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Course Descriptions
Language Arts
ENGLISH I*ENGLISH 1 PRE AP (must be willing to complete summer reading requirements)
ENGLISH II
*ENGLISH II PRE AP
Students must have scored Satisfactory or higher on the 9th grade EOC reading and writing
ENGLISH III
*ENGLISH III AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
Students taking this course must have scored satisfactory or higher on the 10th EOC reading and writing and be prepared for challenging literature and analytical reasoning skills
ENGLISH IV
*ENGLISH IV (Dual Credit) (must meet dual credit requirements)
*English IV AP
Must have made a satisfactory or above on 11th EOC
· All ELA pre-AP and AP courses have required summer reading and projects. In order to be successful in this program students are required to turn in complete assignments the first days of school. Those not completing assignments to guidelines will be removed from the course.
Mathematics
ALGEBRA I
ALGEBRA II
COLLEGE ALGEBRA 1314 / BUSINESS MATH
GEOMETRYINDEPENDENT MATH STUDIESMATHEMATICAL MODELING WITH APPLICATIONS (must be taken PRIOR to Algebra II)
· COLLEGE ALGEBRA (Dual Credit Prerequisites Algebra I, II &Geometry,
· See requirements for dual credit courses
· Recommended grade 12
*PRE-CALCULUS
*STATISTICS (Dual Credit and class room)
Science
INTEGRATED PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY
BIOLOGY I
CHEMISTRY
PHYSICS
*ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY CS
*AP CHEMISTRY
*AP BIOLOGY
*ADVANCED ANIMAL SCIENCE
Social Studies
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
UNITED STATES HISTORY
GOVERNMENT
ECONOMICS
*DUAL CREDIT HISTORY 1301 – HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TO 1877- (fall semester) & DUAL CREDIT HISTORY 1302 – HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1877 - (spring semester dual credit requirements for qualifying
*DUAL CREDIT GOVERNMENT 2301 – STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT I
*DUAL CREDIT ECONOMICS
Health, Physical Education and Athletics
HEALTH EDUCATION
PHYSICAL EDUCATION (PE)
ATHLETICS
Fine Arts
ART I
ART II
DUAL CREDIT ART 1311
BAND I, II, III, AND IV
MUSIC HISTORY DUAL CREDIT
THEATRE ARTS I, II, III
Foreign Language
SPANISH I
SPANISH II
*SPANISH III
SPANISH III (Dual Credit must meet dual credit requirements)
Career and Technical Education (CTE)
AccountingAnimation
*Advanced AnimationGraphic Design*Advanced Graphic Design*Web DesignPrinciples of Information Technology
Digital and Interactive Media
Culinary Arts
Principles of Human ServicesProfessional CommunicationsLifetime Nutrition and Wellness
Food Science
Principles of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Wildlife, Fisheries and Ecology Management
Equine Science life,
Range Ecology and Management
Ag Mechanics and Metal Technologies
Welding*Denotes Weighted CoursesElectives for Local Credits
Office/Library aids
All TAKS prep courses
SAT/ACT preps
· Please remember not all classes are offered every academic year on electives based on need and number JISD reserves the right to cancel any class due to low enrollment or if a certified teacher is unavailable to teach the course.
· SCHEDULE CHANGES all schedule changes will be final the first week of school with the exception of AP. Any student wishing to exit an AP course must do so prior to the end of the third week of school after the third week students may not exit until end of a semester.
Grade Classification
After the 9thgrade, students are classified according to the number of credits earned
toward graduation.Sophomore 6 credits earned
Junior 12 credits earned
Senior 18 credits earned