Course Mapping and Graduation

High School Graduation Requirements and Course Mapping

Recognizing that God created every person with unique talents and gifts, the academic program of study at MICS has been developed to challenge each student and to meet the needs of each student. For this reason, students and parents have the opportunity to choose a specific academic course load that best challenges the student.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:

Academic Diploma		High Academic Honors Diploma
Subject	Credits	Subject	Credits
Bible	4	Bible	4
English	4	English	4
Math	4	Math¹	4
Science	3	Science²	4
Social Studies	3	Social Studies	3
Health	1/2	Health	1/2
Personal Fitness	1/2	Personal Fitness	1/2
Electives	5	Electives	4
Fine Arts	2	Fine Arts	2
Foreign Lang.	2	Foreign Lang.	2
TOTAL	28	TOTAL	28

¹ Including a minimum of pre-calculus

² Students must take Biology, Chemistry and 2 of the following: Physics, AP Biology and Honors Anatomy and Physiology

To qualify for the Honors Diploma, a student must have met all of the High Academic Diploma requirements and have been admitted to honor level classes for three consecutive years. Additionally, the student must have passed all honors classes, maintaining a minimum 3.5 GPA.

COURSE MAPPING:

Students will select courses in the core areas of Bible, Math, Science, Social Studies and English, which are in line with their selected diploma, which can include honors, AP and dual enrollment.

	9^th Grade	10^th Grade	11^th Grade	12^th Grade
Bible	Bible	Bible	Bible	Bible

English	English I	English II	English III	English IV
	English I H	English II H	English III H	English IV H
			AP Literature	AP Literature
			AP Language	AP Language
			Dual Enrollment	Dual Enrollment

Math	Algebra	Geometry	Algebra II	Pre-Calculus
	Algebra H	Geometry H	Algebra II H	AP Calculus AB
	Geometry	Algebra II	Pre-Calculus
	Geometry H	Algebra II H	Math Analysis I	Math Analysis II

Science	Biology	Chemistry	Physics	Physics
	Biology H	Chemistry H	Physics H	Physics H
		AP Biology	AP Biology	AP Biology
		Anatomy	Anatomy	Anatomy
		Anatomy H	Anatomy H	Anatomy H
		Biology II	Biology II	Biology II
		Marine Biology	Marine Biology	Marine Biology

Social Studies	World Hist	Amer. Hist	Govt./ Econ	Govt./ Econ
	World Hist H	Amer. Hist H	Govt./ Econ H	Govt./ Econ H

			Psychology Dual Enrollment	Psychology Dual Enrollment

Foreign Lang	Spanish I	Spanish I	Spanish II	Spanish II
	American Sign Language I (ASL)	American Sign Language II (ASL)	American Sign Language III (ASL)	American Sign Language IV (ASL)
		Spanish II	Spanish III	Spanish III

Fine Arts	Concert ChoirI	Vocal EnsembleI	Vocal EnsembleI	Vocal EnsembleI
	Multimedia	Multimedia	Multimedia	Multimedia
	Journalism -Yearbook	Journalism-Yearbook	Journalism-Yearbook	Journalim - Yearbook
	Art I	Art II	Photography	AP Photography

* The above course map does not include elective opportunities.

* The above does not include all Dual Enrollment class choices

Honors / Advanced Placement Prerequisites/ Dual Enrollment

Students seeking to take Honors and/or Advanced Placement (AP) and/or Dual Enrollment classes must meet minimum prerequisite requirements. Prerequisite requirements are designed to ensure each student has met the appropriate standards to achieve maximum success in all classes taken. The honors teacher and high school principal may make exceptions only after a review of the student’s complete academic record.

Grades: A in the previous year's standard course or B in the previous year's honors course.
Test Scores: Must be in the 85% percentile on standardized test (Stanford, PSAT, SAT, or ACT).
Any student who wishes to take an Honors or AP class must receive a teacher recommendation.
The student, parent, teacher and principal must complete the Honors/AP agreement before the first day of class.
Some Honors and AP classes have additional prerequisites that must be completed before placement will be granted.
Dual Enrollment students must meet minimum CPT scores for placement in dual enrollment classes.

Electives:

Concert Choir

Vocal Ensemble

Drama

Journalism- Yearbook

Video production

Web design

Weight Training

Art

Photography

AP Art

Sociology

We offer:

AP Language

AP Literature

AP Calculus

AP Biology

AP Art ( 2-d Design and photography)

We offer the opportunity to Dual Enroll at Brevard Community College and work toward an AA Degree to be completed upon high school should the student wish to do so.

Not only do offer Dual Enrollment English on our campus, but students may enroll for any Dual Enrollment class of their choice for which they qualify.