Prerequisite: This course is for students who have successfully completed three years of math to meet the graduation requirements. Students who earn a grade of C- or better will obtain a portability code on their transcript. Grade Level: 12Semesters: 1Credits:
Spanish 4 for Heritage Learners
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Spanish 3 for Heritage LearnersGrade Level: 10-12Semesters: 2Credits: 1 This course is for Spanish speakers who have been raised in a Spanish-speaking home or community, have completed Spanish 3 for Heritage Learners, and are not yet
Exploring Education*
Prerequisite: Introduction to EducationGrade Level: 11-12Semesters: 1Credits 0.5 Students will examine the various aspects of exploring education through schools as learning environments and communities. Students will explore curriculum and instructional design with an emphasis on diversity, social justice, and culturally
Introduction to Education*
Prerequisite: NoneGrade Level: 11-12Semesters: 1Credits 0.5 Students will be introduced to the various aspects of the education profession and begin to develop an understanding of learning environments and collaborative relationships within and among schools, families, and communities. *This course may
Sports Literature
Prerequisite: noneGrade Level: 12Semesters: 1Credit: 0.5 In this course, students will read, analyze, and write about sports literature, making connections between sports, culture, and life. Novels, biographies, short stories, essays, newspaper columns, magazine articles, TV and radio broadcasts, movies, the
Language, Power, and Social Justice
Prerequisite: noneGrade Level: 12Semesters: 1Credit: 0.5 This course examines the connections between language, power, and social justice. Using ideas and methods from linguistic anthropology, students will explore how current inequalities at the local, national, and global levels are perpetuated through
Graphic Novels
Prerequisite : NoneGrade Level: 12Semesters: 1Credit: 0.5 The Graphic Novel course focuses on the analysis of multimodal texts and sequential art as its own distinctive form of storytelling and reading. Students will learn about the principles that graphic novels are
Chicago Literature
Prerequisite: American LiteratureGrade Level: 12Semesters: 1Credit: 0.5 This course will focus on Chicago authors and literature based in and about Chicago. Chicago Literature will synthesize the history of the city with the words that have described it. Project-based learning and hands-on
Graphic Design 4 – Advanced Adobe Photoshop
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Graphic Design 3Grade Level: 10-12Semesters: 1Credits: 0.5 Students will apply their skill sets from Graphic Design 3 relating to Adobe Photoshop. This capstone course is geared towards students in the Graphic Design sequence that want to
Art Appreciation
Prerequisite: NoneGrade Level: 9-12Semesters: 1Credits: 0.5 Introductory survey and analysis of the visual arts – painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, printmaking, and crafts – to acquaint non-art majors with basic aesthetic concepts: media, technique and function; elements and form; genres; stylistic