Advanced Courses

The following courses/course codes have been designated “Advanced Courses.”  These are the courses that are used to evaluate MSIP Performance Standard 9.4.1.  Basically, these courses are considered advanced because they are over and above the courses required for graduation.  It is assumed that the content of the courses, in general, is at a level suitable for juniors and seniors who are preparing for postsecondary education or training.

Course Code

Course Name

Description

054800 Language Arts Grade 11 or 12 and sequence 3 or greater
054804-5 Comp/Creative Writing Grade 11 or 12
054806 Applied Comm. Grade 11 or 12 and sequence 3 or greater
054810 Journalism Grade 11 or 12 and sequence 2 or greater
054817 Folklore Grade 11 or 12
054819-28 Literature, Various Grade 11 or 12
054845 Shakespeare

Grade 11 or 12

054850 Mythology

Grade 11 or 12

054860 Word Study (Semantics)

Grade 11 or 12

054861 C. Prep English

Grade 11 or 12

054863 Satire-Humor

Grade 11 or 12

054864 Ethnic Literature

Grade 11 or 12

056500

Speech

Grade 11 or 12 and sequence 2 or greater

056510

Debate

Grade 11 or 12

062000

American Sign Language

Grade 11 or 12

064900

French

sequence 2 or greater

065100

German

sequence 2 or greater

065700

Latin

sequence 2 or greater

066200

Russian

sequence 2 or greater

066300

Spanish

sequence 2 or greater

067100

Hebrew

sequence 2 or greater

068000

Japanese

sequence 2 or greater

069010

Chinese

sequence 2 or greater

069020

Italian

sequence 2 or greater

100404 Principles of Engineering Design Grade 11 or 12
100405 Introduction to Engineering Design Grade 11 or 12
100406 Digital Electronics Grade 11 or 12
100407 Computer Integrated Manufacturing Grade 11 or 12
100408 Civil Engineering & Architecture Grade 11 or 12
100409 Biotechnology Engineering Grade 11 or 12
100410 Aerospace Engineering Grade 11 or 12
100411 Principles of the Biomedical Sciences Grade 11 or 12
100412 Human Body Systems Grade 11 or 12
100413 Medical Intervention Grade 11 or 12
100414 Science Research Grade 11 or 12
100422 Engineering Design & Development Grade 11 or 12

115800

Mathematics (Integrated)

Grade 11 or 12 and sequence 3 or greater

115810

Algebra

sequence 2 or greater

115825

Applied Math

Grade 11 or 12 and sequence 3 or greater

115830

Geometry

115840

Math Analysis

Grade 11 or 12

115860

Trigonometry

Grade 11 or 12

115861

Alg-Trigonometry

Grade 11 or 12

115865

Analytical Geometry

Grade 11 or 12

115866

Calculus

Grade 11 or 12

115875

Prob-Statistics

Grade 11 or 12

133810

Astronomy

Grade 11 or 12

133820

Geology

Grade 11 or 12

134200

Biology

Grade 11 or 12 and sequence 2 or greater

134210

Botany

Grade 11 or 12

134220

Zoology

Grade 11 or 12

134221

Phys-Anatomy

Grade 11 or 12

134600

Chemistry

Grade 11 or 12

134642

Applied Science

Grade 11 or 12 and sequence 3 or greater

135000

Science (Integrated)

Grade 11 or 12 and sequence 3 or greater

135900

Physics

Grade 11 or 12

135910

Prin-Technology

Grade 11 or 12

156100

Psychology

Grade 11 or 12

156620

Contemporary Issues

Grade 11 or 12

156630

Economics

Grade 11 or 12

156640

Geography

Grade 11 or 12 and sequence 2 or greater

156651

American Government

Grade 11 or 12 and sequence 2 or greater

156652

International Relations

Grade 11 or 12

156653

Comparative Government

Grade 11 or 12

156661

American History

Grade 11 or 12 and sequence 2 or greater

156663

World History

Grade 11 or 12 and sequence 2 or greater

156664-67

History, Various

Grade 11 or 12

156670

Sociology

Grade 11 or 12

156680

Anthropology

Grade 11 or 12

156683

Afro-American History

Grade 11 or 12

156685

Minority Groups

Grade 11 or 12

156691

Civil War Period

Grade 11 or 12

156692

American Heritage

Grade 11 or 12

156693

History of West

Grade 11 or 12

991105

Computer Science

Grade 11 or 12

  In addition to the advanced courses provided within the resident district, advanced courses provided off site are automatically included in the calculation for 9.4.1 when the district submits the required data (including course numbers) to populate Core Data Screen 22. Screen 22 data must be reported for each area institution that provides advanced courses (i.e., other districts, community colleges, four-year colleges and universities, and Internet/electronic instructional providers). Only those specific courses with course codes and grade levels matching those on the approved advanced course list, courses coded with a delivery system of IB or AP, and dual credit courses (excluding career education dual-credit classes) count in the advanced course calculation.

Advanced Course Calculation (as used in the Annual Performance Report):

  1. For each year of the five years ending with the previous year, multiply the enrollment in each designated advanced course by the unit of credit for this course reported in the October 1 Cycle of Core Data and total these enrollment credits for each year.
  2. For each corresponding year, multiply the number of class periods in a school day (credits possible in a school day) by the total number of juniors and seniors (11th and 12th grade students) reported in the October 1 Core Data Cycle.  (If a school has an 8 or 10 block schedule, 8 or 10 would be used as the number of periods in this calculation.)
  3. For each corresponding year, divide the total of all advanced enrollment credits available each year (Step 1 results) by the total number of all enrollment credits available to juniors and seniors (Step 2 results).

Formula for Calculating Percent of Advanced Enrollment Credits earned by Students each year: 

Total Number of Advanced Enrollment Credits Per Year

Number of Class Periods in a School Day (or Number of Blocks in Block Schedule)

x

Number of Juniors and Seniors
(reported each year in Oct. 1 Core Data Cycle)