AHS Course Guide

Reading literature, reading informational text, writing, speaking and listening, and language.

NOTE: Fulfills English credit required for graduation.

Reading literature, reading informational text, writing, speaking and listening, and language.

NOTE: Fulfills English credit required for graduation.

Reading literature, reading informational text, writing, speaking and listening, and language.

NOTE: Fulfills English credit required for graduation.

Reading literature, reading informational text, writing, speaking and listening, and language.

NOTE: Fulfills English credit required for graduation.

Students with special circumstances may use this time for homework assignments, completion of projects, additional tutoring, development of good study skills and habits, AP Test practice, and/or enrichment activities based on the student’s interests.

The course will utilize ACT Certified Educator Training, ACT Online Prep, ACT Academy, as well as other ACT Prep resources to offer individualized and group ACT prep. The course facilitator will provide test-taking strategies and resources to prepare students for the ACT in all content areas.

Advanced work in the chronological survey of major events and issues: colonization; American Revolution; development of political system and distinct culture; slavery; reform movements; sectionalism; Civil War; Reconstruction; Alabama's history and geographic changes that have influenced aspects of life during and after events. 

NOTE: Fulfills history credit required for graduation.

Advanced work in reading literature, reading informational text, writing, speaking and listening, and language.

NOTE: Fulfills English credit required for graduation.

Advanced work in reading literature, reading informational text, writing, speaking and listening, and language.

NOTE: Fulfills English credit required for graduation.

Advanced study of Algebra II  concepts contained in the Algebra II with trigonometry course.

Advanced inquiry-based course with engineering design integration; focused on patterns, processes, and interactions among living organisms including structures and processes, ecosystems, heredity, and unity and diversity.

NOTE: Fulfills the graduation requirement for biology.

Advanced investigation of empirical concepts central to biology, earth science, environmental science, and physiology; in-depth investigations on the properties and interactions of matter including matter and its interactions, concentration of forces and motion, types of interactions, stability and instability in chemical systems, conservation of energy, energy transformations, and applications of energy to everyday life.

NOTE: Fulfills the “physical science” graduation requirement.

Advanced study of geometric concepts contained in the Geometry course.

NOTE: Fulfills one of the four mathematics credits required for graduation.

Precalculus is a course designed for students who have successfully completed Algebra II with Statistics course. This course is considered to be a prerequisite for success in calculus and college mathematics. Algebraic, graphical, numerical, and verbal analyses are incorporated during investigations of the Pre-Calculus content standards. Parametric equations, polar relations, vector operations, conic sections, and limits are introduced. Content for this course also includes an expanded study of polynomial and rational functions, trigonometric functions, and logarithmic and exponential functions.  Application-based problem solving is an integral part of the course. Instruction should include appropriate use of technology to facilitate continued development of students’ higher-order thinking skills.

NOTE: Fulfills one of the four mathematics credits required for graduation.

Advanced work in the Chronological history of the world: the emergence of a global age; the Age of Revolutions; the Age of Isms; era of global war; the world from 1500 to present.

NOTE: Fulfills history credit required for graduation.

Algebra II with Trigonometry is a course designed to extend students’ knowledge of Algebra I with additional algebraic and trigonometric content. Mastery of the content standards for this course is necessary for student success in higher-level mathematics. The use of appropriate technology is encouraged for numerical and graphical investigations that enhance analytical comprehension.

NOTE: Fulfills one of the four mathematics credits required for graduation.

Study of structure and function of human body systems from the cellular level to the organism level; interactions within and between systems that maintain homeostasis in organisms; how personal choices, environmental factors, and genetic factors affect the human body.

NOTE: Does not fulfill the graduation requirement for biology or physical science.

College-level advanced math course approved by the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) program for calculus; functions, graphs, and limits; derivatives; integrals; polynomial approximations and series.

College-level course approved by the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Program for calculus; this course is an extension of AP Calculus AB rather than an enhancement; common topics require a similar depth of understanding.

NOTE: Fulfills one of the four mathematics credits required for graduation.