ELEVENTH GRADE AT A GLANCE

REQUIREMENTS

Core • English —Any one of three English III courses (U2522‑0, U2523‑0, or U2525‑0) • History and Social Studies— History (U6420-0) or AP United States History (U6430-0) • —Placement is determined by the department • —At least one full-year laboratory science course in either eleventh or • Other—Students must take a minimum of five academic courses each semester

Arts

Note: Students interested in applying to a University of California school need to take at least one full-year Arts course during grades 9–12.

• Arts—One year (one full-year course or two semester courses) of either a performing or studio-based visual art taken in tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade

Physical Education • Physical Education—Six trimesters of Physical Education credit earned while in grades 9–12; students in eleventh grade can earn credit by taking a Physical Education class and/or a Dance class and/or by participating on an interscholastic sports team (see the Athletics section for a complete description of the program options)

Service • Community Service—Twelve outreach hours

ELECTIVES • Performing Arts—Performing Arts electives are available in choral music, instrumental music, dance, theater arts, directed study, and music theory, composition, and history • Visual Arts—Visual Arts electives are available in two-dimensional art, three-dimensional art, and media arts • Other—The Communications, English, History and Social Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies and Independent Research, Mathematics, Science, and World Languages departments and the Athletics division also offer eleventh-grade elective courses

12 Eleventh Grade at a Glance