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Course List – Summer

Our Summer 2023 session will run from June 15th – August 18th.

If you are enrolling in single or non-sequential courses (including two enrollments in different courses), you may use the full summer session: June 15th – August 18th.

If you are enrolling in two sequential segments of a course (e.g., Spanish 1 Sem A and Sem B), please plan for these start and end dates:

  • Session A: June 15 – July 14, 2023
  • Session B: July 17 – August 18, 2023

NSO’s term start and end dates are flexible, so you can choose the dates that work best for your schedule. Please note that we will not be able to start you in a course earlier than the summer start date. 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 Note
 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 A A A-B  
 BUSINESS & COMPUTER        
 Entrepreneurship A A A-B  
 Intro to Business A A A-B  
 Intro to Computer Science 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      

Language Arts

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

World Languages

Course Name Sem: .5 Tri: .33 Qtr: .25 Note
 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
 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  
 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 Note
 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 Note
 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  
 Functions: Statistics & Trig A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Math 7 A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Pre-Calculus A-B A-B-C A-B-C-D  
 Probability & Statistics  A  A A-B  

Social Studies

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

Science

Course Name Sem: .5 Tri: .33 Qtr: .25 Note
 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  
 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 Tech and Mentorships

Course Name Sem: .5 Tri: .33 Qtr: .25 Note
 Career Investigations A A A-B Not offered at this time
 Careers in Cosmetology A A A-B  
 Honors Mentor Connection 1 A-B-C-D      
 Honors Mentor Connection 2 A-B-C-D      
 SciMent: Science Research 1 A-B-C-D      
 SciMent: Science Research 2 A-B-C-D      

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Registration for Spring 2023 is open now!

Spring term starts January 30, 2023.




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