2019-20202019-2020 CourseCourse GuideGuide Catholic High School JUAN DIEGO Graduation Requirements Religious Studies 8 semesters 4 credits 4 years English 8 semesters 4 credits 4 years Social Studies 8 semesters 4 credits 4 years Mathematics 8 semesters 4 credits 4 years Science 6 semesters 3 credits 3 years World Languages 4 semesters 2 credits 2 years Fine Arts 2 semesters 1 credit 1 year Computer Science 1 semester 1/2 credit 1/2 year Health 1 semester 1/2 credit 1/2 year Physical Education 3 semesters 1 1/2 credit 1 1/2 years ® Electives 9 semesters Juan Diego Catholic High School · 300 East 11800 South, Draper, Utah 84020 · 801-984-7650 · www.jdchs.org 2019-2020 Course Guide Juan Diego Catholic High School at Juan Diego Catholic High School AP Capstone™ is an innovative diploma program from the College Board that equips students with the independent research, collaborative teamwork, and communication skills that are in- creasingly valued by colleges. AP Capstone is built on the foundation of two AP® courses — AP Seminar and AP Research — and is designed to complement and enhance the in-depth, disci- pline-specific study experienced in other AP courses. In AP Seminar, students investigate real-world issues from multiple perspectives, gathering and analyzing information from various sources in order to develop credible and valid evi- dence-based arguments. In AP Research students cultivate the skills and discipline necessary to conduct independent research in order to produce and defend a scholarly academic thesis. AP Seminar is a prerequisite for AP Research. Students may not take AP Research without complet- ing AP Seminar and all the required assessment components as they will not have developed the skill necessary to be successful in AP Research. The AP Capstone program aims to empower students by: • Engaging them with rigorous college-level curricula focused on the skills necessary for successful college completion; • Extending their abilities to synthesize information from multiple perspectives and apply skills in new situations and cross-curricular contexts; • Enabling them to collect and analyze information with accuracy and precision; • Cultivating their abilities to craft, communicate, and defend evidence-based arguments; and • Providing opportunities for them to practice disciplined and scholarly research skills while exploring relevant topics that appeal to their interests and curiosity. AP Capstone Courses 3725 Research Methods reading, research and writing skills developed Prerequisite: AP Seminar in AP Seminar, and write a 5,000 word individ- (Summer Course) Research Methods is pre- ual research paper, similar to a senior thesis 3720AP AP Seminar requisite course to AP Research. Research and representing an original line of inquiry. (Advanced Placement) $$ Methods is a summer class that will be taught Students must pay exam fee, which was $142 Initial course in the Capstone diploma program. in a blended format, both online and in in 2018-19. Prerequisite: Departmental approval. AP Semi- person. The class will introduce students to nar is the first of two required courses in the AP research, including how to choose a research Capstone sequence, and also serves as the soph- topic, identify a research problem, find reli- omore English credit for eligible students. able sources related to the problem, design In AP Seminar students tackle a wide vari- data collection instruments, and conduct ety of literary, philosophical, historical and original ethical research. By the end of the current events readings, and write multiple class, students will create a proposal for an essays analyzing the argumentation in these original study that could be used for the final readings and synthesizing sources into origi- AP Capstone course, AP Research. This course nal argumentative essays. Students also write requires a commitment to complete assign- three research papers and make three video- ments and attend regular meetings during the taped oral presentations; the last two of each summer months. It also requires students to are uploaded to the College Board and serve have reliable internet access during the sum- as part of the student’s AP score. Students are mer months. admitted to the course by invitation based on Accuplacer scores and with the permission of the instructors. Students must also com- 3730AP AP Research (Advanced plete a mandatory writing prompt to demon- Placement) $$ strate their proficiency in required course Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Students skills along with readiness and commitment. and parents are required to sign an expectation Because this demanding course requires contract. students to complete long-term projects and AP Research is the second component in the meet multiple deadlines, students should AP Capstone sequence. To enroll, students consider carefully whether they are willing must have taken AP Seminar and received a and able to meet these commitments. Stu- score of 3 or higher from the College Board. dents must pay exam fee, which was $142 in Additionally, students must have received 2018-19 a score of 3 or higher on two or more AP exams. In AP Research students build on the 2 2019-2020 Course Guide Juan Diego Catholic High School Students are required to complete one year of Religious Studies for 100 Religious Studies each year enrolled at Juan Diego Catholic High School. by him through the Holy Spirit. The students will Challenges students to (1) explore and clarify their Freshman come to know that the Church is the living Body of values; (2) critically read works of philosophy, Christ today. This Body has both divine and human literature, religion, and history toward under- 1131 Freshman Theology I elements. In this course, students will learn not so standing the basis of their ethical views; and (3) This course is an introduction to what it means to much about events in the life of the Church, but read, study, research, discuss, and write about be a Juan Diego student as well as an introductory about the sacred nature of the Church. difficult ethical issues. Focuses on issues of good investigation of the revelation of Jesus Christ as vs. evil, justice vs. injustice, equality vs. inequality, found in Sacred Scripture. The purpose of this and the necessity of defining and examining course is to give students a general knowledge Junior happiness and values. Engages students in serious and appreciation of the Bible. Through their study, reflection on issues of ethics and values as they they will come to encounter the living Word of God, 1331 Junior Theology I: Sacraments as relate to the students’ own lives. Jesus Christ. Students will learn about the Bible, as Privileged Encounters with Jesus Christ authored by God through inspiration, and its value 1464C Western Religions to people throughout the world. Students new to The purpose of this course is to help students reading scripture will learn how to read the Bible understand that they can encounter Christ today (Concurrent) $$ and become familiar with the major sections of the in a full and real way through the sacraments, and Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Fees: Students Bible. Alongside scripture study, students will be especially through the Eucharist. Students will pay for textbooks and the concurrent college tuition working with the “Principles and Choices” program examine each of the sacraments in detail so as to fee. They must also pay a one-time fee for enrolling where the text Identity and Values will challenge learn how they may encounter Christ throughout in Utah Valley University, which awards the college how they define happiness, success and love. This life. credits. program addresses various spiritual, social, and For students majoring in humanities related emotional developmental issues that challenge 1332 Junior Theology II: Life in Jesus disciplines and other students interested in the and confront adolescents today. Topics presented academic study of religion. Presents the comp- Christ arative study of the history, ritual, “theology,” and and discussed are rooted in Gospel values and The purpose of this course is to help students virtues, using Jesus’ greatest commandment as ethical beliefs of the major western religions understand that it is only through Christ that they including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Zoroast- the foundation for the development of both a can fully live out God’s plan for their lives. Students character and conscience that demonstrates who rianism, Baha’i, and nontraditional religious be- are to learn the moral concepts and precepts that lief in the western world. Explores similarities and Jesus calls us to be. govern the lives of Christ’s disciples. differences between them by examining the primary sources and sacred texts along with the 1132 Freshman Theology II unique beliefs and practices of each tradition. This course introduces students to the mystery Senior Electives of Jesus Christ, the living Word of God, the 1462 Peer Ministry Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. Students Application, recommendations and interview will understand that Jesus Christ is the ultimate 1411 Social Justice process are required. Students chosen for this revelation to us from God. Particular attention is Students study the principles of Catholic social course will fulfill their service requirement. Class on the Gospels, where students may grow to know teaching and their applications to contemporary content will include the developing and deepening and love Jesus Christ more personally. In learning justice issues such as hunger, war and of one’s personal spirituality and prayer life; skills about who Jesus is, the students will also learn peacemaking, workers and worker rights, ecological training in interpersonal relationships and group who He calls them to be. “Principles and Choices” problems and economic systems. The course process; vocational discernment and the call to will continue to explore the spiritual, social, and stresses magisterial teaching drawn from the discipleship; and practical ways to become agents emotional developmental issues that challenge and Catechism of the Catholic Church, Papal encyclicals, of change in promoting a just society.