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Course Title: Independent Living Credit Value: 0.5
Course Number: 109130 Term(s) Offered: Semester
Prerequisite(s): None Open to Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Career Cluster(s): Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Hospitality and Tourism
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Human Services
Business Management and Administration Manufacturing
Finance Marketing
Government and Public Administration Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Description: This project-based course is designed to prepare you to become more independent now and in the future.
You will have the opportunity to modify projects based on your own interests and life goals. Real-life simulation is used
to expose students to the realities of choosing careers, managing money, and entering the world of work. Nutrition,
healthy food choices, and recipe modification are put into practice in the foods laboratory where students will improve
their skills in the kitchen in order to feed themselves and their current and future families. This is a course that all college
freshmen and young adults living on their own for the first time wish that they would have taken while they were in high
school.

Course Title: Contemporary Living Credit Value: 0.5
Course Number: 109131 Term(s) Offered: Semester
Prerequisite(s): None Open to Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Career Cluster(s): Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Hospitality and Tourism
Architecture and Construction Human Services
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Information Technology
Business Management and Administration Manufacturing
Finance Marketing
Government and Public Administration Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Description: Express your creativity while gaining useful real-life experience in this project-based course that focuses on
design as it relates to Family and Consumer Sciences topics. Hands-on apparel design projects include designing your
own custom printed sportswear as well as various sewing, knitting, and fiber arts projects. Are you interested in home
design? Students will learn about the elements and principles of design as it relates to home interiors and will create floor
plans, mood boards, and select furnishings for their first apartment/home. As students prepare to live in their first
apartment/home, they will also discover how to prepare budget-friendly meals in the food labs.

Course Title: Child Development & Credit Value: 0.5
Parenting I

Course Number: 109210 Term(s) Offered: Semester
Prerequisite(s): None Open to Grades: 10, 11, 12
Career Cluster(s): Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Government and Public Administration
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Health Science
Business Management and Administration Human Services
Education and Training Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Description: Research indicates that the first few years of life are the most influential in the overall development of a
human being. In this course, the student will study life before birth and learn what is necessary in creating a healthy
baby. Prenatal care and the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of the early years are stressed.
Current issues related to childcare such as parental readiness, influences of the media, technology, and effective discipline
are stressed. Any student interested in parenting, education, childcare, health care or related fields would benefit from
this course. Opportunity to apply learning through observations and interactions with children will be provided through
the operation of and participation in a preschool program run at the high school. A 9-week preschool experience for local
children is provided in which students plan and carry out activities for the children. Guiding, teaching, and helping
children develop through play experiences are the focus of this course.

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