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2021-2022 COURSE GUIDE 300 EAST 11800 SOUTH, DRAPER, UTAH 84020 - 801.984.7650 - WWW.JDCHS.ORG NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE 2021-2022 Course Guide - Juan Diego Catholic High School 2021-2022 Course Guide - Juan Diego Catholic High School COURSE REQUIREMENTS & DISCLOSURES AP COURSE REQUIREMENTS $$ THEOLOGY 8 semesters 4 credits 4 years Students and parents are required to sign an expectation contract. There is a fee for the ENGLISH 8 semesters 4 credits 4 years required end-of-year AP exam. College credit SOCIAL STUDIES 8 semesters 4 credits 4 years may be earned with an appropriate score on the exam. MATHEMATICS 8 semesters 4 credits 4 years 2020-2021 AP Exam Fees: (2021-22 fees are not yet available) SCIENCE 6 semesters 3 credits 3 years AP Research or AP Seminar $149 per exam WORLD LANGUAGES 4 semesters 2 credits 2 years All other AP Exams $ 99 per exam FINE ARTS 2 semesters* 1 credit 1 year CONCURRENT COURSES COMPUTER SCIENCE 1 semester 1/2 credit 1/2 year Juan Diego offers concurrent or dual enroll- ment options through Utah Valley University. HEALTH 1 semester 1/2 credit 1/2 year This concurrent track offers students potential PHYSICAL EDUCATION 3 semesters 1 1/2 credits 1 1/2 years college credits that transfer to colleges and universities in Utah and many out-of-state ELECTIVES 9 semesters 4 1/2 credits schools. College credit is offered to students, so long as they meet certain grade or test thresh- olds required by the university. Credit hours Credits earned prior to high school will not be counted towards graduation requirements. offered vary by course. Students are responsi- *Beginning with the Class of 2025 3 semesters will be required. ble for college enrollment/courses fees and the purchase of textbooks. A UVU application fee, In many ways, these blended-learning online good for two years, and a Utah state fee must classes look and feel like other classes offered be paid online with a credit card during the first at Juan Diego. The key difference in this ap- two weeks of the course. A course tuition fee proach is that students have 24-hour virtual of $25 per UVU credit hour (2020-21 rate) is access to the learning materials (handouts, paid directly to Juan Diego. College transcripts interactive presentations, quizzes, test-preps, will be available from Utah Valley University for etc.) with faculty present (in the classroom and those who complete the course with a grade of online) to develop, guide, and provide a digital C or higher and have paid the three fees in full. dialog with students as they progress through Students must complete the college registra- the semester. There are no additional online fees tion process and pay fees within JD mandated for these courses. deadlines or students will be removed from the course. Parental permission may be required to enroll in the colleges. Juan Diego also will be offering concurrent courses through Arizona State University. This ASU CONCURRENT COURSES concurrent track offers students potential college credit that will transfer to most ac- credited universities. Credit hours offered vary 2331C College Algebra and Trigo- by course. The amount to participate through nometry (Conc) ASU’s Universal Learner Coursework consists of a $25* registration fee as well as a $400* credit 2339C College Math Preview (Conc) conversion fee (*estimated amount), students can opt to just take the course and not pay for 242AP AP Calculus AB (Advanced the credit conversion. Each student who pass- es the course has up to one calendar year to UVU CONCURRENT COURSES Placement) complete the credit conversion payment. These ASU courses will be taught collaboratively by 2450AP AP Calculus BC (Advanced the college professor as well as our Juan Diego 532C World History Modern (Conc) Placement) designated teacher. 541C United States Government (Conc) 3651C Astronomy (Conc) ONLINE BLENDED LEARNING COURSES (OBLN) 542C Economics (Conc) 451C Introduction to College Writing Courses offered at Juan Diego may be a “blend- (Conc) ed” online course taught in conjunction with the 642C Spanish IV (Conc) Juab School District (in partnership with Arizo- na State University) or Canyons School District. 4532C Poetry in America (Conc) Juan Diego provides the “in-class” portion of the content and the teacher for the class itself. 2 2021-2022 Course Guide - Juan Diego Catholic High School 2021-2022 Course Guide - Juan Diego Catholic High School at Juan Diego Catholic High School AP Capstone™ is an innovative diploma program from the College Board that equips students with the independent research, collaborative teamwork, and communication skills that are increasingly valued by colleges. AP Capstone is built on the foundation of two AP® courses — AP Seminar and AP Research — and is designed to complement and enhance the in-depth, discipline-specific study experienced in other AP courses. Courses designated as “Capstone Core” are an integral part of the AP Capstone experience at Juan Diego. Courses designated as “Capstone Suggested” prepare students for the rigors of the Juan Diego AP Capstone program. In AP Seminar, students investigate real-world issues from multiple perspectives, gathering and analyzing information from various sources in order to develop credible and valid evidence-based arguments. In AP Research students cultivate the skills and discipline necessary to conduct independent re- search in order to produce and defend a scholarly academic thesis. AP Seminar is a prerequisite for AP Research. Students may not take AP Research without completing AP Seminar and all the required assessment components as they will not have developed the skills necessary to be successful in AP Research. AP CAPSTONE COURSES 5320AP AP World History Modern 4430AP AP English Language and (Capstone Core) Composition 3720AP AP Seminar (Capstone Core) (Advanced Placement) (OBLN) $$ (Advanced Placement) $$ Course description located in Social Studies 441AP AP English Literature Initial course in the AP Capstone diploma 571AP AP Art History program. Prerequisite: Application process. 1333 / 1334 Capstone Theology I/II AP Seminar is the first of two required courses (Capstone Core) 522AP AP European History in the AP Capstone sequence, and also serves Course description located in Theology as the sophomore English credit for eligible 531AP AP US History students. 571AP AP Art History In AP Seminar students tackle a wide variety (Capstone Suggested) 5320AP AP World History Modern of literary, philosophical, historical and current (Advanced Placement) (OBLN) $$ events readings, and write multiple essays Course description located in Social Studies 543AP AP Gov/Politics: US analyzing the argumentation in these readings and synthesizing sources into original argumen- 4150H Global Literature (Honors) tative essays. Students also write three research (Capstone Suggested) 545AP AP Comparative Government papers and make three videotaped oral presen- Freshman students only and Politics tations; the last two of each are uploaded to the Course description located in English College Board and serve as part of the stu- 583AP AP Psychology dent’s AP score. Students are admitted to the course through an application process based on PreACT test scores, teacher recommendations, AP COURSES 642AP AP Spanish and fully submitted application. Students must be concurrently enrolled in AP World History. 643AP AP French Language and Cul- This demanding course requires students to 2350AP AP Statistics ture complete long-term projects and meet multiple deadlines. 242AP AP Calculus AB 858AP AP Music Theory 3730AP AP Research (Capstone Core) 2450AP AP Calculus BC 899AP AP Art and Design (Advanced Placement) $$ Prerequisite: AP Seminar and departmental 333AP AP Biology approval 9610AP AP Computer Science A AP Research is the second component in the 332AP AP Chemistry AP Capstone sequence. To enroll, students must 9611AP AP Computer Science Principles have completed AP Seminar. In AP Research 3550AP AP Environmental Science students build on the reading, research and writing skills developed in AP Seminar, to devel- op an original line of inquiry on a topic of their 3411AP AP Physics 1 choice. Students learn to formulate research questions, design a study to answer those re- 3420AP AP Physics C search questions, and then carry out their study design. Critical thinking, problem-solving, and 3421AP AP Physics 2 independent learning are exercised throughout the class. The course culminates with a 5,000- word individual research paper, and a 15-20 3720AP AP Seminar minute presentation and oral defense of the students’ work. 3730AP AP Research 3 2021-2022 Course Guide - Juan Diego Catholic High School 2021-2022 Course Guide - Juan Diego Catholic High School 1453 Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue 100 THEOLOGY Spring Semester The purpose of this course is to help students Students are required to complete one year of This Body has both divine and human elements. understand the manner in which the Catholic Theology for each year enrolled at Juan Diego In this course, students will learn not so much Church relates to non-Catholic Christians as well Catholic High School. about events in the life of the Church, but about as to other religions of the world. The course is the sacred nature of the Church. intended to help students recognize the ways FRESHMAN in which important spiritual truths can also be JUNIOR found in non-Catholic Christian churches and 1131/1132 Freshman Theology I/II: The ecclesial communities as well as in non-Christian Revelation of Jesus Christ in Scripture 1331 Junior Theology I: Sacraments religions. It is also intended to help them recog- nize the ways in which other systems of belief This course is an introduction to what it means as Privileged Encounters with Jesus and practice differ from the Catholic faith. to be a Juan Diego student as well as an intro- Christ ductory investigation of the revelation of Jesus The purpose of this course is to help students 1462 Peer Ministry Christ as found in Sacred Scripture.
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