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wdt_ID | CourseRow | Course | Schools | Subject Area | a-g | Grades | Prerequisite | Description |
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1 | 1 | Academic Decathlon | Bullard, Cambridge, Design Science, Duncan, Hoover, McLane | Specialty Courses | None | 9, 10, 11, 12 | None | During this course, students will prepare for the academic decathlon competition in each of the areas of competition using the United States Academic Decathlon published curriculum every spring. The California Academic Decathlon promotes an educational experience providing a format in which teams of high school students compete in academic events. Academic Decathletes take 30 minute multiple choice tests in the subjects of Art, Economics, Music, Language and Literature, Mathematics, Science, and Social Science. In addition, each team member gives a planned 4 minute Speech and a 2 minute impromptu Speech, participates in a 7 minute Interview, and has 50 minutes to write an Expository Essay. |
2 | 2 | Acting Basics | Roosevelt | Visual and Performing Arts | f - Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) | 10, 11, 12 | Introduction to Theatre or instructor permission | A course geared to the intermediate actor, centering around theatre games, exercises, audition techniques, improvisation, monologue, scene, and one-act work. |
3 | 3 | Acting Styles | Roosevelt | Visual and Performing Arts | f - Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) | 10, 11, 12 | Acting Basics or instructor recommendation | A continuation of Acting Basics together with advanced interpretation, criticism, and acting based on a historical framework. Students learn and apply acting techniques from all the major periods of theatre. |
4 | 4 | Adult Living | De Wolf, J.E. Young | Special Education (SPED) | None | 9, 10, 11, 12 | None | Adult Living is designed to better prepare students for the transition from high school to adult life. Topics include goal setting, college preparation, career exploration and employability competencies, emotional and physical health, building strong relationships, family wellness, financial literacy and management of personal economics. This course will enable students to make better decisions which will affect their future role as productive and successful citizens in our society. |
6 | 6 | Advanced Digital Photography And Marketing | Sunnyside | Career Technical Education | f - Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) | 12 | Digital Photography and Marketing | Photography, as a nonverbal language, allows students to increase their visual perception and provides a medium for creative expression. Students learn to understand the artistic qualities of the photographic medium while acquiring the techniques for utilizing photography for expressive and advertisement purposes. Instruction includes studio and field techniques, photojournalism, fashion photography, and commercial, portrait, scientific, nature, wildlife, and sports photography. In producing their own work and by studying the photographs of others, students will develop a base for making informed aesthetic judgments. Integrated throughout the course are career preparation standards which include basic academic skills, communication, interpersonal skills, problem solving, workplace safety, and technology and employment literacy. |
7 | 7 | Advanced Electronics | Edison | Career Technical Education | d - Laboratory Science | 12 | Electronics Engineering | Advanced Electronics is a capstone class for the Green Energy Academy. Students will learn the underlying scientific principles that drive electrical systems. This course has a specific in depth focus on applications of the scientific. Students planning for collegiate majors in STEM fields will finish well prepared for their college coursework. |
9 | 9 | Advanced Online Marketing | Patino | Career Technical Education | g - College Preparatory Elective | 11 | Online Design and Marketing | The purpose of Advanced Online Marketing is to help students understand and apply advanced principles of online marketing to a variety of projects, so they will be prepared to craft campaigns for their original products or services. Students will investigate, evaluate and create various marketing and communication strategies for the internet. Great emphasis will be put on critical evaluation and website planning, development, design and creating content for effective online marketing campaigns. Students will gain detailed knowledge in building a robust campaign and have a basic understanding of front-end web development skills. |
10 | 10 | Advanced Spanish For Dual Immersion | McLane | Language Other Than English | e - Language Other Than English (LOTE) | 9, 10, 11, 12 | Dual Immersion Student | Advanced Spanish for Dual Immersion offers native speakers of Spanish and students continuing the Dual Immersion Program in FUSD the opportunity to study the language formally in an academic setting in the same way native English-speaking students study English language arts. This course focuses on the study of the Hispanic cultures and the critical study of selected works representative of significant literary movements, beginning with the Middle Ages and continuing through the Golden Century ("Siglo de oro"), Baroque, Realism, and Romanticism periods, concluding with 20th Century Modernism and contemporary literature. Students will learn to write analytic essays of all genres, with a particular emphasis on poetry in a similar way practiced in AP Spanish Language and Literature. In addition, students will study how the historical events and political situations, coupled with native influences as well as foreign literary movements, influenced and helped to produce the literature in individual Spanish speaking countries. All resources and instruction will be in Spanish (student-teacher, student-student, student to guest speakers/museum docents/television station personnel,etc.). Speaking and listening skills will be developed and assessed formally and informally through ongoing daily opportunities for discussion and debate of ideas presented in texts, oral presentations, teacher- and student-led questions, and real-world interaction with guest speakers (poets), visits to museums (Arte Americas), and a Spanish TV station in the community. By the end of this course, students will have the basic skills to succeed in the AP Spanish Language and Culture and AP Spanish Literature and Culture classes. |
11 | 11 | Advanced Web Development | Patino | Career Technical Education | g - College Preparatory Elective | 11 | Online Design and Marketing | Advanced Web Development is designed to help students gain the advanced programming skills needed to create sites to market and sell their entrepreneurial products and/or services. In the course, students will learn and be able to build webpages in JavaScript. Students will also learn AngularJS as part of their development in MEAN stack. In Javascript and MEAN, students will build web applications, content management systems, mobile responsive web applications, e-commerce web applications, and CRUD applications. The Advanced Web Programming course will enable students to solve line-of-business problems for small and growing organizations. The web solutions they create will automate tasks that alleviate time and cost from the startups students create. |
12 | 12 | Aerospace Science I-II | Fresno, Duncan | Specialty Courses | None | 9, 10, 11, 12 | None | This program offers multiple components including citizenship education, leadership education, aviation history, science of flight and physical education. Students improve physical fitness and train to work as a team member. Practices, drill meets, sport competitions, community service, parades and other public performances after school, at night and/or on weekends may comprise activities of this group as determined by the instructor. Students enrolled in this course will meet the PE State Standards and District goals for physical education. Students will fulfill the required minutes of physical education (400 minutes every 10 days) through both class participation and the completion of an Activity Log which demonstrates physical activities completed outside of the class period. |
13 | 13 | Aerospace Science III-IV | Duncan | Specialty Courses | None | 11, 12 | Aerospace I/II; Full-time enrollment at DPHS | This program offers multiple components including leadership, management, space science, survival training, and physical education. Students improve physical fitness and train to work as a team member. Practices, drill meets, sport competitions, community service, parades and other public performances after school, at night and/or on weekends may comprise activities of this group as determined by the instructor. Students are eligible to apply for ROTC college scholarships, a chance to attend a service academy and may earn advanced rank upon entry into the armed forces. |
14 | 14 | African American Studies | Bullard, Edison, McLane | History/Social Science | g - College Preparatory Elective | 11, 12 | None | African American Studies is a course that introduces cultural, geographical, historical, environmental, and political issues of the African American experience. Through research, the examination of works of art, historical documents, music, and film, students will study topics including (but not exclusive to) African civilizations, slavery, the black experience in the Americas (North, Central, and South), Civil War and emancipation, reconstruction, migration, the Civil Rights movement, and contemporary issues facing the black community as well as African American influence on U.S. and world culture. In addition, students will be exposed to the African American experience through the study of customs, traditions, culture, economics, music, politics, and art. |
15 | 15 | Agricultural Engineering | Sunnyside | Career Technical Education | g - College Preparatory Elective | 12 | Agricultural Mechanics | Agricultural Engineering builds and expands upon the knowledge and skills acquired in the Agriculture Mechanics course. This course also offers a step-by-step instruction in the use of the principal operations of the SolidWorks CAD system. Students will learn how to model and design three-dimensional solid objects using gold-standard industry software used for rapid prototyping and production, as well as animation and computer-generated scenery. Students will engage in individual and group assignments and projects using demonstrations, presentations, and written expositions. Students will design, engineer and prototype solutions to real-world challenges in agriculture. |
16 | 16 | Agriculture Mechanics | Sunnyside | Career Technical Education | g - College Preparatory Elective | 11 | None | Agriculture Mechanics is an academically engaging course that integrates mathematics, science, writing and mechanics. Students will focus on understanding theory and application of the following topics, using the ag mechanics shop, measurement, project planning, electricity and electronics, plumbing systems and water use, concrete and masonry, arc welding, power mechanics, and industry related careers. |
17 | 17 | Algebra / Geometry III | Bullard, Cambridge, Design Science, De Wolf, Duncan, Edison, Fresno, Hoover, J.E. Young, McLane, Patino, Roosevelt, Sunnyside | Mathematics | c - Mathematics | 11, 12 | Algebra I and Geometry | This third year integrated math course includes major topics such as: operations with whole numbers, solving equations, including quadratic equations, geometric reasoning, similarities and congruencies, probability, statistics, transformations, and trigonometry. |
18 | 18 | Algebra I (CCSS) | Bullard, Cambridge, Design Science, De Wolf, Duncan, Edison, Fresno, Hoover, J.E. Young, McLane, Phoenix, Roosevelt, Sunnyside | Mathematics | c - Mathematics | 9, 10 | None | Algebra I is the foundation course for all higher mathematics courses and emphasizes the learning of essential concepts which are required for further success in mathematics. Topics include: operations with integers, solving equations and inequalities, exponents, operations with polynomials, graphing in two variables, systems of equations, rational algebraic expressions, and application problems. |
19 | 19 | Algebra II (CCSS) | Bullard, Design Science, Duncan, Edison, Fresno, Hoover, McLane, Roosevelt, Sunnyside | Mathematics | c - Mathematics | 10, 11, 12 | Algebra I | This course is designed to complement and expand the mathematical content and concepts of Algebra I and Geometry. Students gain an understanding in solving algebraic problems in various content areas, including the solution of systems of quadratic equations, logarithmic and exponential functions, the binomial theorem, and the complex number system. |
20 | 20 | Algebra II/Pre-Calculus Honors | Bullard, Duncan, Edison, Fresno, Hoover, McLane, Roosevelt, Sunnyside | Mathematics | c - Mathematics | 11 | Geometry | This course is designed as an acceleration pathway in high school mathematics. This course will included the California State content standards of Algebra II and embeds key standards typical to a pre-Calculus course to prepare students for future Calculus coursework. |
21 | 21 | American Government | Bullard, Cambridge, Design Science, De Wolf, Duncan, Edison, Fresno, Hoover, J.E. Young, McLane, Patino, Phoenix, Roosevelt, Sunnyside | History/Social Science | a - History/Social Science | 12 | None | In this course, students pursue a deeper understanding of the institutions of American government. They compare systems of government in the world today and analyze the history and changing interpretations of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the current state of the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches of government. An emphasis is placed on analyzing the relationship among federal, state, and local governments, with particular attention paid to important historical documents. These standards represent the culmination of civic literacy as students prepare to vote, participate in community activities, and assume the responsibilities of citizenship. |
22 | 22 | American Sign Language I | Hoover | Language Other Than English | e - Language Other Than English (LOTE) | 9, 10, 11, 12 | None | Students with no prior knowledge of American Sign Language will be able to function comfortably in a variety of situations with deaf people. Topics revolve around sharing information about our environment and ourselves. Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. Students will learn basic conversational strategies to help them maintain a conversation. An emphasis is placed on becoming aware of the cultural adjustments necessary for the hearing person to communicate with the Deaf and learn to respect differences in cultures other than their own through literature and interaction. Basic survival language skills will be emphasized through various activities and projects. |
23 | 23 | AP Art History | Edison | Visual and Performing Arts | f - Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) | 10, 11, 12 | None | The AP Art History course is equivalent to a two-semester introductory college course that explores topics such as the nature of art, art making, and responses to art. By investigating a specific image set of 250 works of art characterized by diverse artistic traditions from prehistory to the present, the course fosters in-depth, holistic understanding of the history of art from a global perspective. Students become active participants in the global art world, engaging with its forms and content, as they experience, research, discuss, read, and write about art, artists, art making, and responses to and interpretations of art. |
24 | 24 | AP Biology | Bullard, Edison, Hoover, McLane, Sunnyside | Science | d - Laboratory Science | 11, 12 | Biology, concurrent enrollment in Chemistry | AP Biology is designed to be the equivalent of a two-semester college introductory biology course. The course aims to provide students with the conceptual framework, factual knowledge, and analytical skills necessary to deal critically with the rapidly changing science of biology. To review specific AP course credit, visit www.collegeboard.org; see counselor for information. |
25 | 25 | AP Calculus AB | Bullard, Duncan, Edison, Hoover, McLane, Roosevelt, Sunnyside | Mathematics | c - Mathematics | 11, 12 | Trigonometry/Pre Calculus | This course emphasizes a multi-representational approach to calculus, with concepts, results, and problems being expressed geometrically, numerically, analytically, and verbally. To review specific AP course credit, visit www.collegeboard.org; see counselor for information. |
26 | 26 | AP Calculus BC | Bullard, Edison, Hoover, McLane | Mathematics | c - Mathematics | 11, 12 | None | AP Calculus BC is an extension of AP Calculus AB and focuses on more advanced topics. This course emphasizes a multi-representational approach to calculus, with concepts, results, and problems being expressed geometrically, numerically, analytically, and verbally. To review specific AP course credit, visit www.collegeboard.org; see counselor for information. |
27 | 27 | AP Chemistry | Bullard, Edison, Hoover, McLane, Sunnyside | Science | d - Laboratory Science | 11, 12 | Biology and Chemistry | AP Chemistry is designed to be the equivalent of the general chemistry course usually taken during the first year of college. The course will provide students with a depth of understanding of fundamentals and a reasonable competence in dealing with chemical problems and should prepare them to undertake second-year work in the chemistry sequence. The emphasis of AP Chemistry is on chemical calculations, the mathematical formulation of principles, and extensive chemistry laboratory experience. Option to earn college credit in high school; see instructor for information. To review specific AP course credit, visit www.collegeboard.org; see counselor for information. |