Dual Credit Courses offered at Indian Creek High School 2013-2014
102 Agricultural Business and Farm 3 Credits
Management
Prerequisites: None. Deals with vast and complex business of agriculture; emphasizes modern business and farm production methods along with current management and administrative strategies needed for success in an agricultural business.
HIST 101 Survey of American History I 3 Credits
History I
Prerequisites: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 025 or ENGL 093 and ENGL 032 or ENGL 083. Covers major themes and events in history including exploration of the New World; the colonial period; causes and results of the American Revolution; the development of the federal system of government; the growth of democracy; early popular American culture; territorial expansion; slavery and its effect; reform movements, sectionalism; causes and effects of the Civil War.
HIST 102 Survey of American History II 3 Credits
History II
Prerequisites: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 025 or ENGL 093 and ENGL 032 or ENGL 083. Covers major themes including the post Civil War period,western expansion, industrial growth of the nation and its effects, immigration and urban discontent and attempts at reform,World War I, the Roaring Twenties, social and governmental changes of the thirties, World War II and its consequences, the growth of the federal government, social upheaval in the sixties and seventies, and recent trends in conservatism, globalization, and cultural diversity.
HLHS 100 Introduction to Health Careers 3 Credits
Prerequisites: None.Presents information on the health care system and employment opportunities at a variety of entry levels.Includes an overview of health care development, how health delivery systems are organized, legal and ethical considerations of health care delivery, and an overview of various health care professions. Students are encouraged to explore health professions through assignments, observations and interviews.
HLHS 101 Medical Terminology 3 Credits
Prerequisites: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 025 or ENGL 093 and ENGL 032 or ENGL 083. Addresses basic terminology required of the allied health professional and provides a basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology,pathology, special procedures, laboratory procedures, and pharmacology. Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes,word roots, and combining forms are presented.Emphasis is on forming a foundation for a medical vocabulary including meaning, spelling, and pronunciation.Medical abbreviations, signs, and symbols are included.
IVYT 103 Health and Wellness 1 Credit
Prerequisites: None. Educates students about the importance of fitness/ wellness in their everyday lives. Students will have the opportunity to customize their own behavioral plans for fitness/wellness.
MATH 136 College Algebra 3 Credits
Prerequisites: MATH 111 or demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in MATH 035 or MATH 043. Presents an in-depth study of functions, quadratic, polynomial, radical, and rational equations, radicals, complex numbers, systems of equations, matrices, rational fractions and exponential and logarithmic functions. MATH 136 and MATH 137 together comprise a standard two-semester college algebra and trigonometry course.
MATH 137 Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry 3 Credits
Analytic Geometry
Prerequisites: Successful completion of MATH 111 or demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or a grade of “C” or better in MATH 035 or MATH 043. Presents an in-depth study of right triangle trigonometry, oblique triangles, vectors,graphs of trigonometric functions, trigonometric identities and equations and complex numbers in rectangular and polar/trigonometric forms, rectangular and polar coordinates and conics.
MATH 200 Statistics 3 Credits
Prerequisites: MATH 131 or MATH 133 or MATH 135 or MATH 136.
MATH 211 Calculus I 4 Credits
Prerequisites: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or MATH 131 and MATH 132 or MATH 133 and MATH 134 or MATH 136 and MATH 137. Reviews the concepts of exponential, logarithmic and inverse functions. Studies in depth the fundamental concepts and operations of calculus including limits, continuity, differentiation including implicit and logarithmic differentiation. Applies differential calculus to solve problems in the natural and social sciences, to solve estimation problems and to solve optimization problems. Applies differential calculus to sketch curves and to identify local and global extrema, inflection points, increasing/decreasing behavior, concavity, behavior at infinity, horizontal and vertical tangents and asymptotes, and slant asymptotes. Applies the concept of Riemann sums and antiderivatives to find Riemann integrals. Applies the fundamental theorem of calculus to solve initial value problems, and to fi nd areas and volumes and the average values of a function.
MATH 212 Calculus II 4 Credits
Prerequisites: MATH 211.Studies the techniques of substitution, integration by parts, trigonometric integrals, partial fractions and trigonometric substitution to evaluate integrals.Applies Simpson’s rule and other elementary numerical quadrature methods to approximate integrals.Applies the integral calculus to find arc lengths, areas of surfaces of revolution and to solve force and work problems. Applies the direction field technique to find graphical solutions of differential equations.Applies Euler’s technique to approximate the solution of initial value problems.Studies techniques of solving separable differential equations.Studies techniques to determine convergence of sequences and series.
COMM 101 Fundamentals of Public Speaking 3 Credits
Public Speaking
Prerequisites: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 025 or ENGL 093 and ENGL 032 or ENGL 083. Introduces fundamental concepts and skills for effective public speaking, including audience analysis, outlining, research, delivery, critical listening and evaluation, presentational aids, and use of appropriate technology.
CHEM 101 Introductory 3 Credits Chemistry I
Prerequisites: MATH 111 or demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 025 or ENGL 093 and ENGL 032 or ENGL 083 and MATH 035 or MATH 043.An introductory course that includes the science of chemistry and measurement, atomic theory and the periodic table, chemical bonding, equation writing and balancing, stoichiometry, and gases. Includes lab.
CHEM 105 General Chemistry I 5 Credits
Prerequisites: MATH 136 or demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in MATH 035 or MATH 043 and ENGL 025 or ENGL 093 and ENGL 032 or ENGL 083. Corequisite: MATH 132 or MATH 133 or MATH 136. The first in a series of two courses designed to cover general chemistry including measurement, atoms, molecules and ions, stoichiometry, chemical reactions, solids, liquids, and gases thermochemistry, atomic structure, and molecular bonding.includes lab. One year of high school chemistry or one semester of college introductory chemistry is recommended. Includes lab.
ENGL 111 English Composition 3 Credits
Prerequisites: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 025 or ENGL 093 and ENGL 032 or ENGL 083. Designed to develop students’abilities to think, organize, and express their ideas clearly and effectively in writing. This course incorporates reading, research, and critical thinking. Emphasis is placed on the various forms of expository writing such as process, description, narration, comparison, analysis, persuasion and argumentation. A research paper is required. Numerous in-class writing activities are required in addition to extended essays written outside of class.
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SPAN 201 Spanish Level III 4 Credits
Prerequisites: SPAN 102 or demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 025 or ENGL 093 and ENGL 032 or ENGL 083.In Spanish 201, Spanish is the primary medium of instruction, as well as the subject.The goal of the course is to continue development of and reinforcement of the basic skills of the target language: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The course continues the study of grammar/syntax and vocabulary building and introduces Spanish and Latin American civilization through conversation coordinated with reading of cultural text as well as written and oral reports.
SPAN 202 Spanish Level IV 4 Credits
Prerequisites: SPAN 201 or demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 025 or ENGL 093 and ENGL 032 or ENGL 083. Spanish is the primary medium of instruction. The goal of the course is to continue the development and reinforcement of the skills of the target language: listening, speaking, reading and writing at an advanced intermediate level. The course continues study of grammar/syntax and vocabulary building and continues the study of Spanish and Latin American civilizations through readings, both journalistic and literary, and reinforced through discussions as well as written and oral reports.