
Course Name	PEIMS Code	AAR Abbreviation	Credits	Contact	Expiration
Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language
Content-Based ESOL for Science IA/B	N1280010	ESOL-SCI	1/2–1	Susie Coultress	TBD*
The Content-Based ESOL for Science course will be a companion course to the EngSOL I course now offered at International Newcomer Academy (INA) and Language Center programs and, as such, will be a means for the high school recent-arrival immigrant students in these programs to earn elective ESOL credit while earning required English credit through EngSOL I.
Newcomers English Language Development (NELD) A & B	N1280042 N1280043	NELDA NELDB	1	Susie Coultress	TBD*
The Newcomers English Language Development courses are designed to provide instructional opportunities for secondary level recent immigrant students with little or no English proficiency. The development of communicative competence occurs through targeted lessons based on students’ needs.
Social Intelligence for ESL Students	N1280041	SIESL	1/2–1	Susie Coultress	TBD*
This course provides ESL students with the necessary knowledge and skills required for successful adaptation to a new community and educational environment. Students will learn skills to navigate through social situations such as conflict resolution, communication, decision making, cultural awareness, etc.
English Language Arts
Research Methods in the Humanities	N1100013	RESHUM	1	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
Through the study of the humanities, students explore the idea that we see the world through the filter of our own culture. By bringing together analysis of visual media, auditory media, and written media, the course teaches students how analytical thinking applies across all fields of study and how analytical thinking applies to their day-to-day lives.
Fine Arts
Acting Methods I–IV	N1170123 N1170124 N1170125 N1170126	ACTMET1 ACTMET2 ACTMET3 ACTMET4	1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
This tier of courses develops proficiency in acting by promoting an understanding of the methods, principles, practices and vocabulary common for all acting styles from Greek through Shakespeare to modern texts. The students will study monologues and scenes from a variety of historical periods and acting styles.
Advanced Acting/American Drama	N1170113	ADVACTAD	1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
The course will include the detailed study, analysis, and performance of the works of major twentieth century American playwrights, including Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Lillian Hellman, Eugene O'Neill, and Neal Simon.
Advanced Acting: Shakespeare	N1170089	ADVACTSH	1/2–1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
Students will read from a selection of Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies and apply analysis and interpretation. The curriculum will include diction work and scene acting with an emphasis on keeping the language alive and the acting natural.
Advanced Acting: World Drama	N1170122	ADVACTWD	1/2–1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
This course includes a detailed study and performance of the works of major world playwrights from the Greeks to the present day. Scenes are analyzed, rehearsed, and presented.
Advanced Lighting and Stage Design	N1170088	ADVLISDE	1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
Students will analyze plays for design elements and production requirements, create light plots, and design scenery for specific productions from literal drawings to public performance.
Art and Media Communications	N1170024	ARMECOM	1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
Art and Media Communications combines rigorous and relevant experiential study of modern, post-modern, and contemporary visual art and design with student learning in media literacy and technology applications.
Art Design I–II	N1170139 N1170140	ADES1 ADES2	1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
Art Design I–II combines in-depth foundation studies using elements and principles of design with skills and techniques as applied to the construct of stand-alone artistic compositions.
Art Design & Production for Advanced Visual Arts	N1170120	ADPAVAS	1/2–2	Kathleen Park	TBD*
This course is designed to ensure that advanced visual art magnet students are grounded in the elements of art, principles of design, critical analysis, and cultural heritage as well as challenged at an advanced skill level.
Children's Theatre	N1170084	CHILDTHE	1/2	Kathleen Park	TBD*
Students will read selected children's theatre play scripts, learn the techniques of performing for children, rehearse, and perform children's shows. Recommended prerequisite: Theatre Arts, Level I.
Contemporary Studies in Dance I–IV	N1170030 N1170031 N1170032 N1170033	CSDANCE1 CSDANCE2 CSDANCE3 CSDANCE4	1/2–1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
These courses develop an understanding of fundamental principles, practices, and vocabulary common to Contemporary Studies in Dance and fundamental to the Modern Movement, which broke away from the classical traditions of ballet.
Dance Composition I–IV	N1170127 N1170128 N1170129 N1170130	DANCOMP1 DANCOMP2 DANCOMP3 DANCOMP4	1/2–1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
Dance Composition I–IV is a practical exploration of a variety of processes and elements that may be used in the study of creating dances. Students will create their own dance studies in response to a variety of assigned choreographic exercises.
Dance Performance Ensemble I–IV	N1170034 N1170035 N1170036 N1170037	DANCEPE1 DANCEPE2 DANCEPE3 DANCEPE4	1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
Dance Performance Ensemble I–IV is an intense interdisciplinary program that combines performance elements such as dance, music, costume, and theatrical design with performance opportunities for small dance ensembles.
Dance Theory I–IV	N1170131 N1170132 N1170133 N1170134	DANTHY1 DANTHY2 DANTHY3 DANTHY4	1/2–1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
Dance Theory I–IV orients students to the field of dance as an academic discipline, profession, and art form. This course supplies students with information and processes of inquiry to facilitate their own decision making as they proceed in the field of dance and promotes critical thinking skills that are the foundation for this course.
Directing for the Stage	N1170119	STAGEDIR	1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
This course provides for the analysis and application of techniques used in theatrical directing. Students will be able to plan, execute, and critically discuss a theatrical production.
Jazz Improvisation I–IV	N1170026 N1170027 N1170028 N1170029	JAZZIMP1 JAZZIMP2 JAZZIMP3 JAZZIMP4	1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
This is a performance-based Jazz Improvisation class focusing on music of the 20th century. Students will research and perform music in various genres such as Jazz, Blues, and Rhythm and Blues.
Intermediate Acting: Comedy and Improvisation	N1170083	COMMPRO	1/2	Kathleen Park	TBD*
Students will become familiar with the comedic genre through the ages by studying the art of comedy's masters. They will practice verbal and physical comedy and perform monologues, scenes, and plays by comedic writers. Students will learn how to create scenes through improvisation.
Music Business I–II	N1170137 N1170138	MUSBUS1 MUSBUS2	1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
The business of music is a global multi-billion dollar industry comprised of relatively small numbers of individuals creating the music, but a large number working at labels, distribution companies, publishing companies, recording studios, artist management, promotion, producing, and legal counsel.
Music Composition I–II	N1170135 N1170136	MUSCOM1 MUSCOM2	1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
Music Composition I–II explores the creative process of writing music by developing basic tools composers use to construct music. The students will operate within the context of a supportive and open-minded environment for critical discussions.
Music Production I	N1170121	MUSPROI	1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
This course is designed to supplement the traditional performance-based school music curriculum with knowledge and skills increasingly more relevant to 21st century musical practices.
Music Production II (Audio Technology)	N1170025	MUSPROII	1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
Music Production II (audio technology) serves as an overview to entering the professional world of audio engineering and the recording of sound. The course will focus on the fundamentals of music production and recording with an emphasis on hard-disc recording utilizing industry standard hardware and software.
Musical Theatre I–IV	N1170069 N1170109 N1170110 N1170115	MUSTHEA1 MUSTHEA2 MUSTHEA3 MUSTHEA4	1/2–1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
Musical Theatre will expose students to a wide range of on-stage performance disciplines, including acting performance, vocal performance, and dance performance. The course will also provide an atmosphere in which students benefit from a teaching and learning experience in these performance disciplines of musical theatre.
Playwriting I–IV	N1170141 N1170142 N1170143 N1170144	PLWRT1 PLWRT2 PLWRT3 PLWRT4	1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
This tier of courses is designed to help students develop an individual voice as a writer and strengthen the students' understanding of dramatic structure. The students study the development of the play as a literary form and explore the ways different modern writers use structure, dialogue and characterization.
Scenography I–IV	N1170038 N1170039 N1170040 N1170041	SCENOGR1 SCENOGR2 SCENOGR3 SCENOGR4	1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
Scenography is the art of creating performance environments. Students examine and develop work through the exploration of the personal creative process in relation to the demands of professional practice.
Stage Combat / Theatrical Movement	N1170118	SCOMTNOV	1	Kathleen Park	TBD*
Students acquire the knowledge and skills for movement and apply these skills effectively to stage acting and performing. The course is designed to employ stage movement to express thoughts, feelings, and actions and to analyze and describe the interdependence of all physical elements used on the stage.
Health and Physical Education
Comprehensive Wellness	N1150043	COMPWEL	1/2	Kathleen Park	TBD*
Comprehensive Wellness is the integration of body, mind, emotions, and behaviors to help students make a conscious decision toward a lifetime of health and wellness. The course provides students with essential knowledge and skills to improve attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors for optimal physical and emotional health.
PE3: PE for the Mind, Body, and Spirit	N1160010	PE3MBS	1/2	Kathleen Park	TBD*
This course is for students who may need additional support in reaching their Healthy Fitness Zone in the Fitnessgram, especially in the area of Body Mass Index (BMI). The course is designed to work with each individual in the context of their life—physically, nutritionally, socially, and psychologically.
Mathematics
Contemporary Math Topics	N1110024	CNTMTH	1/2	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
Students are introduced to contemporary topics in mathematics, high-interest areas of mathematics on the cutting edge of research falling under the general categories of fractals, fitting arrangements, modern geometries, topology, chaos, automata, modern number theory, and the beckoning proofs of pure mathematics.
Discrete Mathematics	N1110023	DSCMTH	1/2	Kelly Callaway	2012-2013
Students are introduced to discrete mathematics and the improved efficiency of mathematical analysis and quantitative techniques over trial-and-error and "seat-of-the-pants" approaches to management problems involving organization, scheduling, project planning, strategy, and decision making.
History of Math I	N1110022	HSTMTH1	1/2–1	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
Students are introduced to the history of mathematics, from its earliest beginnings to the end of the sixteenth century. Students learn about early number systems and symbols, mathematics in early civilizations, Greek mathematics, Alexandrian mathematics, and mathematics during the Medieval and Renaissance periods.
History of Math II	N1110027	HSTMTH2	1/2–1	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
Students are introduced to the modern history of mathematics, how mathematics has developed over the last 300 years. Students learn about the dawn of modern mathematics with the advent of Descartes, Newton, and Leibniz, the development of probability theory under Pascal, Bernoulli, and Laplace, the renaissance of number theory through the genius of Fermat, Euler, and Gauss, the development of non-Euclidean geometry by Bolyai and Lobachevsky, the invention of set theory by Georg Cantor, and the emergence of point-set topology at the hands of its creators, Frechet and Hausdorff.
Linear Algebra	N1110021	LINALG	1/2	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
Students are introduced to linear algebra, a subject that has widespread applications in other areas of mathematics such as probability theory, multivariable calculus, and differential equations as well as in the physical and social sciences and engineering.
Modern Geometry	N1110019	MODGEO	1/2–1	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
This course is designed to explore concepts and development of non-Euclidean geometry, including projective, spherical, and hyperbolic geometries.
Multivariable Calculus	N1110018	MULTCAL	1/2–1	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
Multivariable Calculus takes the concepts learned in the single variable calculus course and extends them to multiple dimensions.
Linear Programming	N1110026	LINPROG	1/2	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
Students are introduced to the six steps used to solve linear programming problems and will practice each one. Students learn the process and techniques of using linear programming. Students research the historical development, purpose, and application of linear programming and apply the methods they have learned to real-world situations in a chosen career.
Number Theory	N1110025	NUMTHY	1/2	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
The topics of study contribute to the student's enhanced understanding of historical developments, proofs, and discoveries of mathematical numerical relationships.
Strategic Learning for High School Math	N1110030	STLNHSM	1/2–1	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
This course is intended to create strategic mathematical learners from underprepared mathematics students. The basic understandings will stimulate students to think about their approach to mathematical learning.
Science
Electricity and Magnetism	N1120043	ELECMAG	1/2	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
Electricity and Magnetism is designed to provide an in-depth introduction to the concepts of electricity and electronics for the student who plans to major in an engineering discipline at the university level. With a concentrated and extended study of electricity and magnetism, the student will be aptly prepared to enter the highly competitive university environment.
Introduction to Renewable Energy	N1120042	RENEWEN	1	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
This course provides the foundation for a deeper understanding of the problems, issues, perspectives, and developments in the areas of bio-fuels, solar and wind energy. A significant focus of the course will be on critical and creative thinking, problem solving, and communication of ideas relating to renewable energy.
Modern Physics	N1120041	MODPHY	1/2–1	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
Students will gain an understanding of how science works, what motivates it, how initially promising ideas are refuted by continued research, and the consequences of science on other fields and society in general.
Organic Chemistry	N1120027	ORGCHEM	1/2–1	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
Organic Chemistry is an introductory course that is designed for the student who intends to continue future study in the sciences. The student will learn the concepts and applications of organic chemistry.
Planet Earth	N1120040	PLNEAR	1	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
Planet Earth focuses on the complex, dynamic relationship between the planet and its life, tracing it through the Earth's geologic history. Portions of the course include the emerging, integrative science now being referred to as Geobiology at the college level.
Science and Technology	N1120039	SCITECH	1/2–1	Kelly Callaway	TBD*
Science and Technology (SciTech) is a high-level, hands-on science and engineering course. Through self and peer evaluation, SciTech requires students to interact verbally, in writing, and through improving the performance of devices.

* To be Determined: The expiration of these courses coincide with the adoption of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in the related subject area.

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