Individual High School Courses

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A study of basic operations with signed numbers, monomials, and polynomials. Also includes formulas, equations, inequalities, graphing, exponents, roots, quadratic equations, and algebraic fractions.

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A study of algebraic functions, ratios, proportions, logarithms, variations, progressions, theorems, matrices, determinants, inequalities, permutations, and probability.

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A review of basic math skills and principles along with a study of various business math topics such as income, maintaining a checking account, interest, installment buying, discounts, and markups.

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Your learners will study how math applies to everyday life - including lessons on money, employment, purchases, insurance, savings and investments. 

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Your learners will study fundamental operations including whole numbers, decimals and fractions, and advances into ratios, proportions and percentages.

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Your learners will study fundamental operations including whole numbers, decimals and fractions, and advances into ratios, proportions and percentages.

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Your learners will study points, lines, planes and angles, and more advanced topics like polygons, triangles, circles and solids.

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Learn how to use Microsoft® Word™ to create, edit, and illustrate documents. Learn about the most widely used spreadsheet program, Microsoft® Excel.™ Excel™ can perform numerical calculations and is also useful for nonnumerical applications such as creating charts, organizing lists, accessing data, and automating tasks.

• Identify how to create various Microsoft Word documents
• Identify how to create various Microsoft Excel documents

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In the Statistics and Probability course, you’ll learn how to make and understand charts and graphs that show data. You'll find out how to look at data from one or more sources and learn about things like straight-line graphs, and checking if studies are good. This course makes learning statistics useful, giving you important skills to understand and work with data.

• Use data interpretation on a single measurable variable
• Represent data on two categorical and quantitative variables
• Interpret linear models
• Evaluate statistical studies
• Compare probabilities of compound events
• Interpret data using independence and conditional probability

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Your learners will study the fundamentals of the English language to help them effectively communicate. This course covers capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling.

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In this course, you’ll learn how to adjust your speech for different audiences, improve presentations with visuals and sound, and write clearly using proper grammar and punctuation. You’ll also explore how to analyze texts, find key details, and understand an author’s purpose. Through practice, you’ll develop skills in writing informative, narrative, and opinion pieces while using revision to make your work stronger.

By the end of this course, your learners will be able to:

• Communicate effectively about a text by asking and answering questions, using visual aids, and expressing points clearly
• Analyze the structure of an informative text, focusing on argument evaluation and opinion development
• Compose an opinion piece with reasons, key details, text features, and strategies for understanding words
• Identify the structural features of a narrative text by analyzing character, event, and idea connections and recognizing figurative language nuances
• Organize ideas clearly, focusing on narrative structure, effective outlining, clarity, and word choice

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In this course, you’ll learn how to analyze texts, find key themes, and draw conclusions based on evidence. You’ll also improve your writing by organizing your ideas, adding details, and editing for clarity. Grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary will help you strengthen your communication.

By the end of this course, your learners will be able to:

• Apply context clues to determine word meanings while using proper grammar and punctuation
• Analyze an author’s choices, use textual evidence to identify themes, and compare arguments across texts
• Paraphrase discussions by organizing sources and aligning writing with purpose and themes

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In this course, you’ll learn how to analyze and understand texts, structure arguments, and enhance your spoken and written communication. You will also develop strategies for conducting research, citing sources, supporting claims with evidence, and improving your writing through revision. By practicing these skills, you’ll be better equipped to communicate effectively in various contexts.

By the end of this course, your learners will be able to:

• Analyze a text by explaining how its theme is supported and how the author connects or distinguishes key components
• Use domain-specific vocabulary and nuanced figurative language to adapt information for different audiences
• Identify key elements of writing and discussions, including analysis and communication strategies
• Use peer review to refine writing, focusing on style, purpose, and audience
• Compare competing texts on the same topic to evaluate the relevance and sufficiency of their evidence
• Explain how to gather research using effective search terms, source linking, and proper citations

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In this course, you’ll continue to build upon these abilities, focusing on analyzing complex texts, evaluating sources, and structuring your ideas effectively. You’ll learn to synthesize information from diverse formats, refine your ability to argue with evidence, and use digital tools to enhance your work. Through continuous practice, you’ll develop the skills to communicate clearly and persuasively in written and spoken forms tailored to different audiences and contexts.

By the end of this course, your learners will be able to:

• Assess themes, language, and structure across texts by analyzing key ideas, technical terms, satire, and reasoning
• Adapt tone and structure in writing while conducting research using authoritative sources
• Engage in discussions and integrate digital media in presentations to ensure information is clear and logical

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Your learners will learn how to avoid grammatical errors when writing sentences and paragraphs as well as how to use words to effectively communicate.

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Your learners will read short stories, nonfiction, poetry and drama to get a deeper appreciation of the relationship between literature and life.

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Develops writing skills by emphasizing sentence structure, paragraphs, letters, and compositions. Opens with a study of grammar, including the parts of speech, punctuation, spelling, and word usage. Explains the writing process and emphasizes an individual approach.

• Organize parts of speech to communicate
• Explain word usage and how it effects sentence construction
• Construct a sentence
• Develop ideas into writing using the writing process
• Compare compositions, creative writing, and factual writing

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A study of techniques applicable to any type of reading. Includes reviewing, predicting, scanning, finding the main idea, and drawing conclusions. Discusses how to determine word meanings by examining context clues, and differentiating fact from opinion to identify bias. Also covers poetry and fiction.

• Interpret a text by previewing and scanning
• Create effective writing
• Interpret works of fiction and poetry

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This course will refresh your understanding of the basic parts of speech and will focus on the importance of organizing your time effectively to create a document from the first draft stage to the final draft stage.

• Construct original sentences and paragraphs
• Use the writing process to develop writing from prewriting to a final draft
• Write an original first-person narrative
• Identify acceptable research types to use for a writing project
• Outline the process of writing a research paper
• Determine how and when to properly cite resources

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Your learners will learn about the rapid industrial growth that took place in the US after the Civil War. They will explore key events that shaped modern America and their impact on today’s society.

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This course covers the rights, freedoms and responsibilities of American citizens. Your learners will learn about the roots of American government and how it operates today. They'll also cover the relationships between American and other nations.

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In this course, your learners will learn about the different economic systems across the world. They'll learn the function of money, the law of supply and demand and the role of banks and governments in capitalist economies.

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Methods of analyzing and improving relations with other people in personal life and working environments. Accents individual productivity, teamwork, working relationships, dealing with frustration, organizing, repairing relationships, and maintaining one’s attitude.

• Define how human relations can help you in your personal life and your job
• Describe how to use your human relations skills in the workplace
• Identify ways to handle issues you may face as you advance through your career

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This course provides an introduction into the roots and development of modern psychology. Your learners will learn about states of consciousness, and theories of intelligence, development, and personality.

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When thinking about studying the entirety of world history, it’s easy to see how it appears to be a nearly impossible task. One way of making the vast amount of information manageable to learn is to present the information in a way that focuses on the highlights and large-scale trends seen in history. Your learners World History course begins with a very brief summary of ancient civilizations. They'll focus most of their studies on events and peoples in world history from 1450 to the present.

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In this course, your learners will learn about the characteristics of life, chemistry of cells, and the links between life and energy. They’ll also learn about the theory of evolution, ecosystems, heredity, and adaptation.

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Your learners will learn about the study of structure and reactions of matter. This course also covers the elemental symbols, chemical reactions and the role of energy in those reactions.

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In this course, your learners will learn about the scientific method, the formation of the solar system, the moon’s phases, movement of earth, plate tectonics, the formation of the oceans, and erosion. They’ll also learn about rock and mineral analysis, soil formation, weather patterns and chemical principles.

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An introduction to several branches of science and engineering, including environmental science, agricultural science, oceanography, human anatomy and physiology, biotechnology, and engineering design.

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In this course, your learners will learn about matter and energy - their nature and the relationship between them. They will cover topics like water, the chemistry of building materials, fuels, natural and synthetic rubbers and plastics, and energy in relation to motion and force.

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In this course, your learners will be introduced to various forms of art throughout history, from prehistoric to modern. They’ll also learn to evaluate the meaning and quality of individual works.

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Covers appreciating music; roles of composer and listener; principles of music theory and instrumentation; historical periods; varying styles of music.

• Categorize types of musical styles used during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
• Discover new forms of music that emerged during the Baroque Era
• Examine the unique approach to music that emerged during the Classical Era
• Analyze the Industrial Revolution’s influences on music during the early 19th century
• Interpret the newly beautiful, emotionally powerful ballet music of the 19th century
• Evaluate influences and characteristics of American music forms of the 20th century
• Analyze influences and characteristics of folk music forms of the 20th century

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Spanish 1 integrates all the modalities of Spanish, namely speaking, reading, writing, and listening, to help you achieve a basic level of proficiency in the language. You will engage in vocabulary presentations and activities, grammar, conversations, readings about culture and other topics, real-life applications, and review sections. By the end of this course, you will be able to participate in conversations relating to numbers, weather, seasons, people’s traits, team sports, and a variety of places including a doctor’s office, the beach, movies, concerts, parties, museums, and malls. In addition, you will know when to use verbs including tener, ser, estar, saber, and conocer in a sentence. You will also learn how to use possessive adjectives, contractions like al and del, how to use infinitive phrases, where to place object pronouns in a sentence, and how to express comparative and superlative statements. Finally, you will know how to conjugate regular present tense -ar, -er, and -ir verbs and some irregular verbs like dar, estar, and ir, and regular preterite -ar and -ir verbs as well as some irregular preterite verbs including oír and leer.

• Use the correct words in Spanish to describe numbers and dates, the weather, families, pets, and homes
• Describe what is found in cafes and in schools using Spanish vocabulary
• Use Spanish words, such as indirect and direct objects and verbs to show an opinion, correctly
• Distinguish the differences between summer and winter resorts in various parts of the world
• Describe cultural events and Hispanic art and music using Spanish vocabulary
• Examine authentic Spanish conversations, videos, and literature.

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Like Spanish I, Spanish II will help you develop all modalities of the language — listening, speaking, reading, and writing — with a heavy emphasis on grammatical structures and verb tenses to help you achieve a more advanced level of proficiency in the language. You'll engage in vocabulary presentations and activities, grammar, conversations, readings about culture and other topics, real-life applications, and review sections.

By the end of this course, you'll be able to participate in conversations relating to airline, train, and car travel, hiking, camping, expressing your nationality, being in a restaurant, checking into a hotel, and living in the city and the countryside. In addition, you'll know when to use verbs including present tense “Yo-go” verbs, reflexive verbs and commands, preterite and imperfect verbs, and querer and creer in past tense contexts. At the same time, you'll learn how to properly place two object pronouns in the same sentence, form commands, and properly place pronouns with gerunds and infinitive verbs. You'll also learn how to use favor de expressions and requests, how to structure a sentence that includes a pronoun after a preposition, and how to express the passive voice and passive “se.” Finally, you'll know how to conjugate more stem-changing and irregular preterite tense verbs including decir, the present perfect tense and the corresponding irregular past participles, and the future tense. ¡Empecemos!

• Identify Spanish vocabulary relating to air travel
• Label reflexive verbs in Spanish correctly
• Explain how Spanish-speaking countries use train travel and how to order in a restaurant
• Define regular and irregular verbs and preterite and imperfect tenses correctly in Spanish
• Describe how to get what is needed in Spanish while staying in a hotel
• Analyze authentic Spanish conversations, Spanish videos, and Spanish literature

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Spanish 3 is a continuation of the Spanish II course, including the development of all modalities of the language – listening, speaking, reading, and writing – with a heavy emphasis on grammatical structures and verb tenses. Students will deepen their understanding of the subjunctive mood, possessive pronouns, por v. para, subjunctive in relative clauses, definite and indefinite articles, multiple adjectives, adverbs, “if” clauses, present perfect, past perfect, passive voice, relative pronouns, and expressions of time. The big idea of Spanish 3 is differentiating and mastering the use of the subjunctive mood and using it a variety of settings. Spanish 3 moves beyond daily life or leisurely activity discussions into topics such as passage of life with its important milestones, professions, history of Spanish speakers, the press, art and literature, food preparation, and the history of food. Skills are developed through more advanced reading, writing, and listening activities, as well as opportunities for practice speaking, as well as multiple-choice and project-based assessments for the final exam.

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Learn about the automobile repair field, engine parts and operation, and engine types. Includes a practical exercise.

• Connect your goals to the automotive repair technician profession and its essential knowledge
• Examine parts that make up the lower-end assembly and how they work
• Examine parts that make up the upper-end assembly and how they work
• Analyze work safety and equipment use
• Apply preventive maintenance and service procedures

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There’s never been a more exciting time to be working in the field of early childhood education and care. The field is rapidly evolving, and parents are seeking the best-trained and skilled child care professionals to care for young children. Seven exams.

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Get a look at what it’s like to work side by side with doctors in the rewarding health-care field. Topics include learning strategies, time and stress management, interpersonal communication, and law and medical ethics. Includes supplements on speaking and communication skills.

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Provides an introduction on how to prepare to start your own business and learn the basics of a business plan. Discusses market research and business connections.

• Outline the steps for starting your own business
• Analyze how to choose a business
• Determine your business goals and mission statement
• Examine networking and business relationships
• Perform market research
• Create a business plan

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Start learning the skills you need to become a Veterinary Assistant. Topics include introduction to animal care, animal behavior, handling and restraint, and veterinary terminology. Includes access to an audio CD, pronunciation guides, and flash cards.

• Describe qualities, requirements, functions, and professionalism of veterinary practice
• Identify scientific approaches and characteristics of animal behavior
• Navigate large and small animal handling and restraint
• Define veterinary terminology, language, and procedures