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Course List – School Year

Please read carefully to determine correct credit choices: NSO Credit Definitions

For information on start and end dates: NSO Term Schedule. Courses may be completed before the scheduled end date.

Courses may be taken for quarter, semester, or trimester credit, as indicated on the enrollment request form.

Segment (credit) options for each course are listed under the Sem-Tri-Qtr headings.

 General Courses

 Course Name Sem: .5 Tri: .33 Qtr: .25 Notes
 FACS        
 Independent Living A A A-B  
 Early Childhood Education A A A-B  
 ART        
 AP Art History A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D
ON HOLD
 Design Basics A A A-B  
 Digital Photography A-B A-B A-B-C-D  
 Drawing/Illustration A A A-B  
 BUSINESS & COMPUTER        
 Accounting A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Computer Programming A and B A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D Uses 3rd Party Software
 Discover IT A    
ON HOLD
 Entrepreneurship A A A-B  
 Intro to Business A A A-B  
 Intro to Computer Science A A A-B  
 Intro to Chess A A A-B  
 Intro to Social Media A A A-B  
 Personal Finance A A A-B  
 Sports/Entertainment Mktg A A A-B  
 Health and Wellness        
 EmpowerU: Resilience Skills A     New for the 20-21 school year!

Language Arts

 Course Name Sem: .5 Tri: .33 Qtr: .25 Notes
 English 1 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 English 2 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 English 3 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 English 4 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 American Literature A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Creative Writing A A A-B  
 Film Studies A A A-B  
 Journalism A A A-B  
 Media Literacy A A A-B  
 Speech/Communication A A A-B  
 World Literature A A A-B  
 Writing Process A A A-B  
 English Test & College Prep A A A  

World Languages

 Course Name Sem: .5 Tri: .33 Qtr: .25 Notes
 American Sign Language (ASL) A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D

Semester A registration open now (January 25, 2021 start date)

Semester B available Summer 2021.

 Chinese 1 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Chinese 2 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Chinese 3 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Chinese 4 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Chinese 5 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 French 1 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 French 2 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 French 3 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D

Semester A registration open now (January 25, 2021 start date)

Semester B available April 2021.

 French 4 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D ON HOLD
 German 1 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 German 2 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Japanese 1 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Japanese 2 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D

Semester B registration open now (January 25, 2021 start date)

 Spanish 1 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Spanish 2 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Spanish 3 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Spanish 4 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  

Health & Physical Education

 Course Name Sem: .5 Tri: .33 Qtr: .25 Notes
 Health Prep A A A-B  
 Health Science A A A-B  
 Health Science Technology 1A A    
ON HOLD
 Medical Exploration A A A-B  
 Phy Ed 1: Skill Related Fitness A A A-B  
 Phy Ed 2: Health Related Fitness A A A-B  
 Phy Ed 3: Personal Fitness A A A-B  

Math

 Course Name Sem: .5 Tri: .33 Qtr: .25 Notes
 Algebra 1 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Algebra 2 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Geometry A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Gifted Connected Math 7 Year long only, Q1 start
 Gifted Algebra 1 Year long only, Q1 start
 Gifted Geometry Year long only, Q1 start
 Functions: Statistics & Trig A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Probability & Statistics A A A-B  
 Pre-Calculus A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 AP Statistics A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 AP Calculus A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  

Social Studies

 Course Name Sem: .5 Tri: .33 Qtr: .25 Notes
 Advanced Government A A A-B  
 AP Human Geography
A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Civics & Government A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Criminology A A A-B  
 Economics A A A-B  
 Geography A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Psychology A A A-B  
 Law & Order A A A-B  
 World Religions A A A-B
 
 Sociology A A A-B  
 US History A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 World Studies A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  

Science

 Course Name Sem: .5 Tri: .33 Qtr: .25 Notes
 Astronomy A A A-B  
 Biology A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Chemistry A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Environmental Science A A A-B  
 Forensic Science A-B A-B A-B-C-D  
 Intro to Agriscience A A A-B  
 Physics A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D This course is designed for 11th and 12th grade students to meet the high school Physics requirement.
 Veterinary Science A A A-B  

Career and Mentorships

 Course Name Sem: .5 Tri: .33 Qtr: .25 Notes
 Career Investigations A A A-B  
 Careers in Criminal Justice A A A-B  
 Careers in Cosmetology A A A-B  
 Criminal Justice Internship A     Registration open now (January 25,2021 start date)
 Honors Mentor Connection 1 A-B      
 Honors Mentor Connection 2 A-B      
 Pharmacy Tech (Not available currently) Special dates
 SciMent: Science Research Multiple options: A-B-C-D-E-F

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  • American Sign Language Register now, course starts Jan 25
  • EmpowerU: Resilience Skills Available now
  • Criminal Justice Internship Register now, course starts Jan 25

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