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Course #
Course Name
646 Sports/Entertain Management Grade Credits
10-12 2.5

This specialized course is recommended for students who have a career interest in sports, entertainment and
recreation. In addition to providing fundamental knowledge of national and global, marketing, this course is
designed to equip students with entry-level competencies in the areas of sponsorship, promotions, advertising,
legal contracts, agents, event marketing, and communications. Various relevant career options will be explored
within these fields.

Course #
Course Name
Grade
Credits
650 Personal Financial Management 11-12 5

Prerequisite: Proficiency in basic mathematical operations.
Personal Financial Management is designed to give students a perspective on financial issues and the
knowledge and skills necessary to wise financial decision making. Specific issues addressed will include
changing technologies, stress management, investments, insurance, recreation and leisure, budgeting, tax
shelters, office politics and personal finance strategies. Technology will be integrated with related topics.

Course #
Course Name
661 Introduction to Computer Science 9-12 5
Grade
Credits

Prerequisite: Successful completion of/concurrent enrollment in Acad Alg 1, teacher rec & department approval.
This year-long course will expose students to a diverse set of computational thinking concepts, fundamentals,
and tools, allowing them to gain understanding and build confidence. In Introduction to Computer Science,
students will use visual, block-based programming and seamlessly transition to text-based programming with
languages such as Python to create apps and develop websites, and learn how to make computers work together
to put their design into practice. Students will apply computational thinking practices, build their vocabulary, and
collaborate just as computing professionals do to create products that address topics and problems important to
them. This course provides a solid foundation for the Advanced Placement Computer Science course.

Course #
Course Name
10-12 5
652 Cybersecurity Grade Credits

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Intro to Computer Sci, Academic Alg 1, teacher rec & department
approval.
This course introduces the tools and concepts of cybersecurity and encourages students to create solutions that
allow people to share computing resources while protecting privacy. Nationally, computational resources are
vulnerable and frequently attacked. In Cybersecurity, students solve problems by understanding and closing
these vulnerabilities. This course raises students’ skills as consumers, friends, citizens, and employees who can
effectively contribute to communities with a dependable cyber-infrastructure that moves and processes
information safely.

Course #
Course Name
660 AP Computer Science A Grade Credits
10-12 5

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Intro to Computer Sci, Academic Alg 2, teacher rec & department
approval.
The content of this Advanced Placement course focuses on the development of computer programming to solve
problems. Through the use of an object-oriented programming language, JAVA, the students will understand
program design, implementation of algorithms, data structures, program testing and debugging. This is a college
level course which prepares students for the Advanced Placement Computer Science “A” Exam.

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