HALF-CREDIT OPTIONS AVAILABLE; ENGLISH 9A, ENGLISH 9B

Honors course available

English 9 is a course that uses texts of high complexity to provide an integrated language arts study in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language in order to ready students for college and career. Students must think critically while actively reading for explicit and implicit meaning as they examine both literary and informational texts. 

Students will write for a variety of purposes including developing and supporting argumentative claims, creating informative and expository responses, and crafting narratives that develop real or imagined events. The course places an emphasis on identifying and using textual evidence to support critical analysis whether it be for a written or spoken response. Finally, students will acquire effective listening, viewing, and speaking skills and be able to transfer those specific skills into a collaborative setting. 

HALF-CREDIT OPTIONS AVAILABLE: ALGEBRA 1A, ALGEBRA 1B

Honors course available

The course content will include a rigorous approach to solving, graphing, and writing linear quadratic, rational, and exponential functions. You will develop mathematical knowledge that will increase your ability to communicate and reason with mathematical concepts. This course offers a solid foundation for further study of mathematical relationships.

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HALF-CREDIT OPTIONS AVAILABLE; BIOLOGY A, BIOLOGY B

Honors course available

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HALF-CREDIT OPTIONS AVAILABLE

Honors course available

World History provides students with an overview of the history of human society from early civilization to the contemporary period, examining political, economic, social, religious, military, scientific, and cultural developments. World History includes geographical studies, but not to the same extent explicitly taught as geography.

COLLEGE: ASU PSY 101 (Fall)

Introduction to Psychology

Major areas of theory and research in psychology. Requires participation in department-sponsored research or an educationally equivalent alternative activity.

COLLEGE: ASU SOC 101 (Spring)

Introduction to Sociology

Fundamentals of sociology, organization of human groups and society, processes of interaction, and social change.

Enrollment Requirements: Credit is allowed for only SOC 101 or 301

CONCURRENT HS CREDIT ELECTIVE

HALF-CREDIT OPTIONS AVAILABLE; ENGLISH 10A, ENGLISH 10B

Honors course available

PREREQUISITE: ALGEBRA 1

HALF-CREDIT OPTIONS AVAILABLE: GEOMETRY A, GEOMETRY B

Honors course available

Included in this course is a study of both two and three-dimensional shapes, congruence, similarity, transformations and the relationships between geometric shapes. You will develop mathematical knowledge that will increase your ability to communicate and reason with mathematical concepts. This course offers a solid foundation for further study of mathematical relationships.

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HALF-CREDIT OPTIONS AVAILABLE; CHEMISTRY A, CHEMISTRY B

Honors course available

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HALF-CREDIT OPTIONS AVAILABLE; US HISTORY A, US HISTORY B

Honors course available

US History is the study of the events, people, and culture of the United States over time. In US History Part A, you will learn about the process of historical inquiry, review the events and principles behind the founding of the United States, and then apply historical inquiry to analyze societal issues, trends, and events from the Civil War through the rise of US imperialism. You’ll explore timelines to gain an understanding of how events link to each other, and you’ll analyze historical documents for a firsthand sense of how events unfolded. You’ll also gather evidence from relevant documents and historical texts in order to develop credible explanations of events in US history. You’ll then use that evidence to evaluate change and continuity over time by writing essays and creating presentations about broad periods of historical development.

In US History Part B, you will apply historical inquiry to analyze societal issues, trends, and events of US history from World War I to the present, including the Cold War, Civil Rights and other social movements, the Vietnam War, modern presidencies, and responses to global terrorism. You’ll explore timelines to gain an understanding of how events link to each other, and you’ll analyze historical documents for a firsthand sense of how events unfolded. You’ll also gather evidence from relevant documents and historical texts in order to develop credible explanations of events in US history. You’ll then use that evidence to evaluate change and continuity over time.

COLLEGE: ASU CHS 100 (Fall)

Found Health & Well-Being

Addresses the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors associated with various health dimensions. Explores interprofessionalism and current issues in health and well-being.

Enrollment Requirements: Credit is allowed for only CHS 100 or CHS 300

COLLEGE: ASU HCD 210 (Fall)

Cultural Aspects Health

Examines how culture influences health, health care practices, barriers to health care, interactions with health care professionals, and health disparities in the U.S. Addresses the need for cultural competence among health practitioners.

HALF-CREDIT OPTIONS AVAILABLE; ENGLISH 11A, ENGLISH 11B

Honors course available

English 11 has two main objectives. The first is to help build cultural capital, while you take a historical survey through the American literature timeline. You will then trace a path from the icons of the Colonial era, through the tumultuous 1800s, and stop at today’s Post Modern landscape. The second objective is to help build global citizenship, which will ask you to research, critically think, and write about the issues that are most crucial, most vital, and most affecting life around the world. Together, these objectives work to build upon the skills of the past while exploring the potential for a brighter future.

PREREQUISITE: GEOMETRY

HALF-CREDIT OPTIONS AVAILABLE: ALGEBRA 2A, ALGEBRA 2B

Honors course available

Included in this course is a study of the complex number system and its properties, factorization, simplification of radicals and polynomials, linear and quadratic functions, graphs and equations, matrices, determinants, rational expressions, probability, and statistics. You will develop mathematical knowledge that will increase your ability to communicate and reason with mathematical concepts. This course offers a solid foundation for further study of mathematical relationships.

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HALF-CREDIT OPTIONS AVAILABLE; PHYSICS A, PHYSICS B

Honors course available

This course helps learners understand the technological world in which they live and take an informed interest in science and scientific developments. You will learn about the basic principles of physics through a mix of theoretical and practical studies. You will also gain an understanding of how science is studied and practiced, and become aware that the results of scientific research can have both good and bad effects on individuals, communities, and the environment. You will participate in regular in-person labs (with materials available at home or a school lab site), and experience experiments that are supplemented with other virtual reality experiences.

COLLEGE: ASU ENG 101 (Fall)

First-Year Composition

Discovers, organizes and develops ideas in relation to the writer’s purpose, subject and audience. Emphasizes modes of written discourse and effective use of rhetorical principles.

Enrollment Requirements: TOEFL score 560PBT/250CBT/100iBT or higher, or IELTS score >=6.5, or ACT ENG score >=19, or SAT Verbal score >=520 (or SAT Verbal score >=470 if taken before 2016), or Accuplacer score 5-7, or WAC 101 or 107 with C or better

COLLEGE: ASU ENG 102 (Spring)

First-Year Composition

Critical reading and writing; emphasizes strategies of academic discourse. Research paper required.

Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 or 107 with C or better

CONCURRENT HS CREDIT ENGLISH

COLLEGE: ASU BIO 181 (Fall)

General Biology I

Biological concepts emphasizing principles and the interplay of structure and function at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels. Intended for life sciences, biology, and health-related science majors.

Enrollment Requirements: Credit is allowed for only BIO 181 or BIO 281 or BIO 282

COLLEGE: ASU BIO 182 (SPRING)

General Biology II

Biological concepts emphasizing principles and the interplay of structure and function at the organismal, population, and community levels. Intended for life sciences, biology, and health-related science majors.

Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisite(s): BIO 181 with C or better; Credit is allowed for only BIO 182 or BIO 281 or BIO 282

CONCURRENT HS CREDIT ELECTIVE

HALF-CREDIT OPTIONS AVAILABLE; ART HISTORY A, ART HISTORY B

The course looks at characteristics of culture and art, primarily in the Western world, from prehistoric times up to the modern day. By exploring major turning points in history such as the first tools made, the first civilizations formed, and the rise and fall of major empires and religions you will more easily make connections to the artworks created. The course will also emphasize the impact culture itself has on the artworks produced in various times and places. You will examine the different types of value we assign to various types of art including aesthetic value, economic value, and social value. And lastly, you will learn about principles of design, which will help to build a common vocabulary for discussing and critiquing art.

COLLEGE: ASU HCD 310 (Fall)

Health Communication

Focuses on communicating topics related to health through an examination of theoretical frameworks, communication techniques, and different technologies including eheatlh and mhealth. Addresses communication through channels that promote the health of individuals and communities. Topics may include clinician to client communication, peer to peer communication, health literacy, health in the media, and effective public health communication.

Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisite(s): ENG 102, 105, or 108 with C or better; Credit is allowed for only HCD 310 or HSC 394 (Health Communication)

COLLEGE: ASU L Elective (Spring)

CONCURRENT HS ELECTIVES CREDIT

HALF-CREDIT COURSE

Honors course available

With great freedom, comes great responsibility. Become an expert in responsible citizenship as you study the purposes, principles, and practices of American government as established by the U.S. Constitution. In this course, you will learn how and why the U.S. Government was developed, and how it currently operates. Included in this exploration will be the historical context for the creation of the U.S. Constitution and the three branches of the government, Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. You will also learn about the role of state and local governments, all while contemplating how and why citizens can participate responsibly within these contexts.

HALF-CREDIT COURSE

Honors course available

How does our modern economy work? In this course, you will examine the allocation of scarce resources and the economic reasoning used by government agencies and by people as consumers, producers, savers, investors, workers, and voters. As you prepare for college, career, and life, you will examine the key economic philosophies and economists who have influenced the economies around the world in the past and present.