Department Names

 

The list of department names below were agreed upon by the Curriculum department and Bob Selikson after meeting in December, 2014.

 

Department NameExamples
Career TechnicalAll vocational courses
College Credit PlusAll PSEO courses
Elective 
EnglishAll 6-12 English / Language Arts 
Language ArtsFor K-5 Language Arts Courses
ReadingFor K-5 Reading courses only
ESLEnglish as a Second Language
Fine ArtsAll Art, Music, Theatre, etc.
Foreign LanguageAll Foreign Language courses
Gifted and TalentedEclipse courses only
Health & Physical EducationAll Health & Phys Ed
InternshipNot sure … perhaps these can go under non-credit
MathAll Math courses
Pre-KindergartenAll Pre-K courses
ScienceAll Science courses
Social StudiesAll Social Studies courses
Special EducationAll SPED courses
Technology 
VCAPAll VCAP
Home InstructionCourses used in Home Instruction
Non-InstructionalStudyhall, Academic Assist, Lunch, Office Helper, etc.
Otheronly to be used if the course does not fit into one of the above catagories. Should be used sparingly.

 

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