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Course List – School Year

For information on start and end dates, see the NSO Term Schedule.

NSO’s term start and end dates are flexible, so you can work within your own school’s term schedule. You can finish a course before the end date you requested.

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

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Available Courses

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
 Intro to Chess A A A-B  
 Intermediate Chess A A A-B New for Fall ’22! 
 Intro to Social Media A A A-B  
 Personal Finance A A A-B  
 FACS        
 Independent Living A A A-B  
 Early Childhood Education A A A-B  
 ART        
 Design Basics A A A-B  
 Digital Photography A-B A-B-C 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
 Entrepreneurship A A A-B  
 Intro to Business A A A-B  
 Intro to Computer Science A A A-B  
 Sports/Entertainment Mktg A A A-B  
 Health and Wellness        
 EmpowerU: Resilience Skills A      

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  
 Science Fiction: Dune A A A  

World Languages

 Course Name Sem: .5 Tri: .33 Qtr: .25 Notes
 American Sign Language (ASL) 1 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 American Sign Language (ASL) 2 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 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 * * Contact us about Qtr and Tri enrollments
 Chinese 4 A-B * * Contact us about Qtr and Tri enrollments
 Chinese 5 A-B * * Contact us about Qtr and Tri enrollments
 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  
 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  
 Korean 1 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D Coming soon!
 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  
 Medical Exploration A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 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 Year) A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Algebra – Linear A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Algebra – Quadratic 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 Math 7 Year long only, Q1 start
 Gifted Algebra 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 A A-B  
 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
ON HOLD
 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-C 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 In Development
 Careers in Criminal Justice A A A-B  
 Careers in Cosmetology A A A-B  
 Emergency Medical Responder A-B      
 Honors Mentor Connection 1 A-B-C-D      
 Honors Mentor Connection 2 A-B-C-D      
 Medical Terminology A-B      
 SciMent: Science Research 1 A-B-C-D      
 SciMent: Science Research 2 A-B-C-D      

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What’s New?

Registration for Spring 2023 is open now!

Spring term starts January 30, 2023.




Check out our new courses!


  • American Sign Language 2
  • Emergency Medical Responder
  • Medical Terminology
  • Science Fiction: Dune
  • Intermediate Chess

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