valuable credentials save a semesters worth of extra time and save 1000s of dollars by applying dual credit courses to both a degree and a certificate.

Accelerating into an advanced degree is another way to use dual credit advantage. In this case, you could replace elective courses in your degree program with advanced level courses that will also apply to your next degree. Here's an example. Anthony is earning his bachelor's degree in organizational leadership and he knows that he wants to continue on to complete his master's degree in management.

He meets with his WilmU academic advisor to develop an accelerated academic pathway using dual credit advantage. Anthony incorporates three graduate level dual credit courses into his bachelor's degree program. He saves time toward earning his master's degree and he saves tuition costs in two ways. First, he pays undergraduate tuition rates for those three masters level courses, because they're part of his undergraduate degree program. Then when he starts his master's program, he has three fewer courses to pay for at the graduate tuition level.

This gives Anthony 1000s of dollars in additional savings. So total credit advantage has really helped Anthony maximize the value of his educational spending. Because each student comes to WilmU with different goals and academic histories. Meeting with an advisor or program chair is a critical step in developing a plan and dual credit pathway that will give you the most benefit.

Make dual credit advantage work for you. Apply today and schedule an advising appointment to build your dual credit advantage accelerated pathway