Buisness- Students learn skills that will help them master the features of the applications in the Microsoft Office 2000 suite.

Carpentry- Students will master the art of cabenit building and wood working skills through a practical, hands on- approach.

Welding-Students should have completed Welding IA and IB. This course is oriented toward entry-level job skills. Students will learn in depth the knowledge required to obtain employment as a welder. Arc and inert gas welding will be emphasized with a simulated certification test given at the end. Students will have the opportunity to enroll in the 2+2 program with San Bernardino Valley College and may earn some college credit.

Hospital Health Careers (formerly Health Care Occupation): (2 semesters) 180 hours

This course gives a general overview of hospital operations. All students will have the opportunity to work with staff in a hospital or long-term care facility. Upon successful completion of the Nurse Assistant or Home Health Aide course, the students may meet requirements established by the California State Department of Health.

 

Auto Body- Students are provided with skills necessary for entry-level employment in auto body repair and painting. They receive instruction at Eisenhower High School and at community classrooms (local body shops).

Diploma Math: Grades 11-12 (1 semester)

This non-college preparatory course is aligned to the California High School Exit Exam Standards. Students enrolled in this course will receive preparation by the areas of need based on the following strands: number sense, algebra and functions, geometry, probability and statistics, and mathematical reasoning. This is a one semester course.

Algebra I P: Grades 9-12 (2 semesters) CSU/UC

Algebra I is a college preparatory course aligned to the California Algebra I standards and designed for capable mathematics students. This course uses a modern approach that stresses mathematical structure. Topics such as linear equations, quadratic equations, functions, inequalities, polynomials, and linear graphing are studied.

An Algebra I student should have demonstrated a readiness to succeed in this course by having successfully completed all previous math courses. A recommendation from the student's current math teacher in middle school will indicate the student has the motivation and sufficient mastery of math skills necessary to be successful in Algebra I.

Journalism: Grades 9-12 (1 semester) (V)

This is a basic course for students interested in newspaper writing and publishing. This course may count as vocational education. Students will write stories in the four areas of a newspaper. They will also learn page layout, desktop publishing, photography, and to edit. This course is recommenDiploma English

This one semester non-college preparatory course is aligned to the California High School Exit Exam requirements. Students enrolled in this course will receive preparation by their areas of need based on the following strands: Reading, Writing: Written and Oral Language Conventions: Listening and Speaking

ded for students who plan to participate on the school newspaper or yearbook staff.

ENGL 914 Basic Writing 3 units

Prerequisite: Read 950 or eligibility for READ 015 as determined by SBVC assessment process OR ESL 941.
Lecture: 3 hours per week

A basic skills writing course for students who are not eligible for ENGL 015. Focus is on effective sentences and paragraphs including an extensive review of grammar, punctuation, and usage.
Not applicable to the Associate Degree

ENGL 914 Basic Writing 3 units

Prerequisite: Read 950 or eligibility for READ 015 as determined by SBVC assessment process OR ESL 941.
Lecture: 3 hours per week

A basic skills writing course for students who are not eligible for ENGL 015. Focus is on effective sentences and paragraphs including an extensive review of grammar, punctuation, and usage.
Not applicable to the Associate Degree

Biology P: Grade 9-12 (2 semesters) CSU/UC

This course provides the college bound student with a modern investigative examination of the processes of life. Through laboratory and classroom inquiry, a deep understanding can be gained of the interrelationships among living things and their environment, as well as humans’ role in the web of life. This course emphasizes skill development and highlights many of the unifying themes in biology. It is designed to motivate students through exploration, questioning and applying biological principles to everyday life. This is a rigorous course requiring term papers, lab reports, book reports and daily homework. Extensive reading and a basic understanding of concepts covered in elementary algebra are required.

World History P: Grade 10 (2 semesters) CSU/UC

This course examines major turning points in the shaping of the modern world, from the late 18th century to the present. The first semester study includes a review of geography, a review of ancient and medieval history, unresolved problems of the modern world, a review of the rise of democratic ideas, the industrial revolution, and the rise of imperialism and colonialism. The second semester acquaints students with World War I, its aftermath, modern totalitarianism, World War II, and contemporary nationalism. Case studies will include Soviet Union and China, Israel and Syria, Ghana and South Africa, and Mexico and Brazil.

 

 

20th Century U.S. History P: Grade 11 (2 semesters) CSU/UC

This required course examines events, issues, and major turning points in U.S. History. In the first semester students study our nation's beginnings with an analysis of the political philosophies represented in the development of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Also addressed are national expansion, sectionalism, the westward movement, civil war, and industrialization, immigration, World War I, the Progressive Era, the Jazz Age, the Great Depression and the emergence of the United States as a world power. The second semester emphasizes the rapid political and economic growth of the United States along with social reform, educational reform, humanitarian and utopian movements, development of the "arts" and advances in the sciences. Major topics studied include World War II, the Cold War struggle, the Civil Rights movement, the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, and the "changing face of America" in the 1970's and 1980's.

Culinary Arts I: Grades 9-12 (1 semester)

This course is a beginning course in foods and nutrition. Students gain knowledge in basic nutrition, food safety and sanitation, meal management and the preparation and service of basic food items.

Culinary Arts II: Grades 9-12 (1 semester)

Students should have completed Culinary Arts I. This course is a foods and nutrition course that includes a study of consumer buying skills, cultural foods, and the preparation of healthy inexpensive meals.