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ENGLISH ESSENTIALS 9

Course Number: 01001X1001

This ninth-grade course provides students with a practical knowledge of language and literature.  The course also includes the refinement of reading, writing, editing, and speaking skills.  It is designed to prepare students for postsecondary education and employment.

ENGLISH ESSENTIALS 10

Course Number: 01002X1002

This tenth-grade course provides students with a practical knowledge of language and literature.  The course also includes the refinement of reading, writing, editing, and speaking skills.  It is designed to prepare students for postsecondary education and employment.

ENGLISH ESSENTIALS 11

Course Number: 01003X1003 

This eleventh-grade course provides students with a practical knowledge of language and literature.  The course also includes the refinement of reading, writing, editing, and speaking skills.  It is designed to prepare students for postsecondary education and employment.

ENGLISH ESSENTIALS 12

Course Number: 01004X1004

This twelfth-grade course provides students with a practical knowledge of language and literature.  The course also includes the refinement of reading, writing, editing, and speaking skills.  It is designed to prepare students for postsecondary education and employment.

ALGEBRAIC CONCEPTS (Grades 9-12)

Course Number: 02051X1001

This course contains the course content for students following the Essentials/Life Skills Pathway. This course provides students with prerequisite algebra skills identified in the general education math courses. The course includes essential concepts to prepare students for Algebraic Essentials A & B.

ALGEBRAIC ESSENTIALS (Grades 9-12)

Course Number: 02052X1000

This course contains the course content for students following the Essentials pathway. This course provides students with foundational skills identified in the general education Algebra I course. The course includes essential concepts to equip students with the algebra skills necessary for employment and independent living.

GEOMETRY ESSENTIALS (Grades 9-12)

Course Number: 02072X1000

This course provides students with foundational skills identified in the general education Geometry course. The course includes essential concepts to equip students with the geometry skills necessary for employment and independent living.

ESSENTIALS ALGEBRA II (Grades 11-12)

Course Number:  02056X1000

This course provides students with the foundational skills identified in the general education Algebra II course.  The course includes algebra concepts to equip students with more advanced algebra skills necessary for employment and independent living.  

ESSENTIALS ALGEBRA WITH FINANCE

Course Number:  02155X1000  

This course integrates foundational algebra, probability and statistics, and geometry to solve financial problems that occur in everyday life. The course includes real-world problems in investing, credit, banking, auto insurance, mortgages, employment, income taxes, budgeting, and planning for retirement to equip students with the skills necessary for employment and independent living.

ESSENTIALS: PHYSICAL SCIENCE 10

Course Number: 03159X1000

This course focuses on Physical Science concepts.  The emphasis of the curriculum is on the nature and processes of science, properties, and changes in matter, forces and motions, and interactions of energy and matter.

ESSENTIALS: BIOLOGY 9

Course Number: 03051X1000

This course focuses on Life Science concepts.  The emphasis of the curriculum is on the nature and processes of science, structure, and function of living systems; energy, and organization of living systems; diversity and adaptations; heredity and reproduction; and health, nutrition, and safety.

ESSENTIALS:  ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (Grades 11-12)

Course Number: 03003X1000

This course is an integrated course that connects previously taught skills in grades 9-12 to real-life situations.  This level extends previously learned skills and enables students to apply skills to practical life activities. Fee: $20.00.

ESSENTIALS:  HUMAN ANATOMY (Grades 11-12)

Course Number: 03053X1000

This course is designed to provide students with practical knowledge of human anatomy and physiology including scientific process and application skills; anatomical terminology; structure and function of cells, tissues, and body systems; biochemistry, system regulation, and integration. Fee:  $20.00.

ESSENTIALS I: WORLD HISTORY 9

Course Number: 04051X1000

This course is a study of world history from 1500 to the present. Students can apply and utilize their knowledge to develop informed opinions about issues such as the quest for peace, human rights, trade, global ecology and the impact each has on everyday life situations.

ESSENTIALS II: U.S. HISTORY TO 1877 10

Course Number: 04102X1011

This course follows a chronological study of major events, issues, movements, leaders, and groups of people of the United States through Reconstruction from a national and Alabama perspective.

ESSENTIALS III: U.S. HISTORY FROM 1877 11

Course Number: 04103X1011

This course begins with the post-Reconstruction United States and its shift into a more industrialized society and continues through the twentieth century to the present.This course is a one-semester course that focuses on the functions and institutions of modern-day economic systems and theory.  Students gain skills that will enable them to anticipate changes in economic conditions and how to adjust to the changes to improve their lives and their communities.

ESSENTIALS IV: U.S. GOVERNMENT 12

Course Number: 04151X0511

This course is a one-semester course that focuses on the origins, structure, and functions of government at all levels.  It also includes a detailed study of the Constitution of the United States and its provisions.

WORKFORCE READINESS (Grades 11-12)

Course Number: 22152G1002

Workforce Readiness standards are designed to provide students with academic and occupational skills that are transferable across jobs and occupational areas. Emphasis is placed on academic foundations for careers, applied technology, career development and employment, entrepreneurship and business economics, social and ethical responsibility, leadership, teamwork, safety, and health. Fee: $20.00.

SSE AHS

Courses above are for students with significant cognitive disabilities earning core credit through Alternate Achievement Standards (AAS), which are aligned with the Alabama Course of Study, and being assessed through the Alabama Alternative Assessment (AAA). Download Course List


 

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