Parkside Access to College Credit

WHAT IS PACC?

Earn College Credits in High School

The Parkside Access to College Credit Program (PACC), is an equitable concurrent enrollment program at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Concurrent enrollment refers to programs that enable you to enroll in courses that earn both high school and college credit, taught by university-authorized high school teachers at the high school during the regular school day. These programs increase your access to higher education, shorten the time to degree, lower the cost of college for you, and improve high school-college relationships. High school juniors and seniors, (sophomores by exception) in good academic standing and on track to graduate in four years are eligible to participate in PACC.

PACC courses will appear on your UW-Parkside transcript.  PACC courses are the same courses as those available at the UW-Parkside campus. Your high school teacher and a  UW-Parkside faculty member work together to develop these college-level courses within your high school.

UW-Parkside’s concurrent enrollment program

• Students take UW-Parkside college courses 
• Students earn college and high school credits simultaneously 
• Course taught by qualified HS teachers
• Course taught during the regular school day at the high schools
• Students earn their grades over the semester
• UW-Parkside transcript

The PACC program is guided by the same University mission, which states "The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is committed to high-quality educational programs, creative and scholarly activities, and services responsive to its diverse student population, and its local, national, and global communities." With this mission in mind, we welcome you to the PACC program!  We hope that through this experience we will help students gain confidence in their abilities to succeed at the college level.