Note: This course meets the Personal Finance requirement for a South Carolina high school diploma for students that started 9th grade in 2023-24 or after.

The Advanced Personal Finance course is an in-depth study of the principles of personal finance. Using experiential activities, students will learn tools and techniques to become financially literate living and working within a global marketplace. Tools and techniques include budgeting, managing credit and debt, banking, developing investments, reducing financial risk, computing earnings and taxes, renting or purchasing housing, evaluating post-secondary education and training funding.  Also, students will learn to use consumer protection laws, internet safety and cyber security to safeguard their finances.

Note: This course meets the computer science requirement for a South Carolina high school diploma.

This course is designed to introduce students to the field of computer science through an exploration of engaging and accessible topics. Rather than focusing the entire course on learning particular software tools or programming languages, the course is designed to focus on the conceptual ideas of computing and help students understand the tools and languages that might be used to solve particular problems. The goal of Exploring Computer Science is to develop problem solving and critical thinking skills within the context of problems that are relevant to the lives of today’s students. Students will also be introduced to topics such as interface design, limits of computers, and societal and ethical issues.