MassBay Offers Free College Courses To High School Students

FRAMINGHAM – MassBay Community College is offering eligible area high school students at our partner high schools the opportunity to take a free college course through the state-funded Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Partnership (CDEP).

MassBay is collaborating with Framingham High School, Keefe Technical High School, Natick High School, Bellingham High School, and Hopkinton High School to offer the free classes.

This marks the seventh year MassBay has offered free dual enrollment courses for qualified high school students through the CDEP grant.

These fully-remote college courses will be taught by MassBay Community College faculty and will be available to eligible high school juniors and seniors. The courses will allow the students to earn both high school and college credits, which are transferrable to other college and university degree programs.

Students can take one of the following general education courses:

• Contemporary Nutrition
• Principles of Marketing
• Scripting
• Drugs and Society
• Medical Terminology

“I’m delighted MassBay has once again been awarded the CDEP grant,” said MassBay Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Management Lisa Slavin. “CDEP enables high school students to participate in a college-level class while still in high school, exposing them to new topics, professors, and rigor. Once they successfully complete the course, these students are one step closer to completing a degree or certificate, saving time and money for them and their families.”

Virtual Information Sessions will be held this week for the Partner High School CDEP program on December 14 and 15 at 4 p.m. and Thursday, December 16 at 7 p.m.

For more information about MassBay’s free college courses being offered to eligible high school students this spring, please contact Elaine Rosenburg at erosenburg@massbay.edu, or visit https://www.massbay.edu/cdep-dual-enrollment.

Registration is now open for the spring 2022 semester at MassBay.

Classes are online and on campus, starting January 18, 2022.