What are Core Academic Subjects?A Core Academic Subject is one where students receive core content credit:- Art, music, dance, drama/theater
- Social studies: civics and government, history, geography, economics
- English
- Reading or language arts
- Mathematics
- Science
- World Languages
What are examples of non-Core Academic Subjects?Agriculture, bookkeeping, accounting, business, cooperative education, health education, health occupations, family and consumer sciences, technology education, marketing education, trades and industry, computer science, driver education, journalism, outdoor education, physical education, psychology, sociology, speech, business data/processing, and library science.
http://archives.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/esea/docs/TQ_Regulations/core_subjects.htm