Course Handbook

English

40 Credits Required

ENGLISH 9

LPHS-OHS - One Year Course

English 9 is a required course for all English proficient freshmen. The study of literature includes a basic survey of core literary works, extended reading and recreational reading. Students are introduced to various literary genres: short story, novel, poetry, mythology, essay and drama. Students give oral presentations and practice active listening strategies. Students use a variety of writing types for various purposes and audiences using the writing process. Writing assignments are based primarily on personal experience and on the study of literature, moving from basic sentence structure and paragraph writing to formal essays and research papers, using technology where appropriate.

ENGLISH 9 OPPORTUNITY

LPHS- One Year Course

This course is offered to students that did not graduate from the 8^th grade. English 9-Opportunity meets the English 9 requirement for high school graduation. This class provides structure and strategies for high school success while covering the core curriculum.

ENGLISH 9-ELD

LPHS-OHS - One Year Course

English 9-ELD meets the English 9 requirement for all beginning, non-native speakers of English. Students will become more proficient in the English language while being exposed to the freshman level of core curriculum through teacher's use of SDAIE

strategies and modified instruction.

ENGLISH 9 ELD OPPORTUNITY

LPHS - One Year Course

English 9 ELD Opportunity class uses the California PASS Program as a supplement to the regular curricular materials. The virtues of the PASS Program are appropriateness, flexibility, and creditability. The program is appropriate for use with second language learners in order to meet their need for courses that can be taken for: full or partial credit, deficiencies, make-up
acceleration, graduation or promotion requirements, self-improvement or enrichment

ENGLISH 9 HONORS

OHS - One Year Course

English 9 Honors is an accelerated course that meets the graduation requirement for freshman English. A primary goal of this class is to prepare students for advanced placement coursework. The study of literature includes world literary works and extended reading. Students deepen their understanding of various literary genres through intensive study of short stories, novels, poetry, essays and drama. Students give oral presentations and practice active listening strategies. Students use a variety of writing types for various purposes and audiences using the writing process and using technology when appropriate. Students respond to literature by writing narrative, descriptive and analytical essays and research papers. Interpretive essays and explications are emphasized.

Beginning English Language Development (ELD)

LPHS - One Year Course

Beginning English Language Development is a recommended course for all non-native English-speaking students whose low level of English proficiency requires a full English emersion program. This course is designed to increase the application of English vocabulary to the skills necessary for a student's daily life. Using meaningful situations, the course will integrate the four

language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) to promote academic success and to enable the student's adaptation to the culture of the United States. Students enrolled in this course will be enrolled concurrently in English 9-ELD.

POWER READING (ELECTIVE CREDIT)

GRADE: 9 LPHS-OHS - One Year Course

Power Reading is a course designed primarily for ninth grade students who need further reading instruction. It provides both group and independent level reading activities. It emphasizes the improvement of vocabulary; reading comprehension; reading rate, fluency, flexibility, and purpose; study skills; reading in the content areas; oral reading; and/or personal reading.

ENGLISH 10

LPHS-OHS - One Year Course

English 10 is a required course for all English proficient sophomore students. The study of literature includes world literary works, extended reading and recreational reading. Students deepen their understanding of various literary genres, including short story, novel, poetry, essay and drama. Students give oral presentations and practice active listening strategies. Students use a variety of writing types for various purposes and audiences using the writing process. Students respond to literature by writing narrative, descriptive and analytical paragraphs, essays and research papers, using technology when appropriate.

ENGLISH 10 ELD

LP-OHS - One Year Course

English 10-ELD meets the English 10 requirements for all intermediate, non-native speakers of English. Students will become more proficient in the English language while being exposed to the sophomore level of core curriculum through teacher's use of SDAIE strategies and modified instruction.

ENGLISH 10 ELD OPPORTUNITY

LP - One Year Course

English 10-ELD Opportunity class uses the California PASS Program as a supplement to the regular curricular materials. The virtues of the PASS program are appropriateness, flexibility, and creditability. The program is appropriate for use with second language learners in order to meet their need for courses that can be taken for: full or partial credit, deficiencies, make-up
acceleration, graduation or promotion requirements, self-improvement or enrichment

ENGLISH 10 OPPORTUNITY

LPHS - One Year Course

This course is offered to students that did not graduate from the 8^th grade. English 10-Opportunity meets the English 10 requirement for high school graduation. This class provides structure and strategies for high school success while covering the core curriculum.

ENGLISH 10 HONORS

LPHS-OHS - One Year Course

English 10-Honors is an accelerated course that meets the graduation requirement for sophomore English. A primary goal of this class is to prepare students for advanced placement coursework. The study of literature includes world literary works and extended reading. Students deepen their understanding of various literary genres through intensive study of short stories, novels, poetry, essays and drama. Students give oral presentations and practice active listening strategies. Students use a variety of writing types for various purposes and audiences using the writing process using technology when appropriate. Students respond to literature by writing narrative, descriptive and analytical essays and research papers. Interpretive essays and explications are emphasized.

ENGLISH 11

LPHS-OHS - One Year Course

English 11 is a survey course that focuses on great American authors. There will be a concentrated examination of each author's style, form, and philosophy, place in history, and perceptions of human values and struggles. Through these great writers and thinkers, students will gain a greater understanding of the American journey. Students will demonstrate an understanding of each author's themes and writing style.

ENGLISH 11-ELD

LPHS - One Year Course

English 11-ELD meets the English 11 requirement for all advanced, non-native speakers of English. Students will become more proficient in the English language while being exposed to the junior level of core curriculum through teacher's use of SDAIE strategies and modified instruction.

ENGLISH 12

LPHS-OHS - One Year Course

English 12 is a survey course that focuses on great authors. There will be a concentrated examination of each author's style, form, and philosophy, place in history, and perceptions of human values and struggles. Through these great writers and thinkers, students will gain a greater understanding of how the works are both products of their times and expressions of universal, timeless values. Students will demonstrate an under-standing of each author's themes and writing style.

ENGLISH 12-ELD

LPHS - One Year Course

English 12-ELD meets the English 12 requirement for all advanced, non-native speakers of English. Students will become more proficient in the English language while being exposed to the senior level of core curriculum through teacher's use of SDAIE strategies and modified instruction.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH LANGUAGE/COMPOSITION

GRADES: 11-12 - LPHS-OHS - One Year Course

Prerequisite: Application and/or teacher approval.

A.P. English Language/Composition is an accelerated course that meets the graduation requirement for junior or senior English. The primary goals of this class are to prepare students for college level work and the opportunity of earning college credit by passing the Advanced Placement examination. Sponsored by the College Board, the AP Program is based on the premise that college-level material can be taught successfully to able and well-prepared secondary students. The study of literature includes world literary works and extended reading. Students deepen their understanding of various literary genres through intensive study of short stories, novels, poetry, essays and drama. Students give oral presentations and practice active listening strategies. Students use a variety of writing types for various purposes and audiences using the writing process and using technology when appropriate. Students respond to literature by writing narrative, descriptive and analytical essays and research papers. Interpretive essays and explications are emphasized.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH LANGUAGE/LITERATURE

GRADES: 11-12 -LPHS-OHS - One Year Course

Prerequisite: Application and/or teacher approval.

A.P. English Language/Literature is an accelerated course that meets the graduation requirement for junior or senior English. The primary goals of this class are to prepare students for college-level work and the opportunity of earning college credit by passing the Advanced Placement examination. Sponsored by the College Board, the AP Program is based on the premise that college-level material can be taught successfully to able and well-prepared secondary school students. The study of literature includes world literary works and extended reading. Students deepen their understanding of various literary genres through intensive study of short stories, novels, poetry, essays and drama. Students give oral presentations and practice active listening strategies. Students use a variety of writing types for various purposes and audiences using the writing process and using technology when appropriate. Students respond to literature by writing narrative, descriptive and analytical essays and research papers. Interpretive essays and explications are emphasized.

LITERATURE OF CONTROVERSY (SPEECH AND DEBATE)

LPHS GRADES 11-12, OHS GRADE: 12 - One Year Course Meets U-C A-G Requirements

This is a project-based course that will give students the opportunities for reading fiction (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Fahrenheit 451) and nonfiction. Students will study SAT preparation, write college entrance essays, give informative and persuasive speeches, and develop skills in oral presentations. First quarter will provide students with many activities designed to help achieve confidence in oral presentations. Second quarter will focus on techniques of rhetoric that will contribute to effective communication. The second semester will continue to be a project-based course that will give students an opportunity for reading fiction (The Things They Carried, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, and Inherit the Wind) and non-fiction. Students will research, write and perform an original advocacy speech and will study various debate formats, including the Lincoln/Douglas Debate. They will also have opportunities for less formal in-class debate activities. The semester will conclude with students orchestrating a multi-media presentation on a target work of literature.

JOURNALISM: BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS

LPHS-OHS – GRADES: 10-12 – (Sophomores receive 10 elective credits. Juniors and Seniors receive 5 English and 5 elective credits) - One Year Course

This course emphasizes business communications. Students will learn computer science and information technology concepts by performing multiple tasks required to develop and use appropriate resources to access, modify, and provide information effectively. Students will learn the elements of a business plan and its effect on the success of small business by preparing, describing and presenting a business plan. Students will learn concepts, strategies, and systems needed to interact effectively with others by utilizing effective communication. Students will learn the concepts and promotional strategies needed to communicate information about products, services, images, and/or ideas by developing and presenting a promotional plan that will achieve a stated outcome. Finally, students will learn the nature, importance and strategies of the selling process by identifying the relationship between buying behaviors and applied sales techniques utilized in the consumer, business and global sales environments.

JOURNALISM: GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS

LPHS-OHS – GRADES: 10-12 – (Sophomores receive 10 elective credits. Juniors and Seniors receive 5 English and 5 elective credits) - One Year Course

This course emphasizes graphic communications. Students will learn the historical, social, and economic impact of the graphic communications industry in society. Students will learn how basic design principles, typography, and illustration are used to persuade, communicate, identify, attract attention, or create action in a layout. Students will learn how to use the software, hardware, materials and tools employed in a computerized desktop environment. Finally, students will gain an understanding of career preparation and work ethics and how they apply across all standards for students planning to successfully enter an advanced course or career in the graphic communication industry.

CREATIVE WRITING: GET PUBLISHED

LPHS-OHS – GRADES: 11-12 - One Semester Course

This class is for the student who is interested in creative writing and publishing. The course helps students discover and define individual style and skill as well as refine correct and creative writing through the study of literary masters and daily writing practice. Students will write and produce major projects involving a variety of creative modes. Students will research and participate in the process of becoming a published writer.

12^TH GRADE ENGLISH COURSE OFFERINGS AT

Oroville High School

FEAR AND TREMBLING (CLASSIC AND NEO-GOTHIC LITERATURE) One Semester Course

Fear and Trembling is an investigative and reflective celebration of the literature of the supernatural. Through the study of novels, short stories and films, the student will experience and enjoy the shudders of terror delivered by the otherworldly genre since the mid- 18th century. The course will deliver a delectably macabre feast of ghosts, ghouls, haunted castles, decaying graveyards, crumbling churches, and things that go bump in the night for those with an appetite for fear and trembling. An additional emphasis will be on the dark side of human nature that is both attracted to and repulsed by evil, resulting in unpredictable and sometimes nightmarish mayhem that must ultimately be vanquished by agents of goodness.

SCIENCE FICTION-BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE

One Semester Course

This class is designed for students who like to delve into big ideas: What would happen if human beings could change space and time? What if parallel universes really did exist? What if there is alien intelligence? What if human beings could achieve, through evolution or technology, a whole spectrum of mental powers? What if part or all of humanity could become immortal? The concepts in this course test our humanity against the challenges of different realities.

MAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT

One Semester Course

This class will explore the ways in which humans perceive, interact with, and are ultimately shaped by their surroundings. Readings will examine our multiple views of nature and our dependence on or independence from the natural environment.

HEROES JOURNEY (GILGAMESH TO SKYWALKER)

One Semester Course

Myths and legends telling of journeys and quests are among the world's oldest stories. From earliest times and in most cultures, heroes left the safety of their known worlds on seemingly impossible tasks. Some were physical adventures; others were spiritual quests; all dealt with the universal themes of the triumph of courage over adversity, virtue over evil. Today, many of the stories we read and films we enjoy are a continuation of the Hero's Journey pattern. This class will explore the connection between ancient and modern quest stories. Students will make comparisons between the fictional journeys and the challenges facing people in the real world. They can learn from the experiences of others while keeping alive a sense of adventure and wonder.

TWENTIETH CENTURY CONFLICTS

One Semester Course

Twentieth Century Conflicts is an investigative and reflective literature/film course designed to examine critical twentieth century American issues. Through the study of fictional/non-fictional literature and documentary/ non-documentary film, the student will gain a deeper understanding of important domestic and international events that have had such a tremendous impact upon American values and attitudes. With a strong emphasis on social and economical justice, specific issues to be studied and discussed are: the labor movement, the Russian Revolution, World War I, the Great Depression, the Nazi Party and anti-Semitism, World War II, the post-WWII political witch hunts/ McCarthy era, racism/ the Civil Rights movement, the Cold War, Vietnam, labor strikes, Central America, the anti-nuclear/ peace-through-strength conflict, environmental mismanagement, and technological dehumanization.

SHAKESPEARE FROM PAGE TO STAGE

One Semester Course

Shakespeare: From Page to Stage is a class for students, college bound or not, to explore the text of Shakespeare's work as it relates to their lives and in performance. The course focuses on reading, writing, interpretation, and language. Students use discussion groups, writing for a variety of audiences, performance of scenes with differing interpretations, compare characters, themes and plots. Students read at least three plays, whether across genre or within one area or theme. They gain a background in interpreting, appreciating and staging dramatic choices.

TOUGH GUYS AND MEAN STREETS LITERATURE

One Semester Course

Tough Guys and Mean Streets is designed as a celebration of one of the most exciting schools of writing during the 20th century. The hard-boiled genre, once viewed by many critics as a mere sub current to mainstream American literature, has, in recent years become widely accepted for its tremendous and enduring influence on the development of American and European letters. Paced with express-train velocity, and crackling with lean and muscular prose, the tough guy/hard-boiled detective story pits the lone hero against brutal urban landscapes seething with criminal conduct, no-holds-barred violence, and most crucially, moral ambiguities. Standing shoulder to shoulder with the vicious underworld and antagonistic police, the tough guy hero/heroine is a modern day extension of the Western hero, whose guns blaze and spit the same righteous punishment once meted out by the likes of Wild Bill Hickock, Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp. The odds for survival, however, are weighed heavily against him/her. The hours are endless and he/she drives a beat-up sedan; but, most importantly, his/her code is honor and his/her courage drives the carriage of justice to safety. He/she knows that there's a bullet waiting for him/her out there, but there is never a doubt in his/her mind that it is down these mean streets a man/woman must go.

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Mathematics

20 Credits inclusive of Algebra Required

ONLINE AP STATISTICS (ELECTIVE CREDIT)

gRADES: 11-12 – lphs-ohs – ONE year COURSE

PREREQUISITE: ALGEBRA II OR MATH ANALYSIS

AP Statistics gives students hands-on experience collecting, analyzing, graphing, and interpreting real-world data. They will learn to effectively design and analyze research studies by reviewing and evaluating real research examples taken from daily life. The next time they hear the results from another poll or study, they will know whether the results are valid. As the art of drawing conclusions from imperfect data and the science of real world uncertainties, statistics plays an important role in many fields. The equivalent of an introductory college-level course, AP Statistics prepares students for the AP Exam and for further study in science, sociology, medicine, engineering, political science, geography, and business.

AP Calculus

Grades: 11–12 - LPHS-OHS - One Year Course - Prerequisite: Grace of “C” of better in Pre Calculus and/or teacher recommendation.

The advanced placement (AP) calculus course is taught with the same level of depth and rigor as are entry-level college and university calculus courses. It will prepare students for success on the College Board Advanced Placement Calculus AB Examination. The course presents elements of analytic geometry, parametric equations, vectors in a plane, methods, and application of integration. Calculators are required with log and trig functions; no instruction is given with log and trig functions.
In the spring, students are encouraged to take the College Board Advanced Placement Mathematics Examination, Calculus AB, which, if passed with a score of 3 or higher (according to a college' or university's policy), allows them to receive college credit in mathematics. The test is not a requirement of the course.

Pre Calculus

Grade: 10-12 - LPHS-OHS - One Year Course

Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in Advanced Algebra and/or permission of instructor.

Pre Calculus is a course designed to prepare students for the first course of college calculus. Intermediate algebra, analytic geometry, and trigonometry are integrated with other important topics emphasizing functions, limits, sequences, and derivatives. The presentations of these topics develop an intuitive base and tools for the study of more advanced mathematics.

Advanced Algebra

Grade: 10-12 - LPHS-OHS - One Year Course

Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in Geometry and/or teacher recommendation.

Advanced Algebra is a course designed to encourage interest and proficiency in basics and advanced algebra, such as quadratic equations, the imaginary number system, logarithms, and matrices. This course will satisfy minimum college entrance requirements in the fields of mathematics, science, engineering, and architecture.

Geometry

Grades: 9-12 - LPHS-OHS - One Year Course - Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in second semester of Algebra I, Algebra B, or Geometry A, and/or teacher recommendation.

Geometry is a college preparatory course designed to present the essential geometric facts. The course relates these facts to the arts, trades, and sciences. Major emphasis is placed on developing a mode of geometric proof as an example of a definite system of logic basic to all deductive thinking in life.

Geometry A

Grade: 9-12 - LPHS - One Year Course

Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in second semester of Algebra I or Algebra B, and/or teacher recommendation.

Geometry A is a college preparatory course designed to meet the needs of high school students who do not already have the skills to complete geometry in one year. These skills will be taught and reinforced as the geometry concepts are introduced. The course covers the first semester of geometry in one year. It relates the essential geometric facts to the arts, trades, and sciences. Major emphasis is placed on developing a mode of geometric proof as an example of a definite system of logic basic to all deductive thinking in life. The geometry course that follows geometry A will reinforce the essential geometry concepts and skills taught in this course and provide instruction in the remaining geometry concepts to meet the college entrance requirements for one year of geometry.

Algebra I

Grade: 9-12 - LPHS-OHS - One Year Course

Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in Pre-Algebra and/or teacher recommendation.

Algebra I is a course that will meet the district's algebra graduation requirement and prepares students for the California High School Exit Exam. Students should have a solid background in the basic skills of arithmetic including fractions, integers, and equation-solving. Areas of emphasis include the study of rational numbers, factoring, polynomials, ordered pairs and graphing, radicals, and

quadratic equations.

Algebra A / aLGEBRA B

Grade: 9 -12 - LPHS-OHS - Two Year Course

Prerequisite: Pre-Algebra, and/or teacher recommendation.

Algebra A/B is a course that will meet the district's algebra graduation requirement and prepares students for the California High School Exit Exam. Students should have a solid background in the basic skills of arithmetic including fractions, integers, and equation-solving. Areas of emphasis include the study of rational numbers, factoring, polynomials, ordered pairs and graphing, radicals, and quadratic equations.

Pre Algebra

Grade: 9-10 - LPHS - One Year Course

Students are adept at manipulating numbers and equations and understand the general principles at work. Students understand and use factoring of numerators and denominators and properties of exponents. They know the Pythagorean theorem and solve problems in which they compute the length of an unknown side. Students know how to compute the surface area and volume of basic three-dimensional objects and understand how area and volume change with a change in scale. Students make conversions between different units of measurement. They know and use different representations of fractional numbers (fractions, decimals, and percents) and are proficient at changing from one to another. They increase their facility with ratio and proportion, compute percents of increase and decrease, and compute simple and compound interest. They graph linear functions and understand the idea of slope and its relation to ratio.

FOUNDATIONS OF Algebra

Grade: 9-10 - LPHS - One Year Course

Students master the four arithmetic operations with whole numbers, positive fractions, positive decimals, and positive and negative integers; they accurately compute and solve problems. They apply their knowledge to statistics and probability. Students understand the concepts of mean, median, and mode of data sets and how to calculate the range. They analyze data and sampling processes for possible bias and misleading conclusions; they use addition and multiplication of fractions routinely to calculate the probabilities for compound events. Students conceptually understand and work with ratios and proportions; they compute percentages (e.g., tax, tips, interest). Students know about pi and the formulas for the circumference and area of a circle. They use letters for numbers in formulas involving geometric shapes and in ratios to represent an unknown part of an expression. They solve one-step linear equations.

Other Mathematics options

• AGRICULUTRAL FOUNDATIONS OF ALGEBRA

• ACCOUNTING

• TECHNOLOGY EXPLORATION AND DESIGN

• MECHANICAL DRAFTING 1 A/B

• R.O.P. RETAILING

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SCIENCE

20 Credits Required

EARTH SCIENCE

GRADES: 9-10 - LPHS-OHS - One Year Course

This course offers a foundation in the earth sciences and the scientific method. The course provides students an opportunity to learn science by receiving direct instruction, reading textbooks and supplementary materials, using technology to acquire and process information, solving standards-based problems, performing laboratory investigations and experiments. The major units of study include: solar system; stars, galaxies, and the universe; dynamic earth processes; energy in the earth system; heating of earth's surface/atmosphere; climate; biogeochemical cycles; structure and composition of the atmosphere; California geology; scientific method; statistics, data analysis and probability; careers and employability in agriculture; projects; record keeping, and interpersonal leadership development. Standards that all students are expected to achieve in earth science are unmarked; standards that all students should have the opportunity to learn in earth science are marked with an asterisk (*). The California Standards Tests will not include test items for the asterisked content standards. However, the Golden State Exam will likely assess asterisked content standards in tests developed for 2003.

GENERAL BIOLOGY

GRADES: 10-12 - LPHS-OHS - One Year Course

Prerequisite: Must complete Earth Science requirement.

A non-college pre/biology course designed for students without a strong science background. Introduces major biological concepts. Emphasis on laboratory activities including dissection of preserved specimens to reinforce understanding and provide practical application of biological principles. This class satisfies the Life Science Core Curriculum requirement for graduation. Emphasis is placed on laboratory investigation.

COLLEGE PREPATORY BIOLOGY

GRADES: 10-12 (9^th grade with instructor approval)

LPHS-OHS - One Year Course

Prerequisite: Must complete Earth Science requirement

This course offers an introduction to the diversity of plants and animals and to the biological processes and principles governing the living conditions. Emphasis is placed on laboratory investigations.

NOTE: This course meets the CSU and U.C. “A-G Subject” requirement.

A.P. BIOLOGY

GRADES: 10-12 - LPHS-OHS - One Year Course\

Prerequisite: Grade of "B" or better in College Prep Biology or instructor approval. Students who are taking Chemistry concurrently or have had Chemistry will be given preference in case of "over enrollment".

The Advanced Placement Biology course is designed to be the equivalent of a college introductory biology course usually taken by biology majors during their first year. AP Biology is an in-depth survey of molecular, cellular, organismal, and population biology. Students who pass the AP Biology exam receive six units of credit at most colleges, including the University of California.
NOTE: This course meets the CSU and U.C. “A-G Subject” requirement.

CHEMISTRY

GRADES: 10-12 - LPHS - One Year Course

Prerequisite: One Year Course of laboratory science, concurrent enrollment in Advanced Algebra.

Chemistry is an inquiry into the composition of and interactions between substances. It is designed to acquaint the student with the laws of the physical environment through the use of laboratory experiments. Chemistry includes the study of characteristics of chemical reactions, chemical periodicity, and chemical bonding in solids, liquids and gases. The chemistry laboratory is the basis from which the advanced sciences are developed. College Preparatory.

NOTE: This course meets the CSU and U.C. “A-G Subject” requirement.

PHYSICS

GRADES: 10-12 - LPHS-OHS - One Year Course - Prerequisite:

One Year Course of laboratory science, concurrent enrollment in Advanced Algebra.

Physics is quantitative study which includes energy, mechanics, wave motion, light, sound, heat and electricity. It is designed to acquaint the student with the laws of the physical environment through the use of laboratory experiments. Applications to modern Physics are emphasized. Physics is an essential course for those students considering technical or engineering careers.

NOTE: This course meets the CSU and U.C. “A-G Subject” requirement.

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

GRADES; 11-12 - LPHS - One Year Course - Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or better in College Prep Biology or instructor approval. Students who are taking Chemistry concurrently or have had Chemistry will be given preference in case of "over enrollment".

This course will provide students with a foundation of knowledge regarding the structures and functions of the systems of the human body. Emphasis will be placed on laboratory laboratory and clinical case studies to illustrate anatomical and physiological concepts.

NOTE: This course meets the CSU and U.C. “A-G Subject” requirement.

HONORS ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

GRADES; 11-12 - LPHS - One Year Course - Prerequisite:

Grade of "B" or better in College Prep Biology, "C" or better in Chemistry, or Instructor approval. Students must be concurrently enrolled or have completed Advanced Algebra.

This course is intended for college bound students who are interested in a medical or science related field. It will provide students with a foundation of knowledge regarding the structures and functions of the systems of the human body. Emphasis will be placed on laboratory and clinical case studies to illustrate anatomical and physiological concepts. A research and practical application component are included.

NOTE: This course meets the CSU and U.C. “A-G Subject” requirement.

Other Science options

• AGRICULTURAL EARTH SCIENCE

• AGRICULUTRAL LIFE SCIENCE

• AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGY

• ANIMAL SCIENCE

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Social Studies

35 Credits Required

GEOGRAPHY

GRADE: 9 - LPHS-OHS Semester Course

Students in grade nine must realize one of the realities of the contemporary world is the increasing influence of other nations in the daily life of the American citizen. This course in 20th Century Geography and Technology is designed to provide an understanding of the distribution and characteristics of the world's major cultures and of the dynamics of human migration and cultural diffusion. Emphasis will be placed on the cultures of the world and a technology based student presentation. Ninth grade geography is a foundation course to World History, United States History, Government, and Economics.

Geography 9 OPPORTUNITY

GRADE: 9 – LPHS - Semester Course <

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