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 8th 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 8th 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.
12TH 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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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
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AGRICULUTRAL FOUNDATIONS OF ALGEBRA
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ACCOUNTING
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TECHNOLOGY EXPLORATION AND DESIGN
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MECHANICAL DRAFTING 1 A/B
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R.O.P. RETAILING
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 (9th 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
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AGRICULTURAL EARTH SCIENCE
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AGRICULUTRAL LIFE SCIENCE
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AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGY
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ANIMAL SCIENCE