Contract Dual Enrollment

About Contract Dual Enrollment

NOVA partners with area high schools to offer college courses during the regular school day, taught by credentialed high school teachers. Students enrolled in Contract Dual Enrollment do not pay tuition for courses covered by the district–NOVA agreement.

School District Partnerships

Contract Dual Enrollment courses are available only through participating schools and districts. NOVA works closely with these partners to plan and deliver courses.

Participating schools and districts

  • Alexandria City Public Schools
  • Arlington County Public Schools
  • Bishop Ireton High School
  • Christ Chapel Academy
  • Fairfax Christian School
  • Fairfax County Public Schools
  • Falls Church City Public Schools
  • Loudoun County Public Schools
  • Manassas City Public Schools
  • Manassas Park Public Schools
  • Prince William County Public Schools
  • Seton School
  • St. John Paul the Great Catholic High School
  • St. Paul VI Catholic High School
  • Wakefield School

For details on which dual enrollment courses are offered at each school, contact your counseling office.

Contract Dual Enrollment Checklist

  • Talk with your parent/guardian about Dual Enrollment.
  • Meet with your high school counseling office to request courses offered through your school.

  • Complete the free NOVA application before your district’s deadline.
  • After applying, you’ll receive a 7-digit Student ID (EMPLID), username and temporary password. Use these to log into myNOVA and Canvas, reset your password and set up multi-factor authentication (MFA).
  • If you have already applied to NOVA, skip to Step 4.

A Social Security number is not required; however, not providing one may delay access to some services.

  • Log in to your myNOVA account with the username and password provided to you when you applied to NOVA.
  • Locate the Dual Enrollment Portal tile on your myNOVA dashboard.
  • Fill in the required information.
  • Select your course(s), upload required documents and provide parent/guardian e-consent.

All Contract Dual Enrollment students must complete the Dual Enrollment virtual orientation by the end of the first week of classes.

Here's how you can get started:

  1. Register your account to access the required Dual Enrollment Virtual Orientation
  2. Select "Dual Enrollment Orientation" when logged in
  3. Complete the Orientation at your own pace, but we encourage you to complete this before the end of your first week.
Log in to Orientation