International Business Academy

Newman Smith High School

Curriculum for Freshmen 2008-09

 

9th

English I

OR

Pre-AP English I

OR

Global Experience

World Geography

OR

Pre-AP World

Geography

OR

Global Experience

 

Algebra I

OR

Geometry

OR

Pre-AP Geometry

Biology

Pre- AP or

AP

P. E.

Or Equivalent

Foreign

Language

Academy

BCIS- OR Intro to Business & Principles Of Marketing (if BCIS has been taken)

 

 

10th

 

English II

OR

Pre-AP English II

OR

World Experience

World History

OR

Pre-AP World

History

OR

World Experience

 

Geometry

OR

Pre-AP Geometry

OR Algebra II

OR Pre-AP

Algebra II

Chemistry

Pre-AP or

AP

*Health

 

And

 

*Speech

Foreign

Language

Intro to Business /Principles of Marketing (if BCIS wasn’t taken in middle school)  otherwise take Business Mgmt

 

11th

English III

OR

Pre-AP English III

OR

AP English III

US History

OR

AP US History

Algebra II

OR

Pre-AP

Algebra II

OR

Pre Calculus

Physics

Pre-AP or

AP

** Macro Economics

 

And

 

Semester ELECTIVE

Foreign

Language

Accounting I

12th

 

English IV

OR

Pre-AP English IV

OR

AP English IV

**Government

 

and AP Economics

OR

**Micro Economics

AP Statistics

Anatomy

and 

Physiology

Or other

option

Fine Arts

**  Business Law

*TIP or **Internship

Choose two out of three

**Advertising, *Business Management or **Finance

* Semester Course ** Dual Credit Course       IBA Students must take at least one Pre-AP or AP course, per year.

Click here for complete course descriptions

Note: Earn up to 28 College Credit Hours at Brookhaven College

Note: Internships may be completed in the summer between junior and senior year. Internships may be local, domestic

or international with approval of the IBA Director and Brookhaven instructor.

For your information:

In order to take the requirements for the IBA it is recommended to take Health and Speech during summer school.

After completion of the sophomore year and age 16 you may begin taking the dual credit classes at Brookhaven College.

If you take two years of a foreign language in middle school 7& 8 grades; this will count as one credit of high school credit, you will take only two years of foreign language in your high school schedule.

Page last updated on 07/11/2008