Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy MSL High School Course of Study 2014 ~ 2015 12th Grade Course Options 2014 - 2015 ▪ Note: Courses listed in Bold below are part of the Dual Credit Program.
COURSE SELECTIONS: Christian Studies Rank Top 4 Choices: ____ Bio-Ethics ____ Eastern World Religions ____ Eschatology ____ Ethics and Justice ____ Faith in Film and Fiction ____ Israel in the World Honors ____ Jesus and the Gospels ____ Western World Religions
Technology ____ Computer Applications ____ Computer Layout & Design I ____ Computer Layout & Design II (2nd sem only) ____ Adobe Flash ____ Video Editing – Needs teacher approval World Languages ____ Spanish I, II, III, IV ____ Spanish II Honors, III Honors, IV Honors ____ AP Spanish ____ Latin I Honors, II Honors, III Honors, IV Honors ____ AP Latin ____ Mandarin Chinese I Honors, II Honors, III Honors, IV Honors ____ AP Mandarin Chinese
English ____ English 12 ____ English 12VT ____ AP English 12 Literature and Composition Mathematics ____ College Algebra ____ Algebra II ____ Pre-Calculus ____ Pre-Calculus VT ____ ▪Calculus – Dual Credit Option (3 credit hours) ____ Functions & Trigonometry ____ Statistics ____ ▪AP Statistics – Dual Credit Option (3 credit hours) ____ ▪AP Calculus AB – Dual Credit Option (4 credit hours) ____ ▪AP Calculus BC – 2nd sem only – Dual Credit Option (4 credit hrs)
Fine Arts ____ Dance as a Fine Art ____ AP Music Theory ____ Drama ____ Musical Theater
Social Studies ____ Government ____ Economics ____ Sociology ____ East Asian History ____ Media, Race, and Representation ____ AP US Government ____ AP European History ____ AP Microeconomics ____ ▪ Intro to Personal Finance – Dual Credit Option (3 credit hrs) 1 sem ____ Criminal Law - 2nd semester only Science ____ Anatomy & Physiology ____ Physics ____ Physics Honors ____ Environmental Science – 1st semester ____ Environmental Science – 2nd semester ____ AP Biology – Dual Credit Option (4 credit hours) ____ AP Chemistry – Dual Credit Option (5 credit hours) ____ AP Physics – Dual Credit Option (5 credit hours for Sem1, 5 credit hours for Sem2, or both) ____ AP Environmental Science – Dual Credit Option (3 credit hours)
Fine Arts - Music *requires audition ____ Concert Choir ____ Encore Performing Choir* ____ Lab Band ____ Percussion Ensemble/Steel Drum Band ____ Symphony Orchestra (not strings) ____ Symphony Orchestra – Strings ____ Electric Jazz Orchestra* Fine Arts - Visual *Pre-requisite = General Art ____ General Art ____ Ceramics* ____ Drawing* ____ Photography* ____ Studio Art* ____ AP Art* Need teacher Approval ____ Computer Layout & Design I ____ Computer Layout & Design II (2nd sem only) Electives ____ Greek I Honors – pre req: Latin II ____ Spanish Conversation in Context I ____ Spanish Conversation in Context II ____ Yearbook – Need teacher approval ____ Speech Health / PE ____ Health ____ Dance as a PE
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Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy MSL High School Course of Study 2014 ~ 2015 Senior Elective: Faith in Contemporary Fiction and Film (12th) Students analyze literature and film as mediums wherein contemporary society wrestles with answers to philosophical and theological questions ranging from identity to memory, purpose, knowing, free will and determinism. Rather than “simply stories” students use these stories to pose thought-provoking questions. Students interpret these questions through a lens of faith, examining the issue from a perspective of belief. Deconstructing these answers through a faith construct enables the students to explore their own understanding of personal, societal, and religious issues in both literature and film. Using their faith concepts in this manner enables students to develop their interpretive skills while fine tuning their critical thinking. Students combine analysis of these cultural mediums with a practical application of living our faith within culture. .5 Crd
Senior Elective: Ethics and Justice (12th) Students explore important ethical and theological questions justice. Students examine alternative systems to achieve justice in the world, the development and significance of human rights, and the degree to which cultural differences impact whether rights and wrongs are universally held. Case studies include genocide and ethnic cleansing, 21st Century slavery, education, women, poverty and the consumption of world resources. Students explore controversial issues where philosophy, ethics, theology and law intersect such as capital punishment, the morality of war, terrorism, racism, gender, and homosexuality. Students examine these issues, using foundations for moral thought and major approaches to the field of ethics such as virtue theory, deontology, utilitarianism, relativism, emotivism, situational ethics, Rawlsian ethics and ethical egoism. Students examine these issues from a biblical and theological perspective with the task of indentifying the contours of a distinctly Christian world view and ethic. .5 Crd
Senior Elective: Eschatology (12th) Students examine biblical teachings on the final events of the world, primarily from The Revelation of John and selected areas of the Old and New Testaments. Topics include the development of eschatology in the Bible compared with neighboring societies, the historical and modern interpretations most Christians accept including the pre/post/a-millennial doctrines, and cursory examination of Christian eschatology in modern literature such as Left Behind. The course concludes comparing Christian eschatology to modern teachings of other world religions. .5 Crd
Senior Elective: Eastern World Religions (12th) Students examine beliefs and practices of various Eastern traditions beginning with Hinduism and moving eastward through Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto. Students compare and contrast these traditions with Christianity and other monotheisms through readings, discussions, media presentations, and field trips. Study reveals the fundamental human need for the Divine helps students gain skills in relating to other peoples and cultures in the world and gain greater depth and appreciation of their own faith by exploring similarities and differences between Christianity and other religions. .5 Crd Senior Elective: Western World Religions (12th) Students examine beliefs and practices of Western traditions focusing primarily on Judaism and Islam. The course concludes with a brief survey of the major Eastern religions. Students compare and contrast these traditions with Christianity and other monotheisms through readings, discussions, media presentations, and field trips. By understanding the fundamental human need for the Divine, students gain skills in relating to other peoples and cultures in the world and gain greater depth and appreciation of their own faith by exploring similarities and differences between Christianity and other religions. .5 Crd
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