Academic Electives

General Elective Graduation Requirements

To graduate with a High School Diploma in the Seminole County Public Schools, students must meet the following requirements related to Electives outside of the Academic Core:

• 0.5 credit in Personal Finance and Money Management

• 0.5 credit in Personal Fitness

• 0.5 credit in a PE Elective

• 1.0 credit in Performing Arts, Fine Arts, or an eligible CTE Course

• 8.5 credits in General Electives (any course that is not fulfilling another Graduation Requirement counts as a General Elective)

0900310 Classical Humanities Honors

In Classical Humanities 1 Honors, students will learn the fundamental ideas that shaped human culture by studying various aspects of ancient civilizations: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Minoa, Mycenae, Persia, Greece, Rome, Norse, and others.

Students will:

• Learn to write in Egyptian hieroglyphics, Mesopotamian cuneiform, and the Greek alphabet

• Gain an appreciation of ancient cultures through projects involving actual artifacts and creating their own art

• Get hands on experience replicating and experimenting with the technologies of the Ancient World, such as siege equipment

This course fulfills 1 credit of the High School Graduation Requirement for General Electives.

2102373 Personal Finance and Money Management Honors

This course introduces students to the concepts needed to understand the fundamentals of what money is, how to earn it, what you can do with it, and how to plan to have more in the future.

Topics include:

• Cost-Benefit Analysis

• Earning Income

• Local, State, and Federal Taxes

• Banking and Financial Services

• Managing a Bank Account

• Savings, Investment, and Planning for Retirement

• Understanding Interest and Debt

• Much, much more!

This course fulfills the High School Graduation Requirement for 0.5 Personal Fitness

NOTE: Because a Social Studies course is not required in 9th Grade, all incoming 9th Graders are automatically registered for the 0.5 credit Personal Finance and Money Management course and the 0.5 Personal Fitness course. Because these are Graduation Requirements that are often postponed or missed altogether, it is expected that all 9th graders at Lake Brantley complete them before advancing to 10th grade.

SLS1301C Life and Career Planning (Dual Enrollment for College Credit offered on-campus at LBHS)

This is an EXCELLENT opportunity for Seniors who have not yet taken a Dual Enrollment course and plan on attending a 2- or 4-year college or university after graduation. Seminole State College Dual Enrollment Eligibility applies.

Life/Career Planning is a course designed to assist students with the lifelong process of career development. Students will participate in a variety of experiences as a group and individually. The coursework is designed to help students identify and examine their interests, personality, values, self-esteem, critical thinking skills and to use this increased self-awareness to make decisions about majors and careers. This course will emphasize that making an occupational career choice is a never-ending process subject to and affected by one's personal maturity and environmental changes.

This is a semester-long course offered on-campus. Students who pass this course earn 0.5 high school elective credit and 3 credit hours through Seminole State College.