2011-2012 Curriculum Overview English
History
English I English II English III, English III Honors AP English
World History U.S. History or AP U.S. History AP Modern European History AP Economics
Senior Seminars: Break Every Rule: Poetry Today Civility and Propriety Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Deconstructing the Exotic in World Literature The Great Books Heroine’s Journey Literature and Philosophy Literature & Film Shakespeare: To Play’s The Thing Literature of War
Semester classes: U.S. Government (spring or fall) AP World History (spring) +Spycraft: Espionage & Diplomatic Policy The Vietnam Wars Comparative Religion (spring) +American Civil War (fall) AP Comparative Government (spring) Road to 9/11: The Middle East in the 21st Century (fall) Philosophy21: Thinking for the 21st Century
Mathematics Algebra I Geometry/Trigonometry Advanced Alternative Approaches Geometry Algebra II Algebra II/Pre-Calculus Precalculus Elementary Functions (fall) Finite Math & Statistics (spring) Applied Calculus Calculus & Analytic Geometry AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC AP Statistics
World Languages Mandarin Chinese I (Heritage and Non-Heritage) Mandarin Chinese II Mandarin Chinese III AP Mandarin Chinese French I, II, III AP French Language French Literature Business French Latin I, II, III Latin Literature AP Latin (Vergil) Spanish I, II, II Adv., III, III Adv., IV AP Spanish Language AP Spanish Literature Advanced Spanish Communication & Culture
Science Physics Chemistry AP Chemistry AP Physics B or C AP Biology AP Environmental Science +AP Human Geography Semester classes: Astronomy Bio: Classical Genetics Bio: Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Bio: Macrobiology & Natural Dynamics Bio: Human Evolution +Advanced Genetics Microbiology and Human Diseases +Biophysics Modern Physics Life in the Nuclear Age Multimedia Engineering The Nature of Science
Technology Multimedia Web Design Multimedia Engineering Introduction to Journalism
Mass Communication Introduction to Journalism Newspaper/Fourcast Yearbook/Cornerstones Literary Magazine/Vibrato + new Page 4