College in the Schools (CITS) is a concurrent enrollment program that allows high schools to offer credit-bearing college courses from partnering colleges and universities to qualified high school students. The UMD Department of English, Linguistics, and Writing Studies works with partner high school teachers to design CITS courses that align with the goals and expectations of introductory English and writing courses at UMD, including those named in the department mission statement and the UMD Liberal Education Student Learning Outcomes.
The following high schools partner with UMD to offer College Writing and English Literature courses to high-achieving high school students:
- Aitkin High School
- Barnum High School
- Cloquet High School
- Cook County High School
- Duluth Denfeld High School
- Duluth East High School
- Esko High School
- Grand Rapids High School
- Harbor City International School
- Hermantown High School
- Litchfield High School
- McGregor High School
- Moose Lake High School
- Proctor High School
- Rockford High School
- Two Harbors High School
- Silver Bay High School
Visit the UMD College in the Schools website for more information on this partnership, or contact the department's CITS liaisons: Susan Perala-Dewey ([email protected])Â for CITS College Writing courses, and John Schwetman ([email protected]) for CITS English Literature courses.Â