*A graphing calculator is required for this course.
Semesters: 2
Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus or teacher recommendation
Credit: 1/2 per semester
Level: 11, 12
Topics of differential and integral calculus are presented at the college level, with special emphasis on understanding and deriving the usual general formulas. Preparation for the Advanced Placement AB examination is included.
*A graphing calculator is required for this course.
Semesters: 2
Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus (H) or teacher recommendation
Credit: 1/2 per semester
Level: 11, 12
Topics of differential and integral calculus are presented at the college level, with special emphasis on understanding and deriving the usual general formulas. Preparation for the Advanced Placement BC examination is included.
*A graphing calculator is required for this course.
Semesters: 2
Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus or teacher recommendation
Credit: 1/2 per semester
Level: 11, 12
The purpose of the AP course in statistics is to introduce students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. Preparation for the Advanced Placement Statistics examination is included. Students are exposed to four broad conceptual themes including:
Semesters: 2
Prerequisite: Biology, Chemistry or Division Leader
Periods: 10 per week recommendation
Credit: 1/2 per semester
Level: 11, 12
This is a college level accelerated science course offered to those students who have successfully completed a year of biology, chemistry, and physics. In special cases co-enrollment in physics is permitted. The course emphasizes the biochemical and evolutionary similarities and differences among living organisms and methods of their continuance. Text and laboratory materials are freshman college level. Lab work is extensive and may require the student to participate in lab beyond the scheduled lab periods. The students may receive college credit and/or placement in biology upon successfully completing this course and taking a placement exam.
Semesters: 2
Prerequisite: Biology, Chemistry or Division Leader
Credit: 1/2 per semester
Periods: 10 per week recommendation
Level: 11, 12
This is a college level accelerated science course offered to those students who have successfully completed a year of biology, chemistry, and physics. In special cases co-enrollment in physics is permitted. The course is designed to be a survey of chemistry comparable to a typical college freshman course in scope and depth. Emphasis is placed on problem solving and quantitative skills in both laboratory and classroom phases. The students may receive college credit and/or advanced placement in chemistry upon successfully completing this course and taking a placement exam.
Semesters: 2
Prerequisite: Completion of Biology, Chemistry and Algebra II with Trigonometry (H) or Algebra II with Trig with a C or higher or teacher recommendation
Periods: 7 per week
Credit: l/2 per semester
Level: 11, 12
In this course, Physics is presented as a process by which we seek to better understand the orderliness and predictability of the universe around us. The topics of mechanics (study of motion), optics (study of light and waves), and electricity/magnetism are the core curriculum of the course. Throughout the course there is a heavy emphasis on lab work, critical thinking, and problem solving. This course is designed for students with high abilities in science and mathematics.
AP Physics C
Semesters: 2
Prerequisite: Juniors must complete Biology and Chemistry and have concurrent enrollment in AP Calculus BC. Seniors must complete Biology, Chemistry and Physics or an AP-level science course and have concurrent enrollment or completion of Calculus.
Level: 11, 12
Credit: 1/2 per semester
Periods: 10 per week
Taxonomy: 335/336
This is a college level calculus based science course for those who have successfully completed chemistry and are considering a major in an engineering field. The course covers topics including, but not limited to linear and circular mechanics and dynamics during one semester, and topics of electricity and magnetism during the other. Emphasis is placed on lab work, critical thinking and problem solving through high level mathematics. Each semester prepares students for a separate AP exam, each worth a potential semester of college credit.
AP Computer Science
*A graphing calculator is required for this course.
Semesters: 2
Prerequisite: Geometry or teacher recommendation
Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Credit: 1/2 per semester
Taxonomy: 383/384
Additional Information: Fees may not cover all expenses including the cost of the AP exam.
Successful completion of this course may count towards the mathematics graduation requirement if the student has earned 2.0 credits in other math coursework; of which 1.0 must be Algebra II.
Computer science encompasses the collection of technical skills and scientific methodologies used in the creation of high quality computer based solutions to real problems. This is more than a programming course. Topics include modular program design, control structures, recursion, data structures, algorithms, searching, sorting, and modeling. A goal of the course is to prepare students for the Advanced Placement computer science exam.
AP Computer Science Principles
Semesters: 2
Prerequisite: Approval of Industry and Careers division leader or STEM Divisional . Due to the rigorous nature of the course, emphasis on math and analytical skills, students should have successfully completed at least one year of Algebra I.
Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Taxonomy: 387CSP/388CSP
Additional Information: This is an elective course. However, successful completion of this course may count towards the mathematics graduation requirement if the student has earned 2.0 credits in other math coursework; of which a 1.0 must be Algebra II. The credit earned in AP Computer Science Principles may not count as both an elective and math credit.
This course meets the Computer requirement for graduation.
AP Computer Science Principles is a course offered by the College Board. The College Board website describes the course as “introducing students to the foundational concepts of computer science and challenges them to explore how computing and technology can impact the world. With a unique focus on creative problem solving and real-world applications, AP Computer Science Principles prepares students for college and career.” Moreover, “Rather than teaching a particular programming language or tool, the course focuses on using technology and programming as a means to solve computational problems and create exciting and personally relevant artifacts.”
This year long course focuses on seven big ideas; creativity, abstraction, data and information, algorithms, programming, the internet, and global impact. Students that are motivated, collaborative, creative, interested in solving problems, enjoy computers and demonstrate critical thinking skills are encouraged to participate.
Students will prepare for the AP Computer Science Principles exam which will be a multiple-choice, paper and pencil exam, as well as the two AP through-course performance based assessments “which require students to explore the impacts of computing and create computational artifacts through programming.” Students enrolled in this course are encouraged to take the AP exam; however, the fees associated with this course do not include the cost of the AP exam.
AP Environmental Science
Semesters: 2
Prerequisite: Physics or approval from the STEM division leader.
Level: 12
Periods: 7 per week
Credit: 1/2 per semester
Taxonomy: 343/344
The College Board explains, “The goal of the APⓇ Environmental Science course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human-made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving or preventing them.” An additional goal of the course is to prepare students for the APⓇ Environmental Science exam.