MT. OLIVE HIGH SCHOOL
COURSE OFFERING GUIDE
2014-2015
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Definition of Credit:
Courses earn ½ (.5) unit of credit per semester.
Courses earning ¼ (.25) units of credit include PE, Driver Education, Guided Study
Courses earning 1 unit of credit per semester include CNA I and CNA II.
Student Classification:
· Seniors 15 credits and completed three or more years of high school.
· Juniors 10 credits and completed two or more years of high school.
· Sophomores 5 credits and completed one or more years of high school.
· Freshmen have been promoted from the 8th grade.
Graduation Requirements:
· 4 years minimum of high school attendance
· 22 units of credit
· Prairie State Achievement Exam taken the Junior year
· Pass the US/IL Constitution tests
· Pass the following courses:
o English I, II, III, IV 4.0 credits
o Math 3.0 credits (Alg. I, Geometry, and Alg. II)
o Science 2.0 credits (Biology, Earth Science/Physical Science)
o Social Studies 2.0 credits (US Hist. 1, Social Studies .5, elective .5)
o PE 1.5 credits (taken all 4 years)
o Health .5 credit
o Computer Concepts .5 credit
o Consumer Education .5 credit
o Strategic Reading/ State Test Prep 1.0 credit
o For. Lang., Music, Art, or Voc/Educ 1.0 credit
Recommended H.S. Course Requirements for Admission to a 4-Year College or University:
· English 4 credits
· Math 3 credits (Algebra I or higher)
· Science 3 credits (Biology I or higher Lab Science Courses)
· Social Studies 3 credits
· Electives 2 credits (Foreign Language, Music, or Art) (check specific colleges for course requirements)
Honors Courses:
Honors courses earn 1 additional point when calculating the GPA and class rank. The following Honor’s courses are offered:
Spanish III, IV, English COM 111 & 112, Intro to Literary Studies, Intro to Drama, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Chemistry, and Physics.
Dual Credit (transferable college credit) College Credits Class Location College
· English COM 111 &112 6 college credit hours MOHS LLCC
· H.E.A.T. (2nd semester p.m.) 10 college credit hours LLCC Litchfield LLCC
(American Politics, Art Appreciation, History of Western Civilization)
· Intro to Literary Studies 3 college credit hours MOHS SLU
· Intro to Drama 3 college credit hours MOHS SLU
· Calculus 3 college credit hours MOHS SLU
NCAA Division I and II (16 Core Courses Requirement) *see the next page for more details
· 4 years of English
· 3 years of Math (Algebra I or higher)
· 2 years of Science (1 year of lab science)
· 1 year of additional English, Math, or Science
· 2 years of Social Science
· 4 years of additional courses from any area above, or foreign language
Schedule Changes: It is best to make any changes to your schedule of classes prior to the end of this school year. However, students are permitted to make schedule changes during the 1st five days of each new semester.
NCAA Division I and II 16 Core Course Requirement and Eligibility Requirements
NEW beginning August 2016:
· Starting with the class of 2016, 10 of the 16 core course requirements must be met by the end of the 6th semester (junior year).
· Division I core GPA 2.3 minimum
· Division II core GPA 2.0 minimum
· Qualifying test score on the ACT or SAT (revised sliding scale)
NCAA Approved Core Courses for Mt. Olive High School:
English Mathematics
English I Algebra I
English II Algebra II
English III Geometry
English IV Pre-Calculus
COM 111 Calculus
COM 112 Statistics
Creative Writing
Intro to Literary Studies
Mythology
Shakespeare
Speech
Social Science Natural/Physical Science
Current Political Geography Biology I
Economics Biology II
Government Chemistry
History of Western Civilization Earth Science
Intro to American Politics Physical Science
Psychology Physics
Social Studies
US History 1&2
World History 1&2
Additional Core Courses
Spanish I
Spanish II
Spanish III
Spanish IV
*NCAA Eligibility Center will only accept an official ACT score report. When registering for the ACT use code 9999. ACT scores printing on high school transcripts will not be accepted.
COURSE OFFERINGS
Grade 9 Courses Grade 10 Courses
BUSINESS BUSINESS
Computer Concepts & Software Applications – ½ Accounting – 1
Business Law – ½
Desktop Publishing – ½
ENGLISH
English I – 1
ENGLISH
FINE ARTS English II – 1
Art I – 1 Journalism – 1
Band – 1 Mythology – ½
Theatre – ½ Oral Interpretation/Debate – ½ Shakespeare – ½
Speech – ½
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Spanish I – 1 FINE ARTS
Art I – 1
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION Art II – 1
Intro to Tech I – ½ Band – 1
Intro to Tech II – ½ Theatre – ½
MATH FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Algebra I – 1 Spanish I – 1
Geometry – 1 Spanish II – 1
PHYSICAL EDUCATION INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
PE – ½ ( ¼ credit per semester) Intro to Tech I – ½
Dr. Educ. – ½ ( ¼ credit) Intro to Tech II – ½
Metals I – ½
Metals II – ½
SCIENCE
Biology I – 1
MATH
Geometry – 1
SOCIAL STUDIES Algebra II – 1
Government – ½
Social Studies – ½
World History – 1 PHYSICAL EDUCATION PE – ½ ( ¼ credit)
Health – ½
SCIENCE
Earth Science – ½
Physical Science – ½
SOCIAL STUDIES
Current Political Geography – ½
Government – ½
Social Studies – ½
U.S. History – 1
World History – 1
*denotes honor’s course
Grade 11 Courses Grade 12 Courses
BUSINESS BUSINESS
Accounting – 1 Accounting – 1
Business Law – ½ Business law – ½
Desktop Publishing – ½ Consumer Education – ½
Desktop Publishing – ½
ENGLISH ENGLISH
English III – 1 English IV – 1
*Intro to Drama – ½ (SLU dual credit) *COM 111 & 112 – 1 (LLCC dual credit)
*Intro to Literary Studies – ½ (SLU dual credit) *Intro to Drama – ½ (SLU dual credit)
Journalism – 1 *Intro to Literary Studies – ½ (SLU dual credit)
Mythology – ½ Journalism – 1
Oral Interpretation/Debate – ½ Mythology – ½
Shakespeare – ½ Oral Interpretation/Debate – ½
Speech – ½ Shakespeare – ½
Strategic Reading – ½ Speech – ½
FINE ARTS FINE ARTS
Art I – 1 Art I – 1
Art II – 1 Art II– 1
Art III – 1 Art III – 1
Band – 1 Art IV – 1
Theatre – ½ Band – 1
Theatre – ½
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Spanish I – 1 FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Spanish II – 1 Spanish I - 1
*Spanish III – 1 Spanish II – 1
*Spanish III - 1
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION *Spanish IV – 1
Auto Engine Rebuild – ½
Construction – 1 INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
Drafting – ½ Auto Engine Rebuild – ½
Intro to Tech I – ½ Construction – 1
Intro to Tech II – ½ Drafting – ½
Metals I – ½ Intro to Tech I – ½
Metals II – ½ Intro to Tech II – ½
Welding – ½ Metals I – ½
Metals II – ½
MATH Welding – ½
Álgebra II – 1
*Pre-Calculus – 1 MATH
State Test Preparation – ½ *Pre-Calculus – 1
Probability and Statistics – 1 *Calculus – 1 (SLU dual credit) Probability and Statistics – 1
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
PE – 1 ( ¼ credit per semester) PHYSICAL EDUCATION
PE – 1 ( ¼ credit per semester)
SCIENCE SCIENCE
*Chemistry – 1 *Chemistry – 1 Earth Science – ½
*Physics – 1 Physical Science – ½
SOCIAL STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES
Current Political Geography – ½ Current Political Geography – ½
Economics – ½ Economics – ½
Government – ½ Government – ½
Social Studies – ½ Social Studies – ½
World History – 1 World History – 1
ADDITIONAL DUAL CREDIT
IL VIRTUAL SCHOOL COURSE – ½ CNA I & II – (LLCC @ Hillsboro High School) – 3
Application & administration approval required – ½ HEAT Program (LLCC @ Litchfield Campus)
· Art Appreciation – ½
· Intro to American Politics – ½
· History of Western Civilization I – ½
IL VIRTUAL SCHOOL COURSE – ½
*denotes honor’s course Application & Administration approval required
COMMUNITY SERVICE – ½
Application & Administration approval required
Business Department
1.0 Business credit is needed to meet graduation requirements
BU102 COMPUTER CONCEPTS & SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS ( ½ credit)
Prerequisite: None
Course Description:
Computer Concepts and Software Applicators is a 1 semester required course for grade 9. This course is designed to develop awareness and understanding of application software and equipment used by employees to perform tasks in business, marketing and management. Students will apply problem-solving skills to hands-on, real-life situations using a variety of software applications, such as word processing, presentation software, and desktop publishing. Students will explore topics related to computer concepts and emerging technologies.
BU301 CONSUMER EDUCATION ( ½ credit)
Prerequisite: None
Course Description:
Consumer Education is a 1 semester required class for grade 12 (beginning 2013-14 school year) and fulfills the Illinois Consumer Education Requirement. This course provides students with an understanding of the concepts and principles involved in managing one’s personal finances. Topics may include savings and investing, credit, insurance, taxes and social security, spending patterns and budget planning, contracts, and consumer protection. This course may also provide an overview of the American economy.
BU302 BUSINESS LAW ( ½ credit)
Prerequisite: None
Course Description:
Business Law is a 1 semester elective course for grades 10, 11, and 12. This course will help students understand the basics of business law. Contracts, property, employment, organizational and financial laws will be discussed. This is a very interactive class and students must participate and be able to present their ideas in a “business” setting.
BU303 DESKTOP PUBLISHING ( ½ credit)
Prerequisite: Computer Concepts
Course Description:
Desktop Publishing is a one semester elective course for grades 10 – 12. This course is designed to bring students up-to-date with computer technology and the skills needed to achieve in their future career choices. Software used in this course will include Microsoft Publisher (create documents such as publications, graphic objects, web documents), InDesign (work with images and graphics), and Photoshop (pixels, gradients, images, production and productivity techniques). InDesign can be used by the Journalism class for designing the school newspaper. Photoshop can be used by the yearbook students to alter pictures. This is a very hands-on course.
BU401 ACCOUNTING ( ½ credit per semester)
Prerequisite: None
Course Description:
Accounting is a full year skill level course for grades 10, 11, and 12 students who are pursuing a strong background in business, marketing, and management. This course includes planned learning experiences that develop initial and basic skill used in systematically computing, classifying, recording, verifying and maintaining numerical data involved in financial and product control records including the paying and receiving of money. Instruction includes information on keeping financial records, summarizing them for convenient interpretation, and analyzing them to provide assistance to management for decision making. Accounting computer applications will be integrated throughout the course where applicable. In addition to stressing basic fundamentals and terminology of accounting, instruction will provide initial understanding of the preparation of budgets and financial reports, operation of related business machines and equipment, and career opportunities in the accounting field. Processing employee benefits may also be included. Practice sets with business papers may be used to emphasize actual business records management.
This course qualifies for Lincoln Land Community College Tech Prep credit.
English Department
4 English credits are required to meet graduation requirements
EN101 ENGLISH I ( ½ credit per semester)
Prerequisite: None
Course Description:
English I is a full year required course for Grade 9. During this course the student will read and discuss selections in various literary genres. This survey will provide the background necessary to appreciate classical and/or modern literature. The course will also focus on improving basic writing and grammar skills through regular writing exercises and grammar studies as well as vocabulary study. These exercises will include, but not limited to, focused revision of selected writings, paragraph compositions, and short essays. Research writing will be introduced including proper MLA citation method. Students will do exercises pertaining to research writing and will write a short research paper.
EN201 ENGLISH II ( ½ credit per semester)
Prerequisite: Recommended completion of English I
Course Description:
English II is a full year required course for Grade 10. This course will involve reading poetry, short stories, plays and novels, as well as vocabulary, grammar and composition writing. The basic structure of the short story will be covered as well as many literary devices. Students will work to improve their writing skills through essay and composition writing. Students will go beyond the basics and build on their present skills in these areas to prepare them for English III. In addition we will spend time preparing for the PSAE/ACT which students will take their junior year.
EN301 ENGLISH III ( ½ credit per semester)
Prerequisite: Recommended completion of English II
Course Description:
English III is a full year required course for Grade 11. This course offers the student a chronological survey of American Literature with an emphasis on various types of literature written by U.S. authors; autobiographies, histories, dramas, essays, short stories and poetry. The selections assigned for class study will reflect the historical, political, and social growth of America, beginning in colonial times and continuing up to the present. We will start with Native American literature through romanticism and transcendentalism. Next we will cover the Civil War period literature and end with modern, contemporary literature. Writing correlated to the various units will stress critical thinking and literary analysis. Weekly grammar lessons and/or daily language skill builders will be used to reinforce grammar skills. A research project will be completed and presented. In addition, throughout the semester we will be doing exercises to prepare for the PSAE/ACT.
EN401 ENGLISH IV ( ½ credit per semester)