What is a Career Pathway?
A CTE Career Pathway is sequence of courses in a recognized industry sector aligned with the California Career Technical Education (CTE) Model Curriculum Standards. Antelope High School provides sequenced career pathways that include industry related and academic content standards to prepare students for success in postsecondary education, careers, and lifelong learning.
A CTE Career Pathway is sequence of courses in a recognized industry sector aligned with the California Career Technical Education (CTE) Model Curriculum Standards. Antelope High School provides sequenced career pathways that include industry related and academic content standards to prepare students for success in postsecondary education, careers, and lifelong learning.
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Biomedical Science
Principles of the Biomedical Sciences (PBS) - Grade 10-12 Prerequisite: B or higher in CP Biology. Recommended: A college preparatory mathematics course taken within the same school year (i.e. IM1 or higher). Students explore the concepts of human medicine and are introduced to research processes and to bioinformatics. Hands-on projects enable students to investigate human body systems and various health conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, sickle-cell disease, hypercholesterolemia, and infectious diseases. Over the length of the course, students work together to determine the factors that led to the death of a fictional person. After pinpointing those factors, the students investigate lifestyle choices and medical treatments that might have prolonged the person’s life. The key biological concepts embedded in the curriculum include homeostasis, metabolism, inheritance of traits, feedback systems, and defense against disease. Where appropriate engineering principles are also incorporated into the curriculum. These include the design process, feedback loops, fluid dynamics, and the relationship of structure to function. Human Body Systems - Grade 10-12 Prerequisite: C or higher in Principles of the Biomedical Sciences™ and a 70% average on the assessment portion of the PBS grade. Recommended: A college preparatory mathematics course taken within the same school year (i.e. IM1 or higher). Students examine the processes, structures, and interactions of the human body systems to learn how they work together to maintain homeostasis (internal balance) and good health. Using real-world cases, students take the role of biomedical professionals and work together to solve medical mysteries. Hands-on projects include designing experiments, investigating the structures and functions. Medical Interventions - Grade 11-12 Prerequisite: C or higher in Human Body Systems™ and a 70% average on the assessment portion of the HBS grade. Recommended: A college preparatory mathematics course taken within the same school year (i.e. IM1 or higher). Students investigate the variety of interventions involved in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease as they follow the lives of a fictitious family. The course is a “How-To” manual for maintaining overall health and homeostasis in the body as students explore how to prevent and fight infection, how to screen and evaluate the code in human DNA, how to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, and how to prevail when the organs of the body begin to fail. Through these scenarios, students are exposed to the wide range of interventions related to immunology, surgery, genetics, pharmacology, medical devices, and diagnostics. Each family case scenario introduces multiple types of interventions and reinforces concepts learned in the previous two courses, as well as presenting new content. Interventions may range from simple diagnostic tests to treatment of complex diseases and disorders. Lifestyle choices and preventive measures are emphasized throughout the course as well as the important roles scientific thinking and engineering design play in the development of interventions of the future. |
Biomedical Innovation - Grade 11- 12
Prerequisite: C or higher in Medical Interventions™ and a 70% average on the assessment portion of the MI grade. Recommended: A college preparatory mathematics course taken within the same school year (i.e. IM1 or higher). In this capstone course, students apply their knowledge and skills to answer questions or solve problems related to the biomedical sciences. Students design innovative solutions for the health challenges of the 21st century as they work through progressively challenging open-ended problems, addressing topics such as clinical medicine, physiology, biomedical engineering, and public health. They have the opportunity to work on an independent project and may work with a mentor or advisor from a university, hospital, physician’s office, or industry. Throughout the course, students are expected to present their work to an adult audience that may include representatives from the local business and healthcare community. Class Contribution: $30.00 Internship - Grade 12 Prerequisites: Students must submit an application to the Project Lead the Way coordinator prior to enrollment. Student Interns may have a required time commitment of up to three hours per day, five days per week. Offered 4th period only. This course is a companion to Biomedical Innovation and will provide students with orientation and training in the skill sets and protocols required for participation in hospital internships. Following an introductory orientation and training unit, students will be assigned to a site where they will engage in work force experiences and intense training. Students will also meet with the Internship class and teacher to debrief and document their workforce experiences and to link their experiences to applications in their academic classes, to career research processes, and to the development of career skill sets such as time management, project management, teamwork, interpersonal communications, etc. |
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Computer Science
Computer Science Essentials (CSE) - Grade 9-12 Prerequisite: None With an emphasis on computational thinking and collaboration, this year-long course (One Year=One Semester at Antelope) provides an excellent entry point for students to begin or continue the PLTW Computer Science experience. Computer Science Essentials will expose students to a diverse set of computational thinking concepts, fundamentals, and tools, allowing them to gain understanding and build confidence. In Computer Science Essentials, students will use visual, block-based programming and seamlessly transition to text-based programming with languages such as Python to create apps and develop websites, and learn how to make computers work together to put their design into practice. They’ll apply computational thinking practices, build their vocabulary, and collaborate just as computing professionals do to create products that address topics and problems important to them. Computer Science Essentials helps students create a strong foundation to advance to AP Computer Science Principles. |
AP Computer Science Principles - Grade 10-12
Prerequisites: Completion with a passing grade of Computer Science Essentials and AP Computer Science. Cybersecurity introduces the tools and concepts of cybersecurity and encourages students to create solutions that allow people to share computing resources while protecting privacy. This course raises students’ knowledge of and commitment to ethical computing behavior. It also aims to develop students’ skills as consumers, friends, citizens, and employees who can effectively contribute to communities with a dependable cyber-infrastructure that moves and processes information safely. This course provides students with a broad exposure to the many aspects of digital and information security, while encouraging socially responsible choices and ethical behavior. Students explore the many educational and career paths available to cybersecurity experts, as well as other careers that comprise the field of information security. |
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Engineering
Introduction to Engineering and Design (IED) - Grade 9-12 Prerequisite: B or better in Integrated Math 1. Designed for 9th or 10th grade students, the major focus of the IED course is to expose students to the design process, research and analysis, teamwork, communication methods, global and human impacts, engineering standards and technical documentation. Students use 3D solid modeling design software to help them design solutions to solve proposed problems and learn how to document their work and communicate solutions to peers and members of the professional community. Principles of Engineering (POE) - Grade 10-12 Prerequisite: B or higher in Introduction to Engineering and Design™ and B or higher in Integrated Math 1. Recommended: Concurrent Enrollment in Integrated Math 2 This survey course of engineering exposes students to major concepts they’ll encounter in a postsecondary engineering course of study. Students employ engineering and scientific concepts in the solution of engineering design problems. They develop problem-solving skills and apply their knowledge of research and design to create solutions to various challenges, documenting their work and communicating solutions to peers and members of the professional community. |
Civil Engineering - Grade 11-12
Prerequisite: Completion of Introduction to Engineering and Design, Principles of Engineering with a grade of B or better. This course provides an overview of the fields of Civil Engineering and Architecture, while emphasizing the interrelationship and dependence of both fields on each other. Students use state of the art software to solve real world problems and communicate solutions to hands-on projects and activities. Engineering Design and Development (EDD) - Grade 11-12 Prerequisite: Completion of Introduction to Engineering and Design and Principles of Engineering with a grade of B or better. In this capstone course, students work in teams to design and develop an original solution to a valid open-ended technical problem by applying the engineering design process. After carefully defining the problem, teams design, build, and test their solutions while working closely with industry professionals who provide mentoring opportunities. This course is appropriate for 12th grade students. This course was formerly known as Biotechnical Engineering. |
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ProPhoto
Professional Photography 1 - Grade 9-12 Prerequisite: None Students will learn how to incorporate the elements of art and principles of design to create original, creative, and communicative photographic works, using digital SLR cameras. Emphasis will be on learning the qualities of a good photograph through; compositional layout, impact and interest, and manual settings. Students will be expected to exhibit proper management of equipment, due to the cost of equipment. Knowledge of basic computer skills expected. Professional Photography 2 - Grade 10-12 Prerequisite: Must have completed Photo 1 with a C or better or instructor approval. May be repeated for credit. This is an advanced course designed to enable students to have an opportunity to further enable career preparation skills in photography. Emphasis is on developing personal style through the art of photography while furthering exposure to the following: Studio Photography/Lighting, extended color usage, shooting in camera RAW, and further advancing their Adobe Photoshop skills. |
Professional Photography 3 - Grade 10-12
Prerequisite: Must have completed Photo 2 with a C or better or instructor approval. May be repeated for credit. |
