Dual Credit

College-bound students with advanced writing and thinking skills can earn three semester hours of FREE college credit as well as advanced level high school credit for this course covering American history from its very beginnings to the aftermath of the American Civil War. All enrolled students must submit a multitude of high-level, intensive writing requirements that include well-researched papers and reviews. Over the course of the year, students will engage in mock trials, historical design projects, and learning history from intellectual, political, social, economic, and geographic perspectives. Emphasis is placed on active collaboration, student initiatives to problem-solve, and creativity in making connections from the past to their own present. 

Grades  10th, 12th 

Pre-reqs: ACT reading score of 21 OR SAT reading score of >550 OR a 6/6 Community Colleges of Chicago entrance examination (RTW) AND at least a 90% attendance rate. Rising sophomores must score 3 or higher on the AP World History Exam and score 6/6 on the RTW  (More info on the Dual Credit Program). 
Hours/Min per day: 1.5 hours/day

This course offers the opportunity for students to obtain college credit while earning high school credit.  The DC English is designed to help students become skilled readers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contexts and to become skilled writers who compose with a variety of purposes. Both their writing and reading should make students aware of the interactions among a writer's purposes, audience expectations, and subjects as well as the way generic conventions and the resources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing. The focus is on expository, argumentative, and analytical writing. 

Grades: 12th
Pre-reqs: 2.5 Min GPA, 90% attendance rate, ACT reading score of 21+ OR SAT reading score of 550+ OR a 6/6 Community Colleges of Chicago entrance examination (RTW). Students must pass a writing portfolio to earn the college credit.
Hours/Min per day: 2-3 assignments a week, 2-3 major projects and 4 formal essays over the course.  

Emphasizes the notion of a function as a unifying concept for the topics of college algebra and trigonometry. Families of functions and their characteristics include: polynomial functions, rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions and trigonometric functions and applications involving problem-solving skills. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. 

Upon successful completion of both semesters with a 70% or higher the student is awarded 6 college credits through Truman College.

Grades :11, 12
PreReq: SAT Math 530 , ACT Math 21, ALEKS 46 or above . B or higher in previous math class. 90% Attendance.
Hours/Min per day: 3 hours per week

Calculus is primarily concerned with developing the students' understanding of the concepts of calculus and providing experience with its methods and applications. The courses emphasize a multi-representational approach to calculus, with concepts, results, and problems being expressed graphically, numerically, analytically, and verbally. The connections among these representations also are important. The topics include limits, derivatives and integrals with applications.  

Upon successful completion of both semesters with a 70% or higher the student is awarded 5 college credits through Truman College.

Grades: 12th
PreRea: SAT Math 580, ACT Math 24, or ALEKS 76 or above. B or higher in previous math class. 90% Attendance.
Hours/Min per day: 3 hours per week 

Trends and issues of personal and community health; stress ways to maintain good physical and mental health; ecology, drugs, alcoholism, human sexuality, nutrition, disease and related topics. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. 

Grades: 11th
Prereq: Admittance into IBCP Health and Wellness Pathway 

BUSINESS (Semester 1): Business is a survey of modern U.S. business, analyzing organizations and types of businesses, major business functions, the business environment, roles played by business and consumers in the economy, and various economic systems.  Students are expected to practice professionalism in class to develop communications and human-relations skills and will have ample opportunities for leadership development to build employment skills.  Writing assignments, oral presentations, and Excel/Sheets assignments,  as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. This class will serve students who are interested in pursuing business and business disciplines such as accounting, economics, marketing, management, and finance.  

ENTREPRENEURSHIP (Semester 2): This course is an introduction to entrepreneurship and allows students to develop a business idea, research the market, and determine if they should persevere, pivot or iterate based on interviews by their target market.  The course also helps students identify characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, evaluate opportunities, engage in customer discovery, utilize design thinking, utilizing the Lean Start-Up Methodology to address real-world problems.  Writing assignments, oral presentations, and Excel/Sheets assignments,  as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. This class will serve students who are interested in becoming an entrepreneur or pursuing business and business disciplines such as accounting, economics, marketing, management, and finance. 

Students must earn a C or higher and maintain a 90% attendance to earn college credits through Truman College. 

Grade: 12th
Pre-reqs: 2.5 Minimum GPA, 90%+ Attendance Rate, Complete the ACT or SAT
Hours/Minutes per day: 10 minutes/day