Adult High School Diploma Program Courses

HSAGT 10: American Government

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course introduces students to the institutions of American government. Topics include the principles and moral values of American government, the rights and obligations of democratic citizens, the fundamental values and principles of civil society, the roles of the three branches of government, landmark Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution, elective offices, powers and procedures of government, and comparison of American government to other systems of government in the world today. This course satisfies the American Government requirement for graduation.

HSECN 10: Economics

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course introduces students to the basic economic principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics. Topics include international economics, comparative economic systems, measurement, and methods. This course satisfies the economics requirement for graduation.

HSENG 13: Digital Storytelling

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Repeatability Rule: Allow two completions in any combination of HSENG 13, HSIFA 13.
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course teaches participants to find and focus the stories of their lives and tell them through video production. Instruction emphasizes personal narrative and advanced technologies in the service of creative expression. Students write, produce, and publish three- to five-minute digital stories that integrate narration, images, and music. Class time is split between lecture/discussion and hands-on computer skills development. (May be repeated once.)

HSENG 15: English Grammar 1

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

English Grammar 1 reviews the basic grammar skills needed to write clear, coherent sentences. The course focuses on standard English conventions, such as sentence types and the use of regular and irregular verbs, pronouns, and punctuation. It emphasizes assisting students in reaching competency in three of the seven writing competencies required for the adult high school diploma. The course's learning outcomes are aligned with the California English-Language Arts Standards. (May be repeated once.)

HSENG 16: English Grammar 2

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

English Grammar 2 reviews the basic grammar skills needed to write clear, coherent sentences and paragraphs. This course focuses on standard English conventions, such as modifiers and word usage, as well as the stages of writing and mechanics. It emphasizes assisting students in reaching competency in two of the seven writing competencies required for the adult high school diploma. Learning outcomes are aligned with the California English-Language Arts Standards. (May be repeated once.)

HSENG 17: Basic Skills: Reading and Study Strategies

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course helps students improve their reading comprehension and study skills in various academic subjects. It analyzes content-area readings of nonfiction and fiction and emphasizes fundamental reading comprehension strategies, general and academic vocabulary enhancement, study strategies, and the principles of study reading. The course focuses on helping students prepare for the reading competency exam required for the adult high school diploma. This course is aligned with the California English-Language Arts Standards. (May be repeated once.)

HSENG 21: English 1

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course helps students improve fundamental academic skills in the areas of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Class instruction emphasizes vocabulary development, reading comprehension, literary response and analysis, and writing, listening, and speaking strategies and applications. The course focuses on helping students prepare for the reading competency exam required for the adult high school diploma. This course is aligned with the California English-Language Arts Content Standards for Grade 9. (May be repeated once.)

HSENG 22: English 2

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course builds upon the reading and writing practice taught in English 1. It investigates classical and contemporary literature and informational texts through critical reading and writing. Students apply writing-process strategies to paragraph and essay compositions and a formal business letter. The course focuses on preparing students for two of the seven writing competency exams (5-paragraph essay and business letter) required for the adult high school diploma. This course is aligned with the California English-Language Arts Content Standards for Grade 10. (May be repeated once.)

HSENG 23: English 3

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course helps students develop language arts skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening through a focus on literature. It emphasizes reading comprehension and literary response, analysis, and criticism, and it integrates grammar, vocabulary, usage, and mechanics with the reading and writing process. This course is aligned with the California English-Language Arts Content Standards for Grade 11. (May be repeated once.)

HSENG 25: English 4

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course is designed to continue and extend the objectives of English 3. Students will develop language arts skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening, with an emphasis on World and British literature. The course will help students prepare for real life situations, careers, and continuing education. Grammar, vocabulary, usage, and mechanics are integrated with the teaching of the reading and writing process. This course aligns with the California English Language Arts Framework, 12th grade California English Language Arts Content Standards and may be repeated once.

HSIFA 11: Introduction to Fine Arts 1 - The History and Development of Theatre and Dance

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course introduces students to the history of theatre and dance from its prehistoric beginnings to the present, with an emphasis on the Renaissance through the twentieth century. Topics include a review of the beginnings of theatre and dance in Ancient Greece and Rome, the impact of religion in the Middle Ages, the Italian Renaissance, Elizabethan England, French Classicism, modern, postwar, and contemporary dance and drama, and Asian dance and drama. Students must complete Fine Arts I and Fine Arts II (or comparable courses) to fulfill the requirement for graduation. This course aligns with Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards.

HSIFA 12: Introduction to Fine Arts 2 - The History and Development of Art and Music

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course introduces students to the history of art and music from its prehistoric beginnings to the present. Topics include the prehistoric origins of art and music; art, architecture, and music in Ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt; Medieval art, architecture, and sacred music; Renaissance art, architecture, and secular music; Baroque and Rococo art and music; Neo-classical art and Classical music; Romantic and Impressionist art and music; Modern art, photography, architecture, and music of the late 19th through the mid 20th centuries; and contemporary art and music. Students must complete Fine Arts I and Fine Arts II (or comparable courses) to fulfill the graduation requirement. This course aligns with Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards.

HSIFA 13: Digital Storytelling

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Repeatability Rule: Allow two completions in any combination of HSENG 13, HSIFA 13.
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course teaches participants to find and focus the stories of their lives and tell them through video production. Instruction emphasizes personal narrative and advanced technologies in the service of creative expression. Students write, produce, and publish three- to five-minute digital stories that integrate narration, images, and music. Class time is split between lecture/discussion and hands-on computer skills development. (May be repeated once.)

HSMTH 11: Basic Skills Math 1

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course is designed to meet the basic skills mathematics improvement needs of students for a variety of purposes: to meet pre-collegiate requirements; to meet mathematics unit requirements for an adult high school diploma; to demonstrate a minimum level of proficiency in the required competencies; and/or to prepare for examinations such as the GED. Additionally, the course is designed to improve problem solving, analysis, and communication abilities in every day and work-related applications. (May be repeated once.)

HSMTH 12: Basic Skills Math 2

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course is designed to meet the basic skills mathematics improvement needs of students for a variety of purposes: to meet pre-collegiate requirements; to meet mathematics unit requirements for an adult high school diploma; to demonstrate a minimum level of proficiency in the required competencies; and/or to prepare for examinations, such as the GED. (May be repeated once.)

HSMTH 20: Algebra Essentials

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

Algebra Essentials is intended for students with little or no previous algebra experience. Topics include the real number system, operations with algebraic expressions, linear equations and inequalities, polynomials, factoring, and an introduction to quadratic equations. This course incorporates many of the skills and techniques outlined in the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) report as fundamental skills and workplace competencies. (May be repeated once.)

HSMTH 30: Geometry Essentials

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

Geometry Essentials is intended for students with little or no previous geometry experience. Topics include segments and angles, triangles, parallel and perpendicular lines, polygons, special quadrilaterals, the coordinate plane, circles, area, and volume. This course incorporates many of the skills and techniques outlined in the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) report as fundamental skills and workplace competencies. (May be repeated once.)

HSMTH 41: Contemporary Mathematics 1

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course gives students an opportunity to examine and apply the many different ways mathematics is used in the real world. It requires logic, creative thinking, problem-solving techniques, and basic algebra skills. Students investigate sophisticated mathematical applications in life science, social science, business, management, and economics. Topics include voting schemes, apportionment, and elementary graph theory, including the Traveling Salesman Problem. (May be repeated once.)

HSMTH 42: Contemporary Mathematics 2

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course gives students the opportunity to examine the many different ways mathematics is used in the real world. This course requires logic, creative thinking, and problem-solving techniques as well as some basic algebra and geometry skills. Students investigate sophisticated mathematical applications in life science, social science, business, management, and economics. Topics include symmetry and growth in nature, probability, and statistics. (May be repeated once.)

HSSCI 11: Physical Science 1 - Chemistry

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This introductory chemistry class introduces students to the study of matter and changes in matter. Topics include states of matter, chemical and physical changes, the development of the atomic theory, the periodic table and its use, writing chemical formulas, balancing chemical equations, types of chemical reactions, and an introduction to organic chemistry.

HSSCI 12: Physical Science 2 - Physics

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This introductory physics course is non-algebra based and introduces students to the basic concepts of physics. Students learn to solve basic physics problems using metric measurements. Topics include motion, forces, forces in fluids, work, machines, energy, thermal energy, and heat.

HSSCI 21: Life Science 1 - Biology

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This introductory biology course covers the basics of cell biology, including cellular organization, cellular transport systems, cellular metabolism, and the requirements for life. The course also introduces genetics, including the structure and functions of DNA, Mendelian genetics, probability, and cellular reproduction.

HSSCI 22: Life Science 2 - Human Anatomy and Physiology

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course in human anatomy and physiology covers each of the eleven organ systems of the human body. It emphasizes learning the structures of each system along with their functions. The course also provides a more in-depth study of the physiology of cellular respiration, homeostasis, immunology, reproduction, and growth and development.

HSUSH 11: United States History 1

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course introduces students to the major turning points in United States history from the nation's beginnings to the Great Depression with an emphasis on the twentieth century. Topics include a review of the nation's beginnings, the impact of the Enlightenment, industrialization, the impact of religion, World War I, the U.S. as a world power, the 1920s, and the Great Depression. Students must complete both United States History I and United States History II to fulfill the United States History requirement for graduation.

HSUSH 12: United States History 2

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course introduces students to the major turning points in United States history from World War II to the present day with an emphasis on the twentieth century. Topics include World War II, post-World War II economic and social transformation, U.S. foreign policy since World War II, civil rights and voting rights, and major social and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society. Students must complete both United States History I and United States History II to fulfill the United States History requirement for graduation.

HSWFP 11: Applied Computer Skills 1

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

In this course, students develop information technology skills to access, evaluate, and utilize information resources using the Internet and web browsers. Students also develop some proficiency in using word processing software and a course management system. Previous experience using computers is recommended.

HSWHG 11: World History and Geography 1

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course introduces students to world history, culture, and geography from the late eighteenth century to the conclusion of World War I. Topics include Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian roots of Western political ideas, Democratic Revolutions, Industrial Revolution, Imperialism, and World War I. Students must complete both World History I and World History II to fulfill the World History requirement for graduation.

HSWHG 12: World History and Geography 2

High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours. (4930.62)

This course introduces students to world history, culture, and geography from the conclusion of World War I through the present. Topics include Totalitarianism, World War II, international developments after World War II, and nation-building in the contemporary world. Students must complete both World History I and World History II to fulfill the World History requirement for graduation.