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FEBRUARY 7, 2017
A CLOSER LOOK
Course Selection Guide 2017-2018 A key to this guide:
Started in 2012, this annual guide is designed to help students choose courses for the upcoming school year. Before submitting your schedule to Infinite Campus on Feb. 10, consider the difficulty and workload of offered classes. The ratings in this guide are based on the opinions and research of TPH staff members. For classes where there was not enough representation, we gathered opinions from other PHS students.
difficulty is rated within a workload is rated across department
all departments
>> how intellectually challenging the course is on a scale of 1 to 5
only applicable to certain classes
English 3-4
difficulty
English 7-8 difficulty
English 5-6
difficulty
workload
N/A
English 5-6 Honors
AP Literature
Ted talks
difficulty
workload
Summer reading
Public Speaking difficulty
workload
Poetry book
workload
Speeches
Computer Science Exploring Computer Science difficulty
workload
Joy of Computing difficulty
Alice animation
workload
Greenfoot final
AP Computer Science Principals workload
Create and explore tasks
workload
Paradise Lost
Creative Writing difficulty
workload
PSA
difficulty
workload
difficulty
workload
I Search
difficulty
>> how much time a student spends on the class outside of school on a scale of 1 to 5
biggest assignment
English Language Arts English 1-2
class
AP Computer Science A difficulty
workload
Balloon race
Classes not rated in this guide: ASB ROP Journalism Introductions to Publications Yearbook/Photojournalism Directing and Production for Stage Honors Math Analysis Physics Mandarin I Finding Community Special studies/Learning Center If you have any questions or comments about this course selection guide, please contact the editors at editors@tphnews.com