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Online High School Curriculum and Classes

Your online high school diploma program consists of 24 total credits including core curriculum in english, math, science and social studies. Electives are also part of your high school diploma and range from career focused classes, to fitness, art, Spanish and many more to choose from.

Program Outcomes

  • Students who complete this program will receive their High School Diploma.
  • Demonstrate and apply understandings of major concepts, skills and practices in literacy, mathematics, science and social studies.
  • Examine life skills including financial literacy, wellness, lifetime fitness and career development.
  • Communicate clearly and concisely via written and verbal communication.
  • Complete mathematical problems using fundamental math skills.
  • Apply critical thinking skills through completing learning tasks that require recognizing problems and formulating appropriate solutions, demonstrating usage of higher-order thinking skills, and using logic to solve problems.
  • Students can also choose an optional career pathway/vocational program. If they do they will explore skills for building a career, researching careers, and setting career path goals.

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High School Curriculum Breakdown

English

Students are required to complete 4 credits in English.

Introductory level course that teaches students about the role of word analysis and structure, vocabulary, grammar, prediction, and different types of text.

Students will learn about literature while exploring different genres, poetry, parts of speech, rhetoric, conflict, irony, satire, the art of argument, and drawing conclusions.

Students study the roots of the United States through Native American myth-telling, the American Revolution, Individualism, Gothic style, and on through the 1900’s to today.

Students will learn how to write to make a difference. From making the argument, using information, choosing words wisely, narratives, editing, and writing for the audience.

Math

Students are required to complete 3 credits in Math.

Introductory course that sets the stage for high school math. Students learn the basics of decimals, integers, and fractions; expressions; equations and inequalities; and rations, proportions and percents.

This course covers bits of information to help students through quantitative reasoning, writing and graphing equations, evaluating and recognizing patterns, function notation, equations and inequalities, and nonlinear and exponential functions. Students will finish this course with polynomial expressions and quadratic equations.

Students will learn about linear and literal equations, function operations, absolute value, function inverses, symmetry, and rate of change. Students will continue to learn about quadratics complex numbers, polynomials, and begin learning about rational functions.

This course will provide students with an insight into geometry- Euclidean geometry, proofs, linear pairs, angles, triangles, lines, and circles.

Science

Students are required to complete 3 credits in Science.

Explore the expanding universe, stars, sun, solar system, and gravity. This course also covers topics including history of the earth, minerals and rocks, and plate tectonics. The course continues with erosion, weathering, climate, atmosphere, and energy resources.

Students will begin learning the elements of living organisms and will cover carbohydrates, proteins, lipids as well as cell structure, DNA, and genetics.

Students will learn about chemical reactions, solutions and motionis, and forces.

This course explores the environment that surrounds us everyday and provides insight into our biosphere, ecology, and land.

Social Science

Students must complete 2.5 credits of Social Science and 1 credit in Economics and Personal Finance.

Students will learn the rich history of the United States including reconstruction, industrialization, expansion, imperialism, World Wars I and II, the Depression and New Deal, Cold War, and civil rights.

Introduction to world geography, from the Americans to Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania

Students will learn about the renaissance, Reformation, and the conquest of the Americans.

Learn about the different types of government, democracy, the Enlightenment, the Declaration of Independence, and the U.S. Constitution.

This course covers scarcity, resources, opportunity cost, competition and free enterprise, economic systems, micro- and macroeconomics, personal financial literacy, and the global economy.

Business Career Pathway

Students in the Business Career Pathway must complete 4 credits.

Business is an integral part of the working world and understanding it is essential. In this course, students will learn the basics of social responsibility, ethics, business structures, small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Students must complete Business Fundamentals I prior to enrolling in this course. Students will learn the basics of quality control, management, human resources, production, marketing, and the global economy.

This course covers the basics of business law, including contract law, including what makes a contract and negation of the contract; property rights and transactions; and how businesses are organized.

Students will explore the fundamentals of accounting, including the accounting equation, recording transactions, and journals.

This course explores the four principles of management: organizing, planning, controlling, and leading. Focussing on planning, students will apply the principles to a company, department, and personal level.

For anyone in the workforce, career management is an important skill. Students will learn about the process of career change, how to identify and achieve career goals, and how to perform career research and explore the job market.

This course builds on Career Development Strategies 1, continuing on career management. Students will learn how to pursue the right job, how to interview, sculpt a professional image on paper, and how to negotiate and accept a job.

This course helps students learn how to prepare and deliver a speech, helping them overcome their fear of public speaking! Students will also learn how to deliver informative and persuasive speech presentations.

Healthcare Career Pathway

Students in the Healthcare Career Pathway must complete 4 credits.

In this course, students will learn the basics of communicating in the healthcare industry with medical terminology. Topics include combining and dividing terms as well as abbreviations.

Students learn about the importance of patient privacy in the healthcare industry.This course also covers healthcare law, ethics, fraud, compliance, HIPAA, abuse, and release of records.

Students will learn about the relation between anatomy, pathology, and physiology. This course will also delve into anatomical landmarks and divisions as well as tissue and cell anatomy and pathology.

This course covers safety in the medical office, basic first aid, and how to measure/take vital signs such as blood pressure, pulse, and temperature.

For anyone in the workforce, career management is an important skill. Students will learn about the process of career change, how to identify and achieve career goals, and how to perform career research and explore the job market.

This course builds on Career Development Strategies 1, continuing on career management. Students will learn how to pursue the right job, how to interview, sculpt a professional image on paper, and how to negotiate and accept a job.

This course helps students learn how to prepare and deliver a speech, helping them overcome their fear of public speaking! Students will also learn how to deliver informative and persuasive speech presentations.

Required Electives

Students will be required to complete the following non-vocational electives for 2 credits.

This course will teach students how to be successful in their studies. The course begins with motivation and then continues with evaluating study habits and styles, setting goals, preparing for online learning, using the internet wisely and with integrity, memorization skills, notetaking, and test taking skills.

Students will learn the basics of computer science, including program execution, hardware, terminology, software, data types, and control structures.

Open and General Education Electives

USCI offers a variety of electives for our students. The following are offered as open and general electives for our students.

In this course, students will learn about art in the middle ages, renaissance and baroque periods.

Students are required to take Art History 1A prior to taking this class. They will learn about the history of world art after 1200, 18th and 19th century European and American art, and modern art.

Understanding business is an integral part of being part of the working world. Students learn basic ethics, social responsibility, business structures, small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Students learn basics about management, production, quality control, human resources, marketing and the global economy.

Students learn basics about contract law, including what makes a contract and negation of the contract; property transactions and rights; and how businesses are organized.

This course covers accounting fundamentals, including the accounting equation, recording transactions and journals.

Students discover the four principles of management: planning, organizing, controlling and leading. Delving deeper into planning, students apply principles for a company, department and personal level.

This course introduces students to healthier food choices, kitchen sanitation and safety, meal planning, reading food labels, salt replacement, food choice cost and healthy beverages.

Career management is a vital skill for anyone in the workforce. This course teaches students about the process of career change and how to identify and achieve career goals.

Students continue learning about career management by discovering how to research career options, explore the job market and pursue the right jobs.

Learn the basics of psychology including the nervous and endocrine systems, perceptions and sensations, consciousness, learning theories, language, and memories.

Students are required to have completed PS001 or equivalent. Students will continue learning about psychology, diving into intelligence, motivation, stress, emotion, human growth and development, personality, and abnormal behaviors and disorders.

Learn the basics of the Spanish language including, colors, greetings, common verbs, family, descriptions, hobbies, food, weather, places, body parts, shopping, professions, numbers, transportation, clothing, directions, sports, and vacations.

This class continues to build on the knowledge learned in Spanish 1, therefore, students are required to have taken Spanish 1 or equivalent transfer class. In this class students learn more verbs, holidays, pastimes, cars, measurement, work, social and slang content, and nature.

This course is an introduction to sociology, exploring culture, social control, the social structure and socialization. Students will also learn how different age groups function in society as well as social control and stratification.

This course helps students learn how to prepare and deliver a speech, helping them overcome their fear of public speaking! Students will also learn how to deliver informative and persuasive speech presentations.

Fundamentals of grammar, structure, and written expression.

Basic sketching techniques, shading, and composition.

Advanced drawing methods including realism and perspective.

Introduction to camera functions, composition, and editing.

Advanced skills in digital photo editing and creative projects.

Explore painting media, techniques, and color theory.

Develop style, layering, and mixed media approaches in painting.

Vocational Education Electives

USCI’s career pathway program allows students to replace 4 elective credits with career focused credits in healthcare, business, veterinary, fitness, or paralegal. The following are the available credits:

Business Career Pathway

Students in the Business Career Pathway must complete 4 credits.

Introduction to core concepts in business.

Advanced business operations and planning.

Legal aspects of business.

Principles of accounting and financial reporting.

Leadership and organizational theory.

Career planning fundamentals.

Advanced career search techniques.

Basics of public speaking and communication.
Healthcare Career Pathway

Students in the Healthcare Career Pathway must complete 4 credits.

Core medical language and terms.

Legal/ethical issues in healthcare.

Human body structures and systems.

Emergency response and patient care.

Career planning fundamentals.

Advanced job readiness skills.

Effective communication for professionals.
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*Bureau of Labor and Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Earnings and Unemployment Rates by Educational Attainment, 2020 on the internet at https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2021/data-on-display/education-pays.htm (visited January 24, 2022). Statements found in the United States Department of Labor Earnings and Unemployment Rates by Educational Attainment are not a guarantee of any post-graduation salary, in part because the data used to create the Earnings and Unemployment Rates by Educational Attainment includes workers from differing educational backgrounds, levels of experience, and geographic areas of the country.

USCI does not guarantee the transferability of its credits to any other institution or acceptance of its diploma to meet college entrance requirements or requirements of potential employers. The acceptance of transfer academic credits and academic credentials to another institution is determined by the receiving institution. Courses in U.S. Career Institute’s high school program may or may not transfer to other institutions and depends solely on the receiving institution’s criteria and determination.