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Course Description:

English I introduces students to the critical reading, analysis, discussion, and writing skills essential for success in high school and beyond. Students read and analyze a variety of literary genres, including novels, short stories, drama, poetry, and classical literature. Through works by authors such as Homer, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Frost, Shirley Jackson, Ernest Hemingway, and other significant writers, students examine themes, characterization, conflict, symbolism, imagery, point of view, and other literary elements.

Writing instruction emphasizes clear organization, effective paragraph and essay development, textual evidence, grammar, vocabulary, and revision. Students practice narrative, explanatory, analytical, and argumentative writing and learn to support interpretations with evidence from texts. Speaking, listening, research, and presentation activities are integrated throughout the course.

By the end of English I, students are able to read increasingly complex texts independently, identify and analyze important literary elements and themes, construct evidence-based written responses, and communicate ideas clearly and effectively.

Faculty: TBA
Credit: 1.0

Faculty: Dr. Berger (virtual) and Dr. Durham (in-person) 

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Faculty: Dr. Durham

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Foundations of Health Sciences introduces students to the world of healthcare and the many careers available within it. Students learn how the healthcare system works, begin using medical terminology, explore professional roles and responsibilities, and develop important skills in communication, ethics, patient care, and critical thinking. The course also introduces public health and the use of scientific information in healthcare. Throughout the course, students begin building the knowledge, professionalism, and confidence they will need for more advanced health-sciences courses and future careers in healthcare.

Faculty: Dr. Fair

Credit: 1

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English III develops advanced skills in reading, writing, analysis, research, and communication, with an emphasis on American literature and the development of ideas across historical and cultural contexts. Students examine novels, short stories, poetry, drama, speeches, essays, and other literary and informational texts from a range of American authors and traditions.

Students analyze how authors use language, structure, rhetoric, literary devices, and historical context to develop themes, arguments, and perspectives. Emphasis is placed on close reading, interpretation, comparison of texts, and evaluation of an author's purpose and use of evidence.

Writing instruction focuses on literary analysis, argumentation, explanatory writing, research, and effective use of primary and secondary sources. Students develop increasingly sophisticated thesis statements and arguments, integrate and document evidence, evaluate source credibility, revise for clarity and style, and strengthen their command of standard written English. Speaking, listening, vocabulary, and presentation skills are incorporated throughout the course.

By the end of English III, students should be able to independently analyze complex literary and informational texts, evaluate arguments and rhetorical strategies, conduct responsible academic research, synthesize information from multiple sources, and produce clear, well-supported academic writing.

Faculty: TBA

Credit: 1

Faculty: Dr. Berger (virtual) and Dr. Durham (in-person) 

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Faculty: Dr. Durham

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Nutrition Science examines how nutrients, food choices, and dietary patterns affect human health across the lifespan. Students explore digestion and metabolism, energy balance, macronutrients and micronutrients, nutrition needs during growth and development, and the relationship between diet and disease. The course also introduces students to evidence-based nutrition, food labels, dietary guidelines, and the role of nutrition in prevention, treatment, recovery, and patient education. Emphasis is placed on understanding how nutrition supports health and how future healthcare professionals can use nutrition knowledge to better support patients.

Faculty: Dr. Fair

Credit: 1

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Communication and Professionalism in Health Sciences prepares students to communicate confidently and professionally in academic, healthcare, and workplace settings. Students develop skills in speaking, writing, interviewing, presenting themselves professionally, and communicating effectively with instructors, admissions personnel, employers, healthcare professionals, colleagues, patients, and caregivers. The course emphasizes practical skills students can use immediately, including professional correspondence, interviews, presentations, teamwork, networking, and communicating their strengths, interests, and goals. Students also explore professionalism, workplace expectations, and how communication styles change across academic, professional, and healthcare environments, helping prepare them for college admission, further education, employment, and future careers as health and medical professionals.

Faculty: Dr. Fair

Credit: 0.5

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Medical Ethics examines the ethical principles, responsibilities, and difficult decisions that shape modern healthcare and medicine. Students explore topics such as informed consent, privacy and confidentiality, autonomy, professional responsibility, fairness in healthcare, end-of-life decision-making, emerging medical technologies, and the rights and responsibilities of patients and healthcare professionals. The course also addresses the ethical expectations of students participating in healthcare-related volunteering, observation, and shadowing experiences, including confidentiality, professional boundaries, respectful conduct, and appropriate communication. Through case studies, discussion, and analysis of real-world dilemmas, students learn to identify competing values, evaluate evidence and ethical arguments, consider multiple perspectives, and defend their conclusions with clear reasoning. The course is designed to strengthen critical thinking, ethical judgment, and professional maturity while preparing students for advanced study and future careers in health and medicine. 

Faculty: Dr. Fair

Credit: 0.5