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Course Title: College in High School Argument Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: 101330 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of both 9 & 10 grade Open To Grades: 11, 12
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English

Requirement(s): Enrollment in the College in High School Program at the University of Pittsburgh (2019-2020
cost $300; $75 per credit)
Career Cluster(s): Education and Training Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
Government and Public Administration Marketing
Description: This introductory course, an English elective, examines the fundamentals of argument and promotes
proficiency in the application of elementary debating techniques. It is taught as part of the University of Pittsburgh’s overall
College in High School program. Successful completion of the program will result in guaranteed college credit
at the University of Pittsburgh and other universities and colleges that accept the course. CHS Argument explores the
foundations of argument construction, support, and refutation. It also develops argument skills through in-class activities.
The course includes an analysis of argument in the public forum. There is a written as well as oral component to this course.

Course Title: Principles of Directing Credit Value: 1.0

Course Number: 101420 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
2020-2021
Prerequisite(s): None Open To Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Career Cluster(s): Architecture and Construction Finance
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Hospitality and Tourism
Business Management and Administration Marketing
Education and Training
Description: This course continues to develop acting skills and techniques while investigating the art of directing. Students
in this course are introduced to the basic principles of directing. They learn how to analyze and interpret a script from the
director’s point of view. Students are introduced to the creative power of concept directing, auditioning and casting,
creating prompt books, and staging a one-act production.

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