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Academy
Oak Hill

 

 

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                                   school course.