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Algebra 2 Honors

Course No: 2110
Subject: Mathematics
Grade Level: 9
Course Length: Year
Course Type: AP/Honors, Core Lower-Division
UC/CSU Subject Approval: C
Prerequisite: Algebra 1 or equivalent in 8th grade
Criteria for Enrollment: Approval of Department Chair; entrance examination recommending performance on departmental placement exam in April, prior to enrollment
Fulfillments: Required for graduation

Important Mathematics Department Information

This course is offered to entering freshmen who have demonstrated mastery of Algebra 1 content.  The course includes in-depth analysis of higher degree polynomials; analysis, interpretation and graphing of rational functions, including asymptotic behavior; an in-depth consideration of the conic sections, including transformations.  Students who successfully complete Algebra 2 Honors typically enroll in Precalculus Honors after the completion of their Geometry course. A Texas Instruments TI-83 or TI-84 series graphing calculator is required.

*Class receives honors weighting in SI weighted GPA

AP Biology (Life Science)

Course No: 3014
Subject: Science
Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Course Length: Year
Course Type: AP/Honors, Elective
UC/CSU Subject Approval: D
Prerequisite: Science GPA of 3.3 or higher, with successful completion of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Overall GPA of 3.3 or higher. Students not meeting these criteria may submit an appeal (see alternate criteria under Criteria for Enrollment).
Criteria for Enrollment: Alternate Criteria (for appeal) – Science GPA of 3.7 or higher and successful completion of Biology and Chemistry and Overall GPA 3.7 or higher and approval of the department chair.
Fulfillments: One of two years of science; UC approved laboratory science course

Important Science Department Information

The AP Biology course is equivalent in content, depth, and complexity to an introductory biology course at the college level. This course is designed to prepare the student to excel on the AP exam offered in May, and follows the AP curriculum.  AP Biology is an in-depth, content-intensive study of biological principles that allows students the opportunity to engage hands-on in scientific experimentation. Units of study include but are not limited to evolution and natural selection, the chemistry of life, cell structure and function, cellular energetics, cell communication and the cell cycle, heredity, gene expression and regulation, and ecology.  Students are required to take the Advanced Placement exam in May. Students are required to complete an assignment over the summer due on the first day of school.

Corequisite – Students enrolling in this course must also enroll in the corresponding AP Science Laboratory course, which meets once per week for 50 minutes outside of the regular bell schedule. Meetings will occur before or after school.

* Class receives honors weighting in SI weighted GPA and UC/CSU GPA calculations

AP Calculus AB

Course No: 2413
Subject: Mathematics
Grade Level: 12
Course Length: Year
Course Type: AP/Honors, Elective
UC/CSU Subject Approval: C
Prerequisite: Precalculus Accelerated or Precalculus Honors
Criteria for Enrollment: Approval of Department Chair, based on teacher recommendations and satisfactory national test scores, minimum Math Dept. weighted GPA of 3.5 – with accelerated courses counting as +0.5 to the GPA for the accelerated course(s), and honors courses counting as +1.0 to the GPA for the honors course(s). Students are required to take the Advanced Placement exam in May.

Important Mathematics Department Information

This course is designed for the student who is interested in pursuing a college major with a strong emphasis in mathematics. The course will cover three main topics of Calculus:  limits, derivatives, and integrals. The course will emphasize a multi-representational approach to calculus with concepts and solutions expressed graphically, numerically, and analytically. The course emphasizes conceptual understanding of derivatives, integrals, and limits, as well as applications of these concepts. In order to develop these concepts, functions and graphs are a fundamental part of this course.  A Texas Instruments TI-83 or TI-84 series graphing calculator is required.

*Class receives honors weighting in SI weighted GPA and UC/CSU GPA calculations

AP Calculus BC

Course No: 2423
Subject: Mathematics
Grade Level: 12
Course Length: Year
Course Type: AP/Honors, Elective
UC/CSU Subject Approval: C
Prerequisite: Precalculus Honors
Criteria for Enrollment: Approval of Department Chair, based on teacher recommendations and satisfactory national test scores, minimum Math Dept. weighted GPA of 3.65 – with accelerated courses counting as +0.5 to the GPA for the accelerated course(s), and honors courses counting as +1.0 to the GPA for the honors course(s). Students are required to take the Advanced Placement exam in May.

Important Mathematics Department Information

AP Calculus BC is an extension of AP Calculus AB rather than an  enhancement.  This course includes all topics covered in the AP Calculus AB course, with similar emphases and similar depth of understanding required.  The course also presents intensive study of parametric, polar, and vector functions; sequences and series; and elementary differential equations.  A Texas Instruments TI-83 or TI-84 series graphing calculator is required.

*Class receives honors weighting in SI weighted GPA and UC/CSU GPA calculations

AP Chemistry (Physical Science)

Course No: 3034
Subject: Science
Grade Level: 11, 12
Course Length: Year
Course Type: AP/Honors, Elective
UC/CSU Subject Approval: D
Prerequisite: Science GPA of 3.3 or higher, with successful completion of Biology, Chemistry (Chemistry Honors strongly recommended), Physics and Overall GPA of 3.3 or higher. Students not meeting these criteria may submit an appeal (see alternate criteria below).
Criteria for Enrollment: Alternate Criteria (for appeal) – Overall GPA of 3.7 or higher and Math GPA 3.7 or higher and successful completion of Biology and Chemistry and approval of the department chair.
Fulfillments: One of two years of science; UC approved laboratory science course

Important Science Department Information

The AP Chemistry course is equivalent in content, depth, and complexity to an introductory chemistry course at the college level. This course is designed to prepare the student to excel on the AP exam offered in May, and follows the AP curriculum closely. AP Chemistry is an in-depth, content-intensive study of chemical principles that allows students the opportunity to engage hands-on in scientific experimentation. Units of study include chemical reactions, modern atomic theory, molecular bonding, hybridization, organic chemistry, stoichiometry, thermodynamics, kinetics, aqueous equilibrium, acids, bases, precipitation, reduction, oxidation, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Students are required to take the Advanced Placement exam in May. Students are required to complete an assignment over the summer due on the first day of school.

Corequisite – Students enrolling in this course must also enroll in the corresponding AP Science Laboratory course, which meets once per week for 50 minutes outside of the regular bell schedule. Meetings will occur before or after school.

*Class receives honors weighting in SI weighted GPA and UC/CSU GPA calculations

AP Computer Science A – Java

Course No: 9210
Subject: Mathematics, Technology & Engineering
Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Course Length: Year
Course Type: Elective
UC/CSU Subject Approval: C
Prerequisite: Algebra 1 and Geometry (or be concurrenly enrolled). Prior computer programming experience is not required, but strongly encouraged.
Criteria for Enrollment: Math and Science GPA 3.3 or higher and strong interest in computer programming

Important Mathematics Department Information

AP Computer Science A (AP CS-A) is equivalent to a one-semester, introductory college-level computer programming course.  AP CS-A introduces students to computer science through programming.  Fundamental topics in this course include the design of solutions to problems, the use of data structures to organize large sets of data, the development and implementation of algorithms to process data and discover new information, the analysis of potential solutions, and the ethical and social implications of computing systems.  The course emphasizes object-oriented programming and design using the Java programming language.

*Class receives honors weighting in SI weighted GPA and UC/CSU GPA calculations.

**Students are required to take the AP Computer Science exam administered in May.

AP Computer Science Principles (AP CSP)

Course No: 9212
Subject: Science, Technology & Engineering
Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Course Length: Year
Course Type: Elective
UC/CSU Subject Approval: D
Prerequisite: Algebra 1 and Geometry (or to be concurrently enrolled)
Criteria for Enrollment: None

Important Science Department Information

AP Computer Science Principles (AP CSP) is equivalent to an introductory college-level computing course that introduces students to the breadth of the field of computer science.  Students learn to design and evaluate solutions and to apply computer science to solve problems through the development of algorithms and programs.  They incorporate abstraction into programs and use data to discover new knowledge.  Students also explore how computing innovations and computing systems work (including the Internet), explore their potential impacts, and contribute to a computing culture that is collaborative and ethical.  Roughly half the course is focused on learning to program in either the Python or Javascript programming languages, but the selection of a programming language is at the teacher’s discretion while the other half of the course covers non-programming topics of computer science.

*Class receives honors weighting in SI weighted GPA and UC/CSU GPA calculations

 **This class will be offered pending adequate enrollment.

***Students are required to take the AP Computer Science Principles exam in May.

AP English Literature and Composition

Course No: 1403
Subject: English
Grade Level: 12
Course Length: Year
Course Type: AP/Honors, Elective
UC/CSU Subject Approval: B
Prerequisite: English 100 or 103H; English 200 or 203H; 300 or 303H
Criteria for Enrollment: See Criteria for Honors Enrollment. Students selected and enrolled in English 403AP are required to take the Advanced Placement exam in May.
Fulfillments: Eight semester graduation requirement

Important English Department Information

This full-year course is intended for the seniors who qualify in two ways: First, they must have the desire to sustain a high degree of effort throughout their senior year; second, they must have the proven ability to do accelerated work.  The course itself has two goals:  1) to prepare the students to pass the AP exam administered in May of the senior year, and 2) to prepare them to take their place in a sophomore English class at whatever college they attend.  The content of the course is divided into two major parts.  The first is the study of literature required by the AP exam.  Here the students become familiar with the novel, short story, poem, drama, and essay, particularly in their historical development.  In the second part, the students work at perfecting their writing skills.  Here they do two separate kinds of practice: 1) that aimed at proficiency for the exam itself, and 2) that aimed at proficiency in written expression for college level audiences.  Admission to this course is by application, recommendation of the junior year teacher, and approval of the Chair.  English 403AP is a senior English course in which the 1.00 increment is awarded by the UC system.

Class receives honors weighting in SI weighted GPA and UC/CSU GPA calculations

AP French Language and Culture

Course No: 4043
Subject: French
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Course Length: Year
Course Type: AP/Honors, Elective
UC/CSU Subject Approval: E
Prerequisite: French 3 or 3H
Criteria for Enrollment: See criteria for Honors Enrollment. Students are required to take the Advanced Placement exam in May.
Fulfillments: Meets one year of language graduation requirement

Important Language Department Information

French 4AP is a two-semester advanced language course designed for students who have excelled in French 1, 2H, and  3H  and who are interested in pursuing a more rigorous course of study in the language and cultures of the francophone world.  Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate and improve proficiency in the three modes of communication—Interpersonal, Interpretive, and Presentational—defined as foundational in the Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century. This course will enhance the student’s cognitive, analytical, and communicative skills while emphasizing both fluency and accuracy in French. Authentic materials from the francophone world will be used to enhance student exploration of culture in both contemporary and historical contexts. There are 6 primary themes presented throughout the year: Beauty and Aesthetics, Global Challenges, Science and Technology, Contemporary Life, Personal and Public Identities, Family and Community.  These themes, which also parallel the content of the AP exam, will be addressed through literature, art, music, poetry, politics, and world events. The class is conducted entirely in the target language and students are expected to speak in French at all times.

*This class will be offered pending adequate enrollment.

**Class receives honors weighting in SI weighted GPA and UC/CSU GPA calculations

AP Latin

Course No: 4343
Subject: Latin
Grade Level: 11, 12
Course Length: Year
Course Type: AP/Honors, Elective
UC/CSU Subject Approval: E
Prerequisite: Latin 3H. 3/4 Prose, 3/4 Poetry, with teacher recommendation
Criteria for Enrollment: See criteria for Honors Enrollment. Students are required to take the Advanced Placement exam in May.
Fulfillments: Meets one year of language graduation requirement

Important Language Department Information

The Latin 4AP course is an advanced reading course. Selections from De Bello Gallico Books 1, 4, 5 and 6 and Vergil’s Aeneid Books 1, 2, 4, and 6 are read in Latin.  Students will also read Caesar’s Conquest of Gaul Books 1, 6, and 7 and Vergil’s Aeneid Books 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 in English.  In addition to appropriate translation skills, students are expected to employ literary analysis (much as in an English literature class), in order to fully appreciate the Latin work being studied.  The aims of this year-long course are:  to improve the students’ ability to read, understand and translate Latin poetry and prose; to expose students to poetic syntax, figures of speech, and meter; to involve students in literary analysis  of  Latin poetry and prose; to  enhance  the  student’s understanding of the literary and social contexts of the Roman world of the first century B.C. and A.D.; and to prepare students for the Advanced Placement exam in Latin.

*This course will be offered pending adequate enrollment.

*Class receives honors weighting in SI weighted GPA and UC/CSU GPA calculations