RCCSD COURSECATALOG All parties, procedures and policies of the Red Clay Consolidated School District shall clearly exemplify that there is no discrimination in the recruitment, employment and subsequent placement, training, promotion, compensation, tenure and all other terms and conditions of employment over which the Red Clay Consolidated School District Board of Education shall have jurisdiction, or in the educational programs and activities of students on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, domicile, marital status, handicap, genetic information, veteran status or any legally protected characteristic. Inquiries into compliance for Title IX or Section 504 are to be directed to Red Clay Consolidated School District Equity Office at 302.552.3700. CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
PLANNING & SCHEDULING 2 AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES 74
COURSE LEVELS 4 AP CAPSTONE 78
GRADING & EVALUATION 5 ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION & GRADUATION 6 MANUFACTURING 79 AVID 82
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 83 IN HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNICATION & MEDIA 86
ADVANCED PLACEMENT 10 DANCE 90
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE 11 DRIVER EDUCATION 92
DUAL ENROLLMENT 12 EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY 93
EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY 13 EDUCATION & HUMAN STUDIES 95
ENGLISH 97
HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION 100 OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HEALTH SCIENCES 101
ALEXIS I. DU PONT HIGH SCHOOL 16 HOSPITALITY & TOURISM 104
CAB CALLOWAY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 18 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 106
CONRAD SCHOOLS OF SCIENCE 20 JOBS FOR DELAWARE GRADUATES 110
JOHN DICKINSON HIGH SCHOOL 22 MATHEMATICS 111
THOMAS MCKEAN HIGH SCHOOL 24 SCIENCE 114
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICS 119 CAREER CLUSTERS, PATHWAYS & SOCIAL STUDIES 122 PROGRAMS OF STUDY THEATER 130 OFFERINGS AT A GLANCE 28 VISUAL & DESIGN ARTS 133 PATHWAYS & PROGRAMS OF STUDY EXPLAINED 30 VOCAL ARTS 136 WORLD LANGUAGES 138
1 INTRODUCTION
PLANNING & SCHEDULING
ABOUT THIS CATALOG COURSE SELECTION This catalog includes information on the following Red Clay School counselors provide course selection materials to high Consolidated School District high schools: school students typically in March through April. Students use the • Alexis I. du Pont High School (AIHS), materials to plan their courses for the next year. Students will meet with their school counselor and plan to schedule courses for the • Cab Calloway School of the Arts (CCSA), next year. The information gathered at these times will be used to • Conrad Schools of Science (CSS), make decisions related to the courses that will be scheduled, the • John Dickinson High School (JDHS) and number of sections to be offered, and the resources allocated in each area. • Thomas McKean High School (TMHS). COURSE SELECTION PROCESS For information on Red Clay’s other high school options including The Charter School of Wilmington, Delaware Military Academy, First • Counselors deliver course selection materials in class for State School and James H. Groves Adult Education High School, students to review. please visit redclayschools.com. • Students discuss course options with parents, teachers and counselors. COURSE AVAILABILITY • Students choose a full schedule. All courses and offerings listed in this catalog are subject to • Students meet with their counselor individually to finalize changes in availability based on interest expressed by the student selections. body during the spring course selection period. It is likely that Students and parents may contact the school counselor with some courses mentioned in this catalog will not be held if the questions about course selection. number of students requesting a course is low. Although every effort is made to accommodate course requests, students may be required to select between courses that present a conflict within their schedule. If this occurs, students are encouraged to speak to their parents and seek advice from their school counselor to review options for resolving these issues.
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PLANNING & SCHEDULING
SCHEDULE CHANGES Students are expected to request and verify appropriate course PROFILE OF A RED CLAY GRADUATE selections in the spring and request any schedule changes The Red Clay Consolidated School District is on a mission immediately after receiving their schedule in the fall. to prepare today’s learners to thrive in tomorrow’s world. Schedule changes may be made during the school’s drop/add Red Clay students will graduate on time and will strive to window without a penalty. Dropping a course after the drop/add reach the following future-ready benchmarks: window will result in a Withdrawal F for that marking period and an • Complete Algebra 2 with a C or better F for additional grade reporting cycles. This grade will impact GPA calculations. • Earn a mathematics credit during senior year When considering schedule changes, students should make an • Pass at least one college- or career-level course appointment with their school counselor to review options and to • Complete a graduation pathway complete the course change request process. • Complete 3 years of a World Language, with proficiency CHANGING A COURSE LEVEL • Achieve SAT college- and career-readiness Students may request a change in course level with parent and benchmarks (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: administrator approval. The grade determination for lowering a 480, Math: 530) course level will be made at the time of the change in level. • Graduate as empathetic, engaged individuals with hope about how they will impact the world and be DISTANCE LEARNING informed citizens Red Clay offers a number of distance learning courses for high school students. These courses are taught by one instructor as synchronous courses using video and computer technology to reach multiple schools. This platform allows students to access courses that may not be offered by an instructor at their school.
3 INTRODUCTION
COURSE LEVELS
COLLEGE PREPARATORY COURSES INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) COURSES College preparatory courses are designed to provide a rigorous curriculum aligned with state standards and the student’s interests. With a goal of developing inquiring, knowledgeable and caring These classes prepare a student for a variety of post-secondary young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world experiences including higher education and the workforce. College through intercultural understanding and respect, the International preparatory courses are indicated with a (C) next to the course Baccalaureate (IB) Programme offers challenging programs of number. international education and rigorous assessment. Red Clay offers two IB programs at John Dickinson High School: the HONORS COURSES Middle Years Program (IB MYP) for students in grades 6 through 10, and the IB Diploma Programme for juniors and seniors. Honors courses are designed to challenge students who See Earning College Credit in High School (p. 9) and Career Clusters, are considering applying to highly competitive colleges and Pathways & Programs of Study (p. 27) for more about the IB Diploma universities. Students are expected to use independent learning Programme. and study skills, and complete additional projects presented by the instructor. Students should consult a school counselor before DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES enrolling in honors courses. Honors courses are indicated with an Dual enrollment allows high school students to take college-level (H) next to the course number. courses at a reduced cost at their high school through partnerships between the Red Clay Consolidated School District and the ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) COURSES Delaware College of Art and Design, Delaware Tech, the University The Advanced Placement (AP) Program has enabled millions of of Delaware and Wilmington University. Students earn both high students to take college-level courses and earn college credit while school credit and college credit by passing the class. still in high school. AP Exams are given in May. Students who earn Course fees are estimated, but may be subject to change due to a qualifying score on an AP Exam are typically eligible, in college, tuition increases. Students should consult their school counselor to receive credit, placement into advanced courses, or both. for final costs. Every aspect of AP course and exam development is the result of • Delaware College of Art and Design: $300 per course collaboration between AP teachers and college faculty who work • Delaware Tech: $100 per course together to develop exams, set scoring standards and score the exams. College faculty review every AP teacher’s course syllabus. • University of Delaware: $640–$650 per course AP courses are designed to challenge students who demonstrate • Wilmington University: $100 per course a consistent record of outstanding academic achievement. Rich course material, vibrant classroom discussions and demanding See Earning College Credit in High School (p. 9) for a complete list of assignments help students develop the content mastery and dual enrollment offerings at each school. critical thinking skills that are expected of college students. In Red Clay, students who enroll in AP courses are expected to take the AP Exam. Scholarships are available to offset the cost of AP Exam fees for families in financial need. See Earning College Credit in High School (p. 9) for a complete list of AP offerings at each school.
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GRADING & EVALUATION
GRADING SCALE CLASS RANK The grading scale is as follows: Final class rank is based on weighted GPA and is determined at the end of the third marking period of the student’s senior A B C D F year. 90—100 80—89 70—79 60—69 < 60
ATHLETIC ELIGIBILITY FINAL GRADES Athletic eligibility is determined by DIAA eligibility guidelines. The final course grade is the average of the four quarter grades, Learn more at doe.k12.de.us. each with a weight value of 2, and the mid-year and final examination grades, each with a weight value of 1. Quarter and examination grades shall carry a numerical value of 4 (A), 3 (B), 2 (C), 1 (D) and 0 (F). The numerical average is converted to a letter PROMOTION grade as follows: Promotion from grade 9 to 10 requires a minimum A B C D F of 6 credits including: > 3.4 2.5—3.4 1.5—2.4 0.6—1.4 < 0.6 • English 1 credit Students receiving three marking period Fs in a course will not • Mathematics 1 credit receive credit even if sufficient quality points have been attained. • Social Studies 1 credit • Science, World Language, Pathway or Physical Education 3 credits GRADE POINT AVERAGE Promotion from grade 10 to 11 requires a minimum of 12 The grade point average (GPA) is a weighted average that credits including: is calculated by using only the grades in the academic core courses of English, mathematics, social studies, science, • English 2 credits world language, and any Advanced Placement (AP) course. • Mathematics 2 credits • Science 1 credit A grade of C or better in an AP course where the AP • Social Studies 2 credits examination is taken receives 1.5 additional quality points in • Pathway 1 credit the calculation of the GPA. • 4 additional credits A grade of C or better in an honors level course receives Promotion from grade 11 to 12 requires a minimum 1 additional quality point in the calculation of the GPA. of 18 credits including: In cases where a student in an AP course chooses not to • English 3 credits take the AP examination, the course designation will then be • Mathematics 3 credits changed to “Accelerated” and only 1 additional quality point • Science 2 credits will be awarded. • Social Studies 3 credits The weighted, cumulative GPA is used to determine class • Physical Education 0.5 credits rank. To determine eligibility for honor roll status, an • World Language 1 credit unweighted GPA that includes grades in all courses that • Pathway 2 credits receive letter grades of A through F is used. • 2.5 additional credits
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GRADUATION
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS THE PATHWAY REQUIREMENT Incoming freshmen will select a pathway as part of their enrollment All students must fulfill a graduation pathway requirement in in a Red Clay high school. Students are encouraged to work order to earn a Delaware High School Diploma. This requirement with their parents, teachers and school counselors to select the makes a student choose three sequential or specialized elective pathway that best prepares them for college and career and best offerings from the visual and performing arts, academic, or career- matches their interests and aspirations. technical education areas. All three courses must be selected in the The State of Delaware requires all students to complete a minimum same graduation pathway. At Alexis I. du Pont High School, John of 24 credits to graduate; however, the Red Clay Consolidated Dickinson High School and Thomas McKean High School, programs School District has raised the bar in both rigor and academic of study may meet the graduation pathway requirement. requirements. Program specifics are explained for each school and Because completing a graduation pathway will usually take a each graduation pathway in the following sections of this catalog. minimum of three years, serious thought should be given to the Diplomas and high school transcripts will display the student’s selection and pursuit of a specific area. graduation pathway. MINIMUM GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS DELAWARE VOLUNTEER CREDIT • English 4 credits High school students may earn one elective credit toward • Mathematics 4 credits graduation upon completing 90 hours of community service • Science 3 credits during two semesters, through the Delaware Volunteer Credit. • Social Studies 4 credits The semesters do not have to be consecutive or in the same • Health 0.5 credits calendar year. Hours must be performed outside the student’s • Physical Education 1 credit regularly scheduled school day. Volunteer hours completed as • World Language 2 credits part of a service group requirement may also be used toward the • Pathway Requirement 3 credits Delaware Volunteer Credit. Volunteer activity cannot be political • Electives 2.5 credit or advocacy in nature. Hours must be performed at a non-profit agency in Delaware. Service must be approved by the State Office Graduation requirements vary slightly across schools. See Our High of Volunteerism. Learn more at volunteerdelaware.org. Schools (p. 15) for a closer look at each school’s requirements.
HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT GRANTED IN MIDDLE EARLY GRADUATION SCHOOL The Early Graduation Program in Red Clay permits completion of secondary school education prior to the graduation of one’s Red Clay students have the option to take high school courses in class and/or in fewer than four years. For criteria and details mathematics and world language while in middle school. Students about the application process, please see Red Clay Consolidated may earn credits from select middle school courses. School District Administrative Memorandum 7013.1, available at redclayschools.com.
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EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT IN HIGH SCHOOL
Over 50 Opportunities including AP, IB and Dual Enrollment EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT IN HIGH SCHOOL
ADVANCED PLACEMENT
Advanced Placement (AP) allows high school students to take college-level courses at their high school with the potential to earn college credit by receiving a passing score on the AP subject exam, as determined by the college.
AIHS CCSA CSS JDHS TMHS AP Art History AP Biology AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC AP Chemistry AP Chinese Language & Culture AP Comparative Government & Politics AP Computer Science A AP Computer Science Principles AP English Language & Composition AP English Literature & Composition AP Environmental Science AP European History AP French Language & Culture AP Human Geography AP Italian Language & Culture AP Macroeconomics AP Microeconomics AP Physics 1 AP Physics 2 AP Physics C AP Psychology AP Research, AP Seminar & AP Workshop AP Spanish Language & Culture AP Spanish Literature & Culture AP Statistics AP Studio Art AP U.S. Government & Politics AP U.S. History AP World History : Modern
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INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE at John Dickinson High School
WHAT IS IB? More than an academic program, IB focuses on the whole person, seeking to create inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme at John people who help to create a better and more peaceful world Dickinson High School is a two-year, pre-college diploma program through intercultural understanding and respect. Requirements that helps prepare students aged 16 to 19 for higher education include Creativity, Action and Service hours, a unique course in in the United States and overseas through a combination of Theory of Knowledge and an extended essay written under the advanced content knowledge and a focus on the development of supervision of a mentor. critical thinking and an appreciation of global issues.
The IB Diploma Programme is a rigorous course of study for APPLICATION highly motivated students in grades 11 and 12, with student work graded on global standards set by assessors around the world. An The IB Diploma Programme has an application process which IB diploma is internationally honored by universities as proof of considers a student’s ability, capacity and motivation to handle excellent preparedness for college work, and students have the an increased workload in high school; performance on state opportunity to earn college credit by receiving a passing score on assessments in mathematics and reading; recent grades; and the IB subject exam, as determined by the college. teacher recommendations.
To learn more about the IB Diploma Programme, visit redclayschools.com/dickinson.
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Dual enrollment allows high school students to take college-level courses at a reduced cost at their high school through partnerships between the Red Clay Consolidated School District and the Delaware College of Art and Design (DCAD), Delaware Tech, the University of Delaware (UD) and Wilmington University. Students earn both high school and college credit by passing the class.
AIHS CCSA CSS JDHS TMHS
AN 201: Animation I (DCAD)
IL 212: Figure Drawing (DCAD)
BIO 100: Medical Terminology (Delaware Tech)
BIO 106: Basic Nutrition Concepts (Delaware Tech)
BIO 110: Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology (Delaware Tech)
BIO 120: Anatomy & Physiology (Delaware Tech)
ENG 101: Critical Thinking & Academic Writing (Delaware Tech)
ENG 102: Composition & Research (Delaware Tech)
HLH 130: Nurse Assistant Training (Delaware Tech)
MAT 153: College Math & Statistics (Delaware Tech)
PSY 121: Psychology (Delaware Tech)
SOC 111: Sociology (Delaware Tech)
ANTH 101: Introduction to Cultural & Social Anthropology (UD)
BISC 105: Human Heredity & Development (UD)
BUAD 100: Introduction to Business (UD)
ECON 100: Economic Issues & Policies (UD)
HDFS 202: Diversity & Families (UD)
PHIL 100: Philosophies of Life (UD)
BBM 102: Introduction to Business (Wilmington University)
CTA 210: Computer Science (Wilmington University)
ENG 121: English Composition I (Wilmington University)
ENG 122: English Composition II (Wilmington University)
FYE 101: First Year Experience (Wilmington University)
HIS 204: World History (Wilmington University)
MUS 302: History of Rock and Roll (Wilmington University)
SCI 240: Concepts in Physics (Wilmington University) RED CLAY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT
EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY at Alexis I. du Pont High School
WHAT IS THE EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY? COURSES
The Early College Academy at Alexis I. du Pont High School (AIHS) Courses are selected for the Early College Academy based on offers incoming ninth-graders an opportunity to simultaneously high transferability and state and district requirements, with earn high school credit and college credit through Wilmington consideration also given to the range of courses a student would University. take during the first year of college.
In grades 9 through 11, students take Wilmington University courses led by AIHS faculty, and in grade 12, students take APPLICATION select courses on Wilmington University’s campus. Early College The Early College Academy has an application process that Academy students are offered the same opportunities as any requires recommendations from the student’s teachers, counselor AIHS student, including AP and elective courses, extra-curricular and principal; a writing sample; and interviews. activities, sports and music programs. To learn more about the Early College Academy, visit The Early College Academy is a highly selective program in which redclayschools.com/aihs. students can earn up to 33 college credits, the equivalent of an entire freshman year of college. Wilmington University’s certified corps of teachers helps to create college-level courses adjusted for high school students.
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OUR HIGH SCHOOLS
Comprehensive Public High Schools and Magnet Programs OUR HIGH SCHOOLS
ALEXIS I. DU PONT HIGH SCHOOL
50 HILLSIDE RD, WILMINGTON, DE 19807 302.651.2626 | REDCLAYSCHOOLS.COM/AIHS
PATHWAYS AP COURSES DUAL ENROLLMENT
• Administrative Services • AP Art History The following courses are offered • AVID • AP Biology through Delaware Tech: • Communication Technology • AP Calculus AB • BIO 106: Basic Nutrition Concepts • Computer Science • AP Calculus BC • SOC 111: Sociology • Culinary Arts & • AP Chemistry Hospitality Management • AP Computer Science A The following courses are offered through Wilmington University: • Drafting & Design • AP Computer Science Principles • BBM 102: Introduction to Business • Early College Academy • AP English Language & Composition • CTA 210: Computer Science • Jobs for Delaware Graduates • AP English Literature & Composition • ENG 121: English Composition I • Journalism • AP Environmental Science • ENG 122: English Composition II • K–12 Teacher Academy • AP European History • FYE 101: First Year Experience • Marketing • AP Human Geography • HIS 204: World History • NAF Academy of Business • AP Macroeconomics Information Management • MUS 302: History of Rock • AP Microeconomics • NAF Academy of Finance • SCI 240: Concepts in Physics • AP Psychology • AP Physics 1 PROGRAMS OF STUDY • AP Physics 2 CERTIFICATIONS • AP Physics C: Elec. & Magnetism • Instrumental Music • AP Spanish Language & Culture Through this school’s pathways and • Theater • AP Statistics programs of study, students may earn industry-recognized certifications and • Visual Arts • AP U.S. Government & Politics licenses such as: • Vocal Arts • AP U.S. History • Delaware Certificate of • World Language & Multiliteracy International Studies LANGUAGES • EPA Certificate • NAFTrack Certification • French I, II, III, IV • Italian I • Spanish I, II, III, IV, AP 16 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS The following is a suggested sequence of courses required to graduate from Alexis I. du Pont High School.
GRADE 9 GRADE 10 GRADE 11 GRADE 12
English English 9 English 10 English 11 English 12 4 Credits or higher or higher
Mathematics Algebra 1 Geometry Algebra 2 Mathematics 4 Credits1 or higher or higher or higher Elective higher than Algebra 2
Science Biology2 Two Science 3 Credits Electives
Social Studies Civics / Economics World History4 U.S. History5 Social Studies 4 Credits3 Elective
Health Health 0.5 Credits
Physical Education Physical Education Physical Education 1 Credit
World Language World Language I or higher 2 Credits6 World Language II or higher Recommended: World Language III or higher
Pathway See Career Clusters, Pathways & Programs of Study for requirements. Requirement 3 Credit Minimum
Elective Students must earn at least 2.5 additional credits to graduate. 2.5 Credit Minimum
1 Algebra 1 is the first math class that counts toward graduation. One credit in Algebra 2 must be earned in high school. Students are required to earn a mathematics credit in their senior year. 2 Biology is required by the State of Delaware. 3 While the State of Delaware requires only three Social Studies credits, Red Clay requires an additional Social Studies credit beyond the state requirement. 4 Red Clay recommends World History as the University of Delaware requires a World History credit. AP European History or WU HIS 204 World History may be substituted for World History. 5 U.S. History is required by the State of Delaware. 6 While the State of Delaware requires only two World Language credits of the same language, Red Clay recommends three or more credits as selective colleges and universities require three or more years of the same language. Colleges and universities do not consider credits earned in middle school. OUR HIGH SCHOOLS
CAB CALLOWAY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
100 N. DUPONT RD, WILMINGTON, DE 19807 302.651.2700 | CABCALLOWAYSCHOOL.ORG
PATHWAYS AP COURSES DUAL ENROLLMENT
• Dance • AP Art History The following courses are offered through • Digital Communication Arts • AP Biology the Delaware College of Art and Design: • Instrumental Music • AP Calculus AB • AN 201: Animation I • Piano • AP Calculus BC • IL 212: Figure Drawing • Strings • AP Chemistry The following course is offered through • Technical Theater • AP English Language & Delaware Tech: • Theater Arts Composition • BIO 120: Anatomy & Physiology • Visual Arts • AP English Literature & Composition The following courses are offered • Vocal Music • AP Environmental Science through the University of Delaware: • AP European History • ANTH 101: Introduction to Social & Cultural Anthropology PROGRAMS OF STUDY • AP French Language & Culture • BISC 105: Human Heredity & • AP Human Geography Development • AP Capstone • AP Macroeconomics • BUAD 100: Introduction to Business • World Language & • AP Microeconomics International Studies • HDFS 202: Diversity & Families • AP Physics C: Electricity & • PHIL 100: Philosophies of Life Magnetism • AP Psychology LANGUAGES • AP Seminar CERTIFICATIONS • French I, II, III, IV, AP • AP Spanish Language & Culture • Spanish I, II, III, IV, AP • AP Statistics Through this school’s pathways and • AP Studio Art programs of study, students may earn industry-recognized certifications and • AP U.S. Government & Politics licenses such as: • AP U.S. History • Delaware Certificate of Multiliteracy
18 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS The following is a suggested sequence of courses required to graduate from Cab Calloway School of the Arts.
GRADE 9 GRADE 10 GRADE 11 GRADE 12
English English 9 English 10 English 11 English 12 4 Credits or higher or higher or higher
Mathematics Algebra 1 Geometry Algebra 2 Mathematics 4 Credits1 or higher or higher or higher Elective higher than Algebra 2
Science Physical Earth Biology2 Science Elective 3 Credits Science
Social Studies Civics/ Economics World History4 U.S. History5 Social Studies 4 Credits3 Elective
Health Health 0.5 Credits
Physical Education Physical Education Physical Education 1 Credit
World Language World Language I or higher 2 Credits6 World Language II or higher Recommended: World Language III or higher
Pathway See Career Clusters, Pathways & Programs of Study for requirements. Requirement 3 Credit Minimum
Electives Students must earn at least 2.5 additional credits to graduate. Students must take an arts class each year. 2.5 Credit Minimum
1 Algebra 1 is the first math class that counts toward graduation. One credit in Algebra 2 must be earned in high school. Students are required to earn a mathematics credit in their senior year. 2 Biology is required by the State of Delaware. 3 While the State of Delaware requires only three Social Studies credits, Red Clay requires an additional Social Studies credit beyond the state requirement. 4 Red Clay recommends World History as the University of Delaware requires a World History credit. AP European History may be substituted for World History. 5 U.S. History is required by the State of Delaware. 6 While the State of Delaware requires only two World Language credits of the same language, Red Clay recommends three or more credits as selective colleges and universities require three or more years of the same language. Colleges and universities do not consider credits earned in middle school. OUR HIGH SCHOOLS
CONRAD SCHOOLS OF SCIENCE
201 JACKSON AVE, WILMINGTON, DE 19804 302.992.5545 | REDCLAYSCHOOLS.COM/CONRAD
PATHWAYS AP COURSES DUAL ENROLLMENT
• Animal Science • AP Biology The following courses are offered • Biomedical Sciences • AP Calculus AB through Delaware Tech: • Biotechnology • AP Calculus BC • BIO 100: Medical Terminology • Computer Science • AP Chemistry • BIO 110: Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology • Nursing • AP Chinese • BIO 120: Anatomy & Physiology • Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine • AP Comparative Government & Politics • ENG 101: Critical Thinking & Academic Writing • AP Computer Science A • ENG 102: Composition & Research PROGRAMS OF STUDY • AP Computer Science Principles • HLH 130: Nurse Assistant Training • AP English Language & • AP Capstone Composition • MAT 153: College Math & Statistics • Instrumental Music • AP English Literature & • SOC 111: Sociology • Vocal Arts Composition • World Language & • AP Environmental Science The following courses are offered International Studies • AP Human Geography through the University of Delaware: • AP Physics 1 • ANTH 101: Introduction to Cultural & Social Anthropology • AP Physics 2 CERTIFICATIONS • BISC 105: Human Heredity & • AP Psychology Development • AP Research Through this school’s pathways and • ECON 100: Economic Issues & programs of study, students may earn • AP Seminar Policies industry-recognized certifications and • AP Spanish Language & Culture • PHIL 100: Philosophies of Life licenses such as: • AP Spanish Literature & Culture • ACSM Certified Personal Trainer • AP Statistics • CNA Certification LANGUAGES • AP U.S. Government & Politics • CPR / First Aid / AED Certification • AP U.S. History • Chinese (Mandarin) I, II, III, IV, AP • Delaware Certificate of • AP Workshop • Italian I Multiliteracy • AP World History : Modern • Spanish I, II, III, IV, AP
20 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS The following is a suggested sequence of courses required to graduate from Conrad Schools of Science.
GRADE 9 GRADE 10 GRADE 11 GRADE 12
English English 9 English 10 English 11 English 12 4 Credits or higher or higher
Mathematics Algebra 1 Geometry Algebra 2 Mathematics 4 Credits1 or higher or higher or higher Elective higher than Algebra 2
Science Biology2 Chemistry Science Elective 3 Credits
Social Studies Civics/ Economics World History4 U.S. History5 Social Studies 4 Credits3 Elective
Health Health 0.5 Credits
Physical Education Physical Education Physical Education 1 Credit
World Language World Language I or higher 2 Credits6 World Language II or higher Recommended: World Language III or higher
Pathway See Career Clusters, Pathways & Programs of Study for requirements. Requirement 3 Credit Minimum
Electives Students must earn at least 2.5 additional credits to graduate. 2.5 Credit Minimum
1 Algebra 1 is the first math class that counts toward graduation. One credit in Algebra 2 must be earned in high school. Students are required to earn a mathematics credit in their senior year. 2 Biology is required by the State of Delaware. 3 While the State of Delaware requires only three Social Studies credits, Red Clay requires an additional Social Studies credit beyond the state requirement. 4 Red Clay recommends World History as the University of Delaware requires a World History credit. AP European History and AP World History : Modern may be substituted for World History. 5 U.S. History is required by the State of Delaware. 6 While the State of Delaware requires only two World Language credits of the same language, Red Clay recommends three or more credits as selective colleges and universities require three or more years of the same language. Colleges and universities do not consider credits earned in middle school. OUR HIGH SCHOOLS
JOHN DICKINSON HIGH SCHOOL
1801 MILLTOWN RD, WILMINGTON, DE 19808 302.992.5500 | REDCLAYSCHOOLS.COM/DICKINSON
PATHWAYS AP COURSES DUAL ENROLLMENT
• AP Calculus AB • Automotive Technology The following courses are offered • AP Computer Science Principles • AVID through Delaware Tech: • AP English Language & • Computer Science • ENG 101: Critical Thinking & Composition Academic Writing • Digital Communication Arts • AP English Literature & • ENG 102: Composition & Research • Drafting & Design Composition • MAT 153: College Math & Statistics • Engineering of Robotics • AP French • Graphic Design • AP Psychology • IB Diploma Programme • AP Spanish Language & Culture CERTIFICATIONS • Jobs for Delaware Graduates • AP U.S. History • Processes of Design & Engineering • AP World History : Modern Through this school’s pathways and programs of study, students may earn industry-recognized certifications and PROGRAMS OF STUDY IB COURSES licenses such as: • Delaware Certificate of • Instrumental Music • IB Biology (HL) Multiliteracy • Theater • IB Chemistry (SL) • EPA Certificate • Visual Arts • IB English (HL) • IB Diploma • Vocal Arts • IB French (SL) • National Lead Safety For Renovation & Painting Certificate • World Language & • IB History of the Americas (HL) • National OSHA Certificate International Studies • IB Mathematical Studies (SL) • IB Psychology (HL) • IB Spanish (SL) LANGUAGES CTE EXPLORATORY • IB Theory of Knowledge • French I, II, III, IV, IB • IB Visual Arts (HL) Ninth Grade Academy students are scheduled into a Career & Technical • Spanish I, II, III, IV, AP, IB See Earning College Credit in High School and Career Clusters, Pathways & Education (CTE) Exploratory for the Programs of Study for more about the IB Diploma Programme. first marking period.
22 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS The following is a suggested sequence of courses required to graduate from John Dickinson High School.
GRADE 9 GRADE 10 GRADE 11 GRADE 12
English English 9 English 10 English 11 English 12 4 Credits or higher or higher
Mathematics Algebra 1 Geometry Algebra 2, Integrated Mathematics 4 Credits1 or higher or higher Mathematics III Elective higher than or higher Algebra 2 / Integrated Mathematics III
Science Biology2 or Two Science 3 Credits Physical Science Electives
Social Studies Civics/ Economics World History4 U.S. History5 Social Studies 4 Credits3 Elective
Health Health 0.5 Credits
Physical Education Physical Education Physical Education 1 Credit
World Language World Language I or higher 2 Credits6 World Language II or higher Recommended: World Language III or higher
Pathway See Career Clusters, Pathways & Programs of Study for requirements. Requirement 3 Credit Minimum
Electives Students must earn at least 2.5 additional credits to graduate. 2.5 Credit Minimum
1 Algebra 1 is the first math class that counts toward graduation. One credit in Algebra 2 /Integrated Mathematics III must be earned in high school. Students are required to earn a mathematics credit in their senior year. 2 Biology is required by the State of Delaware. 3 While the State of Delaware requires only three Social Studies credits, Red Clay requires an additional Social Studies credit beyond the state requirement. 4 Red Clay recommends World History as the University of Delaware requires a World History credit. AP World History : Modern may be substituted for World History. 5 U.S. History is required by the State of Delaware. 6 While the State of Delaware requires only two World Language credits of the same language, Red Clay recommends three or more credits as selective colleges and universities require three or more years of the same language. Colleges and universities do not consider credits earned in middle school. OUR HIGH SCHOOLS
THOMAS MCKEAN HIGH SCHOOL
301 MCKENNANS CHURCH RD, WILMINGTON, DE 19808 302.992.5520 | REDCLAYSCHOOLS.COM/MCKEAN
PATHWAYS AP COURSES CERTIFICATIONS
• Animal Science • AP Art History Through this school’s pathways and • Audio, Radio & Video Engineering • AP Biology programs of study, students may earn industry-recognized certifications and • Automotive Technology • AP Calculus AB licenses such as: • AVID • AP Chemistry • Adobe • Culinary Arts & Hospitality • AP English Language & Composition • American Society for Horticulture Management • AP English Literature & Composition Science • Early Childhood Education • AP Environmental Science • AutoDesk Inventor • Jobs for Delaware Graduates • AP European History • Certified Veterinary Assistant (CVA) • K–12 Teacher Academy • AP Human Geography • Child Development Associate (CDA) • Manufacturing Engineering Tech. • AP Italian Language & Culture • CPR / First Aid / AED • Marketing • AP Physics 1 • Delaware Certificate of Multiliteracy • Plant & Horticultural Sciences • AP Psychology • EPA • AP Spanish Language & Culture • GIS PROGRAMS OF STUDY • AP Statistics • Hootsuite Social Media • AP Studio Art • NACTE • Instrumental Music • AP U.S. History • NAI CIG • Visual Arts • AP World History : Modern • National Lead Safety for Renovation • Vocal Arts & Painting • World Language & DUAL ENROLLMENT • National OSHA International Studies • NCCER The following courses are offered through • Nutrient Management LANGUAGES Delaware Tech: • ParaPro • BIO 120: Anatomy & Physiology • French I, II, III, IV • Pesticide Application & Management • ENG 101: Critical Thinking & Academic • Pork Quality Assurance • Italian I, II, III, IV, AP Writing • Serv-Safe • Spanish I, II, III, IV, AP • ENG 102: Composition & Research • Student ASE • PSY 121: Psychology • Tech Prep • SOC 111: Sociology
24 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS The following is a suggested sequence of courses required to graduate from Thomas McKean High School.
GRADE 9 GRADE 10 GRADE 11 GRADE 12
English English 9 English 10 English 11 English 12 4 Credits or higher or higher
Mathematics Algebra 1 Geometry Algebra 2 Mathematics 4 Credits1 or higher or higher or higher Elective higher than Algebra 2
Science Physical Science Biology2 Science Elective 3 Credits
Social Studies Civics/ Economics World History4 U.S. History5 Social Studies 4 Credits3 Elective
Health Health 0.5 Credits
Physical Education Physical Education Physical Education 1 Credit
World Language World Language I or higher 2 Credits6 World Language II or higher Recommended: World Language III or higher
Pathway See Career Clusters, Pathways & Programs of Study for requirements. Requirement 3 Credit Minimum
Electives Students must earn at least 2.5 additional credits to graduate. 2.5 Credit Minimum
1 Algebra 1 is the first math class that counts toward graduation. One credit in Algebra 2 must be earned in high school. Students are required to earn a mathematics credit in their senior year. 2 Biology is required by the State of Delaware. 3 While the State of Delaware requires only three Social Studies credits, Red Clay requires an additional Social Studies credit beyond the state requirement. 4 Red Clay recommends World History as the University of Delaware requires a World History credit. AP European History and AP World History: Modern may be substituted for World History. 5 U.S. History is required by the State of Delaware. 6 While the State of Delaware requires only two World Language credits of the same language, Red Clay recommends three or more credits as selective colleges and universities require three or more years of the same language. Colleges and universities do not consider credits earned in middle school.
CAREER CLUSTERS, PATHWAYS & PROGRAMS OF STUDY
Discover Your Future with 40 Paths to Success OFFERINGS AT A GLANCE
AIHS CCSA CSS JDHS TMHS
AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES
Animal Science Pathway
Biotechnology Pathway
Plant & Horticultural Sciences Pathway
ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION & MANUFACTURING
Drafting & Design Pathway
Manufacturing Engineering Technology Pathway
Processes of Design & Engineering Pathway
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION
Administrative Services Pathway
Marketing Pathway
NAF Academy of Business Information Management Pathway
NAF Academy of Finance Pathway
COMMUNICATION & MEDIA
Audio, Radio & Video Engineering Pathway
Communication Technology Pathway
Digital Communication Arts Pathway
Journalism Pathway
EDUCATION & HUMAN STUDIES
Early Childhood Education Pathway
K–12 Teacher Academy Pathway
HEALTH SCIENCES
Biomedical Sciences Pathway
Nursing Pathway
Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Pathway
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AIHS CCSA CSS JDHS TMHS
HOSPITALITY & TOURISM
Culinary Arts & Hospitality Management Pathway
PERFORMING & DESIGN ARTS
Dance Pathway
Graphic Design Pathway
Instrumental Music Pathway
Instrumental Music Program of Study
Piano Pathway
Strings Pathway
Technical Theater Pathway
Theater Arts Pathway
Theater Program of Study
Visual Arts Pathway
Visual Arts Program of Study
Vocal Arts Program of Study
Vocal Music Pathway
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICS
Automotive Technology Pathway
Computer Science Pathway
Engineering of Robotics Pathway
ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS & PROGRAMS OF STUDY
AP Capstone Program of Study
AVID Pathway
Early College Academy Pathway
IB Diploma Programme Pathway
Jobs for Delaware Graduates Pathway
World Language & International Studies Program of Study
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ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION SERVICES PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Administrative Assistant • Executive Assistant • Human Resources Director • Marketing Manager • Office Administrator • Office Clerk • Office Manager • Operations Officer
REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY Grade 9 Business, Finance & Marketing Administrative Services is a 4-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) Essentials I pathway that prepares students to thrive in today’s information- and service- Grade 10 based economy, with a focus on making decisions, interacting effectively, using Administrative Services II creativity to solve problems and communicating through a variety of emerging Grade 11 and ever-evolving technologies. Students in this pathway will be prepared to Administrative Services III enter the workplace or to continue to pursue careers through higher education. Grade 12 Students are encouraged to learn how to become entrepreneurs and build the Administrative Services IV groundwork for their own business opportunities.
Offered at AIHS CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 4 credits.
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ANIMAL AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES SCIENCE PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Animal Rescue • Animal Researcher • Breed Analyst • Farmer • Veterinarian • Wildlife Manager • Zoo Animal Specialist
REQUIREMENTS Grade 9 SUMMARY Animal Science I (TMHS) Animal Science is a 3- to 4-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) pathway Grade 10 that focuses primarily on livestock animals, dogs and cats, instruction on Animal Science II (TMHS) Vet Science I (CSS) general healthcare, emergency responses and nutrition. Using materials from veterinary technician degree programs and animal production sources, this Grade 11 pathway provides students with a strong background in the medical field by Animal Science III (TMHS) Vet Science II (CSS) covering topics such as sutures, bandaging, medicating and physical exams. Students will gain an understanding of industry standards in animal agriculture Grade 12 production and consumption. Animal Science IV (TMHS) Vet Science III (CSS) Students work with live animals to learn handling, restraint and medical techniques. Students are taught how to evaluate animals for normal and abnormal behavior, illness and desirable conformation. They are taught to treat CREDITS diseases after consulting with a veterinarian by covering topics that include • This pathway is a minimum of bacteriology, immunology and physiology. Students will have some direct access 3 credits (CSS) or 4 credits (TMHS). to live animals to practice protocols and health procedures. • Students in this pathway may earn industry-recognized certifications and licenses such as Certified Offered at CSS and TMHS Veterinary Assistant (CVA) and Pork Quality Assurance.
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AP ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS & PROGRAMS OF STUDY CAPSTONE PROGRAM OF STUDY
ABOUT The AP Capstone program provides unique research opportunities for AP students and expands access to AP courses by encouraging students to master the argument-based writing skills that the AP Capstone program develops.
SUMMARY REQUIREMENTS AP Capstone is a College Board program that equips students with the Grade 10 AP Seminar independent research, collaborative teamwork and communication skills that are increasingly valued by colleges. This program cultivates curious, Grade 11 or 12 independent and collaborative scholars and prepares them to make logical, AP Research evidence-based decisions. Grades 9–12 4 Other AP Courses AP Capstone is comprised of AP Seminar and AP Research and is designed to complement and enhance the discipline-specific study in other AP courses.
CREDITS In AP Seminar, students investigate real-world issues from multiple perspectives, gathering and analyzing information from various sources in order to develop • This program is a minimum of 6 credits. credible and valid evidence-based arguments. In AP Research, students cultivate • Students in this program may the skills and discipline necessary to conduct independent research in order to earn the AP Capstone Diploma by produce and defend a scholarly academic thesis. scoring 3 or higher on AP exams in AP Seminar, AP Research and Offered at CCSA and CSS 4 additional AP courses.
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AUDIO, RADIO COMMUNICATION & MEDIA & VIDEO ENGINEERING PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Advertising Customer Service • Audio Animator • Camera Operations • Director • Production Assistant • Radio Board Operator • Radio Program Director • Sound Engineer SUMMARY
REQUIREMENTS Audio, Radio and Video Engineering is a 4-course Career & Technical Education Grade 9 (CTE) pathway that concentrates on the history, theory, cultural use, and Audio, Radio & Video Engineering & production practices of television, film, radio and digital media. Emphasis is Design I placed on critical analysis, creative expression and an understanding of how Grade 10 media functions in our society. Students are the driving force behind every Audio, Radio & Video Engineering & phase of production, including writing, directing, camera, lighting, on-air, Design II producing and editing. Grade 11 Audio, Radio & Video Engineering & Students learn in a state-of-the-art broadcasting facility, with the opportunity Design III to work in the fields of television and radio broadcasting at school. Seniors Grade 12 participate in the school’s production company. This student-run business Communication Technology Research & operates as a news company for all school-related matters, and also is available Development IV and Co-Op* to New Castle County residents to hire for various projects.
*Seniors approved for Co-Op may work Completion of this pathway includes production of an audio/visual reel for in a local TV or radio station. students to use in their resumes and portfolios.
Offered at TMHS CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 4 credits.
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AUTOMOTIVE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICS TECHNOLOGY PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Automotive Counter Person • Maintenance Technician • Service Manager • Service Writer • Shop Owner • Tire Installer • Vehicle Designer • Warranty Clerk
REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY Grade 9 Automotive Mechanical Technology I Automotive Technology is a 3-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) Grade 10 pathway that develops the knowledge of occupational hazards and safety Automotive Mechanical Technology II precaution of the trade, tools and equipment related to the trade, and the Grade 11 basic systems of the automobile (Steering and Suspension, Automotive Brake Automotive Mechanical Technology III (2 Systems, Engine Operation, Components and Performance, and Automotive credits) Electrical) and how to perform proper diagnosis and repairs on those systems.
Grade 12 Students will have an understanding of the automotive career, post-secondary Seniors approved for Co-Op may work education opportunities, ASE Certifications and the various careers related to in a local automotive-oriented business. (TMHS) the automotive industry so they may demonstrate the skills necessary to enter the workforce as an entry-level automotive technician.
CREDITS Offered at JDHS and TMHS • This pathway is a minimum of 4 credits. • Students in this pathway may earn industry-recognized certifications and licenses such as Student ASE and Tech Prep. • Students in this pathway may earn industry recognized certifications: Certain Entry Level ASE and G1 Vehicle Maintenance and Light Repair 34 RED CLAY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT
AVID ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS & PROGRAMS OF STUDY PATHWAY
ABOUT AVID—Advancement Via Individual Determination—fosters a safe, open culture, high expectations for teachers and students, and collaboration in all classrooms. With the appropriate postsecondary preparation and a focus on soft skills that businesses need, AVID students are ready to shape their path and change our world.
REQUIREMENTS
Grade 9 SUMMARY AVID Elective AVID is a 4-course pathway that encourages and supports students on their Grade 10 AVID Elective quest to thrive in rigorous high school coursework as they prepare for college. Students focus on organizational skills, study skills, critical thinking Grade 11* and learning how to ask probing questions. Students have the opportunity to AVID Elective receive academic help from peers and college tutors. AVID students participate Grade 12* in enrichment and motivational activities that help prepare them for college Recommended: AVID Elective while also helping to improve their self-image as they become academically *Students must also complete an AP or successful students, leaders in school and role models for their peers. dual enrollment course in grade 11 or 12. This pathway requires a special application process. Students should speak with a school counselor to learn more about this pathway. CREDITS Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS • This pathway is a minimum of 4 credits.
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BIOMEDICAL HEALTH SCIENCES SCIENCES PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Biochemist • Biophysicist • Environmental Protection • Life, Physical and Social Science Technician • Medical Technician
REQUIREMENTS Grade 10 Biomedical I: Principles of the SUMMARY Biomedical Sciences Grade 11 Biomedical Sciences is a 3-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) pathway Biomedical II: Human Body Systems that engages students in open-ended problem solving through the study of concepts of human medicine, physiology, genetics, microbiology and public Grade 12 Biomedical III: Medical Interventions health. This pathway prepares students for further education and careers in biomedical sciences and healthcare. This is a Project Lead The Way program.
CREDITS Offered at CSS • This pathway is a minimum of 3 credits.
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BIOTECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Microbiologist • Soil and Plant Scientist • Food Scientist • Environmental Scientist • Biopharmaceuticals • Bioinformatics and Genomics
REQUIREMENTS Grade 9 Fundamentals of Biotechnology I Grade 10 Biotechnology II SUMMARY Grade 11 Biotechnology is a 3-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) pathway Biotechnology III that offers an overview of the field of biotechnology with an introduction to Grade 12 laboratory techniques used in the field. Topics include basic heredity, genetics, Biotechnology IV (Elective) DNA, human genome, plant genome, and the ethical, economic, environmental, political and historical impact of biotechnology on our society. This pathway introduces principles of heredity and variation in living organisms, including a CREDITS study of the nature of the genetic material and its transmission, influence of • This pathway is a minimum of heredity and environment on the development of individual characters, and 3 credits. evolution of organisms and artificial selection of plant and animal varieties.
Offered at CSS
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COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION & MEDIA TECHNOLOGY PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Content Development and Marketing • Digital Strategist • Interactive Design and Production • Marketing Manager • Public Relations • User Experience Designer • Visual Designer • Web Designer
SUMMARY REQUIREMENTS Communication Technology is a 4-course Career & Technical Education Grade 9 Communication Technology I (CTE) pathway that engages students in a wide array of creating and formatting digital media content. This pathway teaches students how Grade 10 to create, manipulate and design rich multimedia products through a Communication Technology II variety of outlets. Students explore the core disciplines in the field, then Grade 11 move on to explore the Adobe Creative Suite. Communication Technology III Grade 12 Offered at AIHS Communication Technology IV
CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 3 credits.
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COMPUTER SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICS SCIENCE PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Applications Analyst • Business Analyst • Computer Engineer • Data Modeler • Information Technology Manager • Software Applications Architect • Software Engineer
REQUIREMENTS Grade 9 SUMMARY Introduction to Computer Programming (JDHS) Computer Science is a 3-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) Grade 10 pathway that engages students in open-ended problem solving where AP Computer Science Principles (JDHS) Computer Science Principles (CSS) they study computational practices such as algorithm development and Exploring Computer Science (AIHS) programming within the context of problems relevant to their everyday lives. This pathway also introduces topics such as interface design, Grade 11 AP Computer Science A (JDHS) limitations of computers, and societal and ethical issues, preparing AP Computer Science Principles (AIHS, CSS) students for further education and careers in information technology and computer science. Grade 12 AP Computer Science A (AIHS, CSS) Offered at AIHS, CSS and JDHS
CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 3 credits.
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CULINARY ARTS HOSPITALITY & TOURISM & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Dietitian • Executive Chef • Food Service Sales Manager • Kitchen Manager • Nutritionist • Restaurant Manager or Owner • Sous Chef
REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY Grade 9 Culinary Arts & Hospitality Management is a 3 to 4-course Career & Food Preparation & Production I Technical Education (CTE) pathway that is supported by the National Grade 10 Restaurant Association Education Foundation. ProStart trains students on Advanced Food Preparation & Production (AIHS) industry-specific skills that can be used in all aspects of the restaurant Food Preparation & Production II (TMHS) and hospitality industry along with employability skills like leadership, Grade 11 accountability, teamwork and responsibility. Culinary Professional (AIHS) Food Preparation & Production III (TMHS) Students learn to prepare a variety of foods, manage kitchen supplies and equipment, and become familiar with a wide array of cuisines and culinary Grade 12 techniques as well as aesthetic food presentation. Students are immersed Food Preparation & Production IV (TMHS) in culinary tasks and performances, with the freedom to create and develop events, menus and dishes. Many students graduate with job offers CREDITS and are able to blend immediately into the culinary workforce. • This pathway is a minimum of At TMHS, students compete in the ProStart competition and earn the 3 credits (AIHS) or 4 credits (TMHS). opportunity to host their own restaurant from start to finish including • Students in this pathway may earn menu development to staff management. Students are also actively industry-recognized certifications and licenses such as National Restaurant involved in the running the kitchen at the Blue Rocks Stadium. Association Certificate of Achievement, ServSafe Manager and CPR/First Aid/AED. Offered at AIHS and TMHS
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DANCE PERFORMING & DESIGN ARTS PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Arts Administrator • Choreographer • Costume Designer • Dance Company or Theater Owner • Dance Medicine Specialist • Dance, Yoga or Pilates Instructor • Performer • Physical Therapist
REQUIREMENTS Grade 9 Dance I SUMMARY Dance is a 4-course pathway that offers a rigorous curriculum to prepare Grade 10 Dance II students for dance at the college or professional level. Rooted in the study of ballet and modern dance technique, the core curriculum is balanced with Grade 11 enriching elective courses to give the dancer a well-rounded experience. Dance III Students have the opportunity to participate in a spring performance and Grade 12 attend master classes with professional artists. Arts Elective
Offered at CCSA
CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 4 credits.
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DIGITAL COMMUNICATION & MEDIA COMMUNICATION ARTS PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Communications Specialist • Digital Strategist • Graphic Designer • Interactive Design and Production Specialist • Visual Designer • Web Designer
REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY
Grade 9 Digital Communication Arts is a 3- to 4-course Career & Technical Education Digital Media & Imaging I (CTE) pathway that offers a broad digital arts-based curriculum. This Grade 10 pathway is rooted in the traditional art world, showing the evolution into Digital Media & Imaging II the modern high school digital arts curriculum to promote art and digital Grade 11 literacy in the 21st century. Courses and projects focus on exceptional Digital Media & Imaging III creative writing, visual storytelling, cinematography, design, illustration, Grade 12 photography, typography and interactive media.
Digital Media & Imaging IV or Offered at CCSA and JDHS Arts Elective (CCSA)
CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 3 credits (JDHS) or 4 credits (CCSA). • Students in this pathway may earn industry-recognized certifications and licenses such as Adobe Certified Expert.
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DRAFTING ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION & MANUFACTURING & DESIGN PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Architect • Building Services Technician • Drafter • Drafting Engineer • Electrical Design Engineer • Interior Designer • Mechanical Designer • Residential Designer
REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY
Grade 9 Drafting & Design is a 3- to 4-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) pathway Drafting & Design CAD I (AIHS) Architectural CAD I (JDHS) that teaches the principles of architecture and the latest technology to design building and complete architectural drawings. Students will master architectural Grade 10 skills such as preparing preliminary drawings and basic layouts, producing Architectural CAD II working drawings, and creating computer-aided drafts. Grade 11 Architectural CAD III Offered at AIHS and JDHS Grade 12 Communication Technology Research & Development IV (AIHS)
CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 3 credits.
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EARLY EDUCATION & HUMAN STUDIES CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Child Care Administrator • Director of Educational Programs • Early Child Care Worker • Early Childhood Researcher or Analyst • Early Childhood Teacher • Early Intervention Specialist • Paraprofessional • Teacher’s Assistant
SUMMARY
Early Childhood Education is a 4-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) Grade 9 Human Development I pathway that teaches essential skills in childcare and early childhood development and education. Students will be prepared for further study or Grade 10 employment related to these topics following graduation. This pathway is Child Development II designed for students who are looking to pursue a career in a field related Grade 11 to Early Childhood Education. The pathway will introduce the foundations of Exploring Early Childhood III childhood curriculum and provide practical experiences working with children in educational settings. Grade 12
Early Childhood Education IV Offered at TMHS
CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 4 credits. • Students in this pathway may earn industry-recognized certifications and licenses such as First Aid/CPR and progress toward Child Development Associate (CDA).
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EARLY ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS & PROGRAMS OF STUDY COLLEGE ACADEMY PATHWAY
ABOUT Students who complete this rigorous program will be able to start college at the sophomore level.
Courses include: • BBM 102: Introduction to Business • CTA 210: Computer Science • ENG 121: English Composition I • ENG 122: English Composition II SUMMARY • FYE 101: First Year Experience The Early College Academy is a highly selective program in which students • HIS 204: World History can earn up to 33 college credits, the equivalent of an entire freshman year • MUS 302: History of Rock and Roll of college. The program is offered through Wilmington University, which • SCI 305: Earth & Space Science has certified a corps of teachers who helped to create college-level courses (Lab) adjusted for high school students.
There is an application process that requires six recommendations from the REQUIREMENTS student’s teachers, counselor and principal; a writing sample; and interviews. Students must complete a minimum of Students should speak to their school counselor for details. 6 college-level courses.
Offered at AIHS
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ENGINEERING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICS OF ROBOTICS PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Civil Engineer • Manufacturing Engineer • Mechanical Engineer • Process Engineer Assistant • Quality Control Technician
REQUIREMENTS Grade 9 Engineering of Robotics I Grade 10 SUMMARY Engineering of Robotics II Engineering of Robotics is a 3-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) Grade 11 pathway that explores the processes of design and engineering by bringing Engineering of Robotics III robots into the high school classroom. Using LEGO Mindstorms NXT Robots, students learn how to program basic robot behaviors using motors and CREDITS rotation, sound, light, touch and ultrasonic sensors. Other areas of study include • This pathway is a minimum of concepts of mechanics, applied mathematics and computer programming, with 3 credits. a focus on problem-solving skills, team building and effective communication.
Offered at JDHS
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GRAPHIC PERFORMING & DESIGN ARTS DESIGN PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Advertising/Marketing Director • Art Director • Design Studio Owner • Digital Designer • Graphic Designer • Illustrator • Package Designer • Print Designer
REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY Grade 9 Graphic Arts & Production I Graphic Design is a 3-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) pathway that exposes students to the world of design through analysis, foundational Grade 10 teachings, and ultimately software application. Courses focus on the Graphic Arts & Production II foundational skills necessary to create a high-quality design and use mainly Grade 11 hands-on design work to practice those skills. Students use Adobe programs Graphic Arts & Production III to apply their knowledge of design in the digital world, ultimately working with real-world clients and producing a high-quality portfolio by the end of the pathway. CREDITS
• This pathway is a minimum of Offered at JDHS 3 credits.
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IB DIPLOMA ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS & PROGRAMS OF STUDY PROGRAMME PATHWAY
ABOUT The IB Diploma Programme is a rigorous course of study for highly motivated students in grades 11 and 12, with student work graded on global standards set by assessors around the world.
REQUIREMENTS Grades 9–10 • Honors English 9 & 10 SUMMARY • Honors Math 9 & 10 The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme is a two-year, • Honors Biology & Honors Chemistry pre-college diploma program that helps prepare students aged 16 to 19 for • Honors Social Studies higher education in the United States and overseas through a combination • Students must complete 3 years of of advanced content knowledge and a focus on the development of high school Spanish or French before entering the IB Diploma Programme critical thinking and an appreciation of global issues. An IB diploma is internationally honored by universities as proof of excellent preparedness Grades 11–12 for college work, and students have the opportunity to earn college credit • IB English (HL) by receiving a passing score on the IB subject exam, as determined by • IB Spanish or French (SL) the college. Comprised of the Diploma Programme core and six subject • IB History of the Americas (HL) groups, this pathway aims to broaden students’ educational experience and • IB Biology (HL) or IB Chemistry (SL) challenge them to apply their knowledge and skills. Students choose courses • IB Math Studies (SL) from the following subject groups: studies in language and literature; language acquisition; individuals and societies; sciences; mathematics; and • IB Psychology (HL) the arts. Students may opt to study an additional sciences, individuals and • IB Theory of Knowledge societies, or languages course, instead of a course in the arts. • IB Visual Art (HL or SL) IB’s rigorous courses require that students work at a post-secondary level. Additional Requirements IB courses are characterized as Standard Level (SL) or Higher Level (HL). At • Creativity, Activity & Service least three of the six subject area courses will be HL for each student. • The Extended Essay Offered at JDHS
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INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMING & DESIGN ARTS MUSIC PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Band Director • Composer • Conductor • DJ • Performer • Music Teacher • Music Therapist • Songwriter • Sound Designer SUMMARY
REQUIREMENTS Instrumental Music is a 5-course pathway for students who are interested in pursuing instrumental music at the college or professional level. Grade 9 Symphonic Band or Wind Ensemble Students will perform various genres of music in a large ensemble setting Fundamentals of Music Theory / such as Wind Ensemble or Symphonic Band. With an emphasis on musical Sight-Singing & Ear Training terms, instrumental technique and rehearsal technique, this pathway Grade 10 explores the fundamentals of music theory, sight-singing and ear-training. Symphonic Band or Wind Ensemble Students are required to perform in two concerts per year, with additional opportunities to perform in the Jazz Ensemble and Marching Band. Grade 11 Symphonic Band or Wind Ensemble Students may also take introductory and advanced harmony.
Grade 12 Offered at CCSA Symphonic Band or Wind Ensemble
CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 5 credits.
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INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMING & DESIGN ARTS MUSIC PROGRAM OF STUDY
FUTURE CAREERS • Band Director • Composer • Conductor • DJ • Performer • Music Teacher • Music Therapist • Songwriter • Sound Designer SUMMARY
REQUIREMENTS Instrumental Music is a 3-course program of study for students who are interested in pursuing instrumental music at the college or professional 3 Instrumental Music Electives level. Students perform not only in an ensemble setting, but perform solos throughout their years of study. With a broad repertoire covering CREDITS everything from Broadway to French, German and Italian Classical music, • This program is a minimum of this pathway focuses on musical terms, ear-training and sight-singing 3 credits. exercises, and the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Offered at AIHS, CSS, JDHS and TMHS
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JOBS FOR ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS & PROGRAMS OF STUDY DELAWARE GRADUATES PATHWAY
ABOUT Replicated in 32 states with over 1,000 program affiliates, the Jobs for Delaware Graduates model is dedicated to helping young people stay in school through graduation, pursue post-secondary education, and secure high-quality jobs that lead to career advancement opportunities.
SUMMARY REQUIREMENTS Grade 9 Jobs for Delaware Graduates is a 4-course pathway designed to help students in Jobs for Delaware Graduates 9 setting and achieving goals in their personal, academic and professional lives. In this program, students receive: Grade 10 Jobs for Delaware Graduates 10 • Assessments to determine skills and career interests Grade 11 • Course completion assistance to bring students up to grade level and begin Jobs for Delaware Graduates 11 post-secondary education, training or placement • Job skill development and job shadowing experiences Grade 12 Jobs for Delaware Graduates 12 • School dropout prevention through early intervention and service delivery • Priority status for students eligible under Workforce Investment Act criteria to participate in subsidized summer employment experiences CREDITS • Follow-up services for 12 months after graduation • This pathway is a minimum of In addition to regular classroom experiences, JDG participants belong 4 credits. to a student organization called the Delaware Career Association (DCA), which teaches leadership skills, civic responsibility, and social and career development. Local and statewide competitions help students to sharpen their skills, with the top finishers recognized at an annual awards luncheon each spring.
Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS
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JOURNALISM COMMUNICATION & MEDIA PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Broadcast Journalist • Communications Director • Foreign Correspondent • Freelance Writer • Investigative Journalist • Reporter • Photojournalist • Social Media Manager
REQUIREMENTS Grade 9 Journalism I SUMMARY
Grade 10 Journalism is a 3-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) pathway that Journalism II prepares students for careers in communication and media. Students produce Grade 11 the school newspaper and work in class and after school in a workshop setting Journalism Elective to explore all aspects of printed media production. Areas of focus include Grade 12 writing, editing, photography, art, layout, business management and advertising. Recommended: Journalism Elective Offered at AIHS
CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 3 credits.
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K–12 EDUCATION & HUMAN STUDIES TEACHER ACADEMY PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Educational Administrator • Educational Specialist • Elementary or Secondary Teacher • Paraprofessional • School-Age Child Care Coordinator • Special Education Teacher • Summer School Aide
REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY Grade 9 Human Growth & Development The Delaware K–12 Teacher Academy is a 3-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) pathway that engages students in developing a realistic understanding Grade 10 of teaching while exploring the importance and impact of teachers. Students Teaching as a Profession acquire the knowledge and skills needed to sustain their interest in the Grade 11 profession and cultivate the skills needed to be successful educators, thus Foundations of Curriculum & Instruction creating a pipeline of high-quality students transitioning to the teaching Grade 12 profession. Students will understand the rigors of a career in education and Classroom Observations and/or Co-Op* participate in classroom and field experiences relevant to pursuing a degree in *Seniors approved for Co-Op may work education. This pathway prepares students for a variety of careers in education as aides in local schools. such as elementary teacher, secondary teacher, paraprofessional and special education teacher.
CREDITS Offered at AIHS and TMHS • This pathway is a minimum of 3 credits. • Students in this pathway may earn industry-recognized certifications and licenses such as CPR/First Aid and ParaPro.
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MANUFACTURING ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION & MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Carpenter • Commercial Electrical Technician • Electrician • First-Line Supervisor of Mechanics • Industrial Materials Scientist • Mechanical Engineer • Military Technologist
REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY Grade 9 Foundations of Technology Manufacturing Engineering Technology is a 4-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) pathway that engages students in open-ended problem Grade 10 solving where they learn and apply the engineering design process, use Advanced Design Applications industry-standard technology and software, and apply math, science and Grade 11 engineering standards to hands-on projects. Processes of Design & Engineering III Students participate in many open competitions aligned with the Grade 12 Physical Technology Research/ curriculum, the largest of which is sponsored by the Technology Student Development Association (TSA). Since 2014, TMHS students have taken top honors in Co2 Dragster, Essays on Technology, Flight, Rocketry and Structural Engineering. Seniors approved for Co-Op may apply for an internship offered by PEPCO focusing on Information Technology and Offered at TMHS Engineering.
CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 4 credits. • Students in this pathway may earn industry-recognized certifications and licenses such as NACTE, NCCER and AutoDesk Inventor.
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MARKETING BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Business Intelligence Analyst • Creative Director • Graphic Designer • Marketing Manager • Marketing Researcher • Product Planning Specialist • Public Relations Specialist • Sales Representative
REQUIREMENTS Grade 9 Business, Finance & Marketing SUMMARY Essentials I Marketing is a 3- to 4-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) pathway in Grade 10 which students focus on marketing communications or marketing management. Marketing Communications II (TMHS) Marketing Management II (AIHS) At TMHS, students learn the basics of marketing communications by managing Grade 11 and operating the school’s graphic design business. Students use the Adobe Marketing Communications III (TMHS) Creative Suite and concentrate on Adobe certification, social media certification Marketing Management III (AIHS) and marketing functions.
Grade 12 At AIHS, students analyze variables affecting the marketing process, as they Marketing Management IV (TMHS) explore the areas of business law, customer relations, human resources Seniors approved for Co-Op may work management and financial analysis. Students interpret statistical information in a local print publications business. in the areas of selling, pricing, promotion and production. Students also study (TMHS) pricing and management techniques for small businesses and the impact of marketing on customer and employee relations. CREDITS Offered at AIHS and TMHS • This pathway is a minimum of 3 credits (AIHS) or 4 credits (TMHS). • Students in this pathway may earn industry-recognized certifications and licenses such as Adobe Certification and Hootsuite Social Media Certification.
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NAF ACADEMY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION OF BUSINESS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
FUTURE CAREERS • General Manager • Information Systems Manager • IT Specialist • Management Analyst • Operations Manager
REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY Grade 9 Business Information Technology The NAF Academy of Business Information Management is a 3-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) pathway that introduces students to Grade 10 the skills needed to plan, organize, direct and evaluate business functions Global Business Economics essential to business operations through courses in entrepreneurship, Grade 11 global and domestic economics, information technology, customer service Entrepreneurship and ethics. Students gain critical career knowledge through a series of work-based learning activities that are conducted in school and outside the classroom. These activities may include job shadowing, mock interviews CREDITS and resume writing workshops. Completion of the program is validated with • This pathway is a minimum of NAFTrack Certification, a student certification assessment system. 3 credits. • Students in this pathway may earn Offered at AIHS industry-recognized certifications and licenses such as NAFTrack Certification.
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NAF ACADEMY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION OF FINANCE PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Accountant • Budget Analyst • Certified Public Accountant • Financial Analyst • Loan Officer • Payroll Technician • Personal Finance Advisor • Tax Preparer
SUMMARY REQUIREMENTS Grade 9 The NAF Academy of Finance is a 3-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) Fundamentals of Finance pathway that engages students with the world of financial services by focusing Grade 10 on banking and credit, financial planning, accounting and insurance. Students Principles of Accounting gain career knowledge through a series of work-based learning activities that are conducted in school and outside of the classroom, and a summer internship. Grade 11 Financial Services Completion of the program is validated with NAFTrack Certification, a student certification assessment system.
CREDITS Offered at AIHS • This pathway is a minimum of 3 credits. • Students in this pathway may earn industry-recognized certifications and licenses such as NAFTrack Certification.
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NURSING HEALTH SCIENCES PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Dental Hygienist • Diagnostic Medical Sonographer • Nurse Assistant • Radiologic Technologist • Respiratory Therapist • Registered Nurse • Surgical Technologist
REQUIREMENTS Grade 10 Nursing Technology Level I: Fundamentals of Health Sciences (FHS) SUMMARY Grade 11 Nursing is a 3-course Career & Technical Education (CTE) pathway that engages Nursing Technology Level II: Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology students in open-ended problem solving where they study topics such as (EAP) medical terminology and human anatomy and physiology. Through exploration of the National Health Science Standards, students will acquire important Grade 12 Nursing Technology Level III: skills necessary for healthcare professionals such as medical mathematics, Certified Nurse Assisting (CNA) communication, safety practices, legal responsibilities and teamwork. In (2 credits) addition, students will develop technical skills such as providing personal care of the resident while taking care of their environmental and psychosocial needs.
CREDITS Offered at CSS • This pathway is a minimum of 4 credits. • Students in this pathway may earn industry-recognized certifications and licenses such as CNA Certification.
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PHYSICAL HEALTH SCIENCES THERAPY & SPORTS MEDICINE PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Athletic Trainer • Exercise Physiologist • Fitness Instructor • Occupational Therapist • Personal Trainer • Physical Therapist • Physical Therapy Assistant SUMMARY
Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine is a 3-course Career & Technical Education REQUIREMENTS (CTE) pathway designed to build a basic foundation for the physical therapy Grade 10 and athletic healthcare fields. Topics include medical terminology, human body Physical Therapy & Athletic Healthcare I systems and disease, and infection control. This pathway provides an overview (2 credits) of the field of sports medicine and the sports medicine team, with a look at the Grade 11 mechanism of injuries; assessment/evaluation, prevention and rehabilitation; Physical Therapy & Athletic Healthcare II protective taping, bracing, and wrapping; concussion identification and (2 credits) management, organization and administration of an athletic training facility. Grade 12 Students will participate in observations at an inpatient or outpatient physical Physical Therapy & Athletic Healthcare III therapy clinic as they interact with physical therapists, patients and other (2 credits) professional staff.
Offered at CSS CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 6 credits. • Students in this pathway may earn industry-recognized certifications and licenses such as First Aid Certification and CPR/AED Certification.
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PIANO PERFORMING & DESIGN ARTS PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Band Director • Collaborative Pianist • Composer • Conductor • Music Teacher • Operatic Accompanist • Professional Chamber Musician • Solo Pianist • University Professor
REQUIREMENTS Grade 9 SUMMARY Piano I Piano is a 4-course pathway that prepares students to become professional Fundamentals of Music Theory / pianists. With an introduction to the fundamentals of music through piano, Sight-Singing & Ear Training students learn repertoire, scales, chords, sight-reading, harmonization, Grade 10 transposition and basic theory while developing the technique and knowledge Piano II needed to play in the major and minor keys. Students also learn accompaniment Grade 11 techniques, sight-reading skills and classical repertoire, with an emphasis on Piano III scales and arpeggios in two octaves. Students have opportunities to perform both as soloists and accompanists. Grade 12 Piano IV Offered at CCSA
CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 4 credits.
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PLANT & AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES HORTICULTURAL SCIENCES PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Botanical Garden Curator • Floral Sales Manager • Floral Shop Buyer • Food Crops Field Technician • Landscape Architect • Nursery Worker • Researcher
REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY
Grade 9 Plant & Horticultural Sciences is a 3-course Career & Technical Education Plant/Horticultural Science I (CTE) pathway that provides students with the opportunity to prepare for a Grade 10 career or postsecondary education in the plant and horticultural sciences Greenhouse/Horticultural Science II industry. Areas of study include plant anatomy and physiology, taxonomy Grade 11 and hydroponics. Students have the unique opportunity to work in the Greenhouse/Horticultural Science III school greenhouse to learn the various aspects of horticulture, greenhouse Grade 12 maintenance and greenhouse management. Students are completely Seniors approved for Co-Op may work responsible for the entire process of plant management culminating in the in a local floral shop, landscaping annual plant sale every spring. business, or nursery. As students’ progress through this pathway, they are given more responsibilities in running the greenhouse and plant sales. Upon graduation, CREDITS students have the skills to obtain an entry-level job in areas such as • This pathway is a minimum of landscaping, floral shops, plant nurseries, botanical gardens and crop 3 credits. research facilities. • Students in this pathway may earn industry-recognized certifications Offered at TMHS and licenses such as Nutrient Management Certification, American Society for Horticulture Science, and Pesticide Management Certification.
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PROCESSES ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION & MANUFACTURING OF DESIGN & ENGINEERING PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Civil Engineer • Manufacturing Engineer • Mechanical Engineer • Process Engineer Assistant • Quality Control Technician
REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY Grade 9 Processes of Design & Engineering I Processes of Design & Engineering is a 3-course Career & Technical Education Grade 10 (CTE) pathway that teaches students to apply science, technology, engineering Processes of Design & Engineering II and mathematics to solve complex, open-ended problems in a real-world context. Students focus on the process of defining and solving a problem, not on Grade 11 Processes of Design & Engineering III getting the “right” answer. They learn how to apply STEM knowledge, skills and habits of mind to make the world a better place through innovation.
CREDITS Offered at JDHS • This pathway is a minimum of 3 credits.
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STRINGS PERFORMING & DESIGN ARTS PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Clinician • Composer • Music Director • Music Teacher • Orchestra Leader • Orchestra Musician • Professional Musician • Session Player • Studio Owner • Touring Musician
REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY Grade 9 Strings I Strings is a 4-course pathway that introduces students to musicianship, music Fundamentals of Music Theory / theory, composition, improvisation, music history, ear training and technique Sight-Singing & Ear Training on strings instruments. Throughout the course of this pathway, students refine Grade 10 their strings technique with a repertoire that features orchestra music, chamber Strings II music and individual solos, with performances in large and small groups with a conductor and by themselves. Grade 11 Strings III Offered at CCSA Grade 12 Strings IV
CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 4 credits.
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TECHNICAL PERFORMING & DESIGN ARTS THEATER PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Costume Designer • Lighting Designer • Production Manager • Rigger • Scenic Artist • Set Designer • Sound Engineer • Stage Manager • Stage Technician • Technical Director SUMMARY • Theater Consultant Technical Theater is a 4-course pathway that takes students inside the world of theater production. This pathway builds design, fabrication and facilitation skills REQUIREMENTS and offers students a chance to apply them by supporting other performing arts Grade 9 programs in the school. Students practice active problem-solving, managing Introduction to Technical Theater different personality types and developing an extensive skill set in technical Grade 10 theater. Technical Theater II Offered at CCSA Grade 11 Technical Theater III Grade 12 Technical Theater IV
CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 4 credits.
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THEATER PERFORMING & DESIGN ARTS ARTS PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Actor • Community Arts Worker • Dancer • Drama Therapist • Music Therapist • Playwright • Stage Manager • Theater Director
REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY Grade 9 Introduction to Acting Theater Arts is a 4-course pathway that develops students into artists who are Grade 10 prepared to produce original work. This pathway explores acting, directing and Theater Elective playwriting while guiding students to develop and lead their own productions Grade 11 beyond the classroom. Students explore in-depth scene and character analysis Theater Elective while learning to connect to a character’s circumstances. Students will also connect to their physical instrument, freeing themselves of body tensions and Grade 12 discovering their natural speaking voice. Further, this pathway examines theater Arts Elective history, philosophy and theory by diving into theatrical texts ranging from classical to contemporary. CREDITS Offered at CCSA • This pathway is a minimum of 4 credits.
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THEATER PERFORMING & DESIGN ARTS PROGRAM OF STUDY
FUTURE CAREERS • Actor • Community Arts Worker • Dancer • Drama Therapist • Music Therapist • Playwright • Stage Manager • Theater Director
SUMMARY REQUIREMENTS Grade 9 Theater is a 3- to 4-course program of study that provides the opportunity Introduction to Drama (AIHS) for students to grow from an understanding of theatrical performance and Drama I (JDHS) production to the creation of theatrical works through analysis, synthesis and Grade 10 observation. Students participate in enriching acting exercises to learn how Drama II to use their body and voice to convey the playwright’s intent, and study and Grade 11 perform scenes and monologues from classic and contemporary plays. Drama III Offered at AIHS and JDHS Grade 12 Advanced Acting (AIHS)
CREDITS • This program is a minimum of 3 credits.
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VISUAL PERFORMING & DESIGN ARTS ARTS PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Art Historian • Art Teacher • Exhibition Designer • Fine Artist • Illustrator • Lecturer • Museum/Gallery Curator • Printmaker SUMMARY
REQUIREMENTS Visual Arts at Cab Calloway School of the Arts is a 5-course pathway for Grade 9 students who are interested in pursuing the visual arts at the college or Visual Arts Foundation I professional level. Students will learn techniques, skills and mediums with real- Art History world applications. Along with studying fine arts, students examine the design, Grade 10 cultural and historical aspects of creating art. Visual Arts Foundation II Offered at CCSA Grade 11 Visual Arts Elective Grade 12 AP Studio Art
CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 5 credits.
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VISUAL PERFORMING & DESIGN ARTS ARTS PROGRAM OF STUDY
FUTURE CAREERS • Art Historian • Art Teacher • Exhibition Designer • Fine Artist • Illustrator • Lecturer • Museum/Gallery Curator • Printmaker SUMMARY
REQUIREMENTS Visual Arts is a 3-course program of study that builds the skills needed to create Grade 9 art for aesthetic and commercial purposes. This program not only exposes Visual Arts Foundation I students to the development of beautiful artwork, but also fosters a lifelong Grade 10 appreciation for visual artistry. Visual Arts Foundation II Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS Grade 11 or 12 Visual Arts Elective
CREDITS • This program is a minimum of 3 credits.
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VOCAL PERFORMING & DESIGN ARTS ARTS PROGRAM OF STUDY
FUTURE CAREERS • Choral Director • Music Teacher • Music Therapist • Performer • Recording Artist • Singer-Songwriter • Vocal Coach • Vocalist SUMMARY • Voiceover Artist The Vocal Arts program of study is a 3-course program for students who are interested in pursuing vocal arts at the college or professional level. Throughout REQUIREMENTS their course of study, students will learn advanced vocal skills by participating Grade 9 in award-winning performance ensembles such as Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, Vocal Elective Mixed Chorus, Advanced Ensemble and Women’s Ensemble. Alongside their Grade 10 ensemble classes, students will be exposed to other music courses which will Vocal Elective enhance their level of musicianship. Students will also have opportunities to Grade 11 apply the skills they have learned by participating in festivals, competitions, and Vocal Elective by working with clinicians, professors and professionals in the field of music. Grade 12 Recommended: Vocal Elective Offered at AIHS, CSS, JDHS and TMHS
CREDITS • This program is a minimum of 3 credits.
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VOCAL PERFORMING & DESIGN ARTS MUSIC PATHWAY
FUTURE CAREERS • Choral Director • Music Teacher • Music Therapist • Performer • Recording Artist • Singer-Songwriter • Vocal Coach • Vocalist • Voiceover Artist SUMMARY
The Vocal Music pathway is a 5-course pathway for students who are interested REQUIREMENTS in pursuing vocal music at the college or professional level. Students not only Grade 9 Vocal Music I sing in a choral setting, but perform solos throughout their years of study. With Fundamentals of Music Theory / a broad repertoire covering everything from Broadway to French, German and Sight-Singing & Ear Training Italian Classical music, this pathway focuses on musical terms, ear-training and Grade 10 sight-singing exercises, and the International Phonetic Alphabet. Vocal Music II Offered at CCSA Grade 11 Vocal Music III Grade 12 Vocal Music IV
CREDITS • This pathway is a minimum of 4 credits.
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WORLD LANGUAGE ADDITIONAL PATHWAYS & PROGRAMS OF STUDY & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM OF STUDY
FUTURE CAREERS • Customs Compliance Specialist • English as a Foreign Language Instructor • Foreign News Correspondent • Foreign Service • International Economist • International Marketing Manager • Interpreter/Translator • Management Analyst SUMMARY
REQUIREMENTS World Language & International Studies is a 3-course program of Grade 9 or 10 study that develops cultural competence and proficiency in one of World Language III four languages. Students will gain greater appreciation of their first language through the study of linguistics. Students will learn to apply Grade 10 or 11 World Language IV, Pre-AP or IB the target language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking through coursework and experiences. Grade 12
World Language AP or IB Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS
CREDITS • This program is a minimum of 3 credits. • Students in this program may be eligible to apply for a Certificate of Mutiliteracy.
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AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES
This section includes courses in the ANIMAL SCIENCE I ANIMAL SCIENCE III / Animal Science Pathway, Biotechnology 0938 / CIP: 01.03301011 Pathway, Natural Resources & VET SCIENCE II FULL YEAR 0939 / CIP: 01.03301033 Environmental Sciences Pathway and 1 CREDIT Plant & Horticultural Sciences Pathway. FULL YEAR GRADES 9–12 1 CREDIT This course introduces students to GRADES 11—12 ANIMAL SCIENCE the care of animals, with a focus This course explores the study of pre- on building the entry-level skills veterinary medicine, with an emphasis FOUNDATIONS OF ANIMAL and knowledge needed to work in on veterinary technician skills. SCIENCE the animal industry. Topics include Students refine their resumes, develop 0938 / CIP: 1.03602011 FULL YEAR humane education, anatomy and a portfolio and learn the art of job 1 CREDIT physiology, animal nutrition, the cost interviewing. PREREQUISITE: Animal GRADES 9–12 of animal care, resume writing and Science II / Vet Science I. This course introduces students to job interviewing. Students work with Offered at CSS and TMHS the care of animals, with a focus animals inside and outside of the on building the entry-level skills classroom. ANIMAL SCIENCE IV / and knowledge needed to work in Offered at CSS VET SCIENCE III 0949 / CIP: 01.03301043 the animal care and production FULL YEAR industry. Topics include animal origin, ANIMAL SCIENCE II / 1 CREDIT domestication and uses, careers, VET SCIENCE I GRADE 12 animal safety and sanitation, ways 0948 / CIP: 01.03301022 FULL YEAR In this course students work with animals help humans, livestock 1 CREDIT animals at Thomas McKean High animal production, basic nutrition GRADES 10—12 School and create a yearlong research and health, biosecurity principles and This course covers animal health project focused on animal science environmental conditions on animals and disease in animals, with a focus or veterinary medicine. Students and animal rights vs. welfare and the on preparing students for assistant explore careers in the animal industry National FFA Organization. Students manager positions in the animal and are be expected to compete in a work hands on with animals in the industry. Students have the opportunity Career Development Event through the classroom and barn facility. to gain hands-on experience in the field National FFA Organization at the state Offered at TMHS of animal care. PREREQUISITE: Animal level, in a subject related to animal Science I. science. PREREQUISITE: Animal Offered at CSS and TMHS Science III / Vet Science II. Offered at CSS and TMHS
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AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES
BIOTECHNOLOGY BIOTECHNOLOGY NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES FUNDAMENTALS OF DESIGN III 1230 / CIP: 01.02305033 BIOTECHNOLOGY I FULL YEAR AP ENVIRONMENTAL 1228 / CIP: 01.02305011 1 CREDIT SCIENCE FULL YEAR GRADES 11–12 0441 / 0454 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR GRADES 9–12 This course offers students the 1 CREDIT This course introduces students to opportunity to practice and learn GRADES 11–12 the field of biotechnology and related about common authentic applications This course is designed to prepare laboratory techniques. With topics in biotechnology. Through discussions students for the AP Environmental including basic heredity, genetics, DNA, and debates, students practice Science Exam. Students engage with human genome and plant genome, effective decision making in research the scientific principles, concepts and students explore the ethical, economic, ethics. Students also create their own methodologies required to understand environmental, political and historical research project, taking complete the interrelationships of the natural impact of biotechnology on our society. ownership of the research process world. Embracing topics from geology, from design, set-up, data collection and Offered at CSS biology, environmental studies, analysis, to presentation in a formal lab environmental science, chemistry BIOTECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS report. PREREQUISITE: Biotechnology and geography, this interdisciplinary DESIGN & PROTOTYPING II Systems Design & Prototyping II. course challenges students to identify 1229 / CIP: 01.02305022 Offered at CSS and analyze natural and human-made FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT environmental problems, evaluate the GRADES 10–12 BIOTECHNOLOGY IV relative risks associated with these 1231 This course explores principles FULL YEAR problems and examine alternative of heredity and variation in living 1 CREDIT solutions for resolving or preventing GRADE 12 organisms, with a look at the them. PREREQUISITE: Biology. nature of the genetic material and In this course students continue Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS and TMHS its transmission, the influence of research and study in the ever- heredity and environment on the changing field of biotechnology, development of individual characters, with opportunities to conduct and molecular methods of analysis. independent research. PREREQUISITE: Topics include evolution of organisms Biotechnology Environmental Systems and artificial selection of plant and Design III. animal varieties, DNA tools for genetic Offered at CSS analysis, cytogenetics, gene mapping, the molecular basis of genetic diseases, animal models, genetics of development and cancer, and treatment of genetic diseases. PREREQUISITE: Fundamentals of Biotechnology I. Offered at CSS 75 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES
PLANT & HORTICULTURAL GREENHOUSE / GREENHOUSE / SCIENCES HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE II HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE III 0952 / CIP: 01.02307022 0953 / CIP: 01.02307033 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FUNDAMENTALS OF PLANT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT SCIENCE GRADES 10–12 GRADES 11–12 0951 / CIP: 0 1.02607011 FULL YEAR This course examines the fundamentals In this course students apply principles 1 CREDIT of plant science, soil science, water of horticulture production and facility GRADES 9–12 management, pest management maintenance and design. Topics include This course explores the plant and crop production characteristics, soil conservation, land management industries and food system of the with hands-on laboratory and practices, integrated pest management United States in order to foster an experiential learning through land the use and application of pesticides, understanding of the steps involved labs, greenhouses, landscape beds, global economic systems, sustainability in growing crops for food and growing floral production and hydroponics. of plant life, and the multifaceted plants for ornamental and aesthetic PREREQUISITE: Fundamentals of Plant role plants play in sustaining and purposes. Students examine the major Science. improving the quality of life. This characteristics of plant life, plant Offered at TMHS course also covers principles of structures and functions, nutrient business management (through the needs of plants, fundamentals of annual Thomas McKean High School soil science, water management, FFA plant sale) and record keeping. cultural practices, pest management, PREREQUISITE: Greenhouse / and explore career options in the Horticultural Science II. horticulture industry through Offered at TMHS classroom and laboratory instruction. Students are introduced to the National GREENHOUSE / FFA Organization. HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE IV 0954 / CIP: 01.102301043 Offered at TMHS FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 In this course students pursue an independent research project while assuming a leadership role in managing the annual Thomas McKean High School FFA plant sale and running the school’s greenhouse. PREREQUISITE: Greenhouse / Horticultural Science III. Offered at TMHS
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AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES
PLANT SCIENCE AGRISCIENCE CO-OP 0498 0960 / [PENDING CIP NUMBER] 1 SEMESTER FULL YEAR 0.5 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADES 10–12 GRADE 12 This course is designed to give students This course builds upon the format and skills in the areas of structure of focus of pathways in the Agriculture & plants, growth processes, propagation, Natural Resources cluster. Students are physiology, reproduction, soil, pests, expected to obtain paid employment nursery management, landscaping, and in an agriscience field, with direction plant identification. The students in the from their pathway teacher. Students class will operate and run the school must provide their own transportation. greenhouse incorporating all of their Students are scheduled either for a projects from the year. morning or afternoon session, either A Offered at CSS or B day, or both. PREREQUISITE: 3 years of a pathway in the Agriculture & Natural Resources cluster. Offered at TMHS
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AP CAPSTONE
AP Capstone™ is an innovative diploma AP SEMINAR AP RESEARCH program from the College Board that 0128 0710 equips students with the independent FULL YEAR FULL YEAR research, collaborative teamwork, and communication skills that are 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT increasingly valued by colleges. AP GRADE 10 GRADES 11–12 Capstone is built on the foundation of two AP courses — AP Seminar and This course is the first of two courses This course is the second of two AP Research — and is designed to in the AP Capstone program. In this courses in the AP Capstone program. complement and enhance the in-depth, discipline-specific study experienced in foundational course, students engage In this course students further their other AP courses. Students who earn in cross-curricular conversations that skills acquired in the AP Seminar scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research and on four additional AP explore the complexities of academic course by understanding research Exams of their choosing will receive the and real-world topics and issues by methodology; employing ethical AP Capstone Diploma. Students who analyzing divergent perspectives. Using research practices; and accessing, earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research but not on four an inquiry framework, students practice analyzing and synthesizing information additional AP Exams will receive the AP reading and analyzing articles, research as they address a research question. Seminar and Research Certificate. AP Seminar may also be taken as a stand- studies and foundational literary and Students explore their skill development, alone option. philosophical texts; listening to and document their processes and curate viewing speeches, broadcasts and the artifacts of the development of personal accounts; and experiencing their scholarly work in a portfolio. This artistic works and performances. course culminates in an academic paper Students learn to synthesize of 4,000–5,000 words (accompanied by information from multiple sources, a performance or exhibition of product develop their own perspectives in where applicable) and a presentation research-based written essays, and with an oral defense. PREREQUISITE: design and deliver oral and visual AP Seminar. presentations, both individually and as Offered at CCSA and CSS part of a team. Ultimately, the course aims to equip students with the power AP WORKSHOP to analyze and evaluate information 1218 FULL YEAR with accuracy and precision in order to 0.5 CREDIT craft and communicate evidence-based GRADES 11–12 arguments. PREREQUISITE: English 9. In this course students develop and Note: This course replaces English 10 apply strong study habits, reading Honors. comprehension strategies and other Offered at CCSA and CSS practical skills that will help them succeed in advanced coursework in high school and college. AP Workshop does not count as one of the four additional AP courses for the AP Capstone Diploma. CO-REQUISITE: Enrollment in at least one AP or dual enrollment course. Offered at CCSA and CSS 78 RED CLAY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT
ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION & MANUFACTURING
This section includes courses in FOUNDATIONS OF ARCHITECTURAL: CAD II the Drafting & Design Pathway, 1108 / CIP: 02.01305022 Manufacturing Engineering ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY FULL YEAR Technology Pathway and Processes of 1 CREDIT Design & Engineering Pathway. 1107 / CIP: 02.01605011 GRADES 10–11 FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT In this course students explore careers GRADES 9–10 DRAFTING & DESIGN in architecture, landscape architecture, This course introduces the fundamental civil engineering, mechanical DRAFTING & DESIGN: CAD I skills needed for careers in design, engineering and construction 1107 / CIP: 02.01302011 architecture, construction management management. Working in a design FULL YEAR and engineering. Students practice 1 CREDIT studio, students learn advanced GRADES 9–10 manual and computer-aided drafting, manual drafting practices, Autodesk basic model building, and engineering- computer-aided drawing applications This course introduces the fundamental related problem-solving, with an and architectural model building, with skills needed for careers in design, emphasis on accuracy and precision. participation in drafting and design architecture, construction management Measuring, basic operations with competitions. PREREQUISITE: and engineering. Students practice decimals and fractions, and geometric Drafting & Design: CAD I. manual and computer-aided drafting, principles are also covered in this basic model building, and engineering- Offered at AIHS and JDHS course. Students participate in the related problem-solving, with an Technology Student Association. ARCHITECTURAL: CAD III emphasis on accuracy and precision. Offered at AIHS 1109 / CIP: 02.01305033 Measuring, basic operations with FULL YEAR decimals and fractions, and geometric 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 principles are also covered in this course. Students participate in the In this course students examine Technology Student Association. broader architecture and civil Offered at JDHS engineering problems while refining their drafting and model building skills. Students learn to take ownership of their design solutions, collaborate with classmates and participate in regional design competitions. PREREQUISITE: Architectural: CAD II. Offered at AIHS and JDHS
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ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION & MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DESIGN DESIGN & PROCESS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 1050 / CIP: 13.02603033 ENGINEERING CO-OP FULL YEAR 0950 / [PENDING CIP NUMBER] 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR FOUNDATIONS OF GRADES 11–12 1 CREDIT TECHNOLOGY This course prepares students to GRADE 12 1048 / CIP: 13.02603011 FULL YEAR transform concepts into products with This course builds upon the format 1 CREDIT fully developed engineering design and focus of the Engineering and GRADES 9–10 documentation that meets consumer Technology Pathways. Students are This course prepares students to requirements. Students practice the expected to obtain paid employment innovate, improvise and invent engineering design process by creating, in the Construction Trades, Design solutions to engineering problems. synthesizing, iterating and presenting Engineering or Technology fields, With a look at how ideas, knowledge solutions. PREREQUISITE: with direction from their pathway and skills produce technological Advanced Design Applications. teacher. Students must provide their innovations, students develop a Offered at TMHS own transportation. PREREQUISITE: foundation in engineering design Engineering Design and learn to use documentation as a PHYSICAL TECHNOLOGY Offered at TMHS formal process to transform ideas into RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 0920 / CIP: 15.01301043 products or systems. FULL YEAR Offered at TMHS 1 CREDIT GRADE 12 ADVANCED DESIGN In this advanced design studio course, APPLICATIONS students gain a broader exposure to 1049 / CIP: 13.02603022 FULL YEAR problem-solving applications while 1 CREDIT refining their science, technology and GRADES 10–12 math skills. Students are expected to This course prepares students to apply be highly motivated with the ability to advanced applications in design with work independently on assignments a focus on systems thinking and the that can span from 4 to 6 weeks. impact of technological developments. Teacher interaction is more indirect Students also examine the use of with emphasis instead placed on the industry-leading technologies in the student’s unique design solutions creation of models, mock-ups and and collaboration with classmates. prototypes to create engineered Students are expected to take a direct solutions. PREREQUISITE: leadership role and participate in all Foundations of Technology. TSA-sponsored events. Offered at TMHS Offered at TMHS
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ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION & MANUFACTURING
PROCESSES OF DESIGN & PROCESSES OF ENGINEERING DESIGN & ENGINEERING III 0913 / CIP: 15.01301033 FULL YEAR PROCESSES OF 1 CREDIT DESIGN & ENGINEERING I GRADES 11–12 0911 / CIP: 15.01301011 FULL YEAR This course challenges students 1 CREDIT to analyze and solve dilemmas GRADES 9–10 in mechanical, civil and systems This course explores processes engineering. Topics include the of design and engineering, and study of simple mechanisms and concepts of mechanics. Students machines, advanced structural focus on problem solving skills, design, transportation systems and team building, and learning effective aeronautics. Students also explore the communication within their group. history of technology and engineering, Classroom activities are supplemented particularly as it relates to society. by design and construction projects Students are expected to participate in the school community. Students in open design competitions and have the opportunity to participate Technology Student Association events. in Technology Student Association PREREQUISITE: Processes of Design & competitions. Engineering II. Offered at JDHS Offered at JDHS
PROCESSES OF DESIGN & ENGINEERING II 0912 / CIP: 15.01301022 FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT GRADES 10–12 This course focuses on civil engineering and resultant construction systems. Topics include historical foundations, scale modeling and prototyping, building prints, and electrical theory and its application. Students have the opportunity to participate in Technology Student Association events. PREREQUISITE: Processes of Design & Engineering I. Offered at JDHS
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AVID
AVID GRADE 9 AVID GRADE 11 0199 1091 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADE 9 GRADE 11 This course introduces students to the In this course students refine their AVID college readiness system, a set of writing, inquiry, collaboration, and strategies to build the learning, study reading skills, while also examining the and academic behavioral skills that college entrance essay and admission are essential for success in rigorous requirements for four-year universities. coursework such as honors and AP Students have an opportunity to build courses. leadership experience by designing Offered at JDHS and TMHS and completing service projects in this course. AVID GRADE 10 Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS 1090 FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT AVID GRADE 12 GRADE 10 1092 FULL YEAR This course helps students to build a 1 CREDIT foundation for success in high school GRADE 12 AP courses and college coursework. This course takes students inside With a focus on developing skills in the college application and financial writing, inquiry, collaboration, and aid processes and continues to build reading across the content areas, leadership skills through service students also explore college and projects. career research. Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION
This section includes courses in the ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES III MARKETING Administrative Services Pathway, 0608 / CIP: 04.05301033 Marketing Pathway, NAF Academy FULL YEAR OR 1 SEMESTER of Business Information Management 1 CREDIT MARKETING Pathway and NAF Academy of Finance GRADES 10–12 Pathway. COMMUNICATIONS II 0653 / CIP: 14.04301022 This course explores the integration FULL YEAR BUSINESS, FINANCE & of various software applications to 1 CREDIT MARKETING ESSENTIALS solve business problems. Topics include GRADES 10–12 0610 / CIP: 06.00300011 FULL YEAR financial functions, amortization In this course students facilitate 1 CREDIT schedules, data tables, Excel templates business operations and examine the GRADES 9–10 and presentation software for role of marketing in a free enterprise In this course students begin to explore communications. Participation in economy. With training on graphic careers in marketing and the basics Business Professionals of America and design fundamentals and the Adobe of modern job interviewing, resume community service is encouraged. Creative Suite, this course teaches the writing and portfolio development. PREREQUISITE: Administrative nine marketing functions of selling, Topics include business law, Services II. distribution, financing, marketing communications, customer relations, Offered at AIHS and information management, economics, financial analysis, human pricing, product and service planning, resource management, and operations. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES promotion, purchasing and risk IV: BUSINESS, FINANCE & Offered at AIHS and TMHS management. Students develop a MARKETING IV (CAPSTONE) comprehensive marketing plan; create 0609 / CIP: 04.05301043 FULL YEAR new products for graphic design ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 1 CREDIT business; and participate in DECA, an GRADES 11–12 entrepreneurship and marketing club. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES II In this course students learn how PREREQUISITE: Business, Finance & 0607 / CIP: 04.05301022 Marketing Essentials. FULL YEAR to create and run privately-owned 1 CREDIT businesses and franchises by Offered at TMHS GRADES 9–12 facilitating operations through In this course students learn tricks and information management, strategic tips for using Microsoft Office in the communications, data processing workplace. PREREQUISITE: Business, and project tracking. Topics include Finance & Marketing Essentials. accounting, finance, marketing, Offered at AIHS business technology, decision- making, insuring a business, social responsibility and business ethics. PREREQUISITE: Administrative Services III.
Offered at AIHS
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION
MARKETING BUSINESS & MARKETING MARKETING MANAGEMENT III COMMUNICATIONS III CO-OP 0693 / CIP: 52.140113 0654 / CIP: 14.04301033 0695 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 GRADES 11–12 GRADE 12 In this course students apply marketing In this course students apply marketing In this course students obtain paid concepts, functions, theories and and communications principles employment in the business field under computerized tools to analyze the by managing their own publishing the teacher’s direction. Students must ways in which economic, consumer company. Students also refine their provide their own transportation for and environmental variables affect marketing plans, hone their graphic this course. PREREQUISITE: Marketing the marketing process. With topics design skills, explore careers in Communications IV. including selling, pricing, promotion marketing and communications, Offered at TMHS and product, students learn to interpret and participate in DECA, an statistical information, make sound entrepreneurship and marketing MARKETING MANAGEMENT II business decisions, apply critical club. PREREQUISITE: Marketing 0692 / CIP: 52.140112 thinking techniques and analyze FULL YEAR Communications II. 1 CREDIT outcomes. Students also explore Offered at TMHS GRADES 9–12 pricing and management techniques In this course students learn for small businesses, and marketing’s MARKETING basic marketing concepts and impact on customer and employee COMMUNICATIONS IV how to apply them through both relations. PREREQUISITE: Marketing 0656 / CIP: 14.04301033 Management II. FULL YEAR computer simulations and real-world 1 CREDIT opportunities such as marketing and Offered at AIHS GRADES 11–12 designing products for the school store. MARKETING MANAGEMENT IV This course helps students to build PREREQUISITE: Business, Finance & 0694 / CIP: 52.140114 the knowledge and decision-making Marketing Essentials. FULL YEAR skills needed to start a small business Offered at AIHS 1 CREDIT and make it grow. Students study the GRADES 11–12 business arena, examine their role In this course students gain real-world as consumers and develop their own experience by running the school store. business plan. Students participate Duties include setting store hours, in DECA, an entrepreneurship and negotiating contracts with vendors, marketing club. PREREQUISITE: interviewing employees and managing Marketing Communications III. cash flow. Students participate in DECA, Offered at TMHS an entrepreneurship and marketing club. PREREQUISITE: Marketing Management III. Offered at AIHS
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION
NAF ACADEMY OF BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT [PENDING COURSE NUMBER] / 1074 / CIP: 06.2601022 CIP: 4.0260233 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT BUSINESS INFORMATION 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 GRADE 11 TECHNOLOGY This course teaches the process of [PENDING COURSE NUMBER] / This course provides students with an CIP: 4.0260211 accounting and its role in facilitating FULL YEAR introduction to the concept of service decision making by providing data to 1 CREDIT as a critical component of business and internal and external stakeholders. GRADE 9 an understanding of the critical role Students learn to use accounting This course provides students with a played by entrepreneurs in the national technology for internal decision solid understanding of the role that and global economy. PREREQUISITE: making, planning and control. ethics holds across professions and an Global Business Economics. PREREQUISITE: Fundamentals of overview of information technology (IT) Offered at AIHS Finance. today. Students consider contemporary Offered at AIHS IT issues such as security and privacy, NAF ACADEMY OF FINANCE the effects of IT on society and the FINANCIAL SERVICES individual and technological inequality. [PENDING COURSE CODE] FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCE CIP: 06.2601033 Offered at AIHS 1073 / CIP: 06.2601011 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT GLOBAL BUSINESS 1 CREDIT GRADE 12 GRADES 10–12 ECONOMICS This course explores the history of [PENDING COURSE NUMBER] / CIP: 4.0260222 This course examines the function of money and banking in the United FULL YEAR finance in society, the role of finance in States. Students learn to research 1 CREDIT organizations, and technology’s impact and discriminate between investment GRADE 10 on the financial services industry. options through an in-depth study This course provides students with an PREREQUISITE: Business, Finance & of the financial services industry. introduction to the key concepts of Marketing Essentials. Students also examine the insurance economics as it pertains to business Offered at AIHS industry and the critical role of and an understanding of how and insurance in the financial services why businesses choose to expand sector. PREREQUISITE: Principles of their operations into other countries. Accounting. PREREQUISITE: Business Information Offered at AIHS Technology. Offered at AIHS
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COMMUNICATION & MEDIA
This section includes courses in the AUDIO, RADIO & VIDEO EARLY CAREER EXPERIENCE: Audio, Radio & Video Engineering Pathway, Communication Technology ENGINEERING & DESIGN III A/V TECHNOLOGY & FILM Pathway, Digital Communication Arts 0883 / CIP: 03.01302033 0950 / [PENDING CIP NUMBER] Pathway, Journalism Pathway, along FULL YEAR FULL YEAR with other communication and media 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT courses. GRADES 11–12 GRADE 12 In this course students to apply skills in In this course students obtain AUDIO, RADIO & VIDEO audio and video production and radio employment in the fields of audio and ENGINEERING and television broadcasting. Students video technology and film. Students produce short films, the Highlander must provide their own transportation. Morning Show and a live radio PREREQUISITE: AUDIO, RADIO & VIDEO Audio, Radio & Video ENGINEERING & DESIGN I broadcast. PREREQUISITE: Audio, Engineering & Design III. 0881 / CIP: 03.01302011 Radio & Video Engineering & Design II. Offered at TMHS FULL YEAR Offered at TMHS 1 CREDIT GRADES 9–12 COMMUNICATION In this course students explore the TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH & history of broadcasting, photography, DESIGN IV video, storytelling, linear and nonlinear 0899 (AIHS) / 0998 (TMHS) / CIP: 03.01302043 editing, advertising, radio production FULL YEAR and audio recording. 1 CREDIT Offered at TMHS GRADES 11–12 (AIHS) GRADE 12 (TMHS) AUDIO, RADIO & VIDEO This course builds a deeper ENGINEERING & DESIGN II understanding of communication 0882 / CIP: 03.01302022 technology through independent FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT learning, a series of marking period GRADES 10–12 projects and an end-of-year portfolio. This course teaches advanced skills in PREREQUISITE: Drafting & Design: audio and video production, lighting CAD III (AIHS) or Audio, Radio & Video for video broadcasting, news and Engineering & Design III (TMHS). journalism production, and radio Offered at AIHS and TMHS broadcasting. With topics including radio programming and television news, students have an opportunity to create content for the school’s EDGE radio station and the Highlander Morning Show. PREREQUISITE: Audio, Radio & Video Engineering & Design I. Offered at TMHS
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COMMUNICATION & MEDIA
COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION DIGITAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY III ARTS 0898 / CIP: 11.03301033 FULL YEAR FOUNDATIONS OF DIGITAL FOUNDATIONS OF DIGITAL 1 CREDIT DESIGN GRADES 11—12 DESIGN 0896 / CIP: 3.03604011 0896 / CIP: 3.03604011 In this course students receive FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT advanced instruction on the Adobe GRADES 9–12 GRADES 9–12 Creative Suite and participate in This course introduces students to the This course introduces students to the community outreach and national foundational principles, techniques, foundational principles, techniques, multimedia competitions. Students and skills of visual communications. and skills of visual communications. also create content for the Red Clay Students learn the elements and Students learn the elements and Communications Center and maintain principles of design, color theory, principles of design, color theory, the school’s digital signage and daily typography, packaging/promotional typography, packaging/promotional announcements. PREREQUISITE: design, copyright/fair use, and image design, copyright/fair use, and image Communication Technology II. manipulation techniques along with the manipulation techniques along with the Offered at AIHS communication skills required to work communication skills required to work within the media industry and client- within the media industry and client- COMMUNICATION based realm. Students begin to develop based realm. Students begin to develop TECHNOLOGY IV 0898 / CIP: 03.01302043 the capstone cumulative professional the capstone cumulative professional FULL YEAR portfolio. portfolio. 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 Offered at CCSA Offered at AIHS This course builds leadership DIGITAL MEDIA & IMAGING I COMMUNICATION experience through participation 0851 / CIP: 03.03301011 TECHNOLOGY II in student organizations and FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 0897 / CIP: 11.03301022 competitions. Students develop FULL YEAR GRADES 9–12 a portfolio and assume greater 1 CREDIT In this course students learn how to GRADES 10—12 responsibility in managing content for create digital media and images using the Red Clay Communications Center, In this course students dive deeper industry-standard tools and technology the school’s digital signage and daily into the Adobe Creative Suite, public including the Adobe Creative Suite. announcements. PREREQUISITE: speaking and the Technology Student Students explore the elements of Communication Technology III. Association. Students also have composition, principles of design and Offered at AIHS the opportunity to work with the professional ethics while developing Red Clay Communications Center. their technical skill set and artistic PREREQUISITE: Foundations of Digital ability. Design. Offered at JDHS Offered at AIHS
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COMMUNICATION & MEDIA
DIGITAL MEDIA & IMAGING II DIGITAL MEDIA & IMAGING III DIGITAL MEDIA & IMAGING IV 0852 / CIP: 03.03301022 0853 / CIP: 03.03301033 1000 / CIP: 03.01302043 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADES 10–12 GRADES 11–12 GRADE 12 This course challenges students to In this course students learn This course encourages students apply their understanding of digital advanced photography, videography, to focus on their own professional media and imaging technology in cinematography, animation and 3D interests through an independent a web-based context. Students use integration. Students practice real- study project. Students explore careers advanced tools, materials and design world problem solving by applying in digital media such as a graphic processes to produce digital media and and transferring the design process design, print design, web design, imaging for websites. PREREQUISITE: to create a more evolved image programming and visual arts teacher. Digital Media & Imaging I. that conveys a specific message. PREREQUISITE: Digital Media & Offered at CCSA and JDHS PREREQUISITE: Digital Media & Imaging III. Imaging II. Offered at CCSA Offered at CCSA and JDHS
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COMMUNICATION & MEDIA
JOURNALISM OTHER DUAL ENROLLMENT AN 201: ANIMATION I DCAD JOURNALISM I 21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGY 0788 0162 & DIGITAL MEDIA FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 0999 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR GRADES 11–12 GRADES 9–11 1 CREDIT An introduction to general This course introduces students to GRADES 10–12 animation techniques, this newspaper journalism and writing. This course explores the use of media course combines theoretical Topics include the fundamentals of tools to enhance communication, elements of film aesthetics with news; feature, editorial and sports creativity, problem solving, practical experience in animation writing; copy reading; news style; and collaboration and critical thinking. filmmaking. Students are exposed editing. Students create original stories Students learn how to write scripts, to all types of animated film using varied structures and writing create storyboards and podcasts, production through lectures, film techniques. and produce digital stories though presentations, studio work and filmmaking and other media-rich Offered at AIHS, CSS and JDHS outside assignments that utilize presentations. traditional and digital means to JOURNALISM II Offered at CSS 0163 explore creative possibilities. FULL YEAR Class projects include hand-drawn WEB DESIGN & ANIMATION 1 CREDIT animation, digital cell animation, GRADES 10–12 0609 (CSS) / 0623 (TMHS) FULL YEAR stop motion and experimental This course covers all aspects of 1 CREDIT techniques. GRADES 11–12 printed media production, including Offered at CCSA writing, editing, photography, art, This course introduces students layout, business management to Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and and advertising. PREREQUISITE: Photoshop. In InDesign, students learn Journalism I. to set up a document and work with Offered at AIHS text, frames and colors. In Illustrator, students learn to create text and gradients, compose an illustration, transform and distort objects, and work with layers. In Photoshop, students learn to work with layers, make selections, incorporate color techniques, and place type in an image. Students may also participate in DECA competitive events. Offered at CSS and TMHS (Note: This course may be taught as a distance learning course.)
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DANCE
DANCE I DANCE II DANCE III 0731 0732 0733 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADES 9–12 GRADES 10–12 GRADES 11–12 This course is intended for the This course is intended for the This course is intended for the beginning to intermediate dancer at intermediate dancer at the high school advanced dancer at the high school the high school level. In this course, level. In this course, students will study level. In this course, students will study students will study ballet and modern ballet and modern techniques to grow ballet and modern techniques to grow techniques to grow technically, technically, enhance their presentation, technically, enhance their presentation, enhance their presentation, gain gain strength, and be agile to become gain strength, and be agile to become strength, and be agile to become versatile dancers. Students will versatile dancers. Students will versatile dancers. Students will learn ballet and dance terminology, learn ballet and dance terminology, learn ballet and dance terminology, dance history, psychology of dance, dance history, psychology of dance, dance history, psychology of dance, improvisation and choreography, improvisation and choreography, improvisation and choreography, anatomy, and injury prevention to make anatomy, and injury prevention to make anatomy, and injury prevention to make them more informed of the art of dance them more informed of the art of dance them more informed of the art of dance and themselves as dancers and artists. and themselves as dancers and artists. and themselves as dancers and artists. PREREQUISITE: Dance I. PREREQUISITE: Dance II. PREREQUISITE: Dance experience. Offered at CCSA Offered at CCSA Offered at CCSA
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DANCE
DANCE COMPOSITION & HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ TECHNIQUE CHOREOGRAPHY DANCE COMPANY (LEVELS I–III) 0736 0734 0737 FULL YEAR 1 MARKING PERIOD FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 0.25 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADES 9–12 GRADES 9–12 GRADES 9–12 This course teaches advanced dancers This course teaches ballet, modern, This course emphasizes classical, to express their artistic voices through jazz and theater choreography for contemporary, lyrical and theater jazz dance choreography. Students will Show stoppers, with performance techniques. Students will perform refine their dance ability and create opportunities in the spring. In the past, warm-up and strengthening exercises, meaningful choreographic work the company has performed at the center combinations and sequences, through solos, duets, trios, quartets Kennedy Center, the Kimmel Center for and moving across the floor. Topics also and ensemble pieces. Students will the Arts, the Delaware Dance Festival, include the history of jazz dance, the also develop their creative potential the University of Delaware and the many forms of jazz that have evolved through improvisation and structural Wilmington Flower Market. This is an over time and important figures in jazz. forms inspired by visual arts, text, after-school course. PREREQUISITE: Offered at CCSA sound, chance forms, non-traditional Audition. spaces and music compositions. Offered at CCSA POINTE, VARIATIONS & Offered at CCSA REPERTORY 0739 FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT GRADES 9–12 In this course students build strength and technique in ballet while performing on pointe. Students will perform repertoire and variations from various ballets to gain virtuosity on pointe and improve presentation and style. Students will also learn about different ballets and choreographers. PREREQUISITE: Two years of pointe experience. Offered at CCSA
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DRIVER EDUCATION
DRIVER EDUCATION 0721 1 MARKING PERIOD 0.25 CREDIT GRADE 10 This course covers the study of Delaware driving laws and the principles of safe driving. Students must complete 30 hours of classroom, 7 hours of behind the wheel instruction as well as 7 hours of observation. If simulators are available, 4 hours of simulation will equal 1 hour of behind the wheel instruction. Once the classroom and in-car instruction is completed, each student MUST log 50 hours of supervised driving during the first six months while on the Level 1 permit. Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS
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EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY
DUAL ENROLLMENT DUAL ENROLLMENT DUAL ENROLLMENT BBM 102: INTRODUCTION CTA 210: COMPUTER FYE 101: FIRST YEAR TO BUSINESS SCIENCE EXPERIENCE WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY 1499 1490 1400 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADE 10 GRADE 9 GRADE 9 This course is designed to This course introduces both This course introduces students to provide a broad overview of the the theory and application of Wilmington University with a focus functions of the business entity. modern day computing and how on building the skills, knowledge Topics include business and its market forces have influenced and dispositions needed to environment, organization and developments. It compares the succeed in higher education. management, finance, production, Macintosh platform with the Students will learn how to locate marketing, human resources, and PC platform and looks at file information, think critically and control systems. preparations, file management, engage as active members of Offered at AIHS storage, and retrieval on both. the University community. Topics Particular emphasis is placed on include time management, self- the role of the Macintosh platform knowledge, wellness, reading, in the design world so students writing, APA format, technology, are prepared for courses such as University information, student desktop publishing, web design services, campus organizations and video editing. and academic integrity policies. Offered at AIHS Offered at AIHS
DUAL ENROLLMENT ENG 121: ENGLISH COMPOSITION I
See English section for course description.
DUAL ENROLLMENT ENG 122: ENGLISH COMPOSITION II
See English section for course description.
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EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY
DUAL ENROLLMENT DUAL ENROLLMENT DUAL ENROLLMENT HIS 204: WORLD HISTORY MUS 302: HISTORY OF SCI 240: CONCEPTS IN WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY ROCK AND ROLL PHYSICS 1470 WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY FULL YEAR (PENDING COURSE NUMBER) (PENDING COURSE NUMBER) 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR FULL YEAR GRADE 10–12 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADE 11 This course studies the major GRADE 11 cultural, economic, military, This course explores the This course provides a political, religious and social emergence of Rock and Roll as a conceptually-based exposure events from Antiquity to the musical genre in America in the to the fundamental principles Scientific Revolution. In this mid-twentieth century. Historical and processes of the physical course students examine Western events and technology will be world. Emphasis is placed on the Europe and its contacts and inter- discussed in relation to their physics of everyday life and how relationships with the rest of the influence on Rock and Roll music. things work. Topics include basic world including the peoples of Specific pieces of music will be concepts of motion, forces, energy, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, analyzed in terms of compositional fluid mechanics, heat, electricity, Africa, Asia and the Americas. structure, instrumentation, magnetism, and waves. Upon Offered at AIHS historical significance, and cultural completion, students should be influence. able to describe examples and Offered at AIHS applications of the principles studied. Computer-based exercises will be used to enhance and consolidate the understanding of basic physical principles and applications. Offered at AIHS
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EDUCATION & HUMAN STUDIES
This section includes courses in the Early CHILD DEVELOPMENT II EXPLORING EARLY Childhood Education Pathway and K–12 0965 / CIP: 10.01301022 Teacher Academy Pathway, along with CHILDHOOD III FULL YEAR 0966 / CIP: 10.01301033 other education and human studies 1 CREDIT courses. FULL YEAR GRADES 10–11 1 CREDIT This course focuses on the physical, GRADES 11–12 EARLY CHILDHOOD intellectual, social and emotional This course offers the opportunity to EDUCATION development of children. With an plan, design and work in programs that understanding of proven child meet children’s developmental needs HUMAN GROWTH AND development theories and practices, and interests while providing a safe DEVELOPMENT students learn to plan for and interact and healthy environment. Students 0964 / CIP: 10.01301011 with children through developmentally examine the varied needs of children FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT appropriate activities. Students and the importance of their early GRADES 9–10 develop a deeper understanding of the years. Students also learn about the establishment of a child care center, Introduces students to human importance of both the family and child plan for the needs of the children physical, cognitive, social, and care providers in the life of children, and staff and serve as teachers emotional development beginning with with the opportunity to experience in the school’s preschool center. conception and ending with adulthood. the school’s preschool center and PREREQUISITE: Child Development II. Theories supporting current thinking interact with materials and supplies and research on human development that are common in child care centers Offered at TMHS are examined, as well as the processes and early education. Students also EARLY CHILDHOOD and influences affecting the developing learn about careers in early childhood. PREREQUISITE: Human Development I. EDUCATION IV person. Students will also explore 0967 / CIP: 10.01301043 challenges to typical growth and Offered at TMHS FULL YEAR developmental sequences. 1 CREDIT GRADE 12 Offered at TMHS This course involves extensive study and interactions with the Child Development Associate Competencies, thirteen standards that early childhood professionals are expected to master. Students explore careers in child development, post-secondary educational opportunities and community resources for families. Students serve as head teachers and assistant directors in the school’s preschool center. PREREQUISITE: Exploring Early Childhood III. Offered at TMHS
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EDUCATION & HUMAN STUDIES
EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHING AS A PROFESSION FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION CO-OP 1026 / CIP: 05.03602022 CURRICULUM & 0968 / FULL YEAR FULL YEAR INSTRUCTION 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1027 / CIP: 05.03602033 GRADES 10–12 GRADE 12 FULL YEAR This course takes a deeper look at This course explores the role of the 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 the Child Development Associate teacher in the past, present and future. Competencies, with students With a focus on the importance of This course explores curriculum continuing their role as head teachers teaching in American society, students delivery models in response to the and assistant directors in the school’s examine the historical significance needs of the learner. With an emphasis preschool center. PREREQUISITE: and social impact of teaching, the on developing instructional materials Early Childhood Education IV. responsibilities and opportunities that promote a supportive classroom environment, students analyze Offered at TMHS of effective teachers at various grade bands, and the function of the technology’s impact on learning, teacher as a leader. Students also build lesson plans and assessments, K–12 TEACHER ACADEMY identify their own professional goals and practice classroom management to help them build a path to teaching. techniques that maximize learning HUMAN GROWTH & PREREQUISITE: Human Growth & for different types of students. DEVELOPMENT I Development. PREREQUISITE: Teaching as a 1025 / CIP: 05.03602011 Profession. FULL YEAR Offered at AIHS and TMHS 1 CREDIT Offered at AIHS and TMHS GRADES 9–12 This course introduces students to OTHER human growth and development from conception to early adolescence. Topics PEER TUTORING include physical, cognitive, social, and 0724 emotional development, with students FULL YEAR exploring challenges to normal growth 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 and development. Offered at AIHS and TMHS In this course students are assigned to a teacher or a team of teachers to offer academic assistance to middle school students either in a group setting or one-on-one. Placements are based on students’ personal strengths and abilities. This course is designed for students who are considering pursuing a degree in education. Offered at CSS
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ENGLISH
ENGLISH 9 ENGLISH 11 ENGLISH LANGUAGE 0111-H / 0112-CP / 0115 0131-H / 0132-CP / 0135 DEVELOPMENT (ELD) FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 0166 / 0167 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR GRADE 9 GRADE 11 1 CREDIT This course builds critical reading skills This course integrates the study of GRADES 9–12 and focuses on creating inferences, American literature with grammar and With an instructional focus on the studying themes and central ideas, and composition. Students will trace the development of both academic analyzing complex characters. Students growth of American literary periods language skills and social will also learn how to use context clues through a concentrated study of communication, this course is designed to determine meaning, analyze point of poetry, prose and seminal documents. to promote high levels of English view and find an author’s purpose. PREREQUISITE: English 10. language proficiency in the areas of Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS speaking, listening, reading and writing. Placement in this course is determined ENGLISH 10 ENGLISH 12 by English language proficiency level. 0121–H (AIHS, CCSA, JDHS & TMHS) 0141-H / 0142-CP / 0145 Offered at AIHS / 0122–CP / 0125 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADE 12 AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE & GRADE 10 COMPOSITION This course helps to refine 0130 This course covers literary, nonfiction, communication skills through FULL YEAR informative and technical texts, an integrated study of literature, 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 while exploring other studies such informational text, writing, speaking, as research and drama. Students listening and language. Students will This course is designed to prepare will practice the writing process and explore texts on themes such as justice, students for the AP English Language enhance their grammar, vocabulary, gender roles, and social protest, with and Composition Exam. Students and study skills. PREREQUISITE: close reading and analysis of selected strengthen the effectiveness of their English 9. works from major classical English writing through close reading and Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS writers. This course covers classic frequent practice at applying rhetorical writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer, strategies, analyzing information from William Shakespeare and Jonathan source texts and writing arguments. Swift, along with modern writers Students also learn how to become and orators like Malcolm Gladwell, critical readers of predominantly Mohammed Naseehu Ali and Michael nonfiction works, including expository, Lewis. PREREQUISITE: English 11. argumentative, analytical and personal Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS texts from various authors and time periods. Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS
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ENGLISH
AP ENGLISH LITERATURE & IB ENGLISH HL 11 CREATIVE WRITING I COMPOSITION 2131 0171 0140 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADE 11 GRADES 9–12 GRADE 12 This is a two-year course beginning In this course, students learn to express This course is designed to prepare in the student’s junior year. This themselves through writing. Students students for the AP English course focuses on exploring the will be guided through descriptive Literature and Composition Exam. diversity of the global community as writing, fiction and non-fiction short Students engage in the careful well as fostering an appreciation for story writing, journal writing and reading and critical analysis of the student’s own culture. Students poetry, with a portfolio of their work imaginative literature, deepening complete a variety of assessments compiled at the end of the course. their understanding of the ways including oral presentations, literary Offered at CCSA, CSS and JDHS writers use language to provide both analysis, and some creative writing meaning and pleasure for their readers. assignments based on the text that CREATIVE WRITING II Students learn to consider a work’s is being studied in class. While these 0172 FULL YEAR structure, style and themes, as well assessments are mandatory, students 1 CREDIT as such smaller-scale elements as the will periodically have choices of text GRADES 10–12 use of figurative language, imagery, to analyze and the means by which the This course will build on Creative symbolism and tone. assessment is accomplished. Writing I by focusing on the Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS Offered at JDHS relationship between the author and the audience. Students will learn the IB ENGLISH HL 12 2141 art of storytelling across genres while FULL YEAR sharpening their skills in terms of 1 CREDIT conflict, character, description and GRADE 12 dialogue. Students will also explore nonfiction writing and journalistic This is the conclusion of the two-year elements such as article writing, IB English HL course. PREREQUISITE: interviewing a subject, and satire IB English HL 11. in opinion pieces. PREREQUISITE: Offered at JDHS Creative Writing I. Offered at CCSA
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ENGLISH
CREATIVE WRITING III DUAL ENROLLMENT DUAL ENROLLMENT 0172 ENG 101: CRITICAL ENG 121: ENGLISH FULL YEAR THINKING & ACADEMIC COMPOSITION I 1 CREDIT WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY GRADES 11–12 WRITING DELAWARE TECH 1410 Through intense writing, critiquing, 0181 1 SEMESTER 0.5 CREDIT and personal reflection, students will 1 SEMESTER 1 CREDIT GRADE 12 develop their professional voice and GRADES 11–12 In this course students will study style by creating works of poetry, This course is designed to teach and apply the principles of effective fiction and nonfiction. Students will the concepts of critical thinking writing and APA style. Students will also explore the works of contemporary and reading skills in the context of also examine rhetorical patterns such writers and gain a deeper written response and essay writing. as description, narration, compare understanding of the publication This course introduces and reinforces and contrast, and extended definition. process. PREREQUISITE: Creative the skills necessary to complete Offered at AIHS Writing II. academic essays and to respond to Offered at CCSA diverse texts in meaningful ways. DUAL ENROLLMENT ENG 122: ENGLISH RESEARCH & Offered at CSS, JDHS and TMHS COMPOSITION II TECHNICAL WRITING DUAL ENROLLMENT WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY 0174 1411 FULL YEAR ENG 102: COMPOSITION & 1 SEMESTER 1 CREDIT RESEARCH 0.5 CREDIT GRADES 10–12 DELAWARE TECH GRADE 12 This course emphasizes information 0182 1 SEMESTER In this course students will learn how seeking strategies, effective 1 CREDIT to think more clearly, organize their communication, and information GRADES 11–12 thoughts in a logical sequence, and literacy. Students will learn the basics This course is designed to enhance improve their writing skills through of technical writing to prepare them for writing, research and speaking skills prewriting, writing, and revision writing in science-related careers or and to provide academic writing and processes. Students will continue to other industries. reasoning skills to foster lifelong study rhetorical patterns and use Offered at CSS learning. PREREQUISITE: ENG 101: their writing skills to develop essays Critical Thinking & Academic Writing focused on process analysis, cause YEARBOOK (Delaware Tech). and effect, and argument/persuasion. 0160 Students will also learn the stages FULL YEAR Offered at CSS, JDHS and TMHS 1 CREDIT of writing a research paper, from GRADES 10–12 researching a topic, to assessing This course takes students through and incorporating outside sources. all phases of producing the school PREREQUISITE: ENG 121 English yearbook, from editing and layout to Composition I (WU). design and copywriting. Offered at AIHS Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS and JDHS 99 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION
HEALTH EDUCATION PHYSICAL EDUCATION III LIFETIME WELLNESS 0711 0703 0718 1 SEMESTER FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 0.5 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADES 10–12 GRADES 10–12 GRADES 11–12 In this course, students will develop This course is open to school athletes This course concentrates on the an understanding of the relationship and students who are looking for a sport-specific aspect of strength between personal behavior and health. more challenging physical education and conditioning. With a review of Topics include nutrition and physical course. Rigorous training programs acute program variables, resistance activity; personal health and wellness; focus on functional strength, power, training prescriptions and progression, mental and emotional health; family life balance, flexibility, core stability, students complete exercise and sexuality; and tobacco, alcohol and speed and cardiovascular endurance. prescriptions including multiple sets drugs. Students can also follow training and periodization within a resistance Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS programs suggested by their coaches, program, approaches and organization with the option to train during their of aerobic training, and speed and PHYSICAL EDUCATION I off-season, pre-season, and in-season agility. PREREQUISITE: Strength & 0701 in a supervised setting during the Conditioning. 1 SEMESTER 0.5 CREDIT school day. PREREQUISITE: Physical Offered at CSS GRADE 9 Education II. This introductory course emphasizes Offered at TMHS DUAL ENROLLMENT physical conditioning through weight BIO 106: BASIC NUTRITION STRENGTH & CONDITIONING training, team sports, track and field, CONCEPTS 0704 DELAWARE TECH badminton, archery and tennis. FULL YEAR 1006 Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR GRADES 11–12 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 PHYSICAL EDUCATION II In this course students will develop 0702 their overall athleticism and sport This class is designed to teach 1 SEMESTER basic nutrition concepts that can 0.5 CREDIT performance to become stronger, GRADES 9–12 faster and remain injury-free. be applied to everyday life in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle and Students continue physical education Structured programs include sport- well-being. The curriculum includes through more physical conditioning specific exercises and drills that weight control and management, and fitness activities including softball, promote strength, speed, agility, shopping wisely and reading food soccer, archery, tennis, basketball, plyometrics, flexibility, balance and labels, and understanding your diet badminton, volleyball and touch conditioning work. PREREQUISITE: Physical Education II. and health. Students create and football. PREREQUISITE: Physical participate in a fitness plan and Education I. Offered at AIHS, CSS and JDHS complete a personal food diary for Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS the final exam. Offered at AIHS
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HEALTH SCIENCES
This section includes an introductory BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES BIOMEDICAL III: health science course at Conrad Schools of Science, along with courses in the MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS 1243 / CIP: 15.02602033 Biomedical Sciences Pathway, Nursing BIOMEDICAL I: PRINCIPLES Pathway, and Physical Therapy & Sports FULL YEAR Medicine Pathway. OF THE BIOMEDICAL 1 CREDIT SCIENCES GRADE 12 INTRODUCTION TO 1241 / CIP: 15.02602011 FULL YEAR In this course students explore a HEALTH SCIENCE 1 CREDIT variety of interventions involved in the 1301 / CIP: 17.01301011 GRADE 10 prevention, diagnosis and treatment FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT This course investigates health of disease as they follow the life of GRADE 9 conditions such as heart disease, a fictitious family. The course is a This course introduces students to diabetes, sickle-cell disease, how-to manual for maintaining overall the concepts and aptitudes necessary hypercholesterolemia and infectious health and homeostasis in the body. to prepare for a variety of health diseases. Students determine the Students explore how to prevent and professions so that the student is able factors that led to the death of a fight infection; screen and evaluate to make an informed career pathway fictional person, and investigate the code in human DNA; prevent, choice for the sophomore through lifestyle choices and medical diagnose and treat cancer; and prevail senior years. Students are exposed to treatments that might have prolonged when the organs of the body begin and participate in many beginning level the person’s life. Topics include human to fail. Through these scenarios, healthcare skills and topics, such as physiology, medicine and research students are exposed to a range of infection control; the meaning of and processes. interventions related to immunology, the skills and equipment needed for Offered at CSS surgery, genetics, pharmacology, taking vital signs; using and assembling medical devices and diagnostics. wheelchairs; using goniometers, BIOMEDICAL II: PREREQUISITE: Biomedical II: Human practicing body mechanics and other HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS Body Systems. 1242 / CIP: 15.02602022 Offered at CSS mobility, safety, and rehabilitation FULL YEAR topics such as gait analysis, tissue 1 CREDIT healing, and related anatomy. Students GRADE 11 are encouraged to join and participate This course takes a closer look at in HOSA, a student organization for the mechanisms that keep the body future health professionals. functioning. Students learn how to use Offered at CSS LabVIEW to write programs that allow them to collect data from experiments they design. The focus is on how the human body is a system that requires the coordinated actions of multiple interrelated systems, each responsible for various actions. PREREQUISITE: Biomedical I: Principles of the Biomedical Sciences. Offered at CSS 101 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
HEALTH SCIENCES
NURSING NURSING TECHNOLOGY II: NURSING TECHNOLOGY III: ESSENTIALS OF ANATOMY & CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTING 1304 / CIP: 08.01610033 NURSING TECHNOLOGY I: PHYSIOLOGY 1303 / CIP: 08.01610022 FULL YEAR FUNDAMENTALS OF FULL YEAR 2 CREDITS HEALTH SCIENCES 1 CREDIT GRADE 12 1302 / CIP: 08.01610011 GRADE 11 FULL YEAR This course covers long-term care 1 CREDIT In this course students explore the with students learning how to provide GRADE 10 structure and function of the human personal care and practice basic This course introduces students to body with an emphasis on gross nursing skills under the direction of a careers in healthcare. Topics include anatomy, organ systems and their licensed nurse. In in-school and out-of- medical terminology which includes relationship to homeostasis. Students school clinical lab settings, this course Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes, roots, learn physiology of each body system; uses clinical scenarios and simulated abbreviations, names of diseases and common diseases, disorders and patient conditions to introduce surgeries related to hospital services emerging diseases; and prevention, students to clinical knowledge and and healthcare specialties. Students diagnosis and treatment of disease. communication skills needed in the also explore the National Consortium This course also challenges students healthcare industry. Students transfer Health for Science Education (NCHSE) to focus on a career path in nursing by knowledge and skills to an approved Health Science Standards, begin applying classroom and lab knowledge long-term care facility while providing preparation for the NCHSE National to clinical settings as they participate supervised care to residents. Seventy- Health Science Assessment, learn in direct or simulated patient care. five (75) clinical hours are required by entry-level healthcare skills and Students participate in the CPR / First Title 16 Health and Safety under the develop a foundation in the language Aid certification program (Healthcare Delaware Department of Health and of medicine. Further, this course will be Provider Level) through the American Social Services, Division of Long-Term offered as an articulated course with Heart Association. Students who Care Residence Protection. Upon the Delaware Technical Community College successfully complete this course will completion of the program of study, (BIO100 Medical Terminology). Students receive articulated credit for DTCC BIO students complete the National who successfully complete this course 110 Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology Consortium for Health Science will receive articulated credit for DTCC (4 credits). PREREQUISITE: Nursing Education (NCHSE) National Health BIO 100 Medical Terminology (3 credits). Technology I: Fundamentals of Health Science Assessment and the Prometric Offered at CSS Sciences. Delaware Nurse Aide Exam. Students Offered at CSS who successfully complete this course will receive articulated credit for DTCC HLH 130 Nurse Assistant Training (6 credits). PREREQUISITE: Nursing Technology II: Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology.
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HEALTH SCIENCES
PHYSICAL THERAPY & PHYSICAL THERAPY & SPORTS MEDICINE ATHLETIC HEALTHCARE III 0979 / CIP: 08.01404033 FULL YEAR PHYSICAL THERAPY & 2 CREDITS ATHLETIC HEALTHCARE I GRADE 12 0977 / CIP: 08.01404011 FULL YEAR Students further their understanding 2 CREDITS of the effect of exercise on various GRADE 10 body systems. Topics include sport This course is designed to build a basic psychology, exercise physiology, and foundation for the physical therapy biomechanics. Students participate athletic healthcare fields. Topics to in observation at an inpatient or include medical terminology, human outpatient physical therapy clinic as body systems, disease and infection they interact with physical therapists, control. Students may earn certification patients, and other staff members. in First Aid and CPR/AED. Independent projects based on HOSA Offered at CSS Future Health Professionals standards and a written research paper are required. Students may earn re- PHYSICAL THERAPY & certification in First Aid and CPR/AED. ATHLETIC HEALTHCARE II In order to participate in clinicals, 0978 / CIP: 08.01404022 students may be required to have FULL YEAR 2 CREDITS updated vaccinations, background GRADE 11 checks with fingerprinting, or drug screens with the school nurse at a This course provides an overview cost to the student. PREREQUISITE: of the field of sports medicine and Physical Therapy & Athletic the sports medicine team. Content Healthcare II. includes mechanism of injuries; assessment/evaluation, prevention Offered at CSS and rehabilitation; protective taping, bracing, and wrapping; concussion identification and management, organization and administration of an athletic training facility. PREREQUISITE: Physical Therapy & Athletic Healthcare I. Offered at CSS
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HOSPITALITY & TOURISM
This section includes courses in the COOKING & FOOD & CULINARY CO-OP Culinary Arts & Hospitality Management 0973 Pathway. CULINARY ARTS II 1032 / CIP: 09.01603022 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADE 12 CULINARY ARTS & GRADES 10–12 HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT In this course students are expected This course focuses on safety and to obtain paid employment in the food sanitation using the Hazard Analysis and culinary field, with direction from COOKING & CULINARY ARTS I Critical Control Point Program (HACCP), 1031 / CIP: 09.01603011 the pathway teacher. Students must FULL YEAR the system used by the food service provide their own transportation. 1 CREDIT industry to ensure food safety. PREREQUISITE: Cooking & Culinary GRADES 9–12 Students incorporate standards from Arts III. This course offers an introduction to the hospitality industry through Offered at TMHS nutrition and preparing foods for a the identification and use of small healthy lifestyle, with an emphasis and large utensils, appliances and on safety, sanitation and technology equipment during food preparation; in the classroom and laboratory read, plan, design and prepare meals settings. Students use equipment and menus; and explore careers and and terminology to perform entry- qualifications in the food industry. level tasks in the kitchen; work PREREQUISITE: Cooking & Culinary independently and in groups to prepare Arts I. nutritious foods; and demonstrate Offered at TMHS skills in supervisory/co-worker relations, customer service, social COOKING & acceptance, dependability and effective CULINARY ARTS III communication. Students also learn 1033 / CIP: 09.01603033 FULL YEAR to bring academics in the kitchen, 1 CREDIT understanding the importance of GRADES 11–12 reading, writing, math and science for a In this course students develop a successful career in the food industry. solid foundation of proven culinary Offered at TMHS theory on which to build a repertoire of professional skills. Basic industry techniques and safety procedures are woven into instruction. Students practice skills for employment in the food industry. PREREQUISITE: Cooking & Culinary Arts II. Offered at TMHS
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HOSPITALITY & TOURISM
FOOD PREPARATION & FOOD PREPARATION & FOOD PREPARATION & PRODUCTION I PRODUCTION II PRODUCTION III 0926 / CIP: 09.01302011 0927 / CIP: 09.01302022 0928 / CIP: 09.01302033 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADES 9–12 GRADES 10–12 GRADES 11–12 This course offers an introduction to This course focuses on safety and In this course students develop a nutrition and preparing foods for a sanitation using the Hazard Analysis solid foundation of proven culinary healthy lifestyle, with an emphasis Critical Control Point Program (HACCP), theory on which to build a repertoire on safety, sanitation and technology the system used by the food service of professional skills. Basic industry in the classroom and laboratory industry to ensure food safety. techniques and safety procedures settings. Students use equipment Students incorporate standards from are woven into instruction. Students and terminology to perform entry- the hospitality industry through practice skills for employment in the level tasks in the kitchen; work the identification and use of small food industry. PREREQUISITE: Food independently and in groups to prepare and large utensils, appliances and Preparation & Production II. nutritious foods; and demonstrate equipment during food preparation; Offered at AIHS skills in supervisory/co-worker read, plan, design and prepare meals relations, customer service, social and menus; and explore careers and acceptance, dependability and effective qualifications in the food industry. communication. Students also learn PREREQUISITE: Food Preparation & to bring academics in the kitchen, Production I. understanding the importance of Offered at AIHS reading, writing, math and science for a successful career in the food industry. Offered at AIHS
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INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
This section includes courses in FUNDAMENTALS OF HARMONY I the Instrumental Music Pathway, 0831 Instrumental Music Program of Study, MUSIC THEORY 0830 FULL YEAR Piano Pathway, Strings Pathway, along 1 CREDIT with other instrumental music courses. 1 SEMESTER 0.5 / 1 CREDIT GRADES 9–12 GRADES 9–12 CHAMBER ORCHESTRA In this course students analyze 0823 This is course covers music theory harmony both horizontally and 1 SEMESTER topics for the beginner. Music theory vertically while learning how to 0.5 CREDIT GRADES 9–12 principles will be introduced and harmonize melodies from figured applied as students learn the ins and bass notation, write original melodies This course focuses on three programs outs of basic theory through sight- over a given bass line and compose a year covering music from every reading, ear training, dictation and original music using the rules of four- genre. Students learn advanced works class discussion. part harmony. Topics include diatonic and how to follow a conductor and Offered at AIHS and CCSA harmony, dissonance treatments, play together as a small group (20–22 elementary formal structures, melodic students). The orchestra collaborates GUITAR I analysis and writing, secondary once a year with a combined concert 1216 harmonies and elementary modulation. with the school’s vocal program or FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT PREREQUISITE: Fundamentals of dance programs. PREREQUISITE: GRADES 9–12 Music Theory. Audition. Offered at CCSA Offered at CCSA In this course students will explore basic musical concepts such as tone, pitch, rhythm, melody, harmony, HARMONY II / FRESHMAN BAND ADVANCED MUSIC THEORY 0818 texture and expression, through group 0832 FULL YEAR instruction on the guitar. FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADE 9 Offered at AIHS and TMHS GRADES 10–12 This course is designed to address GUITAR II Students will study extended the specific needs of the freshman 1217 harmonies, arrange for small FULL YEAR band student. This concert band will instrumental ensembles, and perform two mandatory concerts per 1 CREDIT GRADES 9–12 harmonize and analyze music using all year. Students are also encouraged This course continues the exploration the standard chords in major and minor to participate in marching band. keys. PREREQUISITE: Middle school concert of tone, pitch, rhythm, melody, Offered at CCSA band, or private instrument lessons harmony, texture and expression within the past two years. through individual and group coaching Offered at JDHS on the guitar. Offered at TMHS
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INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
INDOOR COLOR GUARD JAZZ ENSEMBLE MARCHING BAND / 0821 0820 CONCERT BAND COMBINED 1 SEMESTER FULL YEAR 0817 0.5 CREDIT 1 CREDIT (AIHS) FULL YEAR GRADES 9–12 0.5 CREDIT (CCSA) 1 CREDIT GRADES 9–12 This course covers technical skills in GRADES 9–12 expressive dance, flag, rifle and saber This is a performing instrumental Students rehearse in the classroom and choreography. Students participate in musical ensemble that deals with jazz on the football field throughout the fall, competitions, culminating in the TIA and its related form throughout various and focus on studying and performing Championships. Evening and weekend periods of time. PREREQUISITE: Must concert band literature after marching rehearsals are required. This course be a member of the marching band band season. Students will perform runs from November through May. or concert band. If guitar or piano, in two mandatory concerts per year Offered at CCSA and TMHS admission by audition. and an optional field trip in the spring. Offered at AIHS and CCSA PREREQUISITE: Three or more years INDOOR DRUM LINE of experience. 1207 MARCHING BAND Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS FULL YEAR 0815 0.5 CREDIT 1 SEMESTER GRADES 9–12 0.5 CREDIT PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE & GRADES 9–12 TECHNIQUE This course covers technical skills 1213 in expressive performance on Students combine the musical elements FULL YEAR percussion instruments along with the of band with physical concepts 1 CREDIT GRADES 9–12 choreography/drill components needed including spatial relationships, body for a complete and cohesive show. awareness and expressive movement. In this course students will expand Students participate in competitions, This course requires that students their knowledge of drums and the culminating in the TIA Championships. attend pre-season events in August entire percussion family. Students will Evening and weekend rehearsals and perform at varsity football games perform percussion ensemble music in are required. This course runs from and other community events including a number of styles including classical, November through May. parades. This course meets after school jazz, Latin, Afro-Cuban and Brazilian, Offered at CCSA and TMHS and includes evening and weekend while improving their individual requirements. PREREQUISITE: Two or techniques for marching and concert more years of instrument experience. percussion. Offered at CCSA and TMHS Offered at AIHS
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INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
PIANO I PIANO III SIGHT-SINGING & 0825 0827 EAR TRAINING FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 0797 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 SEMESTER GRADES 9–12 GRADES 11–12 0.5 CREDIT This course teaches students the In this course students will perform GRADES 9–12 fundamentals of music through piano. both as soloists and accompanists This course offers an introduction to Repertoire, scales, chords, sight- for vocal and instrumental classes. sight singing and ear training. Students reading, harmonization, transposition Classical repertoire will also be are also trained to recognize aurally and basic theory are covered as stressed and students will continue to and notate the basic elements of music, students develop the technique and strengthen their sight-reading skills. including intervals, diatonic melodies, knowledge needed to play in the major PREREQUISITE: Piano II. simple rhythms, chord qualities, and and minor keys. Offered at CCSA basic harmonic progressions. Offered at AIHS, CCSA, JDHS and TMHS Offered at CCSA PIANO IV PIANO I FOR NON-MAJORS 0828 STEEL DRUMS 1218 FULL YEAR 1206 FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT GRADE 12 1 CREDIT GRADES 9–12 In this course students will continue to GRADES 9–12 This course introduces students to the perform as soloists and accompanists In this course students learn to play basics of playing the piano and reading with a deeper focus on classical the steel drums and perform at various music. repertoire and sight-reading. concerts throughout the year. Students Offered at CCSA PREREQUISITE: Piano III. also explore the history, culture and Offered at CCSA performance practices associated with PIANO II the steel drum. 0826 RED CLAY HIGH SCHOOL Offered at CCSA FULL YEAR STRINGS ORCHESTRA 1 CREDIT 0822 GRADES 10–12 1 SEMESTER This course teaches accompaniment 0.5 CREDIT techniques, sight-reading skills GRADES 9–12 and classical repertoire. Scales and This course is designed for high school arpeggios in two octaves will be string students who play violin, viola, emphasized. PREREQUISITE: Piano I. cello and bass. The group meets one Offered at AIHS, CCSA, JDHS, TMHS evening per week at Cab Calloway School of the Arts. Offered at AIHS, CCSA, JDHS and TMHS
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INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
STRINGS MAJOR I STRINGS MAJOR III SYMPHONIC BAND 1312 1314 0817 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADES 9–12 GRADES 11–12 GRADES 9–12 This course introduces students In this course students will refine The band performs at the medium- to musicianship, music theory, their strings technique with a easy to medium level of difficulty, with composition, improvisation, repertoire featuring orchestra music, an emphasis on basic instrumental music history, ear training and chamber music and individual solos. technique and ensemble performance. technique on strings instruments. PREREQUISITE: Strings Major II. Members perform at two major Repertoire includes orchestra music, RECOMMENDED: Concurrent concerts per year and are expected to individual solos and chamber music. enrollment in Red Clay High School participate in the annual spring trip. RECOMMENDED: Concurrent Strings Orchestra. PREREQUISITE: Audition. enrollment in Red Clay High School Offered at CCSA Offered at CCSA and CSS Strings Orchestra. Offered at CCSA STRINGS MAJOR IV WIND ENSEMBLE 1315 0995 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR STRINGS MAJOR II 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1313 GRADE 12 GRADES 9–12 FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT Students will continue to hone This ensemble plays music of medium GRADES 10–12 their strings technique with a to advanced difficulty. Students Students will continue their study repertoire featuring orchestra music, will learn advanced instrumental of musicianship, music theory, chamber music and individual solos. techniques and ensemble performance. composition, improvisation, music PREREQUISITE: Strings Major III. Offered at CCSA history and ear training while RECOMMENDED: Concurrent improving their strings technique. enrollment in Red Clay High School PREREQUISITE: Strings Major I. Strings Orchestra. RECOMMENDED: Concurrent Offered at CCSA enrollment in Red Clay High School Strings Orchestra. Offered at CCSA
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JOBS FOR DELAWARE GRADUATES
JOBS FOR DELAWARE JOBS FOR DELAWARE JOBS FOR DELAWARE GRADUATES GRADE 9 GRADUATES GRADE 11 GRADUATES GRADE 12 0661 / CIP: 97.010011 0663 / CIP: 97.010013 0664 / CIP: 97.010014 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADE 9 GRADE 11 GRADE 12 This course covers study skills, This course covers career vocabulary, This course covers time management, personal grooming, goal planning, resume writing, sources of jobs, cover letters, choosing career attire, decision making, choosing a telephone skills, listening skills, stress employment interview, job survival, career path, maintaining a positive management, personal budgeting, performance evaluations, business attitude, coping with change, values occupational preferences, career etiquette, employee rights, pay and clarification, image assessment, manual, verbal presentations, critical benefits, financial planning, career enhancing necessary workplace thinking, constructive criticism, and travel, writing a letter of resignation, success skills, group dynamics, professional ethics. PREREQUISITE: and career portfolio. Each senior conflict resolution and life skills math. Jobs for Delaware Graduates Grade 10. will develop a Career Portfolio that PREREQUISITE: Approval by teacher Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS includes a resume, references, a sample or JDG Specialist. job application and commendations. Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS PREREQUISITE: Jobs for Delaware Graduates Grade 11. JOBS FOR DELAWARE Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS GRADUATES GRADE 10 0662 / CIP: 97.010012 FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT GRADE 10 This course covers problem solving, teamwork, goal setting, money management, workplace math, courtesy and respect, customer service, workplace diversity, career interests, entrepreneurship, leadership and understanding insurances. PREREQUISITE: Jobs for Delaware Graduates Grade 9. Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS
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MATHEMATICS
ALGEBRA 1 ALGEBRA 2 PRE-CALCULUS 0311-H (AIHS, CCSA, JDHS & TMHS) / 0331-H / 0332-CP / 0354 /0335 0341-H / 0342-CP 0312-CP / 0314 / 0317 / 0352 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADES 9–12 GRADES 10–12 GRADE 9 Building on the foundation of linear, Building on Algebra 2, this course This course provides the basic quadratic and exponential functions, develops a deeper understanding algebraic skill set to prepare students this course focuses on polynomial, of functions and their properties. for advanced mathematics courses. rational and radical functions with Students will investigate polynomial, Students will be introduced to the an introduction to trigonometric exponential, logarithmic, rational, concept of functions and will extend functions. Students work closely with radical and trigonometric functions. their experience with linear and the expressions that define functions, Students will also be introduced exponential relationships while and continue to expand their ability to to vectors, sequences and series. learning methods for analyzing model situations and solve equations. PREREQUISITE: Algebra 2 or Algebra and solving linear, exponential and PREREQUISITE: Geometry. Integrated with Statistics III. quadratic functions. Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS and TMHS Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS ALGEBRA INTEGRATED WITH CALCULUS GEOMETRY STATISTICS IV 0381-H 0321-H*/ 0322-CP / 0323 / 0325 / 0330-H / 0310-CP FULL YEAR 0353 FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR (* 1 SEMESTER AT JDHS) 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 1 CREDIT GRADES 10–12 This course introduces the elements GRADES 9–10 This course blends the strands of of calculus and analytical geometry In this course students will explore algebra and functions, geometry, in differential calculus, as applied to more complex geometric situations trigonometry, statistics and polynomial and rational functions. while moving toward the more formal probability and discrete math to Students will investigate related rates, mathematical arguments known as promote an in-depth understanding relative extrema, limits and integration. proofs. This course examines two- and of mathematical concepts and PREREQUISITE: Pre-Calculus. three-dimensional geometric shapes, principles. Units covered are Circular Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS and JDHS and their properties, measurements Functions, Vector Components, Complex and mutual relationships in space. Numbers, Families of Functions, the PREREQUISITE: Algebra 1. Binomial Distribution, the Central Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS Limit Theorem, Rates of Growth, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, and Transformational Geometry. PREREQUISITE: Algebra Integrated with Statistics III. Offered at JDHS
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ALGEBRA / TRIGONOMETRY SENIOR MATH AP CALCULUS AB 0362-CP 0345 0380 / 0383 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADES 10–12 (CCSA AND CSS) GRADE 12 GRADES 11–12 GRADE 12 (AIHS) This course focuses on algebra, This course is designed to prepare This course focuses on four major geometry, probability and statistics, students for the AP Calculus AB Exam. topics: algebraic operations including financial literacy, and fundamentals of With a focus on differential and integral linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, matrices. Students model real-world calculus, this course covers concepts exponential and logarithmic functions problems using exponential, quadratic, and skills of limits, derivatives, definite and their graphs; exploration piecewise and step functions. integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of arithmetic and geometric PREREQUISITE: Algebra 2 or Algebra of Calculus. Students learn to approach sequences and series; development Integrated with Statistics III. calculus concepts and problems when of trigonometry from the theory Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS they are represented graphically, of the unit circle; and statistics. numerically, analytically and verbally, PREREQUISITE: Algebra 2 or Algebra and to make connections amongst Integrated with Statistics III. these representations. PREREQUISITE: Offered at AIHS, CCSA and CSS Pre-Calculus. Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS STATISTICS 0371-H (AIHS, CCSA & TMHS ONLY) 0372-CP / 0374-CP AP CALCULUS BC FULL YEAR 0390 / 0392 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR GRADE 12 1 CREDIT GRADE 12 In this course students work with This course is designed to prepare probability, data collection, descriptive students for the AP Calculus BC Exam. and inferential statistics, probability, This course extends the content and technological tools to analyze learned in AP Calculus AB to different statistics. Topics include exploring types of equations (polar, parametric, data, planning a study, producing vector-valued) and new topics (such models using probability theory, as Euler’s method, integration by and making statistical inferences. parts, partial fraction decomposition Multiple representations to display and improper integrals). Students data including written descriptions, will also be introduced to the topic of numerical statistics, formulas, and sequences and series in this course. graphs will be used to model data sets. PREREQUISITE: AP Calculus AB. PREREQUISITE: Algebra 2 or Algebra Offered at AIHS, CCSA and CSS Integrated with Statistics III. Offered at AIHS, CCSA, JDHS and TMHS
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AP STATISTICS IB MATHEMATICAL STUDIES DUAL ENROLLMENT 0370 / 0373 SL 11 MAT 153: COLLEGE MATH & FULL YEAR 2352 STATISTICS 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR DELAWARE TECH GRADES 11–12 1 CREDIT 0340 This course is designed to prepare GRADE 11 FULL YEAR This introduces students to important 1 CREDIT students for the AP Statistics Exam. GRADE 12 The course introduces students to the mathematical concepts through major concepts and tools for collecting, the development of mathematical This course builds the relationship analyzing and drawing conclusions techniques and understanding. This between mathematics and real-world from data. With a focus on the themes course focuses on solving real-world applications, particularly in business of exploring data, sampling and problems and situations, with topics and health sciences. Students graph experimentation, anticipating patterns, including algebra, functions and and interpret functions to solve and statistical inference, students use equations, trigonometry, matrices, applications involving linear, quadratic, technology, investigations, problem vectors, statistics and probability, and exponential, and logarithmic functions solving and writing to build conceptual introductory calculus. as well as systems of linear equations and inequalities. Applications in understanding. PREREQUISITE: Offered at JDHS Algebra 2 or Algebra Integrated with elementary statistics, organizing and Statistics III. presenting data, measures of central tendency and variation, and normal and Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS and TMHS sampling distributions are included. PREREQUISITE: Algebra 2 or Algebra Integrated with Statistics III. Offered at CSS and JDHS
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BIOLOGY IB BIOLOGY HL 11 CHEMISTRY 2421 FULL YEAR BIOLOGY 1 CREDIT CHEMISTRY 0421-H / 0422-CP / 0425 / 0426 / GRADE 11 0431-H / 0432-CP 0453 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR This is a two-year course beginning in 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT the student’s junior year. This course GRADES 10–12 GRADES 9–12 provides students with higher-order This course presents chemical theory In this course students assume the investigative experiences and activities and calculations, with laboratory role of scientist to learn the basics of to promote a deeper understanding experiments and topics such as acids biology. Topics include evolution, cell of critical concepts in biology. and bases, atomic theory, chemical biology, genetics and ecology. Topics include basic biochemistry, bonding, chemical reactions, states Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS cell structure and function, genetic of matter, and the periodic table. patterns of inheritance, plant form and PREREQUISITE: Biology, and Algebra 1 AP BIOLOGY function, evolution, ecology, animal or Integrated Math I. 0420 physiology and the international FULL YEAR Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS 1 CREDIT nature of science. This course includes GRADES 11–12 an internal assessment project that CHEMISTRY II 0445 This course is designed to prepare requires students to conduct an investigation in the field of biology FULL YEAR students for the AP Biology Exam. 1 CREDIT Students cultivate their understanding research, a Group 4 (DP Science) GRADES 11–12 collaborative project and an externally of biology through inquiry-based This course bridges the gap between assessed IB exam at the end of the investigations as they explore the Chemistry and AP Chemistry. Through course. topics of evolution, cellular processes participation in laboratory exercises, Offered at JDHS (energy and communication), genetics, students familiarize themselves with information transfer, ecology and IB BIOLOGY HL 12 laboratory procedures, data collection interactions. Students also learn to 2422 and analysis, and error interpretation. write and test hypotheses and research FULL YEAR Students also learn to solve complex journal articles. PREREQUISITE: 1 CREDIT math problems, collaborate in the GRADE 12 Biology. laboratory setting, and share findings Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS and TMHS This is the conclusion of the two-year verbally and in writing with topics IB Biology HL course. PREREQUISITE: including advanced stoichiometry, gas IB Biology HL 11. laws, thermodynamics, kinetics and Offered at JDHS equilbria. PREREQUISITE: Chemistry. Offered at CSS
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AP CHEMISTRY IB CHEMISTRY SL 11 EARTH SCIENCE 0429 / 0430 2432 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT INTEGRATED PHYSICAL / 2 CREDITS (CSS ONLY) GRADE 11 EARTH SCIENCE GRADES 11–12 0411-H / 0412-CP / 0415 / 0452 This is a two-year course beginning in FULL YEAR This course is designed to prepare the student’s junior year. This course 1 CREDIT students for the AP Chemistry provides students with higher-order GRADES 9–12 Exam. Students cultivate their investigative experiences and activities This course explores the fundamentals understanding of chemistry through to promote a deeper understanding of of chemistry, physics and earth science inquiry-based investigations, as critical concepts in chemistry. It also while introducing students to standard they explore topics such as atomic helps the student to develop the ability laboratory techniques. Topics include structure, intermolecular forces and to analyze scientific literature and to elements and compounds, atomic bonding, chemical reactions, kinetics, develop manipulative and experimental structure, chemical reactions, forces, thermodynamics and equilibrium. skills necessary to perform college motion, mechanics and energy. PREREQUISITE: Chemistry. level scientific investigations. Topics Offered at CCSA, JDHS and TMHS Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS and TMHS include stoichiometry, Atomic Theory, chemical bonding, states of matter, EARTH SCIENCE / carbon chemistry, and the periodic ASTRONOMY table. This course includes an internal 0437 / 0459-H (AIHS ONLY) assessment project that requires GRADES 10–12 FULL YEAR students to conduct an investigation in 1 CREDIT the field of chemistry research, a Group In this course students investigate 4 (DP Science) collaborative project and human interactions among Earth’s four an externally assessed IB exam at the major spheres to explain the planet’s end of the course. processes, history and changes over Offered at JDHS time. Topics include mapping Earth’s surface, geology, meteorology, climate IB CHEMISTRY SL 12 2442 change and astronomy. FULL YEAR Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS 1 CREDIT GRADE 12 This is the conclusion of the two-year IB Chemistry SL course. PREREQUISITE: IB Chemistry SL 11. Offered at JDHS
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EARTH SCIENCE / AP ENVIRONMENTAL AP PHYSICS 1 ASTRONOMY SCIENCE 0442 / 0461 0437 0441 / 0454 FULL YEAR GRADES 10–12 FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 SEMESTER 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 0.5 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 This course is designed to prepare In this course students investigate This course is designed to prepare students for the AP Physics 1 Exam. human interactions among Earth’s four students for the AP Environmental Students cultivate their understanding major spheres to explain the planet’s Science Exam. Students engage with of physics through inquiry-based processes, history and changes over the scientific principles, concepts and investigations as they explore the time. Topics include mapping Earth’s methodologies required to understand topics of kinematics, dynamics, circular surface, geology, meteorology, climate the interrelationships of the natural motion and gravitation, energy, change and astronomy. world. Embracing topics from geology, momentum, simple harmonic motion, Offered at CSS biology, environmental studies, torque and rotational motion, electric environmental science, chemistry charge and electric force, DC circuits, and geography, this interdisciplinary and mechanical waves and sound. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE course challenges students to identify PREREQUISITE: Biology. and analyze natural and human-made Offered at AIHS, CSS and TMHS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE environmental problems, evaluate the 0439-CP / 0449-H (AIHS ONLY) / AP PHYSICS 2 0475 relative risks associated with these 0464 FULL YEAR problems and examine alternative FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT solutions for resolving or preventing 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 them. PREREQUISITE: Biology. GRADES 11–12 This course examines the relationships Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS and TMHS This course is designed to prepare between humans and their students for the AP Physics 2 Exam. environment. With a focus on the PHYSICS Students cultivate their understanding diversity of life and major interactions of physics through inquiry-based in ecosystems around the world, investigations as they explore such students investigate major types of PHYSICS 0443-H / 0444-CP topics as fluids; thermodynamics; human interventions and their impact FULL YEAR electrical force, field and potential; on the environment, natural resources, 1 CREDIT electric circuits; magnetism and alternative energy sources and current GRADES 10–12 electromagnetic induction; geometric events. This laboratory-based course and physical optics; and quantum, Offered at AIHS, CSS and JDHS introduces the central concepts atomic and nuclear physics. of physics. Topics include the PREREQUISITE: AP Physics I with a conservation laws of mass, energy, final grade of B or higher. electricity, magnetism and heat. Offered at AIHS and CSS PREREQUISITE: Biology. Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS
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AP PHYSICS C: THE BUSINESS OF SCIENCE HUMAN ANATOMY & ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM 0616 PHYSIOLOGY 0450 FULL YEAR 0448-H / 1211-CP (CCSA) FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT GRADES 10–12 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 This course examines the relationship GRADES 10–12 This course is designed to prepare between science and the business This course offers an introduction to students for the AP Physics C: world. Students explore real-world human anatomy, physiology and related Electricity & Magnetism Exam. Topics business issues and scenarios in medical terminology. With an emphasis include electrostatics; conductors, the biotechnology and allied health on practical applications in health capacitors, and dielectrics; electric industries through simulations, fields, topics include body organization, circuits; magnetic fields; and role-play, and expert guest speakers. body systems (e.g., skeletal, muscular, electromagnetism. PREREQUISITES: Major concepts include accounting cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, Biology and Calculus. (GAAP), marketing and advertising, reproductive, and nervous), and Offered at AIHS and CCSA management, leadership and ethics. stability and change in body systems. Offered at CSS PREREQUISITE: Biology. Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS OTHER FORENSIC SCIENCE WITH APPLIED TECHNOLOGY LEGAL & ETHICAL ISSUES AQUATIC BIOLOGY 0476 IN SCIENCE 0490 FULL YEAR 0 474 FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 1 CREDIT GRADES 10–12 This course provides an overview of the With groundbreaking scientific This course examines the principles basic science concepts and techniques breakthroughs occurring on a of ecology as applied to marine and used in a forensic science laboratory. seemingly daily basis, the ethical and freshwater environments. Students Students use technology to explore, legal ramifications of such discoveries learn about the world’s marine and evaluate and design methods of data are often overlooked. This course freshwater environments and the collection and analysis for scientific investigates current scientific topics organisms that inhabit them, with experiments and procedures. Topics and offers students the tools and an extended focus on organisms in include hair, fiber and paint analysis, resources needed to make sound the local coastal area. Topics include forensic toxicology and serology, ethical and legal decisions in the salinity, aquatic plants, invertebrates, blood spatter, arson and explosives, unprecedented era of the post-genetic aquatic vertebrates (e.g., fish, reptiles, fingerprinting and forensic DNA revolution. birds and mammals), tides and depths analysis techniques. RECOMMENDED: Offered at CSS of sea. Biology, Chemistry, and Algebra 2 or (Note: This course may be taught as a distance learning course.) Offered at CSS Integrated Math II. Offered at AIHS and TMHS
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DUAL ENROLLMENT DUAL ENROLLMENT DUAL ENROLLMENT BIO 100: MEDICAL BIO 120: ANATOMY & BISC 105: HUMAN TERMINOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY HEREDITY & DELAWARE TECH DELAWARE TECH DEVELOPMENT 0400 / 0401 0447 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 0428 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR GRADE 11–12 GRADES 11–12 1 CREDIT In this course students explore the This course, the first of a two- GRADES 11–12 language of medicine by studying semester sequence, studies human This course covers heredity Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes, anatomy and physiology. Topics and human affairs, heredity roots, and abbreviations; using a include the structure and function and environment, heredity and body systems approach to define, of cells, tissues, integumentary, diseases, pedigree analysis, the interpret, and pronounce medical skeletal, muscular, nervous, and physical and chemical basis of terms; and learning definitions of endocrine systems. Coordinated heredity, radiation and mutation, medical specialties, surgical terms laboratory experiments are an and birth defects. and diagnostic procedures. integral part of this course, which Offered at CCSA and CSS Offered at CSS is designed for students who are considering majoring in biology or the allied health field. Offered at CCSA, CSS and TMHS
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This section includes courses in the AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY I AUTOMOTIVE Automotive Technology Pathway, 0917 / CIP: 16.04307011 TECHNOLOGY III Computer Science Pathway and FULL YEAR Engineering of Robotics Pathway. 0919 / CIP: 16.04307033 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR GRADES 9–10 2 CREDITS GRADES 11–12 AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY This course teaches shop safety and vehicle maintenance. Students This course continues the study FOUNDATIONS OF research careers in the automotive of hands-on repairs and tasks in AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY industry and learn how to become automotive technology, with topics TBD / CIP 6.04610011 a certified technician. Students also including engines, engine performance FULL YEAR learn common tools and equipment in and repairs and automotive electricity. 1 CREDIT Students learn how to properly GRADES 9–10 automotive technology while exploring the systems of the automobile. diagnosis and make minor repairs to This course introduces students to Offered at JDHS the vehicle’s engine, electrical systems the skills needed in the occupational and computer system. Students area of automotive maintenance and have the opportunity to compete at repair. This course offers hands-on AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY II a state-level Skills USA Competition. opportunities in shop safety, tools and 0918 / CIP: 16.04307022 PREREQUISITE: Automotive equipment operation, work habits/ FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT Technology II. ethics, communication skills, preparing GRADES 10–11 Offered at JDHS and TMHS the vehicle for service, preparing In this course students explore the vehicle for the customer, general AUTOMOTIVE automotive steering, suspension service tasks, engine systems and TECHNOLOGY CO-OP lubrication and cooling systems systems and the braking system of 0950 diagnosis and repair. an automobile. Students learn to FULL YEAR identify, inspect, diagnosis and repair 1 CREDIT Offered at TMHS the various components associated GRADE 12 with each system. Students also In this course students are expected learn the fundamentals of vehicle to obtain paid employment in the wheel alignment. PREREQUISITE: automotive technology field. Students Automotive Technology I. must provide their own transportation. Offered at JDHS and TMHS PREREQUISITE: Automotive Technology III. Offered at TMHS
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COMPUTER SCIENCE AP COMPUTER SCIENCE A ENGINEERING OF 1053 / CIP: 11.04601033 ROBOTICS II FULL YEAR 0975 / CIP: 15.01301022 EXPLORING COMPUTER 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR SCIENCE PRINCIPLES GRADE 12 1 CREDIT 0358 / CIP: 11.04601011 GRADES 10–12 FULL YEAR This course is designed to prepare 1 CREDIT students for the AP Computer Science A In this course students build simple GRADES 9–10 Exam. With a focus on the fundamentals to complex robots that perform This course focuses on computer of programming and problem solving specific tasks or evade objects. With architecture, functionality and the using the JAVA language, this course an emphasis on solving real-world social implications that computers covers design strategies, organization problems by learning the function have for human civilization. Topics of data, approaches to processing data, of basic electronic components and include programming, data, algorithms, analysis of potential solutions and mechanisms, students study advanced abstraction and internet. the ethical and social implications of programming with ROBOTC language Offered at CSS and JDHS computing. Many students in this course should Offered at AIHS and CSS have a vested interest in competing AP COMPUTER SCIENCE in local and regional competitions for PRINCIPLES FIRST and VEX robotics competition. ENGINEERING OF ROBOTICS 1052 / CIP: 11.04601022 PREREQUISITE: Engineering of FULL YEAR Robotics I. 1 CREDIT GRADES 10–11 ENGINEERING OF Offered at JDHS ROBOTICS I This course is designed to prepare 0974 / CIP: 15.01301011 students for the AP Computer Science FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT Principles Exam. Students explore GRADES 9–12 the fundamentals of computing, including problem solving, working This course introduces robots to the with data, understanding the internet, high school classroom. Using LEGO cybersecurity and programming. This Mindstorms NXT Robots, students learn course also covers abstraction and how to program basic robot behaviors algorithms. using motors and rotation, sound, light, touch and ultrasonic sensors. Students Offered at AIHS, CSS and JDHS explore the processes of design and engineering, concepts of mechanics, applied mathematics and computer programming, with a focus on problem solving skills, team building and effective communication. Offered at JDHS
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ENGINEERING OF ENGINEERING & ROBOTICS ROBOTICS III 074 0 0976 / CIP: 15.01301033 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 GRADES 11–12 This course covers robotic design, This course continues the study of the electrical wiring, programming and processes of design and engineering, engineering metrics. Students explore automation, electronics, mechanics, the design process and documentation pneumatics, drive train and computer from the initial brainstorm and proof- programming. Students use logic to of-concept design, to the building of program a series of commands and prototypes, troubleshooting and the C-based programming for a robot final product. Students are assessed to perform, while gaining real-world through a combination of robot design engineering experience by designing, challenges and quizzes. fabricating and assembling robots and Offered at CSS evaluating robotics processes through participation in the FIRST Robotics Competition. Students also learn about hardware and software used by the drivers in FIRST Robotics Competitions. PREREQUISITE: Engineering of Robotics II. Offered at JDHS
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ECONOMICS AP MACROECONOMICS AP MICROECONOMICS 0295 0296 1 SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER CIVICS / ECONOMICS 0.5 CREDIT 0.5 CREDIT 0231-H / 0232-CP / 0240 / 0243 / GRADE 12 GRADE 12 0255 FULL YEAR This course is designed to prepare This course is designed to prepare 1 CREDIT students for the AP Macroeconomics students for the AP Microeconomics GRADE 9 Exam. With a focus on the principles Exam. With a focus on the principles This course offers an introduction that apply to an economic system as of economics that apply to the to political science, citizenship, a whole, this course places particular functions of individual economic government and economics. Students emphasis on the study of national decision-makers, this course develops examine societal issues and explore income and price-level determination. students’ familiarity with the operation solutions. Students will develop familiarity with of product and factor markets, Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS economic performance measures, the distributions of income, market financial sector, stabilization policies, failure and the role of government ECONOMICS & FINANCE economic growth and international in promoting greater efficiency and 0268 economics, while also learning to use equity in the economy. Students will 1 SEMESTER 0.5 CREDIT graphs, charts and data to analyze, learn to use graphs, charts and data GRADE 12 describe and explain economic to analyze, describe and explain This course examines how individual concepts. CO-REQUISITE: economic concepts. CO-REQUISITE: choices are influenced by the economy AP Microeconomics. AP Macroeconomics. as a whole. Using economic data Offered at AIHS and CCSA Offered at AIHS and CCSA and case studies, students explore topics related to education, career DUAL ENROLLMENT goals, financial planning, investing, ECON 100: ECONOMIC housing, transportation, healthcare and ISSUES & POLICIES retirement. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE Offered at CSS and JDHS 0226 FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT GRADE 12 This course takes a nontechnical approach to basic economics. Students apply economic concepts to contemporary issues, problems and policies. Both macroeconomic and microeconomic topics are covered. Offered at CSS
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GEOGRAPHY GOVERNMENT & POLITICS AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS 0200 GEOGRAPHY AP COMPARATIVE FULL YEAR 0201 GOVERNMENT & POLITICS 1 CREDIT 1 SEMESTER 0292 GRADES 11- 12 0.5 CREDIT FULL YEAR GRADE 12 1 CREDIT This course provides a college-level, This course takes a close look at GRADE 12 nonpartisan introduction to key the earth we inhabit with students This course is designed to prepare political concepts, ideas, institutions, exploring where events such as people, students for the AP Comparative policies, interactions, roles, and places and things occur, how they got Government and Politics Exam. Offering behaviors that characterize the there and how they are related to other an introduction to the rich diversity constitutional system and political events on the planet. Students learn of political life outside the United culture of the United States. Students how we have organized our land and States, this course uses a comparative will study U.S. foundational documents, life across the earth’s surface and what approach to examine the political Supreme Court decisions, and that organization means for our future. structures, policies, and the political, other texts and visuals to gain an understanding of the relationships Offered at AIHS and TMHS economic, and social challenges among Great Britain, Mexico, Russia, Iran, and interactions among political AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY China, and Nigeria. Students examine institutions, processes, and behavior. 0210 how different governments solve They will also engage in disciplinary FULL YEAR practices that require them to read and 1 CREDIT similar problems by comparing the GRADES 9–12 effectiveness of approaches to many interpret data, make comparisons and global issues. applications, and develop evidence- This course is designed to prepare Offered at CSS based arguments. In addition, they will students for the AP Human Geography complete a political science research or Exam. Offering an introduction to applied civics project. the systematic study of patterns and Offered at AIHS, CCSA and CSS processes that have shaped human understanding, use and alteration of Earth’s surface, this course challenges students to employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine human socioeconomic organization and its environmental consequences. Students will also learn methods and tools used by geographers. Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS and TMHS (Note: This course may be taught as a distance learning course.)
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CONTEMPORARY HISTORY AP U.S. HISTORY POLITICAL ISSUES 0260 0263 FULL YEAR 1 SEMESTER / FULL YEAR U.S. HISTORY 1 CREDIT 0.5/ 1 CREDIT 0211-H / 0212-CP / 0213 / 0215 / GRADES 11–12 GRADE 12 0252 FULL YEAR This course is designed to prepare This course takes a look at political 1 CREDIT students for the AP U.S. History Exam. issues from the 1960s through present GRADE 11 Students investigate significant day. Students examine historical, This course explores social science events, individuals, development, political, social and economic events through an analysis of United States and processes in nine historical that have influenced the United States history and institutions from the Civil periods from approximately 1491 to and the global community, with topics War era through present day. Students the present. Using the same skills, including the Vietnam War, conflicts will develop an understanding of practices and methods employed in the Middle East, Reaganomics, the modern history including Civil War by historians, students will analyze Clinton Years, and September 11 and its and Reconstruction (1850-1877); primary and secondary sources; aftermath. development of an industrialized develop historical arguments; make Offered at AIHS, CSS, JDHS and TMHS nation (1870-1900); emergence historical comparisons; and utilize of modern America (1890-1930); reasoning about contextualization, Great Depression and World War II causation, and continuity and change (1929-1945); Postwar United States over time. Students will explore seven (1945-early 1970s); and contemporary themes in order to make connections United States (1968-present). among historical developments in Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS different times and places: American and national identity; migration and settlement; politics and power; work, exchange and technology; America in the world; geography and the environment; and culture and society. Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS
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WORLD HISTORY AP WORLD HISTORY : INTRODUCTION TO 0221-H / 0222-CP / 0223 / 0225 / MODERN ART HISTORY 0251 0220 0269 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADE 10 GRADES 10–12 GRADES 10–12 This course presents a chronological This course is designed to prepare This course offers a survey of world history from the Renaissance to students for the AP World History: art from Antiquity to the present. present day. Students examine the Modern Exam. Students investigate With a focus on the media of painting, Renaissance in Europe, Africa, the significant events, individuals, sculpture and architecture of various Americas and the Far East, along with developments and processes in six cultures, this course features the Ages of Revolution, Industrialism historical periods from approximately highlights from art movements of and Imperialism. This course also 1200 CE to the present. Using the same Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia covers World War I and II and today’s skills, practices and methods employed and the Americas. world in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, by historians, students will analyze Offered at AIHS and CCSA Latin America, Europe and the United primary and secondary sources; States. develop historical arguments; make INTRODUCTION TO Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS historical comparisons; and utilize ART HISTORY reasoning about contextualization, 0269 WORLD HISTORY ON FILM 1 SEMESTER causation, and continuity and change 0.5 CREDIT 0278 GRADES 11–12 1 SEMESTER over time. Students will explore five 0.5 CREDIT themes in order to make connections This course offers a survey of world GRADE 11–12 among historical developments in art from Antiquity to the present. This course challenges students different times and places: interaction With a focus on the media of painting, to consider the question, “What between humans and the environment; sculpture and architecture of various is history?” Examining films and development and interaction of cultures, this course features historical dramas as historical cultures; state building, expansion, highlights from art movements of evidence, students learn to rethink and conflict; creation, expansion and Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia major problems in world history interaction of economic systems; and and the Americas. CO-REQUISITE: and understand the main task of development and transformation of World History on Film. social structures. the historian as not to record facts, Offered at TMHS but to interpret and evaluate them. Offered at CSS, JDHS and TMHS CO-REQUISITE: Introduction to Art History. Offered at TMHS
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AP ART HISTORY AP EUROPEAN HISTORY AFRICAN AMERICAN 0250 0270 HISTORY FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 0207 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 SEMESTER GRADES 11–12 GRADES 10–12 0.5 CREDIT This course is designed to prepare This course is designed to prepare GRADE 12 students for AP Art History Exam. students for the AP European This course provides a survey of African Students will explore the nature of art, History Exam. In this course students American history from the beginnings art making and responses to art. By investigate significant events, in Africa to present day in America. investigating specific course content individuals, developments and With a look at the role of technological of 250 works of art characterized processes in four historical periods innovations and social ideas in history, by diverse artistic traditions from from approximately 1450 to the topics include the Atlantic slave trade, prehistory to the present, this course present. Using the same skills, practices creating a new nation, the Civil War, fosters in-depth, holistic understanding and methods employed by historians, Reconstruction, separation of the of the history of art from a global students will analyze primary races, the Great Depression, the Civil perspective. Students learn how to and secondary sources; develop Rights movement and modern America. become active participants in the historical arguments; make historical Contemporary social issues such as global art world, engaging with its comparisons; and utilize reasoning equal rights, racism, sexism, terrorism, forms and content. Students will also about contextualization, causation, politics and world cultures are explored experience, research, discuss, read and and continuity and change over time. with an analysis of the development of write about art, artists, art making, Students will explore six themes in American culture. responses to, and interpretations of art. order to make connections among Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS Offered at AIHS, CCSA and TMHS historical developments in different times and places: interaction of Europe and the world; poverty and prosperity; objective knowledge and subjective visions; states and other institutions of power; individual and society; and national and European identity. Offered at AIHS, CCSA and TMHS
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IB HISTORY THE AMERICAS PSYCHOLOGY AP PSYCHOLOGY (HL) 11 0280 2232 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR PSYCHOLOGY 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 0264 / 0282-H (AIHS & CCSA) GRADE 12 GRADE 11 FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT This course is designed to prepare This is a two-year course beginning in GRADE 12 students for the AP Psychology Exam. the student’s junior year. In this course, This course offers an introduction This course introduces students to students will study Anglo-America to the five domains of psychology: the systematic and scientific study and Latin America for the purpose Methods, Biopsychosocial, of human behavior and mental of comparing and contrasting the Developmental, Cognitive and processes. While considering the similarities and differences in cultural Variations of Individual and Group psychologists and studies that have roots; political, economic and social Behaviors. Topics include psychological shaped the field, students explore development; and modern international research, careers in psychology, and apply psychological theories, key relations. Students will also examine Biological bases of behavior, stress, life concepts and phenomena associated critical issues in United States history span development, relationships and with such topics as the biological and prepare for the IB examination. states of consciousness. bases of behavior, sensation and Offered at JDHS Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS and TMHS perception, learning and cognition, motivation, developmental psychology, IB HISTORY THE AMERICAS PSYCHOLOGY testing and individual differences, (HL) 12 0264 treatment of abnormal behavior and 2242 1 SEMESTER social psychology. Throughout the FULL YEAR 0.5 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADE 12 course, students employ psychological GRADE 12 research methods, including ethical This course offers an introduction considerations, as they use the This course concludes the two-year to the five domains of psychology: scientific method, evaluate claims and IB History of the Americas course. Methods, Biopsychosocial, evidence and effectively communicate Students will focus on topics of the Developmental, Cognitive and ideas. 20th century with a close examination Variations of Individual and Group of the Cold War. Students will take Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS Behaviors. Topics include psychological (Note: This course may be taught as a distance the IB examination in this course. research, careers in psychology, learning course.) PREREQUISITE: IB History of the Biological bases of behavior, stress, life Americas HL 11. span development, relationships and Offered at JDHS states of consciousness. Offered at JDHS
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IB PSYCHOLOGY IB PSYCHOLOGY (HL) 11 (HL) 12 2245 TBD DUAL ENROLLMENT FULL YEAR FULL YEAR PSY 121: GENERAL 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT PSYCHOLOGY GRADE 11 GRADE 12 DELAWARE TECH The IB Diploma Program High Level (HL) 0287 FULL YEAR Psychology course is the systematic The IB Diploma Program High Level (HL) study of behavior and mental 1 CREDIT Psychology course is the systematic GRADES 11–12 processes. Students undertaking study of behavior and mental This course covers general the course can expect to develop an processes. Students undertaking principles underlying human understanding of how psychological the course can expect to develop an knowledge is generated, developed and understanding of how psychological behavior and mental processes. applied. This will allow them to have a knowledge is generated, developed and Topics include biological greater understanding of themselves applied. This will allow them to have a factors that influence behavior, and appreciate the diversity of human greater understanding of themselves psychological approaches, behavior. The holistic approach and appreciate the diversity of human sensation/perception, learning, reflected in the curriculum, which sees behavior. The holistic approach motivation/emotion, personality, biological, cognitive and sociocultural reflected in the curriculum, which sees abnormal psychology, and analysis being taught in an integrated biological, cognitive and sociocultural methods of assessment and way ensures that students are able to analysis being taught in an integrated research principles. develop an understanding of what all way ensures that students are able to humans share, as well as the immense Offered at TMHS develop an understanding of what all (Note: This course may be taught as a diversity of influences on human humans share, as well as the immense distance learning course.) behavior and mental processes. In diversity of influences on human addition to the three levels of analysis, behavior and mental processes. In the IB curriculum requires an in-depth addition to the three levels of analysis, study of two other areas psychology. the IB curriculum requires an in-depth We will study the Human Development study of two other areas psychology. and Abnormal Psychology options, weaving in the three levels of analysis In year two/12th grade the emphasis as we examine the two topics. moves towards being able to create, evaluate and assess research methods In year one/11th grade, students in psychology. The topics studied are: undertake rigorous study of the Qualitative research in psychology following topics: the biological level of and an Introduction to experimental analysis, the cognitive level of analysis, research methodology. Additionally, The sociocultural level of analysis, over several weeks, students will create abnormal psychology, developmental their own study which counts at 20% of psychology and the psychology of their grade for the entire course. human relationships. Offered at JDHS Offered at JDHS
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OTHER DUAL ENROLLMENT DUAL ENROLLMENT ANTH 101: INTRODUCTION PHIL 100: PHILOSOPHIES GRADE 12: READING TO CULTURAL & SOCIAL OF LIFE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE PROJECT ANTHROPOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE 0285 0245 0227 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADE 12 GRADE 12 GRADE 12 This course examines past In this course students explore the This course covers major ideas and and present philosophies that surroundings and time in which another areas of study in social and cultural people strive to live by, including person lived. Students compare and anthropology. Ethnographic data individualistic, group-oriented, contrast the civic and economic impact and film are used to illustrate the religious and nonreligious positions. of past eras with our society today. anthropologist’s view of societies Offered at CCSA and CSS Offered at AIHS and JDHS in their sociocultural and ecological dimensions. DUAL ENROLLMENT IB THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE 2852 Offered at CCSA and CSS SOC 111: SOCIOLOGY DELAWARE TECH FULL YEAR 0279 1 CREDIT DUAL ENROLLMENT FULL YEAR GRADES 11–12 HDFS 202: DIVERSITY & 1 CREDIT This course stands at the center of the FAMILIES GRADES 11–12 IB program, guiding students to think UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE 0729 This course provides an analysis of about everything they are learning in FULL YEAR American social organization and their other classes. Theory of Knowledge 1 CREDIT culture, through a cross-cultural GRADES 11–12 asks one deceptively simple question: perspective. Students investigate, “How do you know?” The question starts This course examines diverse families describe and analyze patterns of out that general, exploring how we in the United States with a focus on human behavior to understand the know anything at all. Then it focuses on issues of race, ethnicity, social class, human condition. specific courses such as science, history, and gender. Emphasis is placed on the Offered at AIHS, CSS and TMHS or literature. In science the question accelerating effects of globalization (Note: This course may be taught as a distance learning course.) may be, “How do you know that the and social change. scientific method is valid?” In history it Offered at CCSA may be, “How do you know Montezuma was the last Aztec ruler?” And in literature it may be, “How do you know a good poem from a bad one?” The goal of this course is not to make students doubt everything they hear, but rather help them listen carefully, think clearly and express themselves confidently. Offered at JDHS
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THEATER
This section includes courses in the DRAMA III INTRODUCTION TO ACTING Technical Theater Pathway, Theater 0810 1220 Arts Pathway, Theater Program of FULL YEAR FULL YEAR Study, along with other theater courses. 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 GRADES 9–12 DRAMA I 0808 This course focuses on theater of This course teaches the basic elements FULL YEAR the 20th century. Students examine of acting and theater production, with 1 CREDIT plays and perform and direct related students exploring acting techniques GRADES 9–12 scenes. Students also explore advanced through monologues, scenes and This course introduces the basic movement and acting techniques one-act plays. This course also focuses elements of acting of theater through improvisation, yoga, on improvisation, teamwork, basic production. Students explore acting vocal exercises and scene studies. character development, theater techniques through movement, PREREQUISITE: Drama II. vocabulary and writing for the stage. improvisational games, scene studies Offered at AIHS and JDHS Offered at AIHS and CCSA and monologues. Students also study writing for the stage. DRAMA IV Offered at JDHS 0811 ACTING FOR THE CAMERA FULL YEAR TBD 1 CREDIT DRAMA II FULL YEAR GRADE 12 1 CREDIT 0809 GRADES 10–12 FULL YEAR This course teaches advanced 1 CREDIT acting techniques and directing. This course prepares students for the GRADES 10–12 Designed to prepare students for a demands and challenges of acting on In this course students explore theater career in theater, this course covers camera. Students will gain exposure to history from Ancient Greece to present audition techniques and advanced hands-on experience in the technical day, performing scenes from each memorization skills through scene aspects of the behind-the-camera time period. Students refine acting studies, monologues and writing process in capturing an actor’s techniques through improvisational and performing skits and plays. on-camera performance. Students games, movement exercises and PREREQUISITE: Drama III. will learn and participate in various monologue. PREREQUISITE: Drama I. Offered at AIHS production crew positions in support of Offered at AIHS and JDHS the on-camera work done in the class. Students will be expected to participate in four out-of-class film shoots throughout the school year as either actor or production. PREREQUISITE: Introduction to Acting or Teacher Approval Offered at CCSA
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ADVANCED ACTING ADVANCED STAGE COMBAT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, 1225 0791 IMPROVISATION & FULL YEAR FULL YEAR CHILDREN’S THEATER 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1223 GRADES 11–12 GRADES 10–12 FULL YEAR In this course students continue to In this course students continue to 1 CREDIT GRADES 10–12 build acting skills and explore theater develop compulsory techniques in as a career. This course teaches stage combat and hone their unarmed, In this course students will explore audition techniques and advanced knife, quarterstaff, rapier and dagger, different methods of character memorization skills through scene and broadsword skills. This course development and experiment with studies, monologues, and writing and builds partnering skills and expands the character roles. Students will study performing monologues and one-act artist’s imagination. PREREQUISITE: long-form improvisation, commedia plays. PREREQUISITE: Introduction to Stage Combat. dell’arte, spontaneous playing and the Acting and audition. Offered at CCSA art of being in the moment. Students Offered at AIHS will be introduced to purpose, scope ADVANCED THEATER and history of theater experiences for STAGE COMBAT COMPANY children. PREREQUISITE: 0790 0795 Introduction to Acting. FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT Offered at CCSA every other year GRADES 9–12 GRADES 10–12 VOICE & MOVEMENT In this course students become In this course students learn to perform FOR THE ACTOR staged violence in a safe and controlled members of a theater company and 1204 manner while creating believable write, direct and act in plays for the FULL YEAR action on stage. Working in pairs and public. Students perform one-act 1 CREDIT GRADES 10–12 small groups, students learn the basics scripts, abridged Shakespeare plays of theatrical combat and violence and self-written work. Classes involve This course explores voice and movement including a history of weaponry and some activity periods. PREREQUISITE: techniques for the stage. Through yoga combatants; the design, operation and Audition. practice, partner stretches, trust-building maintenance of weaponry; theatrical Offered at CCSA exercises, visualization and mindfulness movement and body awareness; practices, students learn a variety of and combat fight skills for unarmed movement practices, techniques and combat, knife combat, rapier/ forms to enhance their vocal and physical dagger combat, broadsword combat, strength and flexibility. Topics include quarterstaff combat and unique/found kinesthetic awareness, movement weapon combat. and sound storytelling, diction and Offered at CCSA articulation, physical self-awareness and flexibility, movement techniques used throughout theater history, and physical improvisational exercises. Offered at CCSA 131 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
THEATER
THEATER CRAFT TECHNICAL THEATER TECHNICAL THEATER III 0787 0892 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT INTRODUCTION TO 1 CREDIT GRADES 10–12 TECHNICAL THEATER GRADES 11–12 0814 This course provides students with a FULL YEAR In this course students will be foundation in the “craft” of theater/ 1 CREDIT required to read scripts, research film production. Topics covered: an GRADES 9–12 settings, create artistic 2D and 3D introduction to drafting and technical In this course students will learn the interpretations and build models that drawing, set/scene design, model basics of set design and construction, based on their designs, construct sets making, costume history, design lighting design, sound design, and props for current productions. and props, hair design and make-up. costume design, prop design, stage Students will also be responsible PREREQUISITE at least one of the management, and the day-to-day for maintenance of the theater. following: Dance I, Digital Media I, operation and maintenance of a PREREQUISITE: Technical Theater II. Drama I, Visual Arts Foundation I, Vocal theater. Offered at CCSA Music I, or Introduction to Technical Offered at CCSA Theater. TECHNICAL THEATER IV 0893 Offered at CCSA TECHNICAL THEATER II FULL YEAR 0891 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR GRADE 12 1 CREDIT GRADES 10–12 Students will deepen their experience This course continues the study of with operation and design of technical theater with exploration of computerized theater lighting, costuming, props, make-up, scenic amplification of live performances, design, stage management, sound stage and theatrical management, design, and basic lighting design. and counterweight rigging systems. PREREQUISITE: Technical Theater I. Students must be available after Offered at CCSA school for show rehearsals, technical meetings and set-building nights. PREREQUISITE: Technical Theater III. Offered at CCSA
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VISUAL & DESIGN ARTS
This section includes courses in the IB VISUAL ARTS HL 11 IB VISUAL ARTS SL 11 Graphic Design Pathway, Visual Arts 2831 2832 Pathway, Visual Arts Program of Study, FULL YEAR FULL YEAR along with other arts courses. 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADE 11 GRADE 11 VISUAL ARTS FOUNDATION I 0871 This is the first course in the two-year This is the first course in the two-year FULL YEAR IB Visual Arts course, beginning in IB Visual Arts course, beginning in 1 CREDIT the student’s junior year. Students the student’s junior year. Students GRADES 9–12 build upon life experiences while build upon life experiences while This course provides a foundation in developing new skills, techniques, developing new skills, techniques, visual arts with a wide variety of media and ideas creatively. While creating and ideas creatively. While creating and techniques in drawing, painting, art is the main focus of this course, art is the main focus of this course, sculpture and design. Students explore reading about art, researching art, reading about art, researching art, and and apply the elements of art and and investigating new mediums is investigating new mediums is a driving principles of design while learning how a driving force behind students’ force behind students’ artwork. SL to reflect on their own works and the artwork. HL Visual Arts includes Visual Arts includes a portfolio of 9–12 works of their peers and professional additional requirements for the written pages and a 4–7 piece requirement for artists. Comparative Study, an expanded the exhibition. Offered at AIHS, CCSA, JDHS and TMHS portfolio of 13–25 pages, and an 8–11 Offered at JDHS piece requirement for the exhibition. VISUAL ARTS FOUNDATION II Offered at JDHS IB VISUAL ARTS SL 12 0872 2842 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT IB VISUAL ARTS HL 12 1 CREDIT GRADES 10–12 2841 GRADE 12 FULL YEAR In this course students refine their 1 CREDIT This is the conclusion of the two-year IB technique and explore a variety GRADE 12 Visual Arts course. Students develop an of materials and applications as This is the conclusion of the two-year IB integrated relationship between studio they practice the role of the artist Visual Arts course. Students develop an work and investigation work. SL Visual as communicator. This course integrated relationship between studio Arts includes a portfolio of 9–12 pages incorporates hands-on activities with work and investigation work. HL Visual and a 4–7 piece requirement for the critical and creative thinking, self- Arts includes additional requirements exhibition. PREREQUISITE: IB Visual expression and visual communication for the written Comparative Study, Arts SL 11. skills. PREREQUISITE: Visual Arts an expanded portfolio of 13–25 pages, Offered at JDHS Foundation I. and an 8–11 piece requirement for the Offered at AIHS and CCSA exhibition. PREREQUISITE: IB Visual Arts HL 11. Offered at JDHS
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2D DESIGN 3D DESIGN ART STUDIO 1116 1118 0854 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 GRADES 10–12 GRADES 11–12 This course challenges students to This course provides a working In this course students develop perfect the concept of the picture knowledge of the basic fundamental original and creative self-expression. plane, figure and ground relationships, principles of 3D design. With an Students are expected to provide scale and proportional transformation, emphasis on the application of additional materials for studio patterning, composition, value, color, the elements of art and principles work. PREREQUISITE: Visual Arts methods for conveying time and spatial of design, this studio class helps Foundation II. illusion. PREREQUISITE: Visual Arts students to develop an informed Offered at AIHS and JDHS Foundation I (JDHS and TMHS); Visual understanding of actual and virtual Arts Foundation II (CCSA). 3D form. Students learn from a AP STUDIO ART 0 874 Offered at CCSA, JDHS and TMHS progressive study in terminology, FULL YEAR visual principles, exploration, concept 2 CREDITS (CCSA) ADVANCED 2D DESIGN generation, processes, and techniques. 1 CREDIT (TMHS) 1117 PREREQUISITE: Visual Arts GRADE 12 FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT Foundation I (JDHS and TMHS); Visual This course is designed to prepare GRADE 12 Arts Foundation II (CCSA). students for the AP Studio Art In this course students refine their Offered at AIHS, CCSA, JDHS and TMHS assessment. This course is designed for technical skills to create artwork that students who are seriously interested ADVANCED 3D DESIGN in the practical experience of art. is sophisticated and personal. Student 1119 create initial thematic designs, and FULL YEAR Students create a portfolio of work then use processes to manipulate, 1 CREDIT to demonstrate the artistic skills and and refine the structural components GRADE 11–12 ideas they have developed, refined to improve the organization of the This course offers an advanced and applied over the course of the principles of design. Compositions are application of technical and aesthetic year to produce visual compositions. designed from observation, research, exploration through a variety of Students may choose to submit any and/or imagination. PREREQUISITE: mediums. Students participate in a or all of the Drawing, 2-Dimensional 2D Design. wide range of experiences that will Design or 3-Dimensional design PREREQUISITE: Offered at CCSA, JDHS and TMHS expand their understanding of the 3D portfolios. Visual Arts world and enable them to use their art Foundation II and teacher approval. to communicate. PREREQUISITE: Offered at CCSA and TMHS 3D Design. Offered at CCSA, JDHS and TMHS
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DRAWING I & MARK MAKING GRAPHIC DESIGN 0857 FULL YEAR DUAL ENROLLMENT 1 CREDIT GRAPHIC DESIGN & IL212: FIGURE DRAWING GRADES 11–12 PRODUCTION I DCAD 0884 / CIP: 03.02301011 This course covers the fundamentals 0789 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR of pictorial design through a sequence 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT of hands-on exercises and projects. GRADES 9–12 GRADES 11–12 Students are challenged to design and This courses offers an introduction The course explores the human execute original creative compositions to graphic design fundamentals, the figure as the most complex single using a traditional and non-traditional design industry, production and visual subject matter in all of the visual materials, methods and mark making communications. arts. It is primarily observational tools. Students also develop their Offered at JDHS drawing from models, introducing own visual vocabulary and repertoire human anatomy, proportions, of practical personal approaches to GRAPHIC DESIGN & movement/balance, figure/ mediums, techniques and thematic PRODUCTION II space relationship, and various 0885 / CIP: 03.02301022 content. PREREQUISITE: Visual Arts expressive approaches. Students Foundation II. FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT will practice a variety of drawing Offered at CCSA GRADES 10–12 media – wet, dry, and some color. In this course students learn to use Offered at CCSA DRAWING II & MARK MAKING 0858 industry-standard design programs FULL YEAR including SignLab and the Adobe 1 CREDIT Creative Suite for digital imaging and GRADE 12 editing. This course emphasizes content issues Offered at JDHS and the historical and cultural contexts in which works of art are produced. GRAPHIC DESIGN & Students translate visual evidence PRODUCTION III into words, helping them to develop 0886 / CIP: 03.02301033 FULL YEAR and communicate self-expression and 1 CREDIT awareness. PREREQUISITE: Drawing I GRADES 11–12 & Mark Making. In this course students explore desktop Offered at CCSA publishing, sign making, vinyl graphics, large format printing, logo design and t-shirt printing. Students also take a closer look at the graphic arts industry and the many careers it has to offer. Offered at JDHS
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VOCAL ARTS
This section includes courses in the WOMEN’S ENSEMBLE CONCERT CHOIR Vocal Arts Program of Study, Vocal 0837 0838 Music Pathway, along with other vocal FULL YEAR FULL YEAR arts courses. 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADES 9–12 GRADES 9–12 (MEN’S) VOCAL ENSEMBLE GRADES 11–12 (WOMEN’S) 0844-H This course explores a vast repertoire FULL YEAR of treble music from different cultures, This selective vocal ensemble course 1 CREDIT periods and styles. With an emphasis emphasizes proper tone production, GRADES 11–12 on proper tone production, artistic artistic performance and expression. This ensemble continues to explore performance and expression, students Students perform standard choral a vast repertoire of SATB literature, will develop sight-reading and ear- literature selected from various periods with a deeper focus on proper tone training skills. and styles. This is a performance production, artistic performance and Offered at AIHS and TMHS elective and concert attendance is expression. Students will refine their mandatory. sight-reading and ear-training skills. ADVANCED WOMEN’S Offered at AIHS, CSS and JDHS PREREQUISITE: Chamber Choir. ENSEMBLE Offered at AIHS 0839 MIXED CHORUS FULL YEAR 0841 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR ADVANCED VOCAL GRADES 10–12 1 CREDIT ENSEMBLE GRADES 9–12 0845 This ensemble performs a wide array FULL YEAR of advanced treble literature which In this ensemble students will learn 1 CREDIT requires strong vocal ability and two, three and four-part harmony from GRADES 10–12 sight-reading skills. PREREQUISITE: a variety of cultures, periods and styles. Dickinson Singers is an auditioned Audition. Offered at AIHS, CSS and JDHS mixed ensemble of singers specializing Offered at TMHS in the performance of advanced choral EXPLORING MUSIC literature, including madrigals, and CHAMBER CHOIR 0991 FULL YEAR 0843 vocal chamber music. This advanced 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR performance ensemble will focus on a GRADES 9–12 1 CREDIT variety of music throughout the year GRADES 9–12 Students will learn concepts needed for with an emphasis on complex and In this mixed ensemble, students will understanding a wide variety of music, diverse music from a variety of genres. explore a vast repertoire of SATB with practice in listening, discussing Music skills such as sight singing and literature, with an emphasis on proper and analyzing music. reading music notation are required tone production, artistic performance Offered at AIHS and TMHS and will be built upon. Enrollment and expression. Students will develop in this ensemble requires a signed sight-reading and ear-training skills. permission slip from the vocal music Offered at AIHS teacher. PREREQUISITE: Audition. Offered JDHS
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VOCAL ARTS
VOCAL MUSIC I VOCAL MUSIC IV FUNDAMENTALS OF 0834 0994 THE MUSIC BUSINESS FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1205 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR GRADE 9 GRADE 12 1 CREDIT This course teaches singing In this course students will enhance GRADES 9–12 techniques for both solo and ensemble their singing technique and sight- This course offers an introduction performances. With an emphasis on singing skills, while diving deeper to the music business, with topics diction, phrasing, vowel placement and into key signatures, music theory and including historical and current trends proper tonal production, students will analysis. Students take on the role of of the music industry, recording artist learn to sing in Italian, French, German, mentors to the newer singers in this contracts, contracts with minors, Latin and African. Sight-singing, course. PREREQUISITE: Vocal Music III. independent record production, labor ear-training, rhythmic accuracy, the Offered at CCSA agreements, foreign distribution, International Phonetic Alphabet, and sound recordings, U.S. Copyright Law, musical terms are also covered. FUNDAMENTALS OF performing rights organizations, public Offered at CCSA MUSIC THEORY domain, royalties, music for the theater. 0830 Offered at CCSA 1 SEMESTER VOCAL MUSIC II 0.5 CREDIT 0835 GRADES 9–12 JAZZ CHOIR FULL YEAR 0848 1 CREDIT This is course covers music theory FULL YEAR GRADE 10 topics for the beginner. Music theory 1 CREDIT This course builds on Vocal Music I, with principles will be introduced and applied GRADES 9–12 students taking on a more active role as students learn the ins and outs of This performance-based ensemble as mentors. PREREQUISITE: basic theory through sight-reading, ear performs frequently throughout the Vocal Music I. training, dictation and class discussion. school year. Rhythm section players are Offered at CCSA Offered at AIHS and CCSA also invited to participate in this group. This ensemble is an auditioned choir. VOCAL MUSIC III SIGHT-SINGING & Offered at CCSA 0836 EAR TRAINING FULL YEAR 0797 MUSICAL THEATER 1 CREDIT 1 SEMESTER 0847 GRADE 11 0.5 CREDIT FULL YEAR GRADES 9–12 Students will continue to develop 1 CREDIT singing and music reading abilities This course offers an introduction to GRADES 11–12 through self-directed learning in this sight singing and ear training. Students In this course students learn everything course. PREREQUISITE: Vocal Music II. are also trained to recognize aurally from singing sixteen bars of a Offered at CCSA and notate the basic elements of music, Broadway song to performing a cold including intervals, diatonic melodies, reading. Topics include singing, acting, simple rhythms, chord qualities, and movement, Broadway musicals and basic harmonic progressions. styles, with opportunities to perform as Offered at CCSA an ensemble at out-of-school events. Offered at CCSA 137 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
WORLD LANGUAGES
All Red Clay World Language courses develop student proficiency based on the Delaware World Readiness Standards for learning languages. Goal areas CHINESE II (MANDARIN) CHINESE IV (MANDARIN) include the 5 Cs: Communication, 0562 0564-H Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, FULL YEAR FULL YEAR and Communities. Success in 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT communication is measured by how well GRADES 9–12 GRADES 10–12 learners are able to use language as they improve their performance from Students will continue to develop This course builds on structures the Novice to the Advanced ranges of their understanding of Chinese with learned in Chinese III and introduces proficiency. increased grammatical study, reading, more advanced grammar and Students who demonstrate an intermediate-mid or higher level of writing and conversation. Proficiency vocabulary. Students will read, analyze proficiency in reading writing, and Target: Novice High. PREREQUISITE: and discuss authentic literary and speaking can qualify for the Delaware Chinese I. Certificate of Multi-literacy. contemporary texts to increase Offered at CSS their communicative and cultural Students have the option to demonstrate competency. Proficiency Target: proficiency on a national test to earn credit as per the Delaware graduation CHINESE III (MANDARIN) Intermediate Low. PREREQUISITE: requirements. 0563-H Chinese III. FULL YEAR Offered at CSS CHINESE 1 CREDIT GRADES 10–12 AP CHINESE LANGUAGE & CHINESE I (MANDARIN) Students will expand their knowledge CULTURE 0561 and appreciation of the Chinese 0565 FULL YEAR language and culture. With more 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR GRADES 9–12 complex grammar, vocabulary and 1 CREDIT cultural elements, students develop GRADES 11–12 This course builds a basic knowledge of proficiency through sustained oral and Conducted entirely in Mandarin, spoken and written Chinese vocabulary written communication. Proficiency this course is designed to prepare through practice in listening, Target: Novice High to Intermediate students for the AP Chinese Language speaking, reading and writing. With an Low. PREREQUISITE: Chinese II. & Culture Exam. Students will sharpen introduction to the culture of Chinese- Offered at CSS their listening, speaking, reading speaking countries, students will learn and writing skills, with the goal of through interpretive, interpersonal achieving mastery. Proficiency Target: and presentational communication. Intermediate Mid. PREREQUISITE: Proficiency Target: Novice Mid. Chinese IV. Offered at CSS Offered at CSS
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FRENCH FRENCH III AP FRENCH LANGUAGE & 0523-H CULTURE FRENCH I FULL YEAR 0529 1 CREDIT 0521 FULL YEAR GRADES 10–12 FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT Students will expand their knowledge GRADE 12 GRADES 9–12 and appreciation of the French Conducted entirely in French, this This course builds a basic knowledge of language and culture. With more course is designed to prepare spoken and written French vocabulary complex grammar, vocabulary and students for the AP French Language through practice in listening, cultural elements, students develop & Culture Exam. Students will sharpen speaking, reading and writing. With an proficiency through sustained their listening, speaking, reading introduction to the culture of French- oral and written communication. and writing skills, with the goal of speaking countries, students will learn Proficiency Target: Intermediate Low achieving mastery. Proficiency Target: through interpretive, interpersonal to Intermediate Mid. PREREQUISITE: Intermediate High to Advanced Mid. and presentational communication. French II. PREREQUISITE: French IV. Proficiency Target: Novice Mid to Novice Offered at AIHS, CCSA, JDHS and TMHS Offered at CCSA and JDHS High. Offered at AIHS, CCSA, JDHS and TMHS FRENCH IV IB FRENCH SL 11 0524-H 2532 FULL YEAR FRENCH II FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 0522 GRADES 11–12 GRADE 11 FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT This course builds on structures This course is conducted entirely in GRADES 9–12 learned in French III and introduces French. Students will build language Students will continue to develop their more advanced grammar and acquisition and advancing linguistic understanding of French with increased vocabulary. Students will read, analyze abilities through the development of grammatical study, reading, writing and discuss authentic literary and receptive, productive and interactive and conversation. Proficiency Target: contemporary texts to increase skills. Students will communicate in Novice High to Intermediate Low. their communicative and cultural both oral and written French, using PREREQUISITE: French I. competency. Proficiency Target: and understanding appropriate Offered at AIHS, CCSA, JDHS and TMHS Intermediate Mid to Intermediate High. vocabulary and grammar in a variety of PREREQUISITE: French III. situations. Students will also develop Offered at AIHS, CCSA, JDHS and TMHS an awareness of French culture with a goal of demonstrating international mindedness. Proficiency Target: Intermediate Mid to Intermediate High. PREREQUISITE: French III. Offered at JDHS
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IB FRENCH SL 12 ITALIAN II ITALIAN IV 2542 0552 0554-H FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADE 12 GRADES 9–12 GRADES 11–12 This course is conducted entirely in Students will continue to develop their This course builds on structures French. Students continue the study understanding of Italian with increased learned in Italian III and introduces of French language and culture, grammatical study, reading, writing more advanced grammar and with activities including oral and and conversation. Proficiency Target: vocabulary. Students will read, analyze listening interaction, and a range Novice High to Intermediate Low. and discuss authentic literary and of reading texts at various levels of PREREQUISITE: Italian I. contemporary texts to increase difficulty. Students communicate in Offered at TMHS their communicative and cultural both oral and written French, using competency. Proficiency Target: and understanding vocabulary and ITALIAN III Intermediate Mid to Intermediate High. grammar in a variety of situations. 0553-H PREREQUISITE: Italian III. FULL YEAR Proficiency Target: Intermediate High to 1 CREDIT Offered at TMHS Advanced Low. PREREQUISITE: GRADES 10–12 AP ITALIAN LANGUAGE & IB French SL 11. Students will expand their knowledge Offered at JDHS CULTURE and appreciation of the Italian 0555 language and culture. With more FULL YEAR complex grammar, vocabulary and 1 CREDIT ITALIAN cultural elements, students develop GRADES 11–12 Conducted entirely in Italian, this ITALIAN I proficiency through sustained 0551 oral and written communication. course is designed to prepare FULL YEAR Proficiency Target: Intermediate Low students for the AP Italian Language 1 CREDIT to Intermediate Mid. PREREQUISITE: & Culture Exam. Students will sharpen GRADES 9–12 (TMHS) GRADES 11–12 (AIHS & CSS) Italian II. their listening, speaking, reading Offered at TMHS and writing skills, with the goal of This course builds a basic knowledge of achieving mastery. Proficiency Target: spoken and written Italian vocabulary Intermediate High to Advanced Mid. through practice in listening, PREREQUISITE: Italian IV. speaking, reading and writing. With an Offered at TMHS introduction to the culture of Italian- speaking countries, students will learn through interpretive, interpersonal and presentational communication. Proficiency Target: Novice Mid to Novice High. Offered at AIHS, CSS and TMHS (Note: This course may be taught as a distance learning course.)
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SPANISH
SPANISH I SPANISH III SPANISH III PRE-AP 0511 0515-H 0557-H FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADES 9–12 GRADES 10–12 GRADES 10–12 This course builds a basic knowledge of Students will expand their knowledge This course is designed for students spoken and written Spanish vocabulary and appreciation of the Spanish who plan to take AP Spanish Language through practice in listening, language and culture. With more & Culture. Students will expand their speaking, reading and writing. With an complex grammar, vocabulary and knowledge and appreciation of the introduction to the culture of Spanish- cultural elements, students develop Spanish language and culture. With speaking countries, students will learn proficiency through sustained more complex grammar, vocabulary through interpretive, interpersonal oral and written communication. and cultural elements, students and presentational communication. Proficiency Target: Intermediate Low develop proficiency through sustained Proficiency Target: Novice Mid to Novice to Intermediate Mid. PREREQUISITE: oral and written communication. High. Spanish II. Proficiency Target: Intermediate Mid Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS to Intermediate High. PREREQUISITE: Spanish II SPANISH II SPANISH III FOR Offered at CCSA and CSS 0514 NATIVE SPEAKERS FULL YEAR 0506-H SPANISH IV 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR GRADES 9–12 0517-H 1 CREDIT FULL YEAR Students will continue to develop GRADES 9–12 1 CREDIT their understanding of Spanish with In this course, native Spanish GRADES 11–12 increased grammatical study, reading, speakers will expand their knowledge This course builds on structures writing and conversation. Proficiency and appreciation of the Spanish learned in Spanish III and introduces Target: Novice High to Intermediate language and culture. With more more advanced grammar and Low. PREREQUISITE: Spanish I. complex grammar, vocabulary, vocabulary. Students will read, analyze Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS and cultural elements, this course and discuss authentic literary and develops language proficiency in contemporary texts to increase expanded, sustained oral and written their communicative and cultural communication. Proficiency Target: competency. Proficiency Target: Intermediate Mid. PREREQUISITE: Intermediate Mid to Intermediate High. Spanish II. PREREQUISITE: Spanish III. Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS
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SPANISH IV FOR AP SPANISH LITERATURE & IB SPANISH SL 11 NATIVE SPEAKERS CULTURE 2552 0507-H 0508 FULL YEAR FULL YEAR FULL YEAR 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT 1 CREDIT GRADE 11 GRADES 11–12 GRADES 11–12 This course is conducted entirely in In this course, native Spanish speakers Conducted entirely in Spanish, this Spanish. Students build language, will learn more advanced grammar course is designed to prepare students acquisition and advanced linguistic and vocabulary, with analysis and for the AP Spanish Literature & Culture abilities through the development of discussion of authentic contemporary Exam. Students will sharpen their receptive, productive and interactive texts to increase their communicative reading comprehension and analytical skills. Students communicate in and cultural competency. Proficiency skills by examining and comparing both oral and written Spanish, using Target: Intermediate High. literary works from the Spanish- and understanding vocabulary and PREREQUISITE: Spanish III for speaking world. Students communicate grammar in a variety of situations. Native Speakers. in both oral and written Spanish, using Students also develop an awareness Offered at AIHS, JDHS and TMHS and understanding vocabulary and of Spanish culture with a goal grammar in a variety of situations. of demonstrating international Proficiency Target: Intermediate High mindedness. Proficiency Target: AP SPANISH LANGUAGE & to Advanced Mid. PREREQUISITE: AP Intermediate Mid to Intermediate High. CULTURE Spanish Language and Culture. PREREQUISITE: Spanish III. 0500 FULL YEAR Offered at CSS Offered at JDHS 1 CREDIT GRADES 11–12 IB SPANISH SL 12 2562 Conducted entirely in Spanish, this FULL YEAR course is designed to prepare students 1 CREDIT for the AP Spanish Language & GRADE 12 Culture Exam. Students will sharpen This course is conducted entirely in their listening, speaking, reading Spanish. Students continue the study and writing skills with the goal of of Spanish language and culture, achieving mastery. Proficiency Target: with activities including oral and Intermediate High to Advanced Mid. listening interaction, and a range PREREQUISITE: AP Spanish III Pre-AP of reading texts at various levels of or Spanish IV. difficulty. Students communicate in Offered at AIHS, CCSA, CSS, JDHS and TMHS both oral and written Spanish, using and understanding vocabulary and grammar in a variety of situations. Proficiency Target: Intermediate High to Advanced Low. PREREQUISITE: IB Spanish SL 11. Offered at JDHS
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