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Careers and Issues in Criminal Justice

Free

with Kaitlin Gasser

Calendar Sep 9, 2024

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Course Length:  Semester Course 

Credit:  .5 credit 

Grades: 9-12 

Prerequisite(s): None 

Course Description:  Is a career in criminal justice right for you?  This course explores issues facing the criminal justice system and criminal justice professionals while introducing students to a variety of criminal justice career options and skills. 

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Computer Literacy 1st Semester of 2 semester course

Free

with William Brazier

Calendar Sep 9, 2024

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Course Length:  Yearlong Course (1st semester of a 2 semester course)

Credit:  1.0 credit (.5 credit for 1st semester)

Grades: 9-12 

Prerequisite(s): None

Course Description:  Using project-based learning, students will explore the basics of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.  Students will create documents that will enhance introductory skills such as manipulating text and images to create effective projects in both programs.  Students will understand the social and ethical issues surrounding the internet, information, and security. To be successful, students need to commit to the course timelines and guidelines.  Students will take the IC3 Certification.  This certification consists of three exams: Living Online, Computing Fundamentals, and Key Applications.

Personal Computers:  It is strongly recommended that students in this course use a Stride K12 issued computer exclusively for content in this course.

Note:  Dual credit can be earned for IT Security Awareness

Forensic Science 1

Free

with Kaitlin Gasser

Calendar Sep 9, 2024

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Course Length:  Semester Course

Credit:  .5 credit (Pathway or Science credit)

Grades: 10-12

Prerequisite(s): Biology

Course Description:  Are you crazy about CSI?  Want to learn how real crime scenes are processed and the role of science in solving crimes?  This is the course for you!  Begin your exploration here.  We learn about evidence collection, fingerprints, impression evidence, and sketching crime scenes.  For each category of evidence. we also review case studies to see how these types of evidence have been applied to real-life cases. We wrap up the semester by looking at Forensic Science career options and sub-specialties.  Worried it'll be too gross?  We stick with pretty "clean" types of evidence in this class, though our case studies and discussions do cover serious crimes including murders.

Microsoft Office 1: Word & PowerPoint

Free

with William Brazier

Calendar Sep 9, 2024

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Course Length:  Semester Course 

Credit:  .67 credit

Grades: 9-12

Prerequisite(s):  Computer Literacy or placement exam

Course Description:  Unlock the full potential of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint with our Microsoft certification course. The course moves swiftly using project-based learning to simulate the time management and professionalism of document creation in a workplace environment. To be successful in the course, students need to commit to the course timelines and procedures.

Platform(s):  Students in this course will be expected to access multiple “outside” platforms including GMetrix or TestOut Software, MSi, Certiport (for certification), and Madison College platforms, to name a few.

Personal Computers:  It is strongly recommended that students in this course use a Stride K12 issued computer exclusively for content in this course.

Note: Dual Credit can be earned for Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint. 

AP® Psychology History (2nd semester of 2-semester course)

Free
Calendar Jan 27, 2025

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Course Length:  Yearlong Course   2nd Semester of a 2-semester course

Credit: 1.0

Grade Level: 11-12

Course Description: AP® Psychology provides an overview of current psychological research methods and theories. Students will explore the therapies used by professional counselors and clinical psychologists and examine the reasons for normal human reactions: how people learn and think, the process of human development and human aggression, altruism, intimacy, and self-reflection. They will study core psychological concepts, such as the brain and sense functions, and learn to gauge human reactions, gather information, and form meaningful syntheses. The course exposes students to facts, research, appropriate terminology, and major figures in the world of psychology. The equivalent of a 100-level college survey course, AP Psychology prepares students for the AP Exam and for further studies in psychology and life sciences.

AP® U.S. History (2nd semester of 2-semester course)

Free
Calendar Jan 27, 2025

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Course Length: 2nd Semester Course of 2-semester course

Credit: 0.5

Grade Level: 11-12

Course Description: Students explore and analyze the economic, political, and social transformation of the United States since the time of the first European encounters. Students are asked to master not only the wide array of factual information necessary to do well on the AP Exam, but also to practice skills of critical analysis of historical information and documents. Students read primary and secondary source materials and analyze problems presented by historians to gain insight into challenges of interpretation and the ways in which historical events have shaped American society and culture. The content aligns to the sequence of topics recommended by the College Board and to widely used textbooks. The course prepares students for the AP Exam.

AP® World History: Modern (2nd semester of 2-semester course)

Free
Calendar Jan 27, 2025

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Course Length: 2nd Semester Course of 2-semester course

Credit: 0.5

Grade Level: 11-12

Prerequisite: Successful completion of World History

Course Description: This course spans from ca. 1200 CE to the present in a rigorous academic format organized by chronological periods and viewed through fundamental concepts and course themes. Students analyze the causes and processes of continuity and change across historical periods. Themes include human-environment interaction, cultures, expansion and conflict, political and social structures, and economic systems. In addition to mastering historical content, students cultivate historical thinking skills that involve crafting arguments based on evidence, identifying causation, comparing and supplying context for events and phenomenon, and developing historical interpretation. This course prepares students for the AP World History Exam.

 

Careers and Issues in Criminal Justice

Free
Calendar Jan 27, 2025

Register for Free. Please have correct billing details available to provide during registration.

 

Course Length:  Semester Course 

Credit:  .5 credit 

Grades: 9-12 

Prerequisite(s): None 

Course Description:  Is a career in criminal justice right for you?  This course explores issues facing the criminal justice system and criminal justice professionals while introducing students to a variety of criminal justice career options and skills. 

 

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