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SECTION II

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

This section of the HHS Curriculum Guide provides descriptions for each course offered at the high school as well as
through the Six District Educational Compact. Information contained in this section is updated each year—the version
posted on the school website is the most current (www.hudson.k12.oh.us). For more information on any Six-District
program, visit www.sixdistrict.com or see the Compact Career Catalog 2019-20. It’s important to stay abreast of changes
that occur each year so that you and your parents can make the best decisions possible in planning your high school
educational career.

Please pay attention to graduation requirements, prerequisites, credits and grades eligible for each course—that
information is provided under the course title. In our schedule you have the opportunity to take seven classes. Students
are required to take at least six classes; seniors have the option of taking five but must pay attention to
athletic/extracurricular eligibility. We encourage students to take advantage of the many options and choices offered here
at HHS; we have a comprehensive program with a wide range of coursework that will afford you many opportunities that
can lead to a very rewarding high school experience.

Good planning up front in the scheduling process will help us in our efforts to offer the courses you choose. Be sure to
include parents and guidance counselors in the process. Once the master schedule is finalized, it becomes very difficult
to make changes later; students are held to their choices once the course verification forms are signed off by parents.
For 2019-20, please pay particular attention to the following changes:

 Advanced Placement (AP) tests have increased from $87 in 2013 to $94 this past school year—we’ll know later in
the year if the trend continues.

 Only a few new elective courses have been added to the 2019-20 Curriculum Guide. They include:
o Entrepreneurship & Engineering (new CCP offering through KSU) Semester 1 is designed to help students
understand the entrepreneurial process, from conception to the birth of a new venture. Students will earn
3 college credit hours and one high school credit in entrepreneurship. Semester 2 will be devoted to
developing a product using foundational skills in entrepreneurship from Semester 1.
o Entrepreneurship & Launching a Start-Up (new CCP offering through KSU) Semester 1 is designed to help
students understand the entrepreneurial process, studying the attributes of successful entrepreneurs to
learn how to turn an opportunity into a viable business. Students meeting the college requirements and
successfully completing this course will earn 3 college credit hours and one high school credit in marketing.
Semester 2 will be devoted to developing a service using foundational skills in entrepreneurship.
o Our CCP course, Writings in World Literature has a new course title that aligns with Hiram’s course:
Foundations in the Liberal Arts (FDLA 20101)
o We reintroduce Physical Geology as a junior/senior offering which satisfies the Ohio Core science
graduation requirement of a three-unit course with inquiry-based laboratory experience that engages
students in asking valid scientific questions and gathering and analyzing information. Physical geology
incorporates chemistry, physics and environmental science, and introduces students to key concepts,
principles and theories within geology. (full year, 1 credit, prerequisite: completion of one Life Science
and one Physical Science course)
o New Dimensions transitions from Honors level to a CCP offering through Hiram College. On Hiram’s end,
New D will satisfy both interdisciplinary/humanities (4 hrs) AND composition/writing (4 hrs) for a total of
8 CCP credit hours. It remains a 2-credit offering at HHS.

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