View Full Version : 2006 - 2007: Your new school courses.


tokyo bleu
07-24-2006, 09:14 PM
So for students, what are your new 2006 -2007 school courses?

I just received my listings in the mail a few days ago!

I will be taking these courses this year:
Vidoegraphy (art)
Algebra III (math)
Modern Asian History (social studies)
Film History (art)
Prayer, Death & Dying (religion)
Sociology (social studies)
AP Language & Composition (English; first AP course)
PE III (physical education)
Intro to Law (social studies)
Biology B (science)
Ethics (religion)
AP Language Prep (English)

I definitely didn't want Intro to Law, so I will have to change that. :(

I know, you guys are probably like, "WTH is Algebra III?!" Well, my school is just odd like that, but it's like a continuation of Algebra II since we didn't get too far, with trimesters and all that.

I'm excited for my first AP course in high school. It's a shame they only let juniors take one AP course though.

bourdelson
07-24-2006, 09:26 PM
Wow, your high school has sweet classes. All my high school courses blew like the wind. Hahaha.

As a college freshman, I only have four classes.

They are:
Quantitative Reasoning [math]
English 101 [English!]
Moral and Social Problems [philosophy/humanities]
Literature and the Visual Arts [English]

Chris
07-24-2006, 09:31 PM
I doubt that anyone outside Scotland will understand this, but I'm taking:

- Advanced Higher Pure Maths
- Advanced Higher Computing Studies
- Higher Economics

:D

pom
07-24-2006, 09:36 PM
I'm going to take:

Elementary Spanish I (it's at the university :D)
French II
US History AP
English III
Algebra II
Biology II
Psychology

Marta
07-24-2006, 09:37 PM
Here is most of what I'm doing:

Advanced Math
English
Chemistry
Middle Ages, Civics, Economics
Nutrition
Piano
Some art, home ec, etc....

PSEO, first semester:
Computer
Music
Fitness

I guess I have a little more freedom with my courses since I'm homeschooled! :D

thezeppzone
07-24-2006, 09:47 PM
College Freshman :) Hoorah... I think:

Grand Valley State University

Fall Semester:
Environmental Geology(Geology 100)
Concert Band(Music 102)
Ethics(Philosopy 102)
Introductory Psychology(Psychology 101)
Strategies in Writing(Writing 150)

Winter Semester:
Plants in the World(Biology 109)
Intoductory Macroeconomics(Economics 210)
American Civilizations(History 103)
Concert Band(Music 102)
Introductory Applied Statistics(Statistics 215)

Yeah, should be fun.

The master
07-25-2006, 03:08 AM
woohoo awsome thread topic...

I will be a Junior at College majoring in Criminal Justice and minoring in Web Development and these are my classes for the fall semester:

-Dynamics of Human Behavior
-Community Relations
-Security
-Digital Typography
-Introduction to Programing
-American Literature

Either this fall is going to be fun or extremely tough. We'll see!

Voice in shadows
07-25-2006, 04:21 AM
I doomed myself with mine....

1st semester:
1-AP Government
2-AP Biology
3-AP Psychology
4- Med Science Honors

2nd Semester:
1-AP Literature
2-Civics and Economics Honors
3- Latin 3 Honors- which they want me to change to AP European History
4- AP Calculus

Can anyone say that I just completely ruined my last year of high school?

:'( Oh my God what did I do? What the heck did they do? They ought to know not to give me the classes I ask for! Geez people!

thezeppzone
07-25-2006, 04:30 AM
I doomed myself with mine....
Can anyone say that I just completely ruined my last year of high school?


I thought I did myself a favor senior year...


I had my lowest GPA ever, quarterly and cumulative; my cumulative dropped .1; and my class ranked dropped from 103 to about 140, out of 600 students. BAD!


I can't wait until college... I think. Move in date is August 22, classes start August 28 :)

Owlie42
07-25-2006, 06:21 AM
I can't wait until college... I think. Move in date is August 22, classes start August 28 :)

My classes start the same day, but I move in the 23rd.

I'll be taking:

Introduction to Environmental Thinking (Environmental Studies 101)
Introduction to Microeconomics (Economics 102)
Principles of Chemistry (Chem 105)
Calculus (Math 125)
Spanish 202 (depending if they add another section or not)
Freshman seminar

Spring semester*:
*purely speculative, but partially based on my major.
Principles of Chemistry II (Chem 106)
Principles of Chemistry Lab (Chem 113)
Calculus II (Math 126)
Genes and Evolution (Biology 214)
University Seminar
PE course (?)




Voice in the Shadows--I did the same thing, really. Except that our AP classes were year-long (except government), so I think it was probably easier.

tokyo bleu
07-25-2006, 09:18 AM
I doubt that anyone outside Scotland will understand this, but I'm taking:

- Advanced Higher Pure Maths
- Advanced Higher Computing Studies
- Higher Economics

:D

Are you sure we're both of the same age, Chris? :lol:

Your courses sound so intimidating (since they're using "advanced higher" in the course titles).

christiantean
07-25-2006, 02:19 PM
FIRST SEMESTER
VISUAL BASIC
BIOLOGY
WORLD LIT & COMP
PE
WORLD HISTORY
GEOMETRY
CHILD DEVELOP

SECOND SEMESTER
COMMUNICATIONS 1
BIOLOGY
WORLD LIT & COMP
CHILD CARE
WORLD HISTORY
GEOMETRY
DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS i want to change

I was trying to get all my required classes overwith (PE, Communications 1)
I really didn't want the art class though...
I get to watch little kids in Child Care :D I'm excited...

Chris
07-25-2006, 02:25 PM
Are you sure we're both of the same age, Chris? :lol:

Your courses sound so intimidating (since they're using "advanced higher" in the course titles).

:lol: Yeah, I'm sure we're the same age. The subjects aren't as hard as they appear. This is my last year of school before I go off to university. How many do you have?

Arwen
07-25-2006, 02:30 PM
Umm...

Math
English
Swedish
Russian
German
History
Religion
Chemistry
Physics
Arts
P.E.
Philosophy (uhhh...I must)
Geography
Biology
and crap like that... :lolo:

Lissa
07-25-2006, 05:15 PM
I tried to post here last night, but my internet went out as I thought it would :lol:

I'm a college junior, and my courses are as follows:

World Dance
Ballet II
Modern II
Dance Kinesiology
Variations (Pointe class)
Choreography I
Business Accounting << Blah, stupid business minor!

I'll be in the dance building ALL the time :lol:

onigiri
07-25-2006, 11:35 PM
I'm stuck with the following classes:


Grammar and Composition (Yuck)
Consumer Mathetmatics
Algebra 1
Physical Science
World Geography
Mandarin
Music theory
...and the dreaded but mandatory P.E.

tokyo bleu
07-26-2006, 05:17 AM
:lol: Yeah, I'm sure we're the same age. The subjects aren't as hard as they appear. This is my last year of school before I go off to university. How many do you have?

It's like you're graduating high school in the 11th grade! I have 11th grade and 12th grade to get through before I am done with high school. :(

I'm a C/O 2008 graduate.

------

Arwen, I just love your course names. :lol:

Karen_
07-26-2006, 05:49 AM
Genetics & Molecular Biology
Diversity of Plants and Animals
Ecology
Intro to Anthropology
Intro to Eastern Religions

Wooo.. notice the 2 easier, first year courses at the end :lol: I really wanted to take sociology instead of anthropology but it just wouldn't fit :(

The master
07-26-2006, 12:38 PM
Genetics & Molecular Biology(

jeez, i already have a headache thinking about that class.

whfsdude
07-26-2006, 02:51 PM
DISCRETE STRUCTURES (COS 250) - 4.0
INTRO TO DATA STRUCTURES II (COS 226) - 4.0
INTRO TO GEOLOGY (ERS 101) - 4.0
CALCULUS II (MAT 127) -4.0

Shouldn't be too bad :-)

bourdelson
07-26-2006, 03:34 PM
I feel so stupid, haha. Everyone's taking crazy hard math classes like "Super-awesome-genius Calculus eight thousand and fifty-seven," while I'm taking Quantitative Reasoning 114, which is just a fancy name to cover up the fact that it's elementary Algebra. :blush:

ricca
07-26-2006, 03:55 PM
Ooooh. Fun topic.

I'm taking:

French Composition
French Literature
World Religions
Psychology of Aging
Women's Studies: Gender and Society

Not excited. Heh.

Lissa
07-26-2006, 09:56 PM
Ooooh. Fun topic.

I'm taking:

French Composition
French Literature
World Religions
Psychology of Aging
Women's Studies: Gender and Society

Not excited. Heh.

I took those two classes last semester :blush:

Karen_
07-27-2006, 08:04 PM
jeez, i already have a headache thinking about that class.

Yeah genetics and molecular bio is definitely going to be my hardest class in the fall :scared: Probably the most interesting though. I'm taking Cell bio in the winter which is supposed to be a killer too :(

dolce shanti
07-27-2006, 08:36 PM
I just signed up for my first college classes! This is what I'm taking this fall:

Graphic Design I
Computer Design Basics I
Typography I
Drawing Fundementals I
Precalculus/Trig
Stage Makeup

I'm excited :D

thezeppzone
07-27-2006, 09:17 PM
I feel so stupid, haha. Everyone's taking crazy hard math classes like "Super-awesome-genius Calculus eight thousand and fifty-seven," while I'm taking Quantitative Reasoning 114, which is just a fancy name to cover up the fact that it's elementary Algebra. :blush:



I actually took a placement test for math on my orientation/scheduling day... Let's start over:

Since 5th grade I've been ahead in math. There were about 5 of us that took a special class in 5th grade(Elementary) and then in middle school in 6th grade since all the little schools combined, there were more of us, but it was still basically the smart kids, I guess to say. I felt like I was back on track come 11th grade, since there were more kids in my grade taking the same class, but there were seniors as well. Then senior year I had my choice, AP Calc or Pre-Calc. I took Pre-Calc and still pretty much bombed it except for a few of the chapters I actually understood. So they have me take the placement test... There were only about 50 questions, but they sort of "curved" it, and the higher scores and ones with better records got placed... Including me... Calculus 2. I'm like whoaa I didn't even take Calc and you want me in Calc 2? So I was all ready to take it, but since I was placed into the highest regular math, I could take anything I wanted. Turns out someone told me, I could take Stats 215 in place of it, get my math credit, and also get credit toward a major in business, what I am hopefully going into. So that made me happy. End of a very long, not-so-interesting story.

tokyo bleu
07-27-2006, 10:11 PM
^ Zepp, sounds like something I would do. I can either take Trig, Pre-Cal (then Calc -> AP Calc), or Stats this year and senior year for high school. I'm a B+/A student when it comes to math, but my interest lies in business. So I will definitely be taking Stats!

bourdelson
07-27-2006, 10:30 PM
I actually took a placement test for math on my orientation/scheduling day... Let's start over:

Since 5th grade I've been ahead in math. There were about 5 of us that took a special class in 5th grade(Elementary) and then in middle school in 6th grade since all the little schools combined, there were more of us, but it was still basically the smart kids, I guess to say. I felt like I was back on track come 11th grade, since there were more kids in my grade taking the same class, but there were seniors as well. Then senior year I had my choice, AP Calc or Pre-Calc. I took Pre-Calc and still pretty much bombed it except for a few of the chapters I actually understood. So they have me take the placement test... There were only about 50 questions, but they sort of "curved" it, and the higher scores and ones with better records got placed... Including me... Calculus 2. I'm like whoaa I didn't even take Calc and you want me in Calc 2? So I was all ready to take it, but since I was placed into the highest regular math, I could take anything I wanted. Turns out someone told me, I could take Stats 215 in place of it, get my math credit, and also get credit toward a major in business, what I am hopefully going into. So that made me happy. End of a very long, not-so-interesting story.

The math placement test I took was according to my SAT and my ACT scores. On my SAT, I got a 500 on the math and on the ACT I got a 19 on the math. I was a decent math student until Geometry my sophomore year. After that, it was all downhill. Algebra II = bad enough. I got Bs in the class, but I barely passed the majority of the tests. I failed the second semester of PreCalc senior year. I mean, I'd much rather take something I'm good at than something I know I'll fail, but I don't even need to take math for my major, just as a general graduation requirement. Honestly... what good is math to an English and art major? Haha. :D

Owlie42
07-27-2006, 10:39 PM
Genetics & Molecular Biology
Diversity of Plants and Animals
Ecology
Intro to Anthropology
Intro to Eastern Religions

Wooo.. notice the 2 easier, first year courses at the end :lol: I really wanted to take sociology instead of anthropology but it just wouldn't fit :(

Genetics and Molecular Bio sounds fun, but I wouldn't have to take the 'Genes and Evolution' course this spring becuase of my AP score, but my college will only accept a 5 for credit if you have AP Chem credit :mad: Otherwise I'd be starting with Cells and Proteins (Bio 215) :(

sjb
08-01-2006, 04:09 AM
I'm a bit late on this topic, but i got my scheduel too, although it is so unbalanced that i have to go change everything...here is what i have

1st
Calculas
Exercise Science
Geometry
French
2nd
Physics
Bio
Data Management
Theology (its called searching for the good...i'd rather have had a spare :P)
....yay for doing grade 12 english and chem the year before!

kenobi29
08-01-2006, 03:41 PM
I'm only a high school freshman so I can't even take AP classes (which sucks because I have the brainpower to do it but the stupid school system won't let me do it until I'm a sophomore) but here's what I'm doing:

French I
Spanish I
US History
Honors Biology
Honors English
Calculus III (yes it's a college course... Since grade 2 I've gone ahead a year in math, then started this math program in 5th grade: in 5th grade I did algebra I and II, in 6th grade I did geometry and trigonometry, then in 7th grade I started year 1 of college calculus, in 8th grade it was year 2, then now in 9th grade its calc III)

Plus I'm on the debate team...

--KENOBI29

YAY MY 100TH POST!!!

Lissa
08-01-2006, 09:45 PM
I'm only a high school freshman so I can't even take AP classes (which sucks because I have the brainpower to do it but the stupid school system won't let me do it until I'm a sophomore) but here's what I'm doing:

French I
Spanish I
US History
Honors Biology
Honors English
Calculus III (yes it's a college course... Since grade 2 I've gone ahead a year in math, then started this math program in 5th grade: in 5th grade I did algebra I and II, in 6th grade I did geometry and trigonometry, then in 7th grade I started year 1 of college calculus, in 8th grade it was year 2, then now in 9th grade its calc III)

Plus I'm on the debate team...

--KENOBI29

YAY MY 100TH POST!!!

Yayy for 100 posts!! :lol: I wish that I could have taken calculus earlier.. but Algebra just wouldn't click with me! Sounds like you have quite a courseload.. I'm sure you will appreciate the free time once you start taking AP classes :D

Owlie42
08-02-2006, 06:32 AM
I'm only a high school freshman so I can't even take AP classes (which sucks because I have the brainpower to do it but the stupid school system won't let me do it until I'm a sophomore) but here's what I'm doing:

French I
Spanish I
US History
Honors Biology
Honors English
Calculus III (yes it's a college course... Since grade 2 I've gone ahead a year in math, then started this math program in 5th grade: in 5th grade I did algebra I and II, in 6th grade I did geometry and trigonometry, then in 7th grade I started year 1 of college calculus, in 8th grade it was year 2, then now in 9th grade its calc III)

Plus I'm on the debate team...

--KENOBI29

YAY MY 100TH POST!!!
eew, calc:scared: :lol:
Congrats on 100!

maztrin
08-02-2006, 08:09 PM
ill be going to uni in sept and ill be studying multiemdia and internet systems. i cant actually remember what else ill be doing with dat, i need to look at the prospectus again.