Sec. 6.1.
(a)
Beginning with students who enter high school in the 2000-2001 school year, a
minimum of forty (40) credits is necessary for high school graduation.
Twenty-four (24) of the credits shall be earned in the areas of study specified
in subsection (b), and sixteen (16) of the credits shall be earned from courses
in these and other areas of study listed in subsection (b) and 511 lAC
6.1-5.1.
(b) The twenty-four (24)
required credits consist of the following:
(1) Language arts |
8 credits |
(2) Social studies |
4 credits |
(3) Mathematics |
4 credits |
(4) Science |
4 credits |
(5) Additional credits in the areas above or in
technology competency |
2 credits |
(6) Health and education |
1 credit |
(7) Basic physical education, adapted as necessary
|
1 credit |
(c)
Courses that may be counted toward the required credits prescribed in
subsection (b) are subject to the following provisions:
(1) A minimum of six (6) credits of the
language arts requirement shall be from the English language arts area of study
and is to provide a balance of the following:
(A) Writing.
(B) Reading.
(C) Listening.
(D) Speaking.
(E) Grammar.
(F) Literature.
(G) Media studies.
Two (2) credits may be from business technology, family and
consumer sciences, technology education, or vocational-technical courses having
predominately language arts content. For students who successfully complete a
Level III foreign language course, two (2) credits of the language arts
requirement may be waived.
(2) The social studies requirement shall
include the following:
(A) Two (2) credits in
United States history.
(B) One (1)
credit in United States government.
(C) One (1) credit in another social studies
course or in global economics or consumer economics.
(3) For students who enter high school after
June 30, 2004, mathematics credits must include two (2) credits in Algebra I or
Integrated Mathematics I unless a student has completed Algebra I or Integrated
Mathematics I prior to entering high school. A minimum of two (2) credits of
the mathematics requirement shall be from the mathematics area of study. Two
(2) credits may be from business technology, family and consumer sciences,
technology education, or vocational-technical courses having predominately
mathematics content.
(4) Subject to
subdivisions (5) through (7), the health and education credit shall be from a
course in the health and physical education area of study that has
comprehensive health education content.
(5) The health education credit may be waived
for a student if the student's program includes three (3) credits from the
following family and consumer sciences courses:
(A) Child development and
parenting.
(B) Human development
and family wellness.
(C)
Interpersonal relationships.
(D)
Nutrition and wellness.
(E)
Orientation to life and careers or adult roles and responsibilities.
(6) One (1) credit substitution of
either a science, family and consumer sciences, or health and physical
education credit may be used to fulfill the health education requirement for
students qualifying under the religious objection provision of IC
20-30-5-9 (hygiene
instruction).
(7) The four (4)
credits of science shall include content from more than one (1) of the major
science discipline categories, which are the following:
(A) Life science.
(B) Physical science.
(C) Earth and space science.
Two (2) credits may be from business technology, family and
consumer sciences, technology education, or vocational-technical courses having
predominately science content.
(8) The technology competency requirement may
be fulfilled by completing courses from the following:
(A) Computer applications.
(B) Computer applications,
advanced.
(C) Computer
keyboarding/document formatting.
(D) Computer programming.
(E) Business technology lab I.
(F) Business technology lab II.
(G) Computerized accounting
services.
(H) Computer operations
or programming, or both.
(I)
Introduction to computer applications.
(J) Computer graphics.
(K) Communications processes.
(L) Technology systems.
(M) Two (2) credits in business technology,
family and consumer sciences, technology education, or vocational-technical
courses having predominately technology content taught through a project-based
approach.
(9) The
technology competency requirement may be met by completing a student project
that addresses individual, workplace, or community needs and demonstrates the
ability to:
(A) evaluate, select, and apply
appropriate technology tools and resources;
(B) use telecommunications tools and
resources to meet needs for:
(i)
collaboration;
(ii)
research;
(iii)
publication;
(iv) communications;
and
(v) productivity;
(C) use technology tools for
managing and exchanging information;
(D) use technology tools for information
analysis, problem-solving, and decision making; and
(E) design, develop, publish, and disseminate
information, models, or other creative products that include printed
information and graphics, charts, tables, or other visual elements.
A student who meets the technology competency requirement by
demonstrating these performances shall be given two (2) credits in computer
applications.