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Typical Course Sequence Grades 6-12

Our goal at the Queens School of Inquiry is to create as many opportunities for you to take college courses in high school. We know that may require us (and you) to think about school somewhat differently, but we think it is worth it. By starting college work earlier, you'll have the opportunity to learn what college is all about. You'll start off in college-level courses here at QSI with other QSI students as your college classmates.  We'll also start with college courses extended over an entire year instead of just one semester. This will give you more time to understand what's required in college. Then, as you gain more confidence and skill, you'll have an opportunity to take courses on campus at Queens College with other typical college students. You'll also have an opportunity to select courses that may be of specific interest to you in the later years.

The chart below outlines what a typical path through QSI might look like. Courses highlighted in blue carry Queens College credit (and possibly high school credit, too). The parenthetical (R) indicates a Regents exam is associated with that course. There will be a Summer Academy each year for both enrichment and earning high school and college credits.

GRADE 6

GRADE 7

GRADE 8

GRADE 9

Advisory

Advisory

Advisory

Advisory

Extended Humanities: Integrated English Language Arts and World Cultures

Extended Humanities: Integrated English Language Arts and American History

English

American History (R)

Math

Math

Algebra (R) *

Geometry (R) *

Integrated Sciences

Integrated Sciences

Life Science

Living Environment (R)

 

Spanish

Spanish

Span 111: Elementary Spanish I

Music

Art

Music

 

PE/Health

PE/Health

PE/Health

PE/Health

Technology

Technology

Technology

 

Inquiry Project

Inquiry Project

Inquiry Project

Inquiry Project

 

Grade 10

Grade 11

Grade 12 - Fall Semester

Grade 12 - Spring Semester

Advisory

Advisory

Advisory

English (R)

Eng 110: College Writing

Choose 1 of the following each semester: Comp Lit 102: Great Books  or Eng 152: Works of American Lit or Eng 155: Great Works of Fiction

Trigonometry (R) * or Math 122: Precalculus

Precalculus or Math 110: Intro to College Math or Math 151: Calculus

College level electives / concentration courses in: Math 152: Calculus II or Science or Social Science or Spanish Literature or other TBD

Physics/Chemistry: 2-year integrated high school course [Chemistry (R) at conclusion]

Hist 125: World Civilization to 1715

Hist 126: World Civilization to 1715 to Present [Global History (R) at conclusion]

Econ 101: Intro to Macroeconomics

Participating in Government

Span 112: Elementary Spanish II

Span 203: Int. Spanish I and Span 204: Int. Spanish II

 

 

PE/Health

PE/Health

PE/Health

PE/Health

 

Arts 151: Drawing 1

 

 

Inquiry Project

Inquiry Project

Inquiry Project

Inquiry Project

* This assumes adoption of new state standards for math.

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