2017-2018 West Contra Costa Unified School District High School Course Catalog…………………………………………………………………….

West Contra Costa Unified School District 1108 Bissell Avenue, Richmond, California 94801 Phone: (510) 231-1100 · Website: www.wccusd.net

2017 | 2018

HIGH SCHOOL COURSE CATALOG

Published by the Office of the Associate Superintendent, K-Adult Schools

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LIST OF COURSE OFFERINGS BY SCHOOL

LEGEND

[AP] Advanced Placement Course / Meets UC/CSU Requirements

BL Bilingual Speaker Course

ELD English Language Development Course

[H] Honors Level Course / Meets UC/CSU Requirements

[P] College Preparatory Course / Meets UC/CSU Requirements

ROP Regional Occupational Program Course

SL Sheltered English Course—also known as Specially-Designed Academic Instruction English (SDAIE)

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DE ANZA HIGH SCHOOL Community Integra Concert Choir [P] Creative Writing [P] A CSU Expository Reading and Writing Advanced Piano [P]

Aerospace IV Airforce JROTC D AFJROTC Aerospace Dance Production [P] AFJROTC Leadership Education Digital Arts Designs the Web1[P] AFJROTC Wellness Program

African Am Lit [P] E Algebra 1 Economics SL [P] Algebra 1 SL [P] Economics [P] Algebra 1 [P] ELD 1A Algebra 2 Trig [P] ELD 1B Amer Govt [P] ELD 2A American Gov SL[P] ELD 2B AP Biology ELD 3A AP Calculus AB ELD 3B AP Chemistry ELD 4 [P] AP English Language and Composition Eng/Read(R180) AP English Literature and Composition English 1 [P] AP Government & Politics United States English 2 [P] AP Macroeconomics English 3 [P] AP Microeconomics English Skills AP Psychology [P] English/Reading AP Spanish Language Ensemble [P] AP Spanish Literature Environmental Science I [P] AP United States History Environmental Science II [P] AP World Hist

Applied Research Methods for Contemporary F Art Advanced [P] Foun Cul Geog Art of Video Production (ROP) French 1 [P]

French 2 [P] B French 3 [P] Band Beginning French 4 [H] Band Symphonic [P] Functional Academy Begin Art [P]

Beginning Piano [P] G Biology Science Geometry SL [P] Biology SL [P] Geometry [P] Biology [P]

Biomedical Science [P] H

Health Science Emergency Medicine [P] C Homeroom/Advisory Career Guidance Hospital Health Services (ROP) Ceramics 1 [P]

Chemistry SL [P] I Chemistry [P]

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DE ANZA HIGH SCHOOL EL CERRITO HIGH SCHOOL

Spanish 3 [P] Ind Living Skill 1 Spanish 4 [H] Internet Engineering 1 [P] Spanish for Spanish Speakers 1 [P] Internet Engineering 2 [P] Student Advocacy Intro to Law [P]

Introduction to Healthcare Careers [DE] T

Theater 1 [P] J Theater 2 [P] Jazz Dance 1 [P] Theater Advance [P] Jazz Dance 2 [P] Tutorial Jazz Ensemble [P]

Journalism 1 [P] U Journalism 2 [P] US Government Journey for Justice in America (UCCI) US History SL [P] L US History [P] Law & Justice [P]

Leadership W Life Skills for Healthcare Student [DE] Work Experience

World Hist SL [P]

World History M World History [P] Math

Math Skills Y Math Support I Yearbook Mex-Amer Lit [P]

MultiMedia [P]

P

PE Core Prgm -Gr9 A PE Core Program Adaptive Phys Ed PE Weight Trainin Advanced Auto Technology ROP Personal Care Skil Advanced Media Communication [P] ROP Physical Science Algebra 1 Skills Physics [P] Algebra 1 SL [P] Physiology [P] Algebra 1 [P] Pre-Calculus [H] Algebra 2 Trig [P] Probability & Statistics [P] Algebra 2 [P] Psychology [P] All Skills

American Government [P] R American Government SL[P] Rec Living Skills AP Biology

AP Calculus AB S AP Calculus BC Skills for Success AP Chemistry Spanish 1 [P] AP Computer Science (ROP) Spanish 2 [P]

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EL CERRITO HIGH SCHOOL English English 1 [P] AP English Language and Composition English 2 [P] AP English Literature and Composition English 3 [H] AP Environmental Science English 3 [P] AP French Language English 4 [P] AP Government & Politics United States English I Adv [P] AP Japanese Language and Culture English II Adv [P] AP Psychology [P] English/Reading AP Spanish Language Environmental Science & Green Tech [P] AP United States History AP World Hist F Art Advanced [P] Foun Cul Geo BL [P] Art of Video Productions (ROP) Foun Cul Geog [P] Auto Technology ROP Found Cul Geog SL [P] French 1 [P] B French 2 [P] Band Symphonic [P] French 3 [P] Begin Art [P] French 4 [H] Biology SL [P] Biology [P] G Broadcast Journalism [ROP] Generic English C Geometry Concepts Career Guidance Geometry SL [P] Ceramics 1 [P] Geometry [P] Chemistry SL [P] Gnrc Elective [P] Chemistry [P] Gnrc Soc Sci [P] Concert Band [P] CSU Expository Reading and Writing I Info Systems Design & Management 2 (ROP) D Information Systems Design & Mngmt (ROP) Daily Living Skill Dance Production [P] J Digital Art Designs the Web 1 [P] Japanese 1 [P] Digital Arts Web Design I (ROP) Japanese 2 [P] Japanese 3 [P] E Japanese 4 [H] Economics SL [P] Jazz Band [P] Economics [P] Jazz Dance 1 [P] ELD 1A Jazz Dance 2 [P] ELD 1B Jazz Ensemble [P] ELD 2A Journalism 1 [P] ELD 2B ELD 3A L ELD 3B Leadership ELD 4 [P] Library Assistant Eng/Read (R180) Life Science

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HERCULES HIGH SCHOOL

M Math MultiMedia [P]

P P. E. PE Core Prgm -Gr9 PE Weight Trainin Photography [P] Photography Advanced [P] Physical Science A Physics [H] Academic Tutorial Physiology [P] Adv Visual Arts [P] Pre-Calculus [H] Algebra 1 Probability & Statistics [P] Algebra 1 [P] Algebra 1 SL [P] R Algebra 2 Trig [P] Reading Amer Govt [P] Rec Living Skills American Gov SL [P] Anatomy & Physiology [P] S AP Calculus AB Skills For Living AP Calculus BC Social Study Skill AP Chemistry Spanish 1 [P] AP Computer Science Principles [P] Spanish 2 [P] AP English Language and Composition Spanish 3 [P] AP English Literature and Composition Spanish 4 [H] AP Environmental Science ROP AP Government & Politics United States T AP Human Geography Theater 1 [P] AP Psychology [P] Theater 2 [P] AP Spanish Language Theater Advance [P] AP Statistics Tutorial AP Studio Art: 2-D Design AP United States History U AP World History US History SL [P] App Res Methods For Cont Issues [P] US History [P] B W Band Symphonic [P] Wind Ensemble [P] Begin Art [P] World History SL [P] Biology Science World History [P] Biology [P] World War II [P] Biology SL [P]

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HERCULES HIGH SCHOOL Jazz Dance 1 [P] Jazz Dance 2 [P] C Chemistry [P] L Chemistry SL [P] Leadership Comp Graphic Arts ROP [P] Computer Apps M Computer Programming (ROP) Medical Careers [P] Concert Choir [P] CSU Expository Reading and Writing O Orchestra [P] D Orchestra Advanced Daily Living Skill Dance Production [P] P PE Core Prgm -Gr9 E PE Individual Sprt Economics [P] PE Weight Trainin Economics SL [P] Personal Care Skil Physical Science JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL Physics [P] ELD 1A Pre-Calculus [H] ELD 1B Pre Calculus [P] ELD 2A Probability & Statistics [P] ELD 2B Publications ELD 3A ELD 3B R ELD 4 [P] Rec Living Skills English English 1 [P] S English 2 [P] Skills For Living English 3 [H] Skills For Success English 3 [P] Skills Vis Impair English 4 [P] Spanish 1 [P] English I Advanced [P] Spanish 2 [P] English II Advanced [P] Spanish 3 [P] Spanish 4 [H] F French 1 [P] T French 2 [P] Theater Advanced [P] French 3 [P] Theater 1 [P] Tutorial G Geometry [P] U Geometry SL [P] US History Govt & Politics US US History [P] US History SL [P] J

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JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL Construction Tech Creative Writing [P] V Vocational Educ MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL

W World History [P] D World History SL [P] Dance Production [P] World of Work Digital Arts Designs the Web 1 [P] Digital Photography (ROP) A Academic Tutorial E Advanced Piano [P] Economics SL [P] Algebra 1 [P] Economics [P] Algebra 1 BL [P] ELD 1A Algebra 1 SL [P] ELD 1B Algebra 2 [P] ELD 2A Algebra 2 SL [P] ELD 2B Algebra 2 Trig [P] ELD 3A Amer Govt [P] ELD 4 [P] American Gov SL[P] Eng/Read (R180) AP Biology Engineer Your World [P] AP Calculus AB English AP English Language and Composition English 1 [P] AP English Literature and Composition English 2 [P] AP Government & Politics United States English 3 [P] AP Spanish Language English 4 [P] AP Studio Art: Drawing English I Adv [P] AP United States History English II Adv [P] AP World Hist English Skiills Art Advanced [P] F B French 1 [P] Band Beginning French 2 [P] Band Symphonic [P] French 3 [P] Begin Art [P] Functional Academy Beginning Piano [P] Biology [P] G Biology Accel [P] Generic Elective Biology BL [P] Generic Social Sci Biology SL [P] Geometry P] Geometry BL [P] C Geometry SL [P] Chemistry SL [P] Graphic Arts Chemistry [P] Graphics & Digital Arts [P] College and Career Readiness [P] Guitar Advanced [P] Computer Science [P] Guitar Beginning [P]

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MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL Theater Advance [P] Tutorial

H U Health Science US History [P] US History BL [P] I US History SL [P] Info Systems Design & Management 2 (ROP) Information Systems Design & Mngmt (ROP) PINOLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL J Jazz Dance 1 [P] V Jazz Dance 2 [P] Vocational Educ

L W Leadership Web Design II Welding M Wood 1 Math World Hist SL [P] World History [P] P PE Core Prgm -Gr9 Y PE Core Program Yearbook PE Weight Trainin PE: Aerobics A PE: Athletics Advanced Essay [P] PE: Conditioning Algebra 1 [P] Personal Care Skil Algebra 2 Trig [P] Physics [P] Algebra 2 [P] Pre-Calculus [H] Amer Govt [P] Probability & Statistics [P] American Gov [H] Psychology [P] Psychology BL [P] B Beginning Piano [P] R Biology 132 CCC Rec Living Skills Biology [P]

S C Spanish 1 [P] Chemistry 120 CCC Spanish 2 [P] Chemistry [P] Spanish 3 [P] Community Intern Spanish 4 [H] Computer Apps Spanish for Spanish Speakers 1 [P] Creative Writing [P] Spanish for Spanish Speakers 2 [P] CSU Expository Reading and Writing

T D Theater 1 [P] Debate

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PINOLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL M Math 135 CCC Math 190 CCC E Math 191 CCC EC Sem Biology Math 290 CCC EC Sem Chemistry Math 292 CCC EC Sem English Math Support EC Sem Health Mex-Amer Lit [P] EC Sem Math EC Sem Physics O EC Sem Soc Sci Oral English [P] EC Sem Sr Project EC Seminar P EC Seminar Science PE Core Program Economics [P] PE Conditioning English 1 [P] PE Individual Sprt English 2 [P] Physics 130 CCC English 3 [P] Physics 230 CCC English 4 [P] Physics [P] Pre-Calculus [H] G Probability & Statistics [P] Generic Elective Psychology [P] Generic English [P] Generic Math S Generic Social Sci Skills For Success Geometry [P] Spanish 1 [P] Gnrc Fine Arts (P) Spanish 2 [P] Gnrc Sci-Life (P) Spanish 3 [P] Gnrc Sci-Phys [P] Speech 120 CCC Gnrc Soc Sci [P] Speech 122 Contra Costa College Study Skills H Health Science History 122 CCC RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL History of African Americans in the US T Humanities 113 CCC Theater 1 [P] Humanities 120 CCC Theater Advance [P] Theater Production I Intro to Law [P] U K US History [P] Keyboarding/Comput W L World History [P] Leadership Y

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Yearbook D Daily Living Skill

A E Academic Tutorial Economics Adv Visual Arts [P] Economics [P] Advanced Photography (ROP) ELD 1A Advanced Piano [P] ELD 1B Algebra 1 [P] ELD 2A Algebra 1 SL [P] ELD 2B Algebra 2 SL [P] ELD 3A Algebra 2 Trig [P] ELD 4 [P] Am Sign Lang 1 [P] Eng/Read (R180) Am Sign Lang 2 [P] English 1 [P] Amer Govt [P] English 2 [P] American Gov SL [P] English 3 [H] American Sign Language 3 [P] English 3 [P] AP Biology English I Adv [P] AP Calculus AB English II Adv [P] AP Computer Science Principles [P] AP English Language and Composition G AP English Literature and Composition Generic English AP Government & Politics United States Generic Math AP Spanish Language Generic Science-Li AP Studio Art: 2-D Design Generic Science-Physical AP Studio Art: Drawing Generic Social Sci AP United States History Geometry [P] Geometry SL [P] B Gnrc Elective [P] Band Symphonic [P] Guitar Advanced [P] Begin Art [P] Guitar Beginning [P] Beginning Piano [P] Biology [P] H Biology Accel [P] Human Body Systems (PLTW) (ROP) Biology SL [P] Biomedical Science [P] I Intro to Law [P] C Introd to Engineering Design (PLTW)[P] Ceramics 1 [P] Chemistry [P] J Chemistry SL [P] Jazz Ensemble[P] Computer Science [P] (ROP) Concert Band [P] L Concert Choir [P] Latin 1 [P] Criminal Justice Latin 2 [P] CSU Expository Reading and Writing Latin 3 [P] Law & Justice [P]

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RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL W Work Experience Law Enforcement Careers ROP World Hist SL [P] Leadership World History [P]

M A Medical Interventions (PLTW) Adaptive Phys Ed Advanced Essay [P] P Advanced Media Communication [P] PE Core Prgm -Gr9 Advanced Photography (ROP) PE Sports Non-Cont African Am Lit [P] PE Weight Trainin Algebra 1 [P] PE: Bowling Algebra 1 BL [P] PE: Conditioning Algebra 2 BL Photography [P] Algebra 2 SL [P] Physics [H] Algebra 2 Trig [P] Physics [P] Amer Govmt BL [P] Pre-Calculus [H] Amer Govt [P] Pre-Calculus [P] American Gov SL[P] Principles of Engineering (PLTW) Analytical Forensic Science [P] Principles of the Biomedical Sciences AP Biology Probability & Statistics [P] AP Calculus AB Psychology [P] AP Chemistry Publications AP English Language and Composition AP English Literature and Composition AP Environmental Science SYLVESTER GREENWOOD ACADEMY AP Government & Politics United States

S VISTA HIGH SCHOOL Show Choir [P] Spanish 1 [P] AP Human Geography Spanish 2 [P] AP Macroeconomics Spanish 3 [P] AP Microeconomics Spanish 4 [H] AP Spanish Language Sports Medicine (ROP) AP United States History AP World Hist T Art Advanced [P] Theater 1 [P] Art of Video Production (ROP) Theater 2 [P] Theater Advance [P] B Tutorial Band Beginning Band Symphonic [P] U Begin Art [P] US History Biology SL [P] US History [P] Biology [P] US History SL [P] Biomedical Science [P]

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LIST OF COURSE OFFERINGS

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Grades: 9-12 CONTENT SUBJECT AREAS Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective requirement for graduation CAREER TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION Description: Computer Sciences is an introductory course that will develop important programming skills and concepts. Auto Technology (ROP) Students will plan, build, and test applications and explore Course ID # 4840R fundamental ideas in computer science. They will build Grades: 10-12 (must be 16 years of age or computer programs in the Windows environment that will have a older) similar look and feel to Windows applications they may already Course Length: Year use. Students will progress from simple programs and concepts Graduation: Satisfies elective requirement for to more complex programs and concepts to build relevant WCCUSD graduation applications. Description: This course prepares students for entry-level employment and provides the knowledge and skills required to enter into advanced training in the automotive field. The course Construction Technology (ROP) includes engine repair, fuel delivery systems, wheel alignment, Course ID # 2123R computer control, air conditioning, electrical systems, brake Grades: 10-12 (must be 16 years of age or older) service and repair, front-end repair, diagnostic equipment, and Course Length: Year technical reading and writing. Graduation: Satisfies elective requirement for WCCUSD graduation Advanced Auto Technology (ROP) Description: Students will have hands-on opportunities to learn Course ID # 4840R all phases of basic residential construction, including carpentry, Grades: 10-12 (must be 16 years of age or older) drawing and reading blueprints, drywall, electrical, flooring, Course Length: Year painting, plumbing, roofing, tile setting, and welding. Students Graduation: Satisfies elective requirement for WCCUSD will make practical application at a field-site construction project. graduation Description: This course prepares students by following Construction Technology Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) guidelines and includes Course ID # 21230 engine repair, fuel delivery systems, wheel alignment, computer Grades: 10-12 (must be 16 years of age or older) control, air conditioning, electrical systems, brake service and Course Length: Year repair, front end repair, diagnostic equipment, and technical Graduation: Satisfies elective requirement for WCCUSD reading and writing. graduation Description: Students will have hands-on opportunities to learn Computer Applications all phases of basic residential construction, including carpentry, Course ID# 30950 drawing and reading blueprints, drywall, electrical, flooring, Grades: 10-12 painting, plumbing, roofing, tile setting, and welding. Students Course Length: Year will make practical application at a field-site construction project. Graduation: Satisfies elective requirement for high school graduation Digital Photography ROP) Description: Computer Applications is a hands-on introduction to Course ID# 8271R computer hardware and software that focuses on the Microsoft Grades: 11-12 Office Suite (word processing, spreadsheets, and databases). Course Length: Year Class assignments are focused directly on keyboard Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts performance, basic desktop publishing tasks and expectations requirement for graduation that students may encounter in the classroom and workplace. Description: Photography allows students to increase their visual perceptions and provides a medium for creative expression. Computer Programming (ROP) Students will use software programs to create artful digital Course ID #: 3055R images and they will learn the history of photography and the Grades: 11-12 use of digital images in advertising and commercials. They will Course Length: Year also critique and create a portfolio. Graduation: Satisfies elective requirement for high school graduation Digital Arts Web Design 1 (ROP) Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Course ID# 2117R Description: Students learn object-oriented programming Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement language. Instruction includes problem-solving and algorithm Grades: 11-12 development, as well as data structures and design. This course Course Length: Year is designed to provide the skills for an entry-level position in Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts computer programming or provide a foundation for further requirement for graduation studies in computer science at the college level. Description: Digital Arts: Designs for the Web 1 is a college preparatory course integrating the California Visual and Computer Science [P] Performing Arts Standards. This sequence of classes will enable Course ID# 30400 students to achieve an understanding and appreciation of artistic Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement expression and be able to use that expression to enhance

14 2017-2018 West Contra Costa Unified School District High School Course Catalog……………………………………………………………………. communication. Students will create original digital art using new Engineering 1. It is designed to prepare students for and contemporary media techniques. Outside research is part of postsecondary success in the Information and Communication the curriculum. Students are required to critique their work and Technologies (ICT) field. Students will learn how networks the works of others and maintain portfolios of their artwork and communicate with one another, methods used to increase writing. Integrated throughout the course are career preparation scalability, reliability, and security in the modern network. standards as well as visual art and academic standards. Introduction to Engineering Design (PLTW)[P] Digital Art, Design for the Web 1 [P] Course ID # 6878R Course ID# 24900 Grades: 11-12 Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement Course Length: Year Grades: 11-12 Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective Course Length: Year requirement for graduation. Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts Description: This course is designed to provide students who are requirement for graduation interested in pursuing careers in engineering early exposure to Description: Digital Arts: Designs for the Web 1 is a college engineering and its links to science. As engineering is preparatory course integrating the California Visual and interdisciplinary, this course embraces a wide variety of topics Performing Arts Standards. This sequence of classes will enable from different areas of study. This is a projects-based course, students to achieve an understanding and appreciation of artistic where students will develop their critical thinking skills by expression and be able to use that expression to enhance designing and performing experiments that simulate real world communication. Students will create original digital art using new engineering experiences. and contemporary media techniques. Outside research is part of the curriculum. Students are required to critique their work and Law Enforcement Careers ROP the works of others and maintain portfolios of their artwork and Course ID # 7456R writing. Integrated throughout the course are career preparation Grades: 12 standards as well as visual art and academic standards. Course Length: Year Human Body Systems (PLTW)(ROP) Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective Course ID # 6765R requirement for graduation. Grades: 11-12 Description: This course introduces students to the field of law Course Length: Year enforcement, criminal justice, and police science. Students will Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU (d) and high school requirement become familiar with the structure and organization of the for graduation. criminal justice system in California and gain knowledge of basic Description: This course prepares students for entry-level police procedures, regulations, responsibilities and Police Officer positions in the Bio-Medical Sciences and training in Human Standards and Training (POST) standards. Emphasis is placed on Anatomy and Human Body Systems. Students examine the developing awareness of citizens’ rights and responsibilities, the interaction of body systems and design experiments, and realities of police work and the positive role of law enforcement investigate the structures and functions of the human body. in the community.

Internet Engineering 1 [P] Medical Careers P] Course ID # 24805 Course ID# 23990 Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement Grades: 11 Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU (g) category and high school requirement for graduation. elective requirement for graduation Description: This course engages students with studies of the Description: Students learn about the structure and function of history and implications of network communications; the human systems in health and disease, human inheritance and protocols which make the Internet possible; how networks change, and the role of humans in ecological systems. They provide access to services; and college and career preparation in develop problem-solving skills as they design and conduct their the ICT field. This course integrates the theory and application of own experiments and develop critical-thinking skills through network communications, and exposes students to media that research and discussion about issues related to the health invites them to consider how Internet engineers think, design, industry and community health. and solve problems. Students have several opportunities to produce college-ready writing, collaborate, research, develop Medical Interventions (PLTW) study skills and develop 21st century skills in this course. Course ID# 2273R Grades: 11-12 Internet Engineering 2 [P] Course Length: Year Course ID # 24810 Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU (d) and high school life science Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement requirement for graduation Grades: 12 Description: This course will explore how to prevent and fight Course Length: Year infection, how to screen and evaluate the code in our DNA, how Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, and how to prevail when requirement for graduation. the organs of the body begin to fail. Description: This course is follow up course to Internet

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Multimedia [P] smaw welding, mig welding and tig welding. The students will Course ID# 22571 learn to dress with the appropriate clothing, observe safety Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement procedures, and how to adjust the machines to correct Grades: 11-12 temperatures. They will also learn how to join two pieces of Course Length: Year metal together and build small projects. At the end of the Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU fine arts and high school arts course, students with passing scores will receive a Certificate of requirement for graduation Completion. Students may apply for entry level welding jobs in Description: Students will acquire knowledge and skills in graphic the industry with this Certificate of completion. After completion development and manipulation, basic video and desktop of this course, students are eligible to join welding unions such multimedia production, project planning, beginning web design, as Boiler Makers Welding, Pipe-Fitters and Steam-Fitters. animation, interactive authority and critical analysis of student and professional multimedia work. Students will learn to create Wood 1 multimedia stories, messages and imagery using (and Course ID# 50200 combining) film, text, visual effects, graphics, animation, special Grades: 9-12 effects, and sound. Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies WCCUSD elective credit for graduation from Sports Medicine (ROP) [P] high school Course ID#6570R Description: Students will have hands-on opportunities to learn Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement all phases of basic wood working techniques and tools. Basic Grades: 11-12 carpentry skills and safety procedures will be taught through Course Length: Year assigned projects. Prerequisite: Grade “C” or better in 9th grade P.E. Core Graduation: Satisfies elective requirement for high school graduation and UC/CSU Yearbook Description: This course is designed to explore human anatomy Course ID# 83600 and physiology, and lays the foundations for further study of Grades: 10-12 these sciences. Students learn how systems of the body Course Length: Year function and interact through physical activity and develop a Graduation: Satisfies WCCUSD elective credit for graduation thorough understanding of the structure and function of the Description: A two-dimensional art class. Students enrolled in musculoskeletal system. This knowledge serves as a platform Yearbook Design create and produce the school annual. The for understanding the physiological response to injury and student staff is responsible for publishing, planning, writing, improving performance. editing copy, designing and photographing pages, and obtaining funding through book and advertising sales. Art of Video Production (ROP) Course ID# 2015R ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE ARTS Grades: 12 Course Length: Year African American Literature [P] Graduation: Satisfies high school elective requirement for Course ID# 34600 graduation Meets the UC/CSU (b) requirement Description: Students acquire the visual arts skills to create Grades: 11-12 quality video productions. There will be an emphasis on the Course Length: Year sues of communication (speech, language, and writing) and Graduation: Satisfies one year of the English requirement for organizational skills. The course includes aesthetics, cultural high school graduation. aspects and the history of television and video production. The Description: This course is an introductory survey of African course begins with a comparison of the mediums of film, American texts beginning with African mythology and ending television and video. Students learn the basic skills to product with Post Modern African American texts. Its focus is on written their own videos and then take an in-depth look at the nature of and oral response to texts in the form of analysis, reflection, video communication. After exploring aspects of pre-production exposition, and narrative. Students must read and respond to as and script writing, students learn more complex skills associated well as create texts which reflect the African American literary with camera-work, lighting, and sound. They study the arts of tradition; including but not limited to, oral histories, poetry, directing and editing, applying them to produce a variety of fables, epics, narratives, biography, autobiographies, short projects for the teacher, themselves and the school. stories, fiction, drama and narrative non-fiction.

English 1 [P]

Welding (ROP) Course ID# 34900 Course ID # 2275R Meets the UC/CSU (b) requirement Grades: 10-12 (must be 16 years of age or older) Grades: 9 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies elective requirement for WCCUSD Graduation: Satisfies one year of the English requirement for graduation high school graduation as well as UC/CSU requirement Description: This is an entry level Chevron sponsored Welding Description: Students demonstrate their ability to read major course covering four processes. The four processes are oxy-acc, literary works at a college preparatory level. They will also

16 2017-2018 West Contra Costa Unified School District High School Course Catalog……………………………………………………………………. demonstrate their writing, vocabulary and language skills English 3 [P] (sentence structure, paragraphing and punctuation) largely in Course ID# 35400 the context of literature and student writing. Meets the UC/CSU (b) requirement Grades: 11 English I Advanced [P] Course Length: Year Course ID# 38700 Graduation: Satisfies one year of the English requirement for Meets the UC/CSU (b) requirement high school graduation as well as UC/CSU requirement Grades: 9 Description: This college preparatory requirement introduces Course Length: Year students to a survey of American Literature and traditions. The Graduation: Satisfies one year of the English requirement for course incorporates literature based writing, vocabulary and high school graduation as well as UC/CSU requirement development and language study through some of the major Description: This course is more rigorous than the English 1 [P] works in American Literature. class. Students have more extensive reading assignments that include major works of literature. Students demonstrate their English 3 [H] ability to read major literary works at an accelerated, college Course ID# 35300 preparatory level. They will also demonstrate their writing, Meets the UC/CSU (b) requirement vocabulary and language skills (sentence structure, paragraphing Grades: 11 and punctuation) largely in the context of literature and student Course Length: Year writing. Graduation: Satisfies one year of the English requirement for high school graduation as well as UC/CSU requirement English 2 [P] Description: This class is designed for those students who plan Course ID# 35100 to attend a four-year college or university and recommended for Meets the UC/CSU (b) requirement those who plan to take an English Advanced Placement class Grades: 10 during their senior year. Students read a minimum of eight full- Course Length: Year length works of literature and will write extensively. Graduation: Satisfies one year of the English requirement for high school graduation as well as UC/CSU requirement English 4 [P] Description: Students demonstrate their ability to read important Course ID# 35600 world literature, as well as literature from our own period and Meets the UC/CSU (b) requirement culture, at a college preparatory level. Students use classic and Grades: 12 contemporary literature as vehicles for understanding our own Course Length: Year period, values and cultures. Through discussions, oral Graduation: Satisfies one year of the English requirement for presentations, journal entries and papers, students also high school graduation as well as UC/CSU requirement demonstrate knowledge of literary terms and techniques, as well as the principles of composition and language study (sentence Description: This college preparatory requirement introduces structure, mechanics and punctuation students to a variety of American Literature and themes and incorporates literature based writing, vocabulary development and language study through some of the major American and English II Advanced [P] Cultural Classics. Students will study social events, which have Course ID# 38800 influenced the American dream, and also read works that Meets the UC/CSU (b) requirement coordinate with issues taught in U.S. History. Grades: 10 Course Length: Year AP English Language and Composition Graduation: Satisfies one year of the English requirement for Course ID# 36000 high school graduation as well as UC/CSU requirement Meets the UC/CSU (b) requirement Description: This course is more rigorous that the English 2 [P] class. Students enrolled in this class will read major works of Grades: 11/12 literature that will prepare them in grade 11 to take an Honors Course Length: Year level class Full works of literature are included in addition to Graduation: Satisfies one year of the English requirement for anthology assignments. Students demonstrate their ability to high school graduation as well as UC/CSU requirement read important world literature, as well as literature from our Description: This course engages students in becoming skilled own period and culture, at a college preparatory level. Students readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and use classic and contemporary literature as vehicles for rhetorical contexts and in becoming skilled writers who compose understanding our own period, values and cultures. Through for a variety of purposes. .This course allows students to write in discussions, oral presentations, journal entries and papers, a variety of forms, narrative, exploratory, expository, students also demonstrate knowledge of literary terms and argumentative—and on a variety of subjects from personal techniques, as well as the principles of composition and experience to public policies, from imaginative literature to language study (sentence structure, mechanics and popular culture. Students will write effectively and confidently. punctuation). Students will demonstrate their ability to work The curriculum follows the rigorous demands of the College independently and be self-motivated. Board.

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AP English Literature and Composition English Reading (Read 180) Course ID# 36100 Course ID #36250 Middle School Only Meets the UC/CSU (b) requirement Course ID# 36200 High School Only Grades: 12 Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies one year of the English requirement for Graduation: Satisfies elective requirement for high school high school graduation as well as UC/CSU requirement graduation. Description: Students engage in the careful reading and critical Description: Read 180 is a state-approved, research-based, and analysis of imaginative literature. They deepen their research-validated reading intervention program. The program understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both serves as an intervention for students who are 2 or more years meaning and pleasure to their readers. Students consider a below in their reading level and is primarily aimed at developing work of literature’s structure, style and theme, figurative vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. language, imagery, symbolism and tone. The course is both wide and deep in the analysis of literature. From 16th to 20th CSU Expository Reading/Writing–CS [P] century works of literature will be analyzed to explore multiple Course ID# 38900 genres, periods and culture. The curriculum follows the rigorous Meets the UC/CSU (b) requirement demands of the College Board. Grades: 12 Course Length: Year Mexican-American Literature [P] Graduation: Satisfies one year of the English requirement for Course ID# 37100 high school graduation as well as UC/CSU requirement Meets the UC/CSU (b) requirement Description: The goal of the Expository Reading and Writing Grades: 11-12 Course is to prepare college-bound seniors for the literacy Course Length: Semester demands of higher education. Through a sequence of fourteen Graduation: Satisfies English UC/CSU requirement and high rigorous instructional modules, students in this yearlong, rhetoric school elective requirement -based course develop advanced proficiencies in expository, Description: This course surveys the history, art and oral analytical, and argumentative reading and writing. The traditions of Mexican, Mexican American and Latino cultures cornerstone of the course—the assignment through the lens of literature. Course will include literary template—presents a process for helping techniques, modes of expression, trends in Chicano/Latino students read, comprehend, and respond creativity and will expose students to the richness and diversity to non-fiction and literary texts. Modules that Mexican-American and other Latino cultures have to offer. also provide instruction in research methods and documentation conventions. ENGLISH ELECTIVE CLASSES Students will be expected to increase their awareness of the rhetorical strategies Advanced Essay [P] employed by authors, and to apply those strategies in their own writing. They will Course ID# 34000 read closely to examine the relationship between an author’s Meets the UC/CSU (b) requirement argument or theme and his or her audience and purpose, to Grades: 11-12 analyze the impact of structural and rhetorical strategies, and to Course Length: Year examine the social, political, and philosophical assumptions that Graduation: Satisfies one year of the English requirement for underlie the text. By the end of the course, students will be high school graduation as well as UC/CSU requirement. expected to use this process independently when reading Description: Students will work to develop skills in the writing of unfamiliar texts and writing in response to them. Course texts critical essays and analysis of literature. This is a high school include contemporary essays, newspaper and magazine articles, level course to prepare students for the type of writing they will editorials, reports, biographies, memos, assorted public be required to do in college courses. documents, and other non-fiction texts.

Journalism 1 [P] Creative Writing [P] Course ID# 36710 Course ID# 34700 Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Grades: 11-12 Grades: 9-12 Course length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective Graduation: Satisfies elective requirement for high school requirements for graduation. graduation as well as UC/CSU elective requirement Description: The course is a survey of the basic concepts of Description: Students will study aspects of writing in journals, reporting, as well as a hands-on experience in the process of memoir writing, writing poetry, short stories, drama and creative producing a newspaper, serving as a prerequisite to Journalism non-fiction. Students will read extensively in all of these genres II. Journalism implements a Common Core framework while and write creatively in each genre. Students will explore writing engaging students and applying the skills behind the framework. and the arts in the community at large by attending poetry Students will be trained in the best practices of print and online readings, dramatic productions and short story readings. journalism in the areas of reporting and editing with an emphasis

18 2017-2018 West Contra Costa Unified School District High School Course Catalog……………………………………………………………………. on news writing, sports writing, opinion writing and AP style Graduation: Satisfies WCCUSD graduation requirement for through an intensive study. English credit Description: Intended for those who need additional language Journalism 2 [P] instruction. This course follows the main sequential skills of Course ID# 36710 reading with an emphasis on second language acquisition. Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Vocabulary development and conversation are stressed. Taken Grades: 11-12 concurrently with ELD 1A, 2A, or 3A Course length: Year Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective English Language Development (ELD 4) [P] requirements for graduation. Course ID# 13530 Description: The course is designed to continue the study of Meets the UC/CSU (b) requirement journalism that was begun in Journalism 1. It will teach students Grades: 9-12 to be consumers of media and to understand and perform news- Course Length: Year gathering and production. They will be exposed to more Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school English advanced news, feature, sports, opinion and editorial writing, requirement for graduation reporting, interviewing and editing. The course will deepen their Description: Intended for limited-English speaking students. This understanding of journalism in modern American life and its course develops abilities to read and write English as an implications to American and global society. everyday communication. It consists of learning to write using proper sentence structure. Oral English [P] Course ID# 37500 MATHEMATICS Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Grades: 10-12 Mathematics is offered in three college preparatory sequences. Course length: Year Generally, students take a four-year sequence that fulfills the Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective entrance requirements to both UC/CSU systems. requirements for graduation Description: This course is an English elective that enables For those beginning this sequence in the 9th grade, the courses students to develop competence and confidence in their taken are Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2 or Algebra 2/ speaking skills. Debate, argumentative advocacy, expository, Trigonometry, and Pre-Calculus. Students who completed declamatory, and descriptive speeches are some of the speech Algebra 1 prior to entering the 9th grade are encouraged to take styles that will be taught to the students. Students will prepare a sequence of classes that prepares them for the Calculus presentations that range in length from three to ten minutes. Advanced Placement exam as seniors. Those who do well on Presentations are based on written work derived from research this test receive a year of credit at most colleges. For those on topics specified by the instructor or determined by national, beginning this sequence in the 9th grade, the courses taken are state or local speech association contests and debates. A two- Geometry [P], Algebra 2/Trigonometry [P], Pre Calculus [H] and tournament participation in local debate and speech contests is Calculus [AP]. required of all students. Students may take this course for one or two years, during which they will continue to develop their Algebra I [P] speaking skills and participate in competitions. Course ID# 51000 Meets the UC/CSU (c) requirement ELD - ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Year English Language Development (ELD 1A, 2A, 3A) Graduation: Satisfies one year of the math requirement for both Course ID# 13100 UC/CSU and high school graduation Course ID# 13300 Description: This is a first year algebra course in which students Course ID# 13510 will learn how to solve problems with the first semester focused Grades: 9-12 on linear equations and constant rates of change followed by Course Length: Year problems that involve quadratic functions and systems of linear Graduation: Satisfies WCCUSD graduation requirement for equations. They will use reasoning skills, their knowledge of English credit properties of numbers, inverse operations, graphing and other Description: Intended for non-English or limited-English speaking algebraic techniques to solve linear equations and quadratic students. This course develops students' abilities to use English equations, as well as connect those solutions to their as their everyday means of communication. It consists of corresponding graphs. Students will know that functions have speaking, reading, and writing English based on daily multiple representations: a set of points, a graph, an equation, experiences. Taken concurrently with ELD 1B, 2B, 3B. and a situation. The course also includes exponents, polynomial arithmetic, rational expressions and ratio and proportion. English Language Development Reading (ELD 1B, 2B, 3B) Course ID# 13200 Geometry [P] Course ID# 13400 Course ID# 51800 Course ID# 13520 Meets the UC/CSU (c) requirement Grades: 9-12 Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year

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Graduation: Satisfies one year of the math requirement for both including inverses and transformations, rational functions and UC/CSU and high school graduation their graphs, conic sections including rotation of axes, Description: This course focuses on problem solving within the exponential and logarithmic functions including growth and setting of Euclidean and coordinate geometry. Important skills decay and Gaussian models, all topics from the trigonometry and concepts include: angle relationships within plane figures framework including graphing trigonometric functions and their and those of lines cut by a transversal; distance, area, surface inverses, composition of trigonometric functions, polar area and volume; triangle similarity and proportion; similarity coordinates, polar graphing, polar form of complex numbers, and congruence of polygons; and transformations. Students will DeMoivre’s Theorem, Trigonometric identities, triangle learn the subtleties of the Pythagorean Theorem through its trigonometry for right triangles and non-right triangles, proof and applications. They will learn and apply right triangle sequences, series, sigma notation, proof by mathematical trigonometry. Students will develop their ability to construct and induction, topics in linear algebra, analytic geometry in three articulate logical, convincing arguments that includes a facility dimensions, and introduction to limits. with formal proof and deductive reasoning, and recognizing the patterns of inductive reasoning. AP Statistics Course ID# 52960 Algebra 2 [P] Meets the UC/CSU (c) requirement Course ID# 51150 Grades: 10-12 Meets the UC/CSU (c) requirement Course Length: Year Grades: 11-12 Graduation: Satisfies one year of math requirement for both UC/ Course Length: Year CSU and high school graduation Graduation: Satisfies one year of the math requirement for both Description: The purpose of the AP course in statistics is to high school graduation and UC/CSU math requirement. introduce students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, Description: This is a course that completes all topics of second- analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. Students are year Algebra: linear functions, systems of linear equations and exposed to four broad conceptual themes: 1) Exploring Data: inequalities, quadratic functions and complex numbers, Describing patterns and departures from patterns, 2) Sampling exponential and logarithmic functions, rational and irrational and Experimentation: Planning and conducting a study, 3) algebraic functions, quadratic relations, higher degree functions Anticipating Patterns: Exploring random phenomena using and polynomials, sequences and series, introduction to probability and simulation, and 4) Statistical Inference: probability and statistic. The course includes mathematical Estimating population parameters and testing hypotheses. modeling of real-world problems. Appropriate technology: graphing calculators, and computer software, is used to further AP Calculus AB explore and deepen mathematical understanding of concepts Course ID# 51400 presented by the course Meets the UC/CSU (c) requirement Grades: 12 Algebra 2/Trigonometry [P] Course Length: Year Course ID# 51100 Graduation: Satisfies one year of the math requirement for both Meets the UC/CSU (c) requirement UC/CSU and high school graduation Grades: 10-11 Description: The objective of this course is to provide the Course Length: Year student with the equivalent of the first year of college Graduation: Satisfies one year of the math requirement for both mathematics. The course of study follows that of the Advanced UC/CSU and high school graduation Placement Program. Students who satisfactorily complete the Description: This is a course that completes all topics of second- course will take an Advanced Placement Examination in year Algebra: linear functions, systems of linear equations and Mathematics, accepted by most colleges as evidence that the inequalities, quadratic functions and complex numbers, student has mastered the material for the first year of college exponential and logarithmic functions, rational and irrational mathematics and should be given credit and/or special algebraic functions, quadratic relations, higher degree functions placement in college. The course content includes the following: and polynomials, sequences and series, circular and functions and limits, derivatives of algebraic functions, the trigonometric functions, introduction to probability and statistics. definite indefinite integral, area, volumes of revolution, The course includes mathematical modeling of real-world differentiation of exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric and problems. Appropriate technology: graphing calculators, and inverse trigonometric functions, methods of integration, infinite computer software, is used to further explore and deepen series, simple differential equations, vectors and applications. mathematical understanding of concepts presented by the course. AP Calculus BC Course ID# 51450 Pre Calculus [H] Meets the UC/CSU (c) requirement Course ID# 52400 Grades: 12 Meets the UC/CSU (c) requirement Course Length: Year Grades: 11-12 Graduation: Satisfies one year of the math requirement for both Course Length: Year UC/CSU and high school graduation Graduation: Satisfies one year of the math requirement for UC/ Description: The objective of this course is to build upon the CSU and high school graduation. foundations provided in the Calculus (AB) course. The course is Description: This course will complete all topics necessary for based upon the College Board’s AP Calculus curriculum and success in Calculus: coordinate geometry, elementary functions students are expected to take the Calculus AB Advanced

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Placement exam. The course content is determined by the Physical Education Aerobics course description for Calculus BC Advanced Placement and the Course ID# 64100 California Calculus Content Standards. Grades: 10-12 Course Length: Year ELECTIVE CLASSES- MATHEMATICS Prerequisite: Grade ‘C’ or better in 9th grade P. E. Core Graduation: Satisfies graduation requirement for P.E. or elective Math Support 1 credit Course ID# 53710 Description: Cardiovascular exercises and routines which may be Grades: 9 performed to music. The students will gain cardiovascular and Course Length: Year muscular endurance, strength, balance, flexibility, rhythm, and Graduation: Satisfies elective requirement for high school timing. The course will emphasize physical fitness and weight graduation. control. Description: This course for selected students is designed for students to take along with Algebra I. Students will have daily Physical Education Sports Non-Contact help with concepts and skills that they will study in Algebra I, Course ID# 65100 prepare for tests, have help with difficult ideas, and assistance Grades: 9-11 with concepts that they are expected to know for the CAHSEE. Course Length: Year Passing Algebra I and the CAHSEE exam are requirements for Graduation: Satisfies graduation requirement for P.E. or elective earning a high school diploma. credit Description: All students must pass two years of physical Probability and Statistics [P] education before graduation. This class will cover a wide variety Course ID#52950 of team and individual sports. Meets the UC/CSU (c) requirement Grades: 12 Physical Education Athletics Course Length: Year Course ID# 64300 Graduation: Satisfies one year of math requirement for both UC/ Grades: 10-12 CSU and high school graduation. Course Length: Year Description: This course will introduce the student to basic Graduation: Satisfies graduation requirement for P.E. or elective statistical theory. Topics such as data analysis (gathering, requirement displaying and summarizing of data), probability (laws of chance) Description: For students who are on interscholastic athletic and statistical inference (drawing conclusions from data) teams to provide advanced training in team and individual Students will apply these theories to a wide variety of situations sports. where statistics plays a crucial role in the modern world. Physical Education Bowling PHYSICAL EDUCATION Course ID# 64400 Grades: 10-12 Physical Education Core Course Length: Year Course ID# 64600 Graduation: Satisfies PE or elective requirement for high school Grades: 9 graduation. Course Length: Year Description: Designed to meet the needs of students who wish Graduation: Satisfies graduation requirement for P.E. to develop skills in a lifetime leisure activity. Instruction and Description: Required for all 9th grade students. All students equipment will be provided. must pass two years of physical education before graduation. This class will cover a wide variety of team and individual sports. Physical Education Weight Training Course ID# 65300 Physical Education Core Grades: 10-12 Course ID# 64650 Course Length: Year Grades: 10 Graduation: Satisfies P.E. or elective requirement for high school Course Length: Year graduation Graduation: Satisfies graduation requirement for P.E. Description: This course will provide the student with instruction Description: Required for all 10th grade students. All students in proper methods of running, weight lifting, weight workouts, must pass two years of physical education before graduation. and competition lifting in the appropriate weight class. This class will cover a wide variety of team and individual sports. Physical Education: Individual Sports Adaptive Physical Education Course ID# 64900 Course ID# 64000 Grades: 10-12 Grades: 9-10 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies graduation requirement for P.E. or elective Graduation: Satisfies graduation requirement for P.E. credit Description: Students with IEP’s that stipulate adaptive physical Description: In this course, students will learn individual sports education may take this course instead of the regular PE that they may use their entire life. required for graduation. Sports Medicine (ROP) [P]

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Course ID#6570R Course Length: Year Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Graduation: Satisfies Life Science lab requirement for UC/CSU Grades: 11-12 and high school life science or elective requirement for Course Length: Year graduation Prerequisite: Grade “C” or better in 9th Description: Introductory college-level course in biology with lab grade P.E. Core work, field trips, guest speakers, and class discussions. Provides Graduation: Satisfies elective requirement students with challenging and stimulating coursework and a for high school graduation and UC/CSU current approach to research. Students learn about new Description: This course is designed to explore human anatomy developments in various areas of biology, including genetics, and physiology, and lays the foundations for further study of recombinant DNA techniques, the immune system, and the these sciences. Students learn how systems of the body brain. Fulfills UC Lab Science requirement. Students who pass function and interact through physical activity and develop a the Advanced Placement test qualify for transferable college thorough understanding of the structure and function of the credit. musculoskeletal system. This knowledge serves as a platform for understanding the physiological response to injury and Chemistry [P] improving performance. Course ID# 66700 Meets the UC/CSU (d) requirement SCIENCE Grades: 10-12 Course Length: Year Biology [P] Graduation: Satisfies Physical Science lab requirement for UC/ Course ID# 66300 CSU and high school physical science requirement for graduation Meets the UC/CSU (d) requirement Description: Students study of the structure and properties of Grades: 9-12 matter and the changes it undergoes. It emphasizes the Course Length: Year development of chemical principles and theories on the basis of Graduation: Satisfies Life Science lab requirement for UC/CSU experimental data and includes many laboratory experiments and high school life science requirement for graduation and demonstrations. Description: The study of life from the molecular level, cellular level to the whole organism. Includes the study of interactions AP Chemistry and interrelationships of living things and their environment. Course ID# 66600 This course is designed to equip the student with independent Meets the UC/CSU (d) requirement study skills and basic background to compete successfully in Grades: 11-12 higher lab science courses in high school. Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies Physical Science lab requirement for UC/ Biology Accelerated [P] CSU and high school physical science or elective requirement for Course ID# 66010 graduation Meets the UC/CSU (d) requirement Description: A college level chemistry course. Students study Grades: 9-12 general chemical concepts in greater depth than in first-year Course Length: Year chemistry, and are introduced to the most recent developments Graduation: Satisfies Life Science lab requirement for UC/CSU in the field. The treatment of the topics in this course is and high school life science requirement for graduation qualitatively different from that in chemistry with regard to Description: The course provides enhanced understanding of calculations and the mathematical foundation of chemical human biology, anatomy, and physiology and their applications principles. Students completing this course are encouraged to in biomedical science and the role of health professionals and take the Advanced Placement exam and will transferable college biomedical scientists in today’s society. credit if passed at a “3” or higher.

Biomedical Science [P] Physics [P] Course ID# 62588 Course ID# 68700 Meets the UC/CSU (d) requirement Meets the UC/CSU (d) requirement Grades: 9-12 Grades: 11-12 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies Life Science lab requirement for UC/CSU Graduation: Satisfies Life Science lab requirement for UC/CSU and high school life science requirement for graduation and high school physical science or elective graduation Description: The study of life from the molecular level, cellular requirement level to the whole organism. Includes the study of interactions Description: Fundamental principles governing physical and interrelationships of living things and their environment. processes in the universe. Topics included are the study of This course is designed to equip the student with independent motion, Newtonian mechanics, conservation of momentum and study skills and basic background energy, thermodynamics and heat, waves, sound, light, electricity and magnetism, atomic and nuclear physics. Emphasizes conceptual understanding of principles and AP Biology mathematical problem solving skills. This course is for students Course ID# 66000 completing a major in biological or physical sciences, Meets the UC/CSU (d) requirement engineering, medicine, or advanced technology, etc. Grades: 11-12 Physics [H] 22 2017-2018 West Contra Costa Unified School District High School Course Catalog…………………………………………………………………….

Course ID# 68650 graduation Meets the UC/CSU (d) requirement Description: Designed to be equivalent to a one-semester, Grades: 11-12 introductory college course in environmental science enabling Course Length: Year students to undertake, as first-year college students, a more Graduation: Satisfies Life Science lab requirement for UC/CSU advanced study in environmental science, or to fulfill a basic and high school physical science or elective requirement for requirement for a laboratory science. Provides students with the graduation scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to Description: Advanced principles governing physical processes in understand the interrelationships of the natural world; to identify the universe. Topics included are the study of motion, and analyze environmental problems both human-made and Newtonian mechanics, conservation of momentum and energy, natural; to evaluate the relative risks associated with these thermodynamics and heat, waves, sound, light, electricity and problems; and to examine alternative solutions for resolving and magnetism, atomic and nuclear physics. Emphasizes conceptual for preventing them. There is a student designed, year-long understanding of principles and mathematical problem solving project that requires a strong laboratory and field investigation skills. This course is for students completing a major in component. The course is integrated with other Academy biological or physical sciences, engineering, medicine, or courses. Priority given to students enrolled in the Academy for advanced technology, etc. placement into Environmental Science 3 AP.

Physiology [P] SCIENCE ELECTIVE CLASSES Course ID# 68800 Meets the UC/CSU (d) requirement Environmental Science I Grades: 11-12 Course ID# 67210 Course Length: Year Grades: 10-12 Graduation: Satisfies Life Science lab requirement for UC/CSU Course Length: Year and high school science graduation requirement Graduation: Satisfies elective credit or science requirement for Description: A detailed study of the functions of graduation the human body that includes the study of cell Description: The first of three sequential environmental science structure and specialization, the skeletal system, courses intended for three-year Environmental Studies Academy muscles, nervous system, digestion, respiration, program. Course content and goals are integrated with the circulation, the skin, excretion, endocrine system, other Academy courses and covers fundamental principles of reproduction and heredity, including the latest biology, chemistry and physics required in environmental information on the structure and function of DNA. science. There is an emphasis on environmental chemistry and There will be extensive lab work in animal mapping. Topics include water chemistry, soil structure, dissection and microscopic investigation. chemistry of metal refining, petroleum chemistry, and park design. Course requires off-campus field research trips including SOCIAL SCIENCE field investigations of Pinole Creek. Foundations: Cultural Geography [P] Environmental Science II [P] Course ID# 75360 Course ID# 67230 Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement Meets UC/CSU (d) requirement Grades: 9 Grades: 11 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school social science Graduation: Satisfies Physical Science or Life Science lab requirement for graduation requirement for UC/CSU and high school science requirement for Description: An in depth examination of the interchanges among graduation members of various cultures who have settled in the Bay Area Description: A continuation of Environmental Science 1, this from early times to today. The course builds upon the identities course is intended for the three-year Environmental Studies of the students in the high schools and supports them in Academy program. The course content and goals are integrated understanding self and others. The course builds upon the ideas with the other courses in the Academy. Although many and academic standards found in the History/Social Science principles of biology, chemistry and physics are covered, this State framework (9th grade electives section) as well as the course offers a concentration on the fundamental principles of California standards for Historical and Social Science Analysis ecology. Topics include community structure, biodiversity, Skills. Students will better understand the world’s cultural energy flow and pyramids, and ecological productivity. This geography through looking at major waves of immigration in the course requires several off campus field trips, including field Bay Area. investigations of Pinole Creek and Wetlands. World History [P] AP Environmental Science Course ID# 75900 Course ID# 67250 Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement Meets UC/CSU (d) requirement Grades: 10-12 Grades: 12 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies the requirement for UC/CSU and high Graduation: Satisfies Physical Science or Life Science lab school requirement for graduation requirement for UC/CSU and high school science requirement for Description: Survey of the history of the world, its civilizations,

23 2017-2018 West Contra Costa Unified School District High School Course Catalog……………………………………………………………………. people, geography, and development, beginning with the American Government [H] Renaissance. Emphasis is on modern times and the origins and Course ID# 72700 roots of current situations and problems. This class meets the Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement California State Framework for Social Science. Grades: 12 Course Length: Semester AP World History Graduation: Satisfies the American Government requirement for Course ID# 75960 UC/CSU and high school American Government requirement for Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement graduation Grades: 10-12 Description: A one semester course on the American system of Course Length: Year government, beginning with theoretical foundations, comparative Graduation: Satisfies the requirement of UC/CSU and high school political systems and historical origins. Basic units will include World History requirement for graduation the study of the executive, legislative and judicial branches, the Description: This course follows the Advanced Placement American political process, civil rights, domestic issues, guidelines and curriculum. Extensive reading and research is international problems, and state, county and local governments required. Survey of the history of the world, its civilizations, and follows the California State Framework for Social Science. people, geography, and development, beginning with the This class is paired with Economics in the alternate semester. Renaissance. Emphasis is on modern times and the origins and This course meets the University of California honors roots of current situations and problems. This course will include requirements. rigorous reading and writing assignments and should be taken by students who plan on taking AP US History and AP American AP Government and Politics United States Government. Course ID# 72850 Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement U.S. History [P] Grades: 12 Course ID# 75600 Course Length: Semester Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement Graduation: Satisfies the American Government requirement for Grades: 11 UC/CSU and high school social science requirement for Course Length: Year graduation Graduation: Satisfies the U.S. History requirement for UC/CSU Description: An in-depth survey of the structure and functions of and U.S. History requirement for graduation federal, state, and local governments, Description: An overview of American history with emphasis on including extended units on constitutional significant people, groups, institutions, events, and places from underpinnings of US democracy; political the post-Civil War period to the present, and follows the beliefs and behavior, political parties and California State Framework for Social Science. interest groups; Congress; the federal branches of government; civil rights; and AP U.S. History other government issues and arenas. Course ID# 75500 Designed to prepare students for the Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement Advanced Placement examination in American Government. Grades: 11-12 Course Length: Year Economics [P] Graduation: Satisfies the U. S. History requirement for UC/CSU Course ID# 74000 and high school social science requirement for graduation Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Description: Covers American history from colonial times to the Grades: 12 present. In-depth reading in American history with written book Course Length: Semester reviews, practice essays and lectures designed to prepare Graduation: Satisfies the Economics requirement for high school students to take the Advanced Placement Exam. and UC/CSU elective requirement Description: A study of the principles of economics. Students American Government [P] will explore how our limited resources are used to satisfy wants, Course ID# 72800 how goods and services are produced and distributed, and how Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement the economic system of the United States compares with other Grades: 12 systems. This class is paired with American Government in the Course Length: Semester alternate semester. Graduation: Satisfies the American Government requirement for UC/CSU and high school American Government requirement for AP Economics Micro graduation Course ID# 73850 Description: A one semester course on the American system of Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement government, beginning with theoretical foundations, comparative Grades: 11-12 political systems and historical origins. Basic units will include Course Length: Semester the study of the executive, legislative and judicial branches, the Graduation: Satisfies the Economics requirement for high school American political process, civil rights, domestic issues, and UC/CSU elective requirement international problems, and state, county and local governments Description: This is a semester course covering Microeconomics. and follows the California State Framework for Social Science. The course is designed to prepare the students to take the AP This class is paired with Economics in the alternate semester. Exam in May. The class follows the curriculum of the college board AP schedule and all teachers of the course have been

24 2017-2018 West Contra Costa Unified School District High School Course Catalog……………………………………………………………………. trained by the College Board institutes. Students complete a systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental rigorous level of coursework with past AP free response processes of human beings and other animals. Students are questions, multiple choice exams and economic activities. exposed to the psychological facts, principles, and phenomena Macroeconomics is taken in the next semester. associated with each of the major subfields within psychology. They also learn about the ethics and methods psycholog AP Economics Macro Course ID# 73800 Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Intro to Law [P] Grades: 11-12 Course ID# 73450 Course Length: Semester Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Graduation: Satisfies the Economics requirement for high school Grades: 10-11 and UC/CSU elective requirement Course Length: Year Description: This is a semester course covering Macroeconomics. Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective The course is designed to prepare the students to take the AP requirements for graduation Exam in May. The class follows the curriculum of the college Description: This course introduces students to legal concepts, board AP schedule and all teachers of the course have been principles and procedures. The course is designed to provide trained by the College Board institutes. Students complete a students with an understanding of the structure of the U.S. legal rigorous level of coursework with past AP free response system including the role of the judicial, legislative and executive questions, multiple choice exams and economic activities. branches; the history of law in the United States; the role of Students take this course in the second semester after attorneys, law enforcement and other legal professionals; completing Microeconomics. categories of law; litigation principles; and alternative dispute resolution. The course involves substantial reading and writing. Journey for Justice in America (UCCI) Students also participate in trial simulations, debates and have Course ID# 82750 opportunities to work with legal professionals. Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement Grades: 11-12 Leadership Course Length: Semester Course ID# 74600 Graduation: Satisfies the American Government requirement for Grades: 9-12 high school and UC/CSU elective requirement Course Length: Year Description: This course is designed to provide students with the Graduation: Satisfies elective credit for high school graduation necessary skills and content knowledge in American Government Description: Leadership students distinguish themselves by their to pursue a career in the government services and legal sectors, desires to be involved in school community activities and to have as well as become informed, active citizens in their respective an impact on their society. Besides initiating, coordinating, and communities. Students will understand the principles on which evaluating school activities and community projects, students the United States was founded, the structure of government at also develop leadership skills in communication, decision-• the federal, state and local levels, the individual and civil liberties making, time management, goal setting, leadership styles, needed to maintain a democratic society, and the way in which conflict management, team building, and delegation of duties. order is maintained through law enforcement and the judiciary. District and league exchange days with other schools are planned. U.S. History & Public Health [H] Course ID# 75690 Law and Justice [P] Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement Course ID# 74550 Grades: 11-12 Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Course Length: Year Grades: 10-12 Graduation: Satisfies the American Government requirement for Course Length: Year high school and UC/CSU elective requirement Graduation: Satisfies elective credit for UC/CSU and high school Description: The purpose of this course is to analyze the graduation. significant periods of U.S. history while building and establishing Description: This is the study of the history and philosophy of a foundation of practical knowledge in healthcare applications. justice as it has evolved throughout the world as well as an in- Students will study thematic events in history as a pathway to depth study of the American justice system and its various sub- understand the context and scope of public health on both systems. The course covers the interrelationships of criminal individual level and within the public sector. justice agents and their relationships in society; concepts of crime causation, punishments, and rehabilitation; ethics, ELECTIVE CLASSES- SOCIAL SCIENCE education; and training for professionalism in the social system.

AP Psychology [P] Psychology [P] Course ID# 75505 Course ID# 75000 Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Grades: 10-12 Grades: 10-12 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies the elective requirement for UC/CSU and Graduation: Satisfies the elective requirement for UC/CSU and high school graduation high school graduation Description: This course is designed to introduce students to the Description: This course is a general introduction to the science

25 2017-2018 West Contra Costa Unified School District High School Course Catalog……………………………………………………………………. of human behavior with focus on the individual. The course complicated elements of Art and Principals of Design. They will considers personality, growth and development, classic theories work at an advanced skill level in a variety of two-dimensional (Freud, Adler, Rogers, etc.) and psychological disorders. and three-dimensional media. Creative experimentation with Emphasis will be placed on classroom experiments and project- media and subject matter is encouraged. Special talents and based learning. interest in the arts and art-related fields are addressed. Students participate in the exhibition of their work. Students will World War II [P] also learn about Art History through historical art periods and Course ID # 76100 contemporary artists. Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Grades: 10-12 Ceramics 1 [P] Course Length: Year Course ID# 80550 Graduation: Satisfies high school elective requirement for Meets the UC/CSU A-G requirement graduation and elective requirement for UC/CSU Grades: 10-12 Description: This course teaches the history of World War II Course Length: Year through a variety of teaching methods, including guest speakers, Graduation: Satisfies fine arts or elective requirement for high films, eyewitness oral histories, maps, slides, debates, a mock school graduation war crimes trial, and a powerful simulation about the Holocaust. Description: Ceramics 1 is a basic, exploratory course in The focus of the course is to analyze the extent of how moral ceramics, with emphasis on hand-building techniques. Pinch, character and conduct affected the history of events from 1914 coil, slab and slip molding methods will be explored. to 1950. Introduction to wheel throwing, glazing and decorating are presented. The works of historic and contemporary ceramic VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS artists are presented. There is a fee for materials.

Art of Video Production (ROP) Multimedia [P] Course ID# 2015R Course ID# 22571 Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement Grades: 9-12 Grades: 11-12 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts requirement for graduation requirement for graduation Description: This course allows students to compare the media Description: Students will acquire knowledge and skills in graphic of film, television, and video including aesthetics, cultural development and manipulation, basic video and desktop aspects, and history. Students develop skills to produce their multimedia production, project planning, beginning web design, own videos, and take an in-depth look at the nature of video animation, interactive authority and critical analysis of student communication, exploring aspects of pre-production and post- and professional multimedia work. Students will learn to create production, script writing, camera–work, lighting and sound. multimedia stories, messages and imagery using (and They utilize skills in directing and editing to produce a variety of combining) film, text, visual effects, graphics, animation, special projects, including school newscasts, documentaries, and video effects, and sound. productions. Advanced Photography (ROP) Beginning Art [P] Course ID# 8270R Course ID# 80000 Grades: 11-12 Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement Course Length: Year Grades: 9-12 Graduation: Satisfies the fine art requirement for high school Course Length: Year graduation. Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts Description: In this course students will work with the elements requirement for graduation of art and principles of design. They discuss, analyze, and Description: This two dimensional art class involves a great synthesize those principles, applying them to create their own variety of drawing and painting projects. Students will work on works of art in the medium of photography, reflecting abstract, realistic and design projects using such materials as craftsmanship and technical skill. Instruction can also include pencil, watercolors, tempera, ink, and many more. Also includes studio and field techniques, photojournalism, fashion collages, some art history, and critique. Study of three- photography, commercial, portrait, scientific, nature, wildlife and dimensional craft projects and computer graphics will be sports photography. included. Photography [P] Art Advanced [P] Course ID# 82600 Course ID# 80100 Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement Grades: 9-12 Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts requirement for graduation requirement for graduation Description: This is a two-dimensional art class. Students study Description: Art Advanced students will explore more the processes involved in taking photographs and producing

26 2017-2018 West Contra Costa Unified School District High School Course Catalog……………………………………………………………………. finished prints. Students should own or have access to a 35 mm SLR camera and need to purchase materials used in this course. Advanced Media Communication [P] (ROP) Course ID# 8108R Photography Advanced [P] Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement Course ID# 82700 Grades: 10-12 Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement Course Length: Year Grades: 10-12 Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts Course Length: Year requirement for graduation Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high Description: This course is a college preparatory interdisciplinary school fine arts requirement for graduation approach to multi media communications, which builds on Description: This course is designed for student proficiency in journalistic writing, photography, video, students interested in continuing studies of and design concepts. This class integrates research and writing the art of traditional black and white photography and the techniques with artistic creation and expression. Students exploration of emerging technologies in digital photography. receive an advanced understanding and appreciation of Students will also learn about continued, advanced, and technology used as a tool in artistic expression, and they alternative techniques in the uses of the camera, accessories and continue to strengthen their analytical reading and expository darkroom techniques. writing skills as well as their critical thinking skills in this cross- disciplinary approach. AP Studio Art 2D Design Course ID# 80150 Band Beginning [P] Meets the UC (f) requirement Course ID# 56800 Grades: 11-12 Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies both UC/CSU and high school fine arts Graduation: Satisfies fine arts requirement for high school requirement for graduation. graduation Description: This course is designed for highly motivated Description: This course is designed to give students technical students who are seriously interested in the study of Art and instruction on their instruments while performing as a group or who wish to pursue college-level studies while in high school. It individually. The students will receive instruction in the enables art students to conceptualize images, to develop quality theoretical aspects of written music and the background of the artwork, and to develop an area of concentration. Students will different forms of music in today's society. acquire depth and breadth of understanding of the principles and elements of art. Students will work toward portfolio submission Jazz Band [P] for advanced placement credit. This is a two-year program. Course ID# 56100 There may be a special art supply fee charged. Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement Grades: 9-12 AP Studio Art: Drawing Course Length: Year Course ID# 80160 Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts Meets the UC (f) requirement requirement for graduation Grades: 11-12 Description: This course provides instruction in commercial styles Course Length: Year of music, music theory, and career opportunities pertaining to Graduation: Satisfies both UC/CSU and high school fine arts instruments in an ensemble situation. Students will be involved requirement for graduation. in performances. Description: This course is designed to have the student recognize quality in his/her work, the student will also Concert Band [P] concentrate on a sustained investigation of a particular visual Course ID# 55900 interest or problem and a range of approaches to the formal, Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement technical and expressive means of the artist. Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Year Advanced Visual Arts [P] Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts Course ID# 83450 requirement for graduation Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement Description: The concert Band is an intermediate ensemble open Grades: 10-12 to students with some instrumental background who wish to be Course Length: Year a part of a quality performing group. Performance opportunities Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts may include Winter and Spring Concerts, District/area festivals, requirement for graduation home football games, solo/ensembles, feeder school concerts, Description: Students will study vocabulary unique to art and will and graduation. apply the elements of art and principles of design to their creations. In their original work they will communicate meaning, Band Symphonic [P] intent, feeling and emotions using a variety of media. Students Course ID# 56300 will learn how history and culture has influenced art and artists Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement worldwide. The class is a combination of studio work, written Grades: 9-12 and reading homework assignments, and the compilation of an Course Length: Year individual portfolio of each student’s work. Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts

27 2017-2018 West Contra Costa Unified School District High School Course Catalog……………………………………………………………………. requirements for graduation Orchestra Advanced Description: The Symphonic Band is an advanced ensemble open Course ID #: 58590 to students with a strong instrumental background who wish to Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement be part of a quality-performing group. This performance-based Grades; 9-12 ensemble performs 6 – 10 mandatory performances and studies Course Length: Year standard band repertoire from all areas of music. Regular Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts practice is a requirement of this course. Performance requirement for graduation opportunities may include Winter and Spring Concerts, District/ Description: Students have the opportunity to develop musical area festivals, home football games, solo/ensembles, feeder skills and knowledge that can only be learned through school concerts, and graduation. involvement in the orchestral ensemble. Students learn music theory and develop cultural understanding. They are expected to Ensemble [P] continually demonstrate their musical growth in orchestral Course ID# 57200 playing primarily through performance in class evaluations, Grades: 9-12 graded assignments, and other performances. Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies high school fine arts requirements for A Cappella [P] graduation Course ID# 55500 Description: This percussion ensemble studies standard Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement repertoire for percussion from all cultures and genres. Students Grades: 10-12 must be enrolled in music performance class or studying music Course Length: Year privately to enroll in this class. This group performs 4 – 8 Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts mandatory performances and all students will also assist in the requirements for graduation Marching Band. Description: A Cappella is open to students who enjoy singing and desire to participate in a quality-singing group. There will Jazz Ensemble be a strong emphasis on vocal production, phrasing, and diction Course ID# 57700 with special work devoted to extending the vocal range of the Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement singers. Basic music theory will be included to aid in the Grades: 9-12 improvement of sight-reading. Both performance and written Course Length: Year tests will be included in the curriculum. There will be several Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts performance opportunities for all: Fall, Winter, and Spring requirements for graduation Concerts, Music Revues, district/area festivals, Baccalaureate, Description: This ensemble performs standard repertoire for all alumni, solo/ensemble, feeder school concerts and Spring Tour. genres of Jazz and improvisation. This group performs 6 – 10 mandatory performances. Instrumentation is limited to Concert Choir [P] Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophone, Guitar, Bass, Piano and Drums Course ID# 56900 with few exceptions made for ensemble needs. Meets UC/CSU (f) requirements Grades: 9-12 Wind Ensemble [P] Course Length: Year Course ID # 57250 Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts Grades: 11-12 requirement for graduation Course Length: Year Description: Concert choir is a one-year course open to all Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts students interested in participating in a mixed choir (Soprano, requirements for graduation Alto, Tenor, Bass). This course is designed to increase the vocal Description: This course is for students who have been highly skill and performance levels of each student and to develop successful in Band 1, Band 2 Band 3 or the equivalent and want aesthetic and cultural values through critical listening. Students to continue on their instrument. Students will continue their core will sing a wide range of literature from a variety of time periods, instrument practices but also focus heavily on music history and continents, languages, cultures and styles. Students will perform performance aesthetics. medium to difficult high school choral literature for performances in concerts and festivals. Emphasis will be on portfolio Orchestra [P] preparation for advanced study and career development. Course ID# 58500 Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement Beginning Piano [P] Grades: 9-12 Course ID# 58750 Course Length: Year Meets UC/CSU (f) requirements Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts Grades: 9-12 requirements for graduation Course Length: Year Description: The Orchestra consists exclusively of string Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts instruments used in a standard symphony orchestra: violin, viola, requirement for graduation cello and bass. Since other instrumentalist are used only on Description: A beginning music class that includes the study of occasion, wind (woodwinds and brasses) and percussion players piano techniques and the fundamentals of music, including an may not enroll, but rather, will be drawn from the Symphonic intensive study of music reading and notation. Students in this Band class when needed for orchestra literature. course give one or more recitals for which attendance is required.

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criticism on performances in and outside of class, students will Advanced Piano [P] apply evaluation criteria and appreciate excellence in Course ID# 58600 performance. By studying theatre as an expression of both Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement history and culture, students will explore the way in which Grades: 9-12 theatre affects and is affected by its societal context. Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts Theatre 2 [P] requirements for graduation Course ID# 62200 Description: An intermediate advanced music class. The course Meets UC/CSU (f) requirements includes intermediate, advanced applications on the piano, the Grades: 10-12 study of the fundamentals of music, and the study of music Course Length: Year styles, form and history. There will be intensive study of music Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts reading and notation. Students in this course give recitals in requirement for graduation which participation is required. Description: Theatre 2 is designed for the intermediate student who wants to build upon the skills learned in Theatre 1. Guitar Beginning [P] Through play analysis, scene work, and one-act play preparation Course ID# 57500 and performance, students will build believable characters, apply Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement basic technical theatre skills, develop directing skills, and work Grades: 9-12 effectively in an ensemble. Students will develop audition Course Length: Year material suitable for professional use. Students will trace the Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts historical development of theatre through research, requirement for graduation. performance, and attendance of theatrical productions. Description: Guitar Beginning is a course open to students 9-12. Students will learn basic comprehensive skills and applications Theatre Advanced [P] that relate to the overall concepts of guitar technique and Course ID# 62300 performance. Students will develop aesthetic and cultural values Meets UC/CSU (f) requirements thru listening to various genres of guitar music. Students will Grades: 10-12 address criteria for critically judging the quality of performances Course Length: Year and compositions that derive from social and historical influence. Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts Students will learn to strum and pick a wide range of music from requirement for graduation a variety of American genres, i.e. Jazz, Folk, Rock, Pop. From Description: This course is designed for those students who want the study of these various styles, students will attain enhanced to continue the study of theatre and acting begun in earlier awareness of the history and events surrounding the courses. The course covers all areas of the theatre with the development of guitar literature (20th Century). Work outside of emphasis on acting techniques and performance. Students will class involves project preparation, written assignments, and perform monologues, scenes, mimes, plays, etc. Students may exploration of school-to career possibilities. participate in full scale Broadway productions.

Guitar Advanced [P] Technical Theatre Course ID # 57400 Course ID# 62000 Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement Grades: 9-12 Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies fine arts or elective requirement for Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts graduation requirement for graduation. Description: This course covers design and construction of stage Description: This a one-year course offering intermediate to scenery and lighting. Students will learn to operate all stage advanced instruction for the guitar. Students will also learn equipment and will gain experience in the use of design and music fundamentals, theory, songs, performing, listening, color techniques. Students will work as the technical staff for all composing, improvising, analyzing, and learning how to read productions. A focus an acquiring skills in all areas of technical standard notation and tablature. theater will be emphasized.

Theatre 1 [P] Jazz Dance 1[P] Course ID# 62100 Course ID# 54800 Meets UC/CSU (f) requirements Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement Grades: 9-12 Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high Graduation: Satisfies either a second year of physical education school fine arts requirement for (grades 10-12) or fine arts requirement for high school graduation graduation and satisfies UC/CSU fine arts requirement for Description: Theatre 1 provides an graduation introduction to theatre as a discipline Description: This course is for students with little or no jazz and art form. Through theatre games dance training. Students will study various jazz styles, and improvisation exercises, students will develop confidence, techniques, and characteristics of jazz dance. The fundamentals trust, and voice and movement skills. As they give and receive of jazz dance will be covered along with the history and

29 2017-2018 West Contra Costa Unified School District High School Course Catalog……………………………………………………………………. development of jazz dance in America and its influence on other appreciation of the cultural diversity of the French-speaking styles of dance. Students will write one research paper on jazz world. Students will develop proficiency in the four modes of dance and see one local performance. Videos and films will communication: listening, reading, writing, and speaking. supplement required readings. Students will comprehend and acquire knowledge through authentic written texts and aural materials, e.g., videos, music, Jazz Dance 2 [P] and internet resources, at increasing levels of difficulty and will Course ID# 54900 learn to express themselves in oral and written French. Meets the UC/CSU (f) requirement Materials and expected proficiency in the language are Grades: 10-12 determined by the level of the class. Advancement to the next Course Length: Year course requires a mark of ‘C’ or better. Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts or physical education requirement for graduation French 4 [H] Description: This course is for students of intermediate ability. Course ID# 42400 Students must be able to verbalize and demonstrate movement Meets the UC/CSU (e) requirement based on jazz techniques. An understanding of dance Grades: 11-12 terminology and vocabulary is also essential. The course will Course Length: Year emphasize intense study of jazz styles, characteristics, and Graduation: Satisfies foreign language requirement for both UC/ expanding techniques. Students will develop their artistic CSU and high school graduation abilities through choreography and/or participation in in-class Description: Students will develop an understanding and performances. Students will view and critique at least one local appreciation of the literary and cultural heritage of the French- performance. Videos and films will augment required readings speaking world. Students will advance their proficiency in the distributed by the teacher. Participation in performances is four modes of communications: listening, reading, writing, and required. speaking. Authentic reading materials will include poetry, drama, short stories and novels by important French and Dance Production [P] Francophone authors. Listening comprehension skills will be Course ID# 54600 developed through the inclusion of French videos, music, and Meets the UC (f) requirement various internet resources. Students will demonstrate their Grades: 10-12 proficiency through advanced writing, discussion, and oral Course Length: Year presentations. French 4 meets the University of California Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU fine arts or elective credit for honors requirements. graduation and either fine arts, P.E., or elective requirement for high school graduation. AP French Language Description: For students of intermediate and advanced technical Course ID# 42500 ability with emphasis on choreography, development of stage Meets the UC/CSU (e) requirement presence and performance. Successful completion requires Grades: 11-12 students to attend all rehearsals, to participate in outside work, Course Length: Year i.e. dance workshops, seminars, master classes, and attend a Graduation: Satisfies foreign language requirement for both UC/ minimum of three outside performances and write a critique CSU and high school graduation based on designated criteria, to read all resource materials, to be Description: Students will study advance language structures, able to demonstrate and verbalize movement based on modem read advanced literature and non-fiction texts, participate in jazz and ballet techniques, and to develop critical listening and analytic discussions, improve their ability to comprehend native viewing skills. All student work will be video recorded. Students French speakers, and write well-developed, cohesive paragraphs are responsible for designing and providing costumes for their and essays. Class is conducted entirely in French. The reading performances materials include poetry, drama, short stories and novels by important French and Francophone authors. Students will complete the College Board- approved course of study that WORLD LANGUAGES includes preparation for the AP exam in the four modes of communication: reading, writing, listening and speaking. The ability to speak a foreign language is becoming increasingly Students completing this course are encouraged to take the important in our interdependent world. Students entering a Advanced Placement French Language Test and will earn foreign language program are encouraged to continue it through transferable college credit if passed at a “3” or higher. the four-year sequence. Courses out of the normal sequence do not count for Cal State or University of California earned credit. Spanish 1[P], 2[P], 3[P] Course ID# 45300, Course ID# 45500, Course ID# 45600 Meets the UC/CSU (e) requirement French 1[P], 2[P], 3[P] Grades: 9-12 Course ID# 42000, Course ID# 42200, Course ID# 42300 Course Length: Year Meets the UC/CSU (e) requirement Graduation: Satisfies foreign language requirement for both UC/ Grades: 9-12 CSU and high school graduation Course Length: Year Description: Students will develop an understanding and Graduation: Satisfies foreign language requirement for both UC/ appreciation of the cultural diversity of the Spanish-speaking CSU and high school graduation world. Students will develop proficiency in the four modes of Description: Students will develop an understanding and communication: listening, reading, writing, and speaking.

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Students will comprehend and acquire knowledge through Meets the UC/CSU (e) requirement authentic written texts and aural materials, e.g., videos, music, Grades: 11-12 and internet resources, at increasing levels of difficulty and will Course Length: Year learn to express themselves in oral and written Spanish. Graduation: Satisfies foreign language requirement for both UC/ Materials and expected proficiency in the language are CSU and high school graduation determined by the level of the class. Advancement to the next Description: Students will study advance language structures, course requires a mark of ‘C’ or better. read advanced literature and non-fiction texts, participate in analytic discussions, improve their ability to comprehend native Spanish 4 [H] Spanish speakers, and write well-developed, cohesive Course ID# 45700 paragraphs and essays. Class is conducted entirely in Spanish. Meets the UC/CSU (e) requirement The reading materials include poetry, drama, short stories and Grades: 11-12 novels by important Spanish and Latin American authors. Course Length: Year Students will complete the College Board-approved course of Graduation: Satisfies foreign language requirement for both UC/ study that includes preparation for the AP exam in the four CSU and high school graduation modes of communication: reading, writing, listening and Description: Students will develop an understanding and speaking. Students completing this course are encouraged to appreciation of the literary and cultural heritage of the Spanish- take the Advanced Placement Spanish Language Test and will speaking world. Students will advance their proficiency in the earn transferable college credit if passed at a “3” or higher. four modes of communications: listening, reading, writing, and speaking. Authentic reading materials will include poetry, AP Spanish Literature drama, short stories and novels by important Spanish and Latin Course ID# 45900 American authors. Listening comprehension skills will be Meets the UC/CSU (e) requirement developed through the inclusion of Spanish videos, music, and Grades: 11-12 various internet resources. Students will demonstrate their Course Length: Year proficiency through advanced writing, discussion, and oral Graduation: Satisfies foreign language requirement for both UC/ presentations. Spanish 4 meets the University of California CSU and high school graduation honors requirements. Description: Students will gain a proficiency in language skills that enables them to read and comprehend representative works Spanish for Spanish Speakers 1 [P] of Spanish literature and express critical opinions in correct oral Course ID# 45990 and written Spanish. Students will acquire the basic concepts Grades: 9-12 and terminology of textual analysis. Class is conducted entirely Course Length: Year in Spanish. Students will complete a College Board-approved Graduation: Satisfies foreign language requirement for both UC/ course of study that is designed to introduce students who have CSU and high school graduation advanced language skills to the formal study of a representative Description: The focus of this class is reading and writing in the body of literary texts. Students completing this course are Spanish language. Content includes the study in Spanish of the encouraged to take the Advanced Placement Spanish Literature cultures and history of Spanish-Speaking countries. Students will Test and will earn transferable college credit if passed at a “3” or interpret works on a variety of topics and concepts integrated wit higher. the core curriculum, such as history, government, science, economics, and literature. Students will discover Hispanic contributions to humanity through reading and research as well Japanese I [P], 2 [P], 3 [P] as the influences of humanity upon the various cultures leading Course ID# 44100, Course ID# 44150, Course ID# 44200 to a better understanding of and appreciation for themselves and Meets the UC/CSU (e) requirement their heritage. Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Year Spanish for Spanish Speakers 1 [P] Graduation: Satisfies foreign language requirement for both UC/ Course ID# 45992 CSU and high school graduation Grades: 10-12 Description: Students will develop an understanding and Course Length: Year appreciation of the cultural diversity of the Japanese-speaking Graduation: Satisfies foreign language requirement for both UC/ world. Students will develop proficiency in the four modes of CSU and high school graduation communication: listening, reading, writing, and speaking. Description: The course is designed for students fluent in Students will comprehend and acquire knowledge through conversational Spanish, and provides instruction to improve authentic written texts and aural materials, e.g., videos, music, students’ reading, listening, speaking and writing skills. It is a and internet resources, at increasing levels of difficulty and will continuation course and students will take it once they complete learn to express themselves in oral and written Japanese. Spanish for Spanish Speakers 1 course. The course is conducted Materials and expected proficiency in the language are solely in Spanish and students will be expected to communicate determined by the level of the class. Advancement to the next using both formal and informal Spanish by completing various course requires a mark of ‘C’ or better. types of writing and presentations. Grammar, reading analysis and communicative skills will also be areas of focus. Japanese 4 [H] Course ID# 44250 AP Spanish Language Meets the UC/CSU (e) requirement Course ID# 45800 Grades: 11-12

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Course Length: Year and events, cultural norms and stereotypes, effects of Graduation: Satisfies foreign language requirement for both UC/ technology on Deaf culture, read and discuss culturally CSU and high school graduation appropriate texts, stating opinions and points of view through Description: Students will develop an understanding and the use of ASL. Skills will be developed from an informal to appreciation of the literary and cultural heritage of the Japanese- formal presentation style to explain and articulate complex ideas speaking world. Students will advance their proficiency in the and concepts. four modes of communications: listening, reading, writing, and speaking. Authentic reading materials will include poetry, drama, short stories and novels by important Japanese authors. MISCELLANEOUS ELECTIVES Listening comprehension skills will be developed through the inclusion of Japanese videos, music, and various internet Aerospace IV Airforce JROTC resources. Students will demonstrate their proficiency through Course ID# 8758J advanced writing, discussion, and oral presentations. Japanese Grades: 12 4 meets the University of California honors requirements. Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies graduation requirement for elective credit. AP Japanese Language and Culture Description: Students will be allowed to manage the entire corps Course ID# 44300 during their fourth year in the Air Force JROTC program. This Meets the UC/CSU (e) requirement hands-on experience affords the students the opportunity to put Grades: 11-12 the theories of previous leadership courses into practice. All the Course Length: Year planning, organizing, coordinating, directing, controlling, and Graduation: Satisfies foreign language requirement for both UC/ decision-making will be done by the cadets. They will put into CSU and high school graduation practice their communication, decision-making, personal- Description: interaction, managerial, and organizational skills.

Latin 1 [P], 2 [P], 3 [P] AFJROTC Aerospace Course ID# 44700, Course ID# 44800, Course ID# 44900 Course ID# 8755J Meets the UC/CSU (e) requirement Grades: 9-10 Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies graduation requirement for elective credit. Graduation: Satisfies foreign language requirement for both UC/ Description: This is the recommended first course for all new CSU and high school elective for graduation. cadets. Students will learn aviation history, focusing on the Description: Students will develop an understanding and development of flight throughout the centuries. The emphasis is appreciation of the cultural diversity of the Greco-Roman World. on civilian and military contributions to aviation; the Latin provides a useful base for learning how many European development, modernization, and transformation of the Air languages work. The important goals of classical language study Force. There are readings, videos, hands-on activities, and in- are the development of reading skills in the target language, the text and student workbook exercises to guide the reinforcement close study of works of ancient literature, and the creation of a of the materials. deep understanding of the target culture. Advancement to the next course requires a mark of ‘C’ or better. AFJROTC Leadership Education Course ID# 8756J American Sign Language I [P], II [P] Grades: 9-10 Course ID# 41000, Course ID# 41200 Course Length: Year Meets the UC/CSU (e) requirement Graduation: Satisfies graduation requirement for elective credit. Grades: 9-12 Description: Students (cadets) will learn the history, Course Length: Year organization, mission, traditions, goals, and objectives of JROTC Graduation: Satisfies foreign language requirement for both UC/ for all services. Lessons will cover how to be emotionally, CSU and high school graduation mentally, and physically healthy. The course also covers an Description: Students will learn the basic receptive and introduction to civics and the national government, including a expressive structure of the language and will develop an in- historical understanding of the American flag and other depth understanding of the language. The primary objective is important national symbols. Students (cadets) will also be taught the ability to converse in the language as well as learn about and about the U.S. Constitution and how it protects citizens’ rights understand the culture of the hearing impaired. and freedoms.

AFJROTC Wellness Program American Sign Language 3 [P] Course ID# 8757J Course ID# 41300 Grades: 9-11 Meets the UC/CSU (e) requirement Course Length: Year Grades: 10-12 Graduation: Satisfies graduation requirement for elective credit. Course Length: Year Description: Students (cadets) will utilize the time to learn the Graduation: Satisfies foreign language requirement for both UC/ importance of keeping themselves well and helping others to CSU and high school graduation stay well. They will work together in flights or teams during Description: Students will build off the knowledge and skills friendly team oriented competitions, practice drill commands, learned in American Sign Language 1 and 2. The course will and exercise in preparation for undertaking the United States focus more heavily on the following: significant historical figures Presidential Physical Fitness Exam.

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embraces a wide variety of topics from different areas of study. Analytical Forensic Science [P] There are several major unifying constructs, or themes, that cut Course ID# 83700 across the many topics included in the study of environmental Grades: 9-12 science. Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies the UC/CSU and graduation requirement for Broadcast Journalism (ROP) elective credit. Course ID# 2256R Description: This course has an emphasis on understanding the Grades: 11-12 underlying scientific theories of forensic science. The class will Course Length: Year build upon students’ prior knowledge of biology and chemistry, Graduation: Satisfies elective requirement for UC/CSU and high using chemistry techniques to analyze and identify trace school graduation evidence, including DNA. Students will evaluate the constituents Description: This course focuses on the analysis and practice of of materials by organic, inorganic, and biochemical analysis, and electronic news gathering (ENG), media production and apply their academic and laboratory skills to develop a deeper presentation from a variety of theoretical, philosophical, artistic understanding of science. and historical perspectives.

Anatomy & Physiology [P] Civil Engineering & Architecture (PLTW) Course ID# 62980 Course ID# 8265R Grades: 9-12 Grades: 11-12 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies the UC/CSU and graduation requirement for Graduation: Satisfies elective requirement for UC/CSU and high elective credit. school graduation Description: An elective course that is designed to teach high Description: This class provides an overview of civil engineering school level students about the structure and function of each and architecture, emphasizing how they are related and organ system in the human body including the cellular level. This interdependent. The curriculum covers topics such as the roles course touches on the common functions and diseases that can civil engineers and architects play, project planning, site occur within each body system. planning, building design, project documentation and presentation. Project based learning activities employ state of Applied Research Methods for Contemporary Issues [P] the art CAD and stress analysis software, surveying instruments, Course ID# 89785 soil testing equipment and applied computation formulas to Grades: 9-12 structural engineering principles to allow students to gain a solid Course Length: Year understanding of the skill bank required of Civil Engineers and Graduation: Satisfies the UC/CSU and graduation requirement for Architects. elective credit. Description: An elective course that prepares students to conduct College and Career Readiness [P] interdisciplinary research as part of a career pathway. This Course ID# 81007 course is specifically aligned with the Information and Grades: 9-12 Communications Technologies Career pathway. Students will use Course Length: Year technology to access primary and secondary resources and to Graduation: Satisfies elective requirement for UC/CSU and high facilitate inquiries into contemporary issues and challenges, both school graduation local and global. Description: This is a two semester course designed to help students learn and practice valuable skills to help them be AP Computer Science (ROP) college and career ready. Students will demonstrate their Course ID# 3037R understanding of career paths through a variety of assessments, Grades: 9-12 projects, job simulations, speeches, research assignments, online Course Length: Year portfolio, and a research paper. Students will identify academic Graduation: Satisfies the UC/CSU and graduation requirement for interests, skills, values and personality types, research employers elective credit. and industries, gain experience with public speaking and Description: pending a course description. interview skills, familiarize themselves with college job search tools, strengthen writing skills, learn AP Computer Science Principles [P](ROP) goal setting, solidify research Course ID# 30390 techniques, and write a research paper Grades: 9-12 utilizing correct MLA format. Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies the UC/CSU and graduation requirement for Computer Graphic Arts (ROP) elective credit. Course ID# 3060R Description: The goal of the course is to provide students with Grades: 11-12 the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to Course Length: Year understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify Graduation: Satisfies elective and analyze environmental problems both natural and human- requirement for UC/CSU and high school graduation made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these Description: This class will enable students to achieve an problems,, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving or understanding and appreciation of artistic expression and use preventing them. Environmental science is interdisciplinary; it this knowledge to enhance visual communication. Students will

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exponential and logarithmic functions, rational and irrational ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS algebraic functions, quadratic relations, higher degree functions and polynomials, sequences and series, introduction to SPECIALLY DESIGNED ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION IN probability and statistic. The course includes mathematical ENGLISH (SDAIE) COURSES modeling of real-world problems. Appropriate technology: graphing calculators, and computer software, is used to further Algebra 1 SL [P] explore and deepen mathematical understanding of concepts Course ID# 15180 presented by the course. This course is intended for English Meets UC/CSU (c) requirement learners. Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Year World History SL [P] Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school math requirement Course ID# 17850 for graduation Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement Description: This is a first year algebra course in which students Grades: 9-10 will learn how to solve problems with the first semester focused Course Length: Year on linear equations and constant rates of change followed by Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school history problems that involve quadratic functions and systems of linear requirement for graduation equations. They will use reasoning skills, their knowledge of Description: Intended for students with a limited English properties of numbers, inverse operations, graphing and other proficiency. This class serves as an introduction to the social algebraic techniques to solve linear equations and quadratic sciences with area studies of Europe, Asia, Latin America and equations, as well as connect those solutions to their Africa. This course is intended for English learners. corresponding graphs. Students will know that functions have multiple representations: a set of points, a graph, an equation, U.S. History SL [P] and a situation. The course also includes exponents, polynomial Course ID# 17550 arithmetic, rational expressions and ratio and proportion. This Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement course is intended for students with limited math and English Grades: 11-12 proficiency. This is the first course in a series required by the Course Length: Year UC/CSU admissions’ system. Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school history requirement for graduation Geometry SL [P] Description: Intended for students with a limited background in Course ID# 15270 US History and limited English proficiency. The course begins Meets the UC/CSU (c) requirement with early American history and is limited to the most important Grades: 9-12 historical events and ideas. A greater emphasis is placed on the Course Length: Year period of history since the Civil War. This course is intended for Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school math requirement English Learners. for graduation Description: This course focuses on problem solving within the American Government SL [P] setting of Euclidean and coordinate geometry. Important skills Course ID# 17270 and concepts include: angle relationships within plane figures Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement and those of lines cut by a transversal; distance, area, surface paired with Economics area and volume; triangle similarity and proportion; similarity Grades: 12 and congruence of polygons; and transformations. Students will Course Length: Semester learn the subtleties of the Pythagorean Theorem through its Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school requirement for proof and applications. They will learn and apply right triangle graduation trigonometry. Students will develop Description: The theory and structure of the American political their ability to construct and articulate and legal systems; including the study of the executive, logical, convincing arguments that legislative, and judicial branches, the American political process, includes a facility with formal proof and and state, country, local governments. This course is intended deductive reasoning, and recognizing the for non-English or limited English speakers. patterns of inductive reasoning. This course in intended for limited English Economics SL [P] learners Course ID# 17370 Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Algebra 2 SL [P] paired with American Government Course ID# 15190 Grades: 12 Meets the UC/CSU (c) requirement Course Length: Semester Grades: 11-12 Graduation: Satisfies both WCCUSD and UC/CSU graduation Course Length: Year requirements Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school math requirement Description: The theory and structure of reciprocal economic for graduation systems as influenced by American domestic and foreign policy Description: This is a course that completes all topics of second- decisions as well as political, legal, and socioeconomic issues. year Algebra: linear functions, systems of linear equations and This course is intended for non-English or limited English inequalities, quadratic functions and complex numbers, speakers.

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setting of Euclidean and coordinate geometry. Important skills Biology SL [P] and concepts include: angle relationships within plane figures Course ID# 16470 and those of lines cut by a transversal; distance, area, surface Meets the UC/CSU (d) requirement area and volume; triangle similarity and proportion; similarity Grades: 9-12 and congruence of polygons; and transformations. Students will Course Length: Year learn the subtleties of the Pythagorean Theorem through its Graduation: Satisfies Life Science lab requirement for UC/CSU proof and applications. They will learn and apply right triangle and high school life science requirement for graduation trigonometry. Students will develop their ability to construct and Description: The study of life from the molecular level, cellular articulate logical, convincing arguments that includes a facility level to the whole organism including the study of interactions with formal proof and deductive reasoning, and recognizing the and interrelationships of living things and their environment. patterns of inductive reasoning. This course is for Spanish This course is designed to equip the student with independent speakers. study skills and basic background to compete successfully in higher lab science courses in high school. This course is intended U.S. History BL [P] for English learners. Course ID# 17500 Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement Chemistry SL [P] Grades: 11 Course ID# 16550 Course Length: Year Meets the UC/CSU (d) requirement Graduation: Satisfies the U.S. History requirement for UC/CSU Grades: 10 -12 and U.S. History requirement for graduation Course Length: Year Description: An overview of American history with emphasis on Graduation: Satisfies Physical Science lab requirement for UC/ significant people, groups, institutions, events, and places from CSU and high school physical science requirement for graduation the post-Civil War period to the present, and follows the Description: This course introduces students to the study of the California State Framework for Social Science. The course is structure and properties of matter and the changes it undergoes. taught in Spanish for Spanish speakers. It emphasizes the development of chemical principles and theories on the basis of experimental data and includes many World History BL [P] laboratory experiments and demonstrations. This course is Course ID# 17800 intended for English learners. Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement Grades: 10-12 Course Length: Year BILINGUAL SPANISH SPEAKER COURSES Graduation: Satisfies the requirement for UC/CSU and World (RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL ONLY) History requirement for graduation Description: Survey of the history of the world, its civilizations, Algebra I BL [P] people, geography, and development, beginning with the Course ID# 15000 Renaissance. Emphasis is on modern times and the origins and Meets the UC/CSU (c) requirement roots of current situations and problems. This class meets the Grades: 9-12 California State Framework for Social Science. This course is Course Length: Year intended for English learners. Graduation: Satisfies one year of the math requirement for both UC/CSU and high school graduation American Government BL [P] Description: This is a first year algebra course in which students Course ID# 10300 will learn how to solve problems with the first semester focused Meets the UC/CSU (a) requirement on linear equations and constant rates of change followed by Grades: 12 problems that involve quadratic functions and systems of linear Course Length: Semester equations. They will use reasoning skills, their knowledge of Graduation: Satisfies the American Government requirement for properties of numbers, inverse operations, graphing and other UC/CSU and high school graduation algebraic techniques to solve linear equations and quadratic Description: A one semester course on the American system of equations, as well as connect those solutions to their government, beginning with theoretical foundations, comparative corresponding graphs. Students will know that functions have political systems and historical origins. Basic units will include multiple representations: a set of points, a graph, an equation, the study of the executive, legislative and judicial branches, the and a situation. The course also includes exponents, polynomial American political process, civil rights, domestic issues, arithmetic, rational expressions and ratio and proportion. This international problems, and state, county and local governments course is for Spanish speakers. and follows the California State Framework for Social Science. This class is paired with Economics in the alternate semester. Geometry BL [P] This course is intended for English learners. Course ID # 15230 Meets the UC/CSU (c) requirement Economics BL [P] Grades: 9-10 Course ID# 17300 Course Length: Year Meets the UC/CSU (g) requirement Graduation: Satisfies one year of math requirement for UC/CS paired with American Government and high school graduation. 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GraduationMIDDLE: Satisfies COLLEGE UC/CSU HIGH and SCHOOL high school COURSES graduation Math 290 (Analytic Geometry and Calculus) requirements Course ID# 290CC Description: The theory and structure of reciprocal economic Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Semester Speech 120 (Public Speaking) Graduation: Satisfies one semester of the math Course ID# 120CC requirement for high school graduation Grades: 9-12 Description: This course further develops differential and Course Length: Semester integral calculus, with emphasis on functions of several Graduation: Satisfies one semester of the English variables, vectors, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, requirement for high school graduation vector integration and vector fields, line and surface Description: This course provides students the opportunity integrals, Green’s theorem, Stoke’s theorem, and to gain confidence in a variety of speaking formats, divergence theorem. including informative, persuasive, impromptu and narrative presentations. Students will gain proficiency in Math 292 (Introduction to Differential Equations) listening to and evaluating public speeches. They will Course ID# 292CC develop a personal style of speaking in public. This Grades: 9-12 course presents the principles of good oral Course Length: Semester communication, with attention given to research and Graduation: Satisfies one semester of the math delivery techniques and critical evaluation of public requirement for high school graduation communication. Description: This course presents ordinary differential equations of first and second order, series solutions, linear Math 135 (College Algebra) differential equations, Laplace transforms and numerical Course ID# 135CC solutions, as well as an introduction to Fourier series. Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Semester Biology 132 (Human Anatomy) Graduation: Satisfies one semester of the math Course ID# 132CC requirement for high school graduation Grades: 9-12 Description: The course content will include elements of Course Length: Semester coordinate geometry, algebraic functions, exponential and Graduation: Satisfies one semester of the life science logarithmic functions, inverse functions and applications requirement for high school graduation including curve sketching. Description: Human Anatomy is a course in the structure or morphology of the human body, covering basic Math 190 (Analytic Geometry and Calculus) cytology, histology and all major organs and organ Course ID# 190CC systems. In addition, the two main integrative systems of Grades: 9-12 the body, the nervous and endocrine systems are also Course Length: Semester covered, with a greater emphasis on neuroanatomy than Graduation: Satisfies one semester of the math on endocrinology. The course is taught both systemically requirement for high school graduation and regionally, with developmental anatomy added when Description: The course content will include elements of applicable. The muscles, bones, nerves and circulation of analytic geometry, functions of a single variable, limits, the limbs and back are approached regionally so as to techniques of differentiation, integration and applications. better integrate all structures for student comprehension and retention. Organs, organ systems and neuroanatomy Math 191 (Analytic Geometry and Calculus) are taught from a systemic perspective. Course material Course ID# 191CC progresses from a cellular and tissue level to an organ and Grades: 9-12 organ system level. As each region or organ system is Course Length: Semester completed, its relationship to other organs systems and Graduation: Satisfies one semester of the the whole organism is stressed. Specific functions math requirement for high school especially as they are related intimately to structure are graduation also studied. For example, the presentation of the heart Description: A continuation of the study and of the Central Nervous System includes information begun in MATH 190, this course will on function. cover elements of analytic geometry, differential and integral calculus, infinite Chemistry 120 (General College Chemistry) series and their applications. Integration techniques, Course ID# 1200C transcendental functions, and improper integrals will be Grades: 9-12 included. Course Length: Semester Graduation: Satisfies one semester of the physical science

36 2017-2018 West Contra Costa Unified School District High School Course Catalog……………………………………………………………………. requirement for high school graduation Course Length: Semester Description: This course is the first semester of general Graduation: Satisfies one semester of the elective college chemistry, equivalent to CHEM 001A at the requirement for high school graduation University of California, Berkeley. It covers chemical Description: This course presents an integrated and concepts including elements, atoms, molecules, chemical historical study of African American culture and African reactions, chemical calculations, gases and gas laws, Americans’ influence upon American life. Emphasis will be thermo chemistry, quantum theory, chemical bonding, upon philosophy, fine and applied arts, and ways by which pure phases and solutions, and an introduction to acids, they reflect the social, political, and economic realities of a bases and chemical equilibrium. culture.

Physics 130 (General Physics) Speech 120 (Public Speaking) Course ID# 130CC Course ID# 120CCC Grades: 9-12 Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Semester Course Length: Semester Graduation: Satisfies one semester of the physical science Graduation: Satisfies one semester of the elective requirement for high school graduation requirement for high school graduation Description: For students majoring in engineering, physics Description: This course provides students the opportunity and chemistry, this course presents a lecture and to gain confidence in a variety of speaking formats, laboratory study of mechanics and properties of matter, including informative, persuasive, impromptu and statics and dynamics of translation and rotation, fluid narrative presentations. Students will gain proficiency in mechanics, wave motion and sound. listening to and evaluating public speeches. This course presents the principles of good oral communication, with Physics 230 (General Physics) attention given to research and delivery techniques and Course ID# 230CC critical evaluation of public communication. Grades: 9-12 Course Length: Semester Speech 122 (Intercultural Communication) Graduation: Satisfies one semester of the physical science Course ID# 122CCC requirement for high school graduation Grades: 9-12 Description: This course is a continuation of PHYS 130. Course Length: Semester The fundamentals of electricity and magnetism will be Graduation: Satisfies one semester of the elective presented, including study of electric fields, potential, requirement for high school graduation resistance, current electricity, DC networks, magnetism, Description: This course provides students the opportunity inductance, alternating current, electromagnetic waves to learn the theory and process of communicating with and electronics. people of various cultures, races and ethnicities. The specific focus for this course will be to develop the ability History 123 (History of African Americans in the US to acknowledge and understand the unique voices of (Pre-Colonial -1865) people who have roots in different cultures. Course ID# 123CC Grades: 9-12 LEGEND Course Length: Semester Graduation: Satisfies one semester of the social science [AP] Advanced Placement Course / Meets UC/ requirement for high school graduation CSU Requirements Description: This course is a survey of Africans’ role in American history which covers pre-colonial to 1865. BL Bilingual Speaker Course Students will gain a deeper understanding of the geographic migrations of African people to the United ELD English Language Development Course States. Students will analyze the development of African American economic, social, and political institutions, as [H] Honors Level Course / Meets UC/CSU well as the U.S. Constitution. The historical development Requirements and contributions of Africans and other ethnic groups including Native Americans, Latinos, Asians, and [P] College Preparatory Course / Meets UC/CSU Europeans will also be examined. Requirements

ROP Regional Occupational Program Course Humanities 113 (African American Humanities) Course ID# 113CC SL Sheltered English Course—also known as Grades: 9-12

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Biomedical Science [P] AP Japanese Language and Culture Course ID #62588 Course ID #44300 Meets UC/CSU (d) requirement Meets UC/CSU (e) requirement Grades: 10-12 Grades: 11-12 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school laboratory Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school foreign science requirements for graduation language requirements for graduation Description: Biomedical Science is the application of Description: This course is designed for those who have human biology, anatomy and physiology-based science to taken Japanese IV or who have the equivalent knowledge medical use, including research, laboratory and skills. One hundred and more Kanji, Chinese experimentation and testing, health monitoring, and Characters, will be introduced in this course. AP Kanji will treatment. As 21st century medicine and healthcare be reviewed as well. This course is conducted entirely in become increasingly more sophisticated, the demand Japanese. grows for highly skilled health care professionals as well as biomedical scientists and biomedical technicians Subject: VAPA-Category: Visual Arts Advanced capable of performing and analyzing a battery of technical procedures to screen, maintain and improve human AP Studio Art: Drawing health. Biomedical Science is an applied Anatomy and Course ID #80160 Physiology course that provides an introduction to Meets UC/CSU (f) requirement essential concepts, principles and practices of biomedicine. Grades: 11-12 The course engages students in learning through Course Length: Year applications and emphasizes problem solving, analytical Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts thinking and concept development. Students complete a requirements for graduation series of laboratory experiments and projects, as well as in Description: Students in the AP Studio Art: Drawing -depth case studies related to human disease and its Course will complete the Drawing Portfolio stated in the treatment. student exam poster (addressing Breadth, Concentration and Quality). The portfolio consists of a Breadth section of Subject: World Language-Category: LOTE 3 12 pieces of work and a Concentration section of 12 pieces of work. Five Quality pieces will be selected for American Sign Language 3[P] presentation in which students will show mastery in Course ID #41300 composition, concept and execution. Students will use Meets UC/CSU (e) requirement informed critical decision making in the process of creating Grades: 11-12 art as they develop a comprehensive portfolio. As Course Length: Year students work throughout the year they will learn to Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school foreign analyze and discuss their own artwork and that of their language requirements for graduation peers. There will be regular conversations with the Description: ASL III is a communication based course in teacher. The class members and teacher will regularly which students use receptive and expressive ASL skills as critique each student’s work. they continue to develop fluency. Students learn to use these skills while exploring a variety of themes and topics. Subject: VAPA-Category: Theater Arts (Intro) They continue to develop cultural sensitivity and awareness of appropriate behaviors and attitudes within Technical Theatre I [P] the target culture. Students will meet the expectations of Course ID #81596 the communicative functions within the context of familiar Meets UC/CSU (f) requirement vocabulary and structures. They will communicate in a Grades: 9-12 manner that is comprehensible to a native speaker who is Course Length: Year accustomed to non-native speakers. Errors are limited Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts and are addressed in a way which promotes requirements for graduation

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Subject: History/Social Science-Category: World Course Length: Year History/Geography/Cultures Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school laboratory science requirements for graduation AP Human Geography Description: This course provides an introduction to the Course ID #79400 biomedical sciences through exciting “hands-on” projects Meets UC/CSU (a) requirement and problems. Student work involves the study of human Grades: 9-12 medicine, research processes and an introduction to bio- Course Length: Year informatics. Students investigate the human body Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school social systems and various health conditions including heart science requirements for graduation disease, diabetes, sickle-cell disease, Description: Advanced Placement Human Geography is a hypercholesterolemia, and infectious diseases. A theme year-long course designed to meet the requirements of a through the course is to determine the factors that led to semester-long introductory human geography course at the death of a fictional person. After determining the the college level. Learning goals for students in the factors responsible for the death, the students investigate course include, but are not limited to using and thinking lifestyle choices and medical treatments that might have about maps and spatial data, understanding and prolonged the person’s life. Key biological concepts interpreting the implications of associations among including: homeostasis, metabolism, inheritance of traits, phenomena in places, recognizing and interpreting at feedback systems, and defense against disease are different scales the relationships among patterns and embedded in the curriculum. Engineering principles processes, defining regions and evaluating the including: the design process, feedback loops, fluid regionalization process, and characterizing and analyzing dynamics, and the relationship of structure to function are changing interconnections among places. incorporated in the curriculum where appropriate. The course is designed to provide an overview of all the Subject: History/Social Science-Category: courses in the Biomedical Sciences program and to lay the American Government/Civics scientific foundation necessary for student success in the subsequent courses. Journey for Justice in America (UCCI) Course ID #82750 Subject: Laboratory Science-Category: Biological Meets UC/CSU (a) requirement Science Grades: 12 Course Length: Year Sports Medicine: Applied Physiology Sport/Health Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school American [P] Government requirements for graduation Course ID #65750 Description: Journey for Justice in America is a course Meets UC/CSU (d) requirement designed to provide students with the necessary skills and Grades: 10-12 content knowledge in American Government to pursue a Course Length: Year career in the government services and legal sectors, as Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school laboratory well as become informed, active citizens in their respective science requirements for graduation communities. Students will understand the principles on Description: Sports Medicine and Applied Physiology which the United States was founded, the structure of centers around human anatomy and physiology and the government at the federal, state and local levels, the interaction of body systems in the prevention, evaluation, individual and civil liberties needed to maintain a management, and rehabilitation of sports and exercise democratic society, and the way in which order is related injuries. The course begins by considering the maintained through law enforcement and the judiciary. biological levels of organization pertinent to physiology Subject: Laboratory Science-Category: Biological and a study of each of the major body systems important Science for the maintenance of homeostasis. Content also includes cellular structure and its chemical response to disease Biotechnology (ROP) and/or injury. Multiple laboratory activities provide Course ID #6610R opportunities to apply scientific methodologies and to measure physiological variables during exercise and put Subject: Laboratory Science-Category: Biological knowledge and skills learned in lecture to practical use. Science Observation, forming hypothesis, experimentation, data collection, and data analysis are emphasized in labs. Principles of the Biomedical Sciences (PLTW) Supplemental laboratories will allow students to practice Course ID #62590 theories and techniques learned during class and after Meets UC/CSU (d) requirement school. Students will complete approximately 30 hours of Grades: 9-12 internship hours outside the classroom acting as trainers,

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Description: Technical Theatre introduces students others through their artwork and discuss the role and to the purpose, history, and importance of artistic purpose of the art being produced. In creating their own and technical design for theatre; the many aspects of works and by studying the photographs of others, technical design, theatre and production; and the students increase their ability to make informed aesthetic craft knowledge and skills necessary to design and judgments. Students complete a portfolio of advanced produce live theatre. Students acquire design and photography and exhibit their work in public forums. artistic skills that are applied in assignments and projects involving scenery design and construction, Subject: VAPA-Category: Visual Arts (Intro) stage lighting, sound, properties, costumes, makeup, and projection. Strong emphasis is placed on Ceramics 1 [P] knowledge of artistic concepts and design Course ID #80550 techniques, application of art and design principles, Meets UC/CSU (f) requirement safety practice in the theatre context, and backstage Grades: 9-12 and technical aspects of theatre design and Course Length: Year production. Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts requirements for graduation Subject: VAPA-Category: Theater Arts (Advanced) Description: Ceramics is an exploratory art study with the ultimate purpose of cultivating the creative mind and Play Production (ROP) developing the skills and techniques of clay sculpting. Course ID #8967R Through this course, students will be introduced to the Meets UC/CSU (f) requirement basics of ceramics and the fundamentals of three- Grades: 11-12 dimensional arts. Students will be trained in ceramic Course Length: Year methods such as hand building, glazing and “throwing” Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts pottery. The course content will encompass the history requirements for graduation and terminology of the field, and will strive to foster an Description: Play Production offers the advanced theatre appreciation of ceramic art. Based on ceramic concepts, student the opportunity to gain additional experience in elements and the wider principles of art, students will also dramatic arts through acting, technical theatre, and participate in class critiques of the work of ceramic artists exploration of theatre within a historical and cultural as well as their own work. Furthermore, a significant context. Students engage in character study analysis and component of the curriculum will be geared toward creative development of stage personalities. The class personal development as a whole, where students will be participates in all aspects of producing a play, including challenged to express their artistic ability through problem scene design and construction, costume design, sound solving, communication and management of time. A and lighting design, make-up, properties acquisition, and computer based multimedia presentation on an assigned publicity. Students work as an ensemble to produce and research project will be employed to increase their perform in major school productions and participate in comprehension, and exploring different media will be local theatre competitions. incorporated in the process of creating ceramic art.

Subject: VAPA-Category: Visual Arts (Advanced) Subject: VAPA-Category: Visual Arts (Intro)

Advanced Photography (ROP) Computer Graphic Arts (ROP) Course ID #8270R Course ID #3060R Meets UC/CSU (f) requirement Meets UC/CSU (f) requirement Grades: 11-12 Grades: 11-12 Course Length: Year Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts requirements for graduation requirements for graduation Description: In this advanced photography course, Description: This class will enable students to achieve an students deepen their knowledge of photography by understanding and appreciation of artistic expression and building on the knowledge and skills previously acquired in use this knowledge to enhance visual communication. Photography. They increase their expertise by working Students will explore drawing techniques and tools used in through the advanced Visual and Performing Arts computer art and digital graphics. The historical, social Standards. This course will familiarize the student with and cultural uses of art are explored and analyzed. advanced photographic equipment, materials, and Students create original art projects using contemporary methods. Students deepen and broaden their investigation techniques in computer graphics. Students keep design of artistic photography while improving their techniques journals, critique their work and the works of others, and and developing a personal style. They communicate to maintain portfolios of their artwork and writing. Computer

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Graphic Arts integrates both the California Visual and editorials. Local newspapers and other writings by Performing Arts Standards with career preparation professional journalists are used to examine and analyze standards in the application of graphic arts in publishing, style and syntax. Students also explore the history of design, and illustration in contemporary media. journalism and its role in American society. The internet is used for research. In the process of writing their Subject: VAPA-Category: Visual Arts (Intro) stories, laying out the newspaper pages, and designing advertising, students learn to use specialized software for Digital Photography (ROP) word processing, page layout and graphic design. Course ID #8271R Meets UC/CSU (f) requirement Subject: Elective Classes-Category: English Grades: 11-12 Course Length: Year Journalism 1 [P] Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school fine arts Course ID #36710 requirements for graduation Meets UC/CSU (g) requirement Description: Photography, as a nonverbal language, Grades: 10-12 allows students to increase their visual perception and Course Length: Year provides a medium for creative expression. Students work Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective with the elements of art and principles of design, using requirements for graduation digital software such as Adobe Photoshop. They discuss, Description: Journalism introduces students to the analyze, and synthesize those principles, applying them to purpose, history, and importance of journalism as a create their own works of art in the medium of digital form of written, oral, and visual communication. photography. Their artwork reflects craftsmanship and Students develop and apply their writing skills in technical skill, extending to the manipulation of digital assignments and projects. Strong emphasis is placed imagery and reflecting refined observational skills. on knowledge of critical thinking and journalistic Students deepen and broaden their investigation of artistic writing techniques, application of writing principles, photography while improving their techniques and professionalism and ethics in the context of writing developing a style. They communicate to others through and producing a school newspaper and other their artwork and discuss the role and purpose of the art publications, and the development of college and being produced, while also studying how art historians career readiness knowledge and skills. determine the value, context and culture of works from the past. In producing their own works and by studying Subject: Elective Classes-Category: Math the photographs of others, students develop a basis for making informed aesthetic judgments. Course work Computer Programming (ROP) emphasizes student created photographic art works as Course ID #3055R well as analytical reading, writing and critiques. Students Meets UC/CSU (g) requirement will analyze photographic works through discussion or Grades: 11-12 writing using the appropriate vocabulary for describing Course Length: Year techniques and aesthetic qualities. Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective requirements for graduation Subject: Elective Classes-Category: English Description: Computer Programming students use Windows-based software and C++, and/or Visual Basic to Journalism (ROP) develop programs for projects with emphasis on critical Course ID #3686R thinking skills, probability and logic. Students gain Meets UC/CSU (g) requirement mathematical understanding of formulas, how equations Grades: 10-12 are input and accessed, logical systems, the flow of code, Course Length: Year data, use of hot links and sorting. Working with Microsoft Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective Office programs and others, students learn scripting and requirements for graduation integration of programs. The Internet is used for research Description: In this course students expand their and students may design home pages with HTML. English/Language Arts skills through creating and publishing the school newspaper and posting weekly Subject: Elective Classes-Category: English stories on the school newspaper’s website. Students are required to write monthly assignments of up to 2000 Creative Writing (ROP) words for the newspaper plus additional pieces for other Course ID #3470R class projects and their journals. They practice varied Meets UC/CSU (g) requirement forms of journalistic and creative writing including news, Grades: 11-12 features, and sports stories as well as reviews and Course Length: Year

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Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective requirements for graduation Subject: Elective Classes-Category: Description: Creative Writing offers experiences in Interdisciplinary reading, writing, and publishing, so that students perceive themselves as writers who can be published. Students International Cuisine (ROP) read extensively in short fiction and poetry, and write Course ID #32440 frequently, participating in the campus literary magazine. Meets UC/CSU (g) requirement Students will author a web site to publish their own work. Grades: 11-12 In addition, students will participate in a public poetry Course Length: Year reading and submit their work to at least one contest and Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective publication outside the school community. This course requirements for graduation prepares students for entry-level positions in the desktop Description: International Cuisine is the advanced course publishing industry. Integrated throughout the course are in a comprehensive standards-based culinary arts career preparation standards which include basic sequence. This course focuses on understanding the academic skills, communication, interpersonal skills, differences and commonalities we have with other problem solving, workplace safety, technology and cultures around the world. A common denominator in employment literacy. studying world cultures is cuisine. In studying the cuisine of a people or a region, we learn about a country’s Subject: Elective Classes-Category: geography and climate, traditions, taboos and social Interdisciplinary mores, unique conditions caused by environment on a food supply, pressures on a population to trade, export, Introduction to Engineering Design (PLTW) import, permit a closed or open society, and cultural Course ID #6878R values. Students will acquire a greater understanding of Meets UC/CSU (g) requirement their world and the cultural diversity that exists in their Grades: 10-12 own community. Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective Subject: Elective Classes-Category: Science- requirements for graduation Physical Description: The major focus of the IED course is to expose students to the design process, research and Environmental Science and Green Technology [P] analysis, teamwork, communication methods, global and Course ID #67245 human impacts, engineering standards and technical Meets UC/CSU (g) requirement documentation. Students use 3D solid modeling design Grades: 10-11 software to help them design solutions to solve proposed Course Length: Year problems and learn how to document their work and Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective communicate solutions to peers and members of the requirements for graduation professional community. Description: This course is a California Partnership Academy class within the Environmental Studies Academy. Subject: Elective Classes-Category: Human kind is on a collision course with the carrying Interdisciplinary capacity of the Earth, which raises questions of human survival, or at the very least humans’ ability to maintain Principles of Engineering (PLTW) the current standard of living. Green technology has been Course ID #6879R advertised as the solution for the future, not only in Meets UC/CSU (g) requirement survival, but in an estimated creation of five million jobs. Grades: 10-12 This course will explore the scientific cornerstones of the Course Length: Year environment as well as introducing students to what green Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective technology is and to begin preparing students for job requirements for graduation opportunities in this field. Description: This survey course of engineering exposes students to major concepts they’ll encounter in a Subject: Elective Classes-Category: Science- postsecondary engineering course of study. Students Physical employ engineering and scientific concepts in the solution of engineering design problems. They develop problem- Environmental Geography & Technology [P] solving skills and apply their knowledge of research and Course ID #6726V design to create solutions to various challenges, Meets UC/CSU (g) requirement documenting their work and communicating solutions to Grades: 10-11 peers and members of the professional community. Course Length: Year

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Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective skills and logic. Students gain understanding of logical requirements for graduation systems, data types, data structures (e.g. linked lists, Description: This course is a California Partnership vectors, arrays), data storage, keyboard and disk input/ Academy class within the Environmental Studies Academy. output, looping and logical control structures, the This course examines major environmental problems with organization and flow of code, memory management, worldwide patterns. Focus is on the interaction between modern object oriented programming, animation natural systems and human activities that result in techniques, and windowed programming. The Internet is environmental change, pollution, and degradation to the used for research. Credit toward university requirements Earth's atmosphere, waters, soil, vegetation, and animal may be earned. life. Societal conflicts, mitigation, conservation and sustainable resource strategies are discussed. The course Subject: Elective Classes-Category: History/Social aims to connect problems with solutions. To that end, Science students will develop a research paper focused sharply on one environmental problem, its geographic dimension, Criminal Justice [P] and its global presence. Students will also investigate and Course ID #8350V apply new and emerging environmental technologies and Meets UC/CSU (g) requirement develop an understanding of the concepts and issues Grades: 10-12 involved in an expanding green, sustainable economy and Course Length: Year society as well as preparing them for roles in the new Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective green economy. requirements for graduation Description: Criminal Justice engages students in Subject: Elective Classes-Category: examining the history, philosophy, structures, and Interdisciplinary functions of the American criminal justice system and juvenile justice systems, how they interact in the Civil Engineering and Architecture (PLTW) administration of justice, and their relationship to life in Course ID #8265R our society. Students will also explore and analyze the Meets UC/CSU (g) requirement three major components of the criminal justice system: Grades: 11-12 the police (including community-based approaches to Course Length: Year policing), the courts, and corrections. Emphasis is also Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective placed on constitutional issues related to criminal justice requirements for graduation (primarily those arising under the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Description: This course provides an overview of civil Amendments) and on students acquiring and engineering and architecture, emphasizing how they are demonstrating knowledge and skills in legal research, legal related and interdependent. The curriculum covers topics reasoning, and legal advocacy. such as the roles civil engineers and architects play, project planning, site planning, building design, project documentation and presentation. Project based learning activities employ state of the art CAD and stress analysis software, surveying instruments, soil testing equipment and applied computational formulas to structural engineering principles to allow students to gain understanding of the skill bank required of Civil Engineers and Architects. Field trips and guest speakers are a critical link to the “real world” of these career possibilities.

Subject: Elective Classes-Category: Math

Adv. Computer Programming (ROP) Course ID #2145R Meets UC/CSU (g) requirement Grades: 11-12 Course Length: Year Graduation: Satisfies UC/CSU and high school elective requirements for graduation Description: Advanced Computer Programming students use Windows-based software and C++/JAVA to develop programs for projects with emphasis on critical thinking

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LEGEND

[AP] Advanced Placement Course / Meets UC/CSU Requirements

BL Bilingual Speaker Course

ELD English Language Development Course

[H] Honors Level Course / Meets UC/CSU Requirements

[P] College Preparatory Course / Meets UC/CSU Requirements

ROP Regional Occupational Program Course

SL Sheltered English Course—also known as Specially-Designed Academic Instruction English (SDAIE)

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