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College Prep Curriculum
English: 4 Carnegie Units - Compensatory Reading and Compensatory
Writing
may not be included.
Mathematics: 4 Carnegie Units - Includes Algebra I, Geometry,
Algebra II, and
any one
Carnegie Unit of comparable rigor and content. (e.g., Advanced Algebra,
Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC,
Discrete
Mathematics, Probability and Statistics, or AP Statistics)
Science: 4 Carnegie Units - Includes Biology I, Chemistry I, and any
two
Carnegie
Units of comparable rigor and content. (e.g., Physics, Physical
Science,
Biology II, Chemistry II, AP Chemistry, Physics II, AP Physics B, AP
Physics C
- Electricity and Magnetism, and AP Physics C - Mechanics,
Botany,
Microbiology, or Human Anatomy and Physiology.)
Social Studies: 4 Carnegie Units-Includes World History, U.S.
History,
Introduction to World Geography, U.S. Government, Economics, and
Mississippi Studies. (Credit earned for a State/Local Government course in
any
other
state may stand in lieu of Mississippi Studies.)
Arts: 1 Carnegie Unit - Includes any one Carnegie Unit of
visual and
performing arts courses meeting the requirements for high school graduation.
Advanced Electives: 2 Carnegie Units - Includes any two
Carnegie Units of
Foreign
Language (I and II), Advanced World Geography and a Foreign
Language
(I) or any combination of English, mathematics, or lab-based science
courses
of comparable rigor and content to those required above.
Computer Applications: 1/2 Carnegie Unit - Course should emphasize
the
computer
as a productivity tool. Instruction should include the use of
application packages, such as word processing and spreadsheets. The
course
should
also include basic computer terminology and hardware operation.
Pre-High School Units: Algebra I or first-year Foreign Languages taken prior to high s school will be accepted for admission, provided course content is the same as the high s school course.