HCHS Departments |
Areas of Study |
| Courses that shall earn unit credit are listed in State Board of Education Rule 160-4-2-03. Any student may select any course offered in Houston County and listed in the course listing rule providing prerequisites, if specified, have been met. The one exemption to this provision is where the letter "r" appears with course names. These courses are required. They must be successfully completed and cannot be substituted with any other course. Any Course identified as "c" is a core course and may be selected to count as one of the core unit requirements. Courses identified as "c" in Technology/Career Preparatory areas will count as one of the four core Technology/Career-Preparatory courses for a T/C or T/C+ program of study. |
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English Department
At least one-half unit of credit in American literature/composition shall be required. All courses that may satisfy the remaining units of credit are identified with a "c". The other curses identified with an "e" are electives. Grammar/Composition shall be a component of all courses and shall be integrated into the course of study, not isolated.
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Math Department
For the College Preparatory (CP) and College Preparatory with Distinction programs of study, four units of credit of approved mathematics will be required. The student record shall show credit or equivalency for each of the core courses of Algebra I, Euclidean Geometry or Informal Geometry: and Algebra II and an additional course listed in the college Preparatory Mathematics or Advanced Mathematics categories or Statistics. For the student who takes Applied Problem Solving and Applied Algebra, the record shall show Credit for Applied Problem Solving, Applied Algebra, Euclidean Geometry or Informal Geometry or Applied Geometry and Algebra II. This latter program of study will fulfill admission requirements for some institutions in the University System of Georgia.
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Science Department
Students shall earn at least three (3) units of credit in science. Students earning the College Preparatory (CP) and College Preparatory with Distinction seal shall satisfactorily complete a physical science, a life science, and one additional science course. Students earning the Technology/Career-Preparatory (TC) and Technology/Career-Preparatory with Distinction (TC+) seal shall meet the requirements for the College Preparatory (CP) or College Preparatory with Distinction seal or shall pass any three units of science including one physical science, one life science or two units of applied biology/chemistry.
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Social Studies Department
At least three units of credit shall be required in social studies. One unit of credit shall be required in United States history. One unit of credit shall be required from the world studies area, e.g., world history or world geography. World history shall be required for the College Preparatory and College Preparatory with Distinction seals. World geography may be taken to meet the world studies requirement for the College Preparatory and College Preparatory with Distinction seals. World geography may be taken to meet the world studies requirement for a Technology/Career-Preparatory (TC) or Technology/Career-Preparatory with Distinction (TC+) seal. One-half unit of citizenship education (government) shall be required. One-half unit of Principles of Economics/Business/Free Enterprise shall be required.
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Career/Technology Department
The Technology/Career-Preparatory (TC) and Technology/Career-Preparatory with Distinction (TC+) programs of study require that a student earn at least three units of mathematics which shall include, as a minimum, Algebra I or its equivalent. To meet the requirements for Algebra I or its equivalent, a student shall earn a unit of credit in (1) Algebra I or (2) earn two units of credit by passing both Applied Problem Solving and Applied Algebra or (3) two units of credit by passing both Concepts of Problem Solving and Concepts of Algebra.
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Fine Arts Department
One elective required of all students may be selected from courses in fine arts. For students working toward diplomas with distinction, two additional elective units are required for College Preparatory (CP) programs and one additional elective unit is required for Technology/Career-Preparatory (T/C) programs. These electives may be chosen from fine arts.
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Foreign Language Department
Two units of credit of the same foreign language shall be required for the College Preparatory (CP) and College Preparatory with Distinction (CP+) programs of study. Students whose native language is not English may be considered to have met the foreign language requirement by exercising the credit in lieu of enrollment option if they are proficient in their native language. The determination as to whether an international student qualifies for the foreign language exemption shall be made according to procedures established by the Houston County Board of Education
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Physical Education
For each program of study, one unit of credit of health and physical education is required. Students shall combine one-half unit of credit of Health and one-half unit of Health and Personal Fitness or Advanced Personal Fitness to satisfy this requirement. Health and physical education courses may be taken as electives for all programs of study.
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Special Education |
