OTHER ELECTIVES

AP Computer Science Principles

Credit: 1.0 (year) Offered to Grades: 9-12 Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in Algebra II Honors required.

Description: AP Computer Science Principles offers a multidisciplinary approach to teaching the underlying principles of computation. The course will introduce students to the creative aspects of programming, abstractions, algorithms, large data sets, the Internet, cybersecurity concerns, and computing impacts. AP Computer Science Principles also gives students the opportunity to use current technologies to create computational artifacts for both self-expression and problem solving. Together, these aspects of the course make up a rigorous and rich curriculum that aims to broaden participation in computer science.

Business Leadership

Credit: .5 credit (Semester) Offered to grades: 9-12 Prerequisites: None

Description: The purpose of this course is designed to be an introduction to the fundamentals of business ownership. The course will cover the steps to business ownership. The curriculum will examine various types of businesses while covering the operations and management skills need for each. The course will introduce students to the concepts, functions and skills required for meeting the challenges of operating a business in the twenty-first century on a local, national and international scale.

The course will develop the following content areas:  Business management  Business ethics  Business law  Leadership skills required in business  Business types  Benefits and challenges to operating a business  Marketing fundamentals  Business finance

Introduction to Engineering

Credit: 0.5 (semester) Offered to grades: 9-12 Prerequisites: none

Description: The purpose of this course is to provide students with a survey of several different Engineering disciplines. The course work will include discussion of the type of work that each of the disciplines performs, introduction to some of the basic engineering calculations such as energy and mass balances,

statics, fluid dynamics, etc., and discussion of some of the advanced degrees that people with Engineers pursue. The Engineering disciplines discussed in this course include the following.  Aerospace Engineering  Agricultural Engineering  Bioengineering  Chemical Engineering  Civil Engineering  Computer Engineering  Electrical Engineering  Environmental Engineering  Industrial Engineering  Materials Engineering  Mechanical Engineering  Nuclear Engineering

Personal Finance

Credit: 0.5 (semester) Offered to grades: 9-12 Prerequisite: None

Description: The purpose of this course is to give students an overview of personal and family finance concepts including the American economic system, personal and family management of resources including income, money management, saving and investing, spending and credit, the role of financial institutions and the consumer, consumer information and taxation and financial planning.

SAT/ACT Prep

Credit: 0.5 (semester) Offered to grades: 10, 11 and 12* Prerequisites: None- Preferential enrollment for upper classman

Description: The course will examine strategies for answering different kinds of problems, approaches to time and stress management during testing, and skills review. Students will further develop their reading and writing skills including grammar, editing, and thesis development needed for the exam. In addition, students will receive practice and preparation for the mathematics section of the examinations.

Study Hall

Credit: 0 Offered to grades: 11-12 and Students in grades 9 and 10 who complete an Online Summer Course Prerequisites: None Description: This course is designed to provide students with a structured, scheduled studying environment. Students are expected to bring appropriate material for reading, studying, or assignments each class.

Yearbook I, II, and III Honors; Photojournalism

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to grades: 9-12 Prerequisite: None Prerequisites: Grade of 80 or higher in appropriate English course; Evaluation of writing ability and recommendation from English teacher

Description: Students enrolled in Yearbook/Photojournalism will assume a task-oriented production role in service of the Providence Paragon. They will be responsible for the acquisition and/or production of any and all content for that volume of the Paragon, as received from the upperclassmen yearbook staff in Yearbook II. Students enrolled in Yearbook II will be primarily responsible for the production of that year’s volume of the Providence Paragon. They will form a close-knit, elite creative team that will brainstorm ideas, organize all ideas into concrete or virtual drafts, and oversee all individual items and pages of the Paragon to production. Duties will include:  Theme conception and integration  Creative meetings  Problem solving and solution streamlining  Organization of ideas and concepts  Delegation of content research and production to Yearbook I – Photojournalism  Page design and layout creation including all templates, fonts and other thematic information  Content organization and record-keeping