Montana high school students earn dual credits in FVCC GIS course

Bigfork High School students enrolled in Hans Bodenhamer’s Geographical Information Systems class will recieve dual credit with Flathead Valley Community College starting next week.

"What they want to do is they want to encourage more students to take advantage of the community college," Bodenhamer said. "My hope is for this type of thing to spread to other schools in the area."

It’s part of an FVCC program called Running Start and it’s the second course of its kind taught at BHS. FVCC hires high school teachers to become adjuct faculty members who teach college level curriculum classes at their participating high school. Columbia Falls, Flathead and Arlee high schools are also participating in the program with classes from welding to math. The program also gives in-district, Flathead and Lincoln counties, high school students six college credits for free.

By Camillia Lanham Bigfork Eagle

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