This course will build upon each student’s computing skills, and provide project-based learning in development of computer documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. The goal of this course is for students to use real-world content and produce professional business documents using skills that translate across various office computing software, including Google Workspace and Microsoft Office. This course will also highlight resume development and professional practices.
Category: Semester Electives
Broadcast Journalism
Students will learn how to reliably research news topics, find and use royalty-free resources, develop broadcast copy, film, edit, create, star in, and publish their own broadcast programs using video editing and live broadcast software. Students creating broadcasts have the potential to share their work with a worldwide audience. Broadcasting students will also produce media to support the daily Collegium student news production.
Myths, Legends, and Mysteries of History
Students in this course will investigate the myths and legends of a variety of cultures as well as study famous unsolved mysteries. This project-based course will allow students to use a variety of technology and both primary and secondary source materials in class discussion to enhance their critical thinking and presentation skills.
Entrepreneurship
Do you dream of owning your own business? This course can give you a head start in learning about what you’ll need to own and operate a successful business. Students will explore creating a business plan, financing a business, and pricing products and services.
African American History
Throughout U.S. history, how have African Americans helped shape American culture? This course answers that question by tracing African Americans’ accomplishments and obstacles, beginning with the slave trade on up to the modern Civil Rights movement. Learn about the political, economic, social, religious, and cultural factors that have influenced African American life, meet individuals who changed the course of history, and explore how the African American story still influences current events.
Zoology
Zoology is a course designed to build on or preview Biology, the study of life. It focuses on the specific study of all aspects of the animal kingdom. This course includes the study of the general characteristics, structures, and functions of a variety of animals, including invertebrate and vertebrate species.
Marine Biology
Marine Biology is a one semester course that introduces students to marine life, their biological communities, and marine ecology. The class will focus on the physical characteristics of the Earth’s oceans; prominent marine communities and the physical and biological factors that shape their composition; representative marine organisms from major marine ecosystems; environmental science principles that relate to ocean environments, and how humans use biological ocean resources. Students will complete a variety of lab experiences that include observational study of marine organism forms, dissection of select organisms, and other lab activities related to the ocean environment and organisms.
Earth Systems
The Earth Systems course includes topics that describe the functioning of the physical and biological components of the Earth that interact with each other to form the various surface conditions we see on planet Earth. The course centers around discussions on how matter and energy moves through the systems on earth’s surface via life, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, geologic time, oceanography, cryosphere, near-earth objects, and weather; from gentle breezes to hurricanes.
Botany
This course is an introduction to basic botany as it relates to horticulture. It will cover plant anatomy, growing plants from seeds and cuttings, floral art, small scale landscaping and farm-to-table gardening. Specific plant groups discussed include flowering plants, ferns, cacti and succulents and carnivorous plants, among many others.
Astronomy
This course provides a better understanding of our solar system, stars, galaxies, and the universe. Students will increase their understanding of how Earth formed and the place that our solar system occupies within the universe. Students will explore current events occurring within astronomy and what eventually will happen to this planet we call home.