Rockville, Maryland

A Whole School Magnet

17501 West Willard RoadPoolesville, MD 20837301-972-7900

Applications available at: www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms

Poolesville High School

For Grades 9 through 12

Global Ecology

Humanities

Independent Studies

Science, Mathematics,Computer Science

Welcome to Poolesville High SchoolIntroducing the Whole School Magnet

Montgomery County Public Schools has a twenty-five year track record of developing nationally recognized, rigorous instructional programs for highly motivated and capable students. Poolesville High School was recognized in

Newsweek magazine as the #1 high school in the State of Maryland in their 6/27/11 issue. The programs at Poolesville High school are available for up-county students who test into the program as well as for students who reside in the Poolesville attendance area. The whole school magnet opens to all the promise of rigorous, engaging courses taught by inspired teachers. A whole school magnet is organized around instructional “houses” made up of small teams of teachers from multiple disciplines focused on a proven magnet course of studies. The whole school model engages and challenges students selected through an application process, as well as local school students interested in the magnet focus areas. Magnet focus areas

• Global House (GH)• Humanities House (HH)• Independent Studies Program (ISP)• Science, Math, Computer Science House (SMCSH)

Four Houses of Instruction— You Decide

Students who are going through the application/screening process may only apply to the Global House, Humanities House and the Science, Math, Computer Science House. They may be invited to all three houses or any combination. These students

must choose only one instructional house. Students who successfully complete the house courses designated with an asterisk (*) will earn a House Certificate of Achievement.

All other students benefit from an Independent Studies Program. During the 9th and 10th grade year students fulfill many gradu-ation requirements much in the same way as college freshman and sophomores complete basic gradu-ation requirements. When choosing courses for the junior year, students select a house focus to earn an ISP Certificate of Achievement based on the courses they select as juniors and seniors.

For more information please visit the MCPS special programs website: www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms

Or visit the Poolesville High School website: www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/poolesvillehs/magnet/

GLOBAL ECOLOGY HOUSEScience/Social Studies/Research/Field StudiesGlobal Ecology students have the opportunity to specialize in rigorous science and social studies curricula. Every student has the opportunity to—

• Study environmental issues through rigorous interdisciplinary science and social studies curriculum,

• Develop field, laboratory, and research skills in the sciences, and social sciences• Cultivate an awareness of environmental citizenship.• Complete an environmental senior project.

HUMANITIES HOUSEEnglish/Social Studies/ResearchHumanities students specialize in visual and performing arts, cultural and political studies, and media productions. Every Humanities student has the opportunity to—

• Pursue rigorous humanities curricula with an interdisciplinary connection among English, social studies, communication and criticism courses,

• Develop and deepen skills in performance and written communication, and• Work with peers to develop top quality multimedia products.• Complete a senior project.

INdEPENdENT STUdIES PrOGrAMBiological and Physical Science/Cultural and Political Studies/Music, Arts, Media Studies/Technology and Math Studies/Original StudiesIndependent Studies Program students have the opportunity to specialize in their own focused plan of studies with a required field studies component and senior project presenta-tion. Every Independent Studies Program student has the opportunity to—

• Pursue rigorous curricula with a career/college focus,• Work with peers to solve investigations requiring research and problem-solving skills,

and• Explore a profession which intrigues and captivates.

SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, COMPUTEr SCIENCE HOUSEAdvanced Science, Math, Computer Science/ResearchScience, Mathematics, and Computer Science students have the opportunity to specialize in rigorous mathematics and science curricula focused on problem-solving skills and research. Every Science, Mathematics, and Computer Science student has the opportunity to —

• Pursue rigorous science, mathematics, and computer science curricula focused on the problem-solving requirements of engineering,

• Develop and deepen skills in problem-solving, analysis, and laboratory investigations,• Work with peers to solve mathematical, science, and engineering problems, and• Complete an independent science research project linked to the student’s interest.

All MCPS course descriptions can be found in the MCPS High School Course Bulletin or online at mcpscourses.org.

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chie

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ch d

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rese

arch

com

pone

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ath

is re

quire

d fo

r all

four

yea

rs.

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ents

mus

t suc

cess

fully

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plet

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lus t

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lish

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ALST

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SU

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istor

y (H

)•

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nal S

tate

& L

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Gov

ernm

ent

• Na

tiona

l Sta

te &

Loc

al G

over

nmen

t (H

)•

AP W

orld

Hist

ory

• M

oder

n W

orld

Hist

ory (

H)

Adva

nced

Pla

cem

ent e

lectiv

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NCE

• Ad

vanc

ed S

cienc

e 1—

Phys

ics*

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cienc

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Chem

istry

*

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vanc

ed S

cienc

e 3—

Eart

h Sc

ienc

e*•

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nced

Scie

nce 4

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olog

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uden

ts m

ust c

ompl

ete a

tota

l of 5

se

mes

ters

of S

MCS

elec

tives

** d

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g th

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unio

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seni

or ye

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ents

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t com

plete

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tal o

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sem

ester

s of S

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elec

tives

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ring

their

juni

or an

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nior

year

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ARCH

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sear

ch an

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perim

enta

tion

for P

robl

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olvi

ng 1

A/B

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incip

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sear

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arch

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ject

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5)

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PUTE

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pute

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culu

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atist

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lied

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istics

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naly

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ultiv

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alcu

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Cal

culu

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near

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ebra

(.5)

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scre

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ath

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TIVE

S

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catio

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ign

Lang

uage

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anish

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ench

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ne A

rts

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5)•

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nch

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ngua

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ch•

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Art

s•

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rnsh

ipC

ours

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ay b

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ked

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sche

duled

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entia

lly.

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e is r

equi

red

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MC

S C

ertifi

cat

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chie

vem

ent

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sear

ch P

rojec

t B, C

ellul

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hysio

logy

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ics, Th

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ntum

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lytic

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hem

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chem

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ysic

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hem

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naly

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arin

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logy

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P Ch

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P Bi

olog

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P Ph

ysics

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naly

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f Alg

orith

ms,

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pute

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phics

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war

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eling

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imul

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cienc

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etw

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ater

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nce,

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tics,

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ar A

lgeb

ra, D

iscre

te M

ath

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den

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ud

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ra

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ate

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emen

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eshm

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d so

phom

ores

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ncou

rage

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take

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ors o

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class

es, i

f app

ropr

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hav

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ortu

nitie

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expl

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care

er p

athw

ays a

nd to

seek

lear

ning

ex-

perie

nces

out

side o

f the

clas

sroo

m b

y par

ticip

atin

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educ

atio

nal ¢

eld

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they

mee

t with

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r cou

nselo

rs, s

tude

nts s

houl

d de

cide o

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ocus

ed

plan

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tudy

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ne o

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ISP

area

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ocus

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mpl

eted

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e jun

ior a

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nior

year

s.

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its

from

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S)

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P Ch

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sics†

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ironm

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ogy†

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tom

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logy

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arth

Scie

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nsic

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ded

Rese

arch

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ellul

ar P

hysio

logy

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enet

ics†,

Mar

ine B

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gy†,

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lytic

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tern

ship

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er ad

vanc

e lev

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rses

as o

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d

Cultu

ral a

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litic

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tudi

es (C

APS)

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ern

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ld H

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Wor

ld H

istor

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P Hu

man

Geo

grap

hy†,

AP

Econ

omics

, AP

Lite

ratu

re†,

AP

Lang

uage

& C

ompo

sitio

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P N

SL

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rnm

ent,

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ompa

rativ

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ernm

ent,

Russ

ian

Hist

ory,

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para

tive R

eligi

on, A

P Ar

t Hist

ory,

AP P

sych

olog

y, Ps

ycho

logy

, Anc

ient

and

Med

ieva

l Hist

ory,

Socio

logy

, Phi

loso

phy,

Law,

Deb

ate,

Peac

e Stu

dies

, For

eign

Lan

guag

e (lev

el 3

or ab

ove)

, Int

erns

hip

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ic/A

rts/

Med

ia S

tudi

es (M

AMS)

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nd, O

rche

stra,

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us, G

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r, Ja

zz E

nsem

ble,

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nalis

m, �

eat

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togr

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t Hist

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io

Art†

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k, M

edia

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Lite

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re as

Film

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rnsh

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Proj

ect L

ead

The W

ay (P

LTW

) In

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inee

ring (

IED)

, Prin

ciples

of E

ngin

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g (PO

E), D

igita

l Elec

troni

cs†

(DE)

, Civ

il En

gine

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g and

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hite

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EA),

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neer

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esig

n an

d De

velo

pmen

t† (E

DD)*

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nolo

gy a

ndM

ath

Stud

ies (

TAM

S)

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pute

r Pro

gram

min

g†, D

iscov

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g Pro

gram

min

g†, W

eb D

esig

n† , C

ompu

ter G

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ics†,

AP

Com

pute

r Scie

nce†

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lysis

of A

lgor

ithm

s†,

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eria

ls Sc

ienc

e†, S

tatis

tics†

, AP

Stat

istics

†, A

P Ca

lculu

s AB

& B

C†, M

ultiv

aria

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alcu

lus†

, Int

erns

hip,

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eria

ls Sc

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botic

s

Orig

inal

Stu

dies

Di

scus

s with

coun

selo

r or m

agne

t coo

rdin

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your

care

er o

f cho

ice to

dev

elop

the 4

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edits

requ

ired

††

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cour

ses w

ill b

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red

ever

y yea

r. Ne

w co

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s may

be a

dded

as w

ell.

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urse

s mus

t be c

ompl

eted

dur

ing t

heir

juni

or an

d se

nior

year

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equi

site r

equi

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clude

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at P

HS

and

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ch as

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mas

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MT

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onor

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rse,

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rnsh

ips,

or C

olleg

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reer

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earc

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velo

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nc

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ath

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ou

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Day

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as tw

o di

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rti�

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rti�

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chie

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ond

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n is

a “C

erti�

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of A

chie

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ch d

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rese

arch

com

pone

nt. M

ath

is re

quire

d fo

r all

four

yea

rs.

Stud

ents

mus

t suc

cess

fully

com

plet

e at l

east

BC C

alcu

lus t

o ob

tain

eith

er o

f the

SM

CSH

cert

i� ca

tes.

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ISH

Engl

ish 9

(H)

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ish 1

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)•

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angu

age a

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ompo

sitio

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)AP

Eng

lish

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ratu

re

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ALST

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SU

S H

istor

y (H

)•

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atio

nal S

tate

& L

ocal

Gov

ernm

ent

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tiona

l Sta

te &

Loc

al G

over

nmen

t (H

)•

AP W

orld

Hist

ory

• M

oder

n W

orld

Hist

ory (

H)

Adva

nced

Pla

cem

ent e

lectiv

es

SCIE

NCE

• Ad

vanc

ed S

cienc

e 1—

Phys

ics*

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vanc

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cienc

e 2—

Chem

istry

*

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vanc

ed S

cienc

e 3—

Eart

h Sc

ienc

e*•

Adva

nced

Scie

nce 4

—Bi

olog

y*St

uden

ts m

ust c

ompl

ete a

tota

l of 5

se

mes

ters

of S

MCS

elec

tives

** d

urin

g th

eir j

unio

r and

seni

or ye

ars.

Stud

ents

mus

t com

plete

a to

tal o

f 5

sem

ester

s of S

MCS

elec

tives

** du

ring

their

juni

or an

d se

nior

year

s.

RESE

ARCH

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sear

ch an

d Ex

perim

enta

tion

for P

robl

em S

olvi

ng 1

A/B

(.25

)*•

SMCS

’s Pr

incip

les o

f Eng

inee

ring*

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sear

ch D

esig

n (.5

)* an

d•

Rese

arch

Pro

ject

A*

Rese

arch

Pro

ject

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5)

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PUTE

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IENC

E

• Fu

ndam

enta

ls of

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pute

r Sc

ienc

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a Str

uctu

res A

/B*

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alys

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ms

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mpu

ter G

raph

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orki

ng•

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are D

esig

n

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trodu

ctio

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Art

i¢ cia

l In

telli

genc

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LIS

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pute

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mul

atio

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n

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HEM

ATIC

S

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agne

t Geo

met

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agne

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calcu

lus A

/B* o

r•

Mag

net F

unct

ions

A/B

*

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agne

t Pre

calcu

lus A

/B•

Mag

net P

reca

lculu

s C/M

agne

t Fu

nctio

ns B

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alys

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A/B

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Cal

culu

s BC

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agne

t Pre

calcu

lus C

/Mag

net

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tions

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ysis

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B•

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alcu

lus B

C•

Anal

ysis

2 A/

B•

Mul

tivar

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e Cal

culu

s•

AP St

atist

ics (1

.0) o

r App

lied

Stat

istics

* (.5

)

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alys

is 1

A/B

or A

naly

sis 2

A/B

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ultiv

aria

ble C

alcu

lus

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Cal

culu

s BC

• Li

near

Alg

ebra

(.5)

• Di

scre

te M

ath

(.5)

ELEC

TIVE

S

• Ph

ysica

l Edu

catio

n•

Fore

ign

Lang

uage

—Sp

anish

, Fr

ench

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ne A

rts

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ysica

l Edu

catio

n•

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lth (.

5)•

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ign

Lang

uage

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anish

, Fre

nch

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ne A

rts

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ysica

l Edu

catio

n•

Fore

ign

Lang

uage

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anish

, Fre

nch

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ne A

rts

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ysica

l Edu

catio

n/H

ealth

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reig

n La

ngua

ge—

Span

ish,

Fren

ch•

Fine

Art

s•

Inte

rnsh

ipC

ours

es m

ay b

e lin

ked

and

sche

duled

sequ

entia

lly.

*C

ours

e is r

equi

red

for t

he S

MC

S C

ertifi

cat

e of A

chie

vem

ent

**Re

sear

ch P

rojec

t B, C

ellul

ar P

hysio

logy

, Opt

ics, Th

erm

odyn

amics

, Qua

ntum

Phy

sics,

Ana

lytic

al C

hem

istry

, Bio

chem

istry

, Int

ro. t

o Ph

ysic

al C

hem

istry

, Int

ro. t

o G

enet

ic A

naly

sis, M

arin

e Bio

logy

, A

P Ch

emist

ry, A

P Bi

olog

y, A

P Ph

ysics

B o

r C, A

naly

sis o

f Alg

orith

ms,

Com

pute

r Gra

phics

, Soft

war

e Des

ign,

Mod

eling

& S

imul

atio

n, R

obot

ics, M

ater

ial S

cienc

e, N

etw

orki

ng, M

ater

ials

Scie

nce,

Robo

tics,

Line

ar A

lgeb

ra, D

iscre

te M

ath

Ind

epen

den

t St

ud

ies

Pr

og

ra

mC

erti

fic

ate

Req

uir

emen

tsFr

eshm

en an

d so

phom

ores

will

be e

ncou

rage

d to

take

hon

ors o

r AP

class

es, i

f app

ropr

iate

. � e

y will

hav

e opp

ortu

nitie

s to

expl

ore c

olleg

e and

care

er p

athw

ays a

nd to

seek

lear

ning

ex-

perie

nces

out

side o

f the

clas

sroo

m b

y par

ticip

atin

g in

educ

atio

nal ¢

eld

trip

s. By

the e

nd o

f sop

hom

ore y

ear,

when

they

mee

t with

thei

r cou

nselo

rs, s

tude

nts s

houl

d de

cide o

n a f

ocus

ed

plan

of s

tudy

in o

ne o

f the

ISP

area

s of f

ocus

, to

be co

mpl

eted

in th

e jun

ior a

nd se

nior

year

s.

Are

a of

Foc

usRe

quir

emen

t*—

4.0

cred

its

from

the

follo

win

g co

urse

s**

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ogic

al a

nd P

hysi

cal

Scie

nce

(BAP

S)

Chem

istry

†, A

P Ch

emist

ry†,

Phy

sics†

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Phys

ics†,

Env

ironm

enta

l Scie

nce†

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Envi

ronm

enta

l Scie

nce†

, AP

Biol

ogy†

, Ana

tom

y and

Ph

ysio

logy

†, E

arth

Scie

nce,

Fore

nsic

Scie

nce,

Envi

ronm

enta

l Gui

ded

Rese

arch

†, C

ellul

ar P

hysio

logy

† , G

enet

ics†,

Mar

ine B

iolo

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