Course Descriptions
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Language Arts ENGLISH I *ENGLISH 1 PRE AP (must be willing to complete summer reading requirements) ENGLISH II *ENGLISH II PRE AP Students must have scored Satisfactory or higher on the 9th grade EOC reading and writing ENGLISH III *ENGLISH III AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION Students taking this course must have scored satisfactory or higher on the 10th EOC reading and writing and be prepared for challenging literature and analytical reasoning skills ENGLISH IV *ENGLISH IV (Dual Credit) (must meet dual credit requirements) *English IV AP Must have made a satisfactory or above on 11th EOC · All ELA pre-AP and AP courses have required summer reading and projects. In order to be successful in this program students are required to turn in complete assignments the first days of school. Those not completing assignments to guidelines will be removed from the course. Mathematics ALGEBRA I ALGEBRA IICOLLEGE ALGEBRA 1314 / BUSINESS MATH GEOMETRY INDEPENDENT MATH STUDIES MATHEMATICAL MODELING WITH APPLICATIONS (must be taken PRIOR to Algebra II) · COLLEGE ALGEBRA (Dual Credit Prerequisites Algebra I, II &Geometry, · See requirements for dual credit courses · Recommended grade 12 *PRE-CALCULUS *STATISTICS (Dual Credit and class room) Science INTEGRATED PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY I CHEMISTRY PHYSICS *ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY CS *AP CHEMISTRY *AP BIOLOGY *ADVANCED ANIMAL SCIENCE Social Studies WORLD GEOGRAPHY WORLD GEOGRAPHY UNITED STATES HISTORY GOVERNMENT ECONOMICS *DUAL CREDIT HISTORY 1301 – HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TO 1877- (fall semester) & DUAL CREDIT HISTORY 1302 – HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1877 - (spring semester dual credit requirements for qualifying *DUAL CREDIT GOVERNMENT 2301 – STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT I *DUAL CREDIT ECONOMICS Health, Physical Education and Athletics HEALTH EDUCATION PHYSICAL EDUCATION (PE) ATHLETICS Fine Arts ART I ART II DUAL CREDIT ART 1311 BAND I, II, III, AND IV MUSIC HISTORY DUAL CREDIT THEATRE ARTS I, II, III Foreign Language SPANISH I SPANISH II *SPANISH III SPANISH III (Dual Credit must meet dual credit requirements) Career and Technical Education (CTE)AccountingAnimation *Advanced Animation Graphic Design *Advanced Graphic Design *Web DesignPrinciples of Information Technology Digital and Interactive Media Culinary Arts Principles of Human Services Professional CommunicationsLifetime Nutrition and Wellness Food Science Principles of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Wildlife, Fisheries and Ecology Management Equine Science life, Range Ecology and Management Ag Mechanics and Metal Technologies Welding *Denotes Weighted CoursesElectives for Local Credits Office/Library aids All TAKS prep courses SAT/ACT preps
· Please remember not all classes are offered every academic year on electives based on need and number JISD reserves the right to cancel any class due to low enrollment or if a certified teacher is unavailable to teach the course. · SCHEDULE CHANGES all schedule changes will be final the first week of school with the exception of AP. Any student wishing to exit an AP course must do so prior to the end of the third week of school after the third week students may not exit until end of a semester.
Grade Classification After the 9thgrade, students are classified according to the number of credits earned Sophomore 6 credits earned Junior 12 credits earned Senior 18 credits earned |