Graduation Requirements
Schools of Study
Prerequisites
The NEW Math
CTE Pathways
100

This course is a required elective for all students Class of 2027 and beyond. 

What is Personal Finance/Financial Literacy? 

100

This School of Study is host to majors like General Management and Accounting. 

What is the School of Business Management and Information Services? 

100

This course is the prerequisite for any AP level English class, but not for Dual Enrollment English. 

What is Honors Composition and Research? 

100

This is the first Carnegie unit math class students will take in high school beginning in the 2025-2026 school year. 

What is Geometry with Statistics? 

100

This is required in addition to completing the courses in the CTE pathway in order to be considered "Career Ready". 

What is a certified industry credential? 

200

This new Social Studies elective at the main campus engages students in the History of American sports from the colonial age to present day. 

What is History of Sports in America Part I/II? 

200

These three majors are all part of the School of Law and Public Service. 

What are Emergency & Fire Management, Law Enforcement and Military Leadership? 

200

Any Math course with this as its prerequisite is considered a "four-year college accepted" math beyond Algebra I. 

What is Algebra II? 

200

Name the new Math course that prepares students for post-secondary options with instruction that focuses on modeling real-world situations. 

What is Reasoning in Mathematics? 

200

The Accounting pathway requires both Accounting I and Accounting II, but there are several choices for the 3rd course in order to complete.  Name one of those choices. 

What are Business Finance, Business Principles and Management, Entrepreneurship, Fundamentals of Business Marketing, Finance or Personal Finance ADV? 

300

This is the top level Dance class offered at Dorman High School. 

What is Dance VII-Dance Production? 

300

The School of Medicine and Human Services houses the PLTW Biomedical Science major.  These two courses are requirements for that major. 

What are PLTW Human Body Systems and PLTW Principles of Biomedical Science? 

300

This type of course is the prerequisite for English 101. 

What is an English IV/12 equivalent? 
300

Name the new math course that is designed as an extension of Geometry with Statistics by using data to make predictions and inform judgements about real-world phenomena. 

What is Applications and Modeling? 

300

Name one of the CTE pathways offered at the Master Skills Center. 

What are HVAC, Plumbing, Barbering or Heavy Equipment Operations? 

400

This course offers students the chance to experience an internship connected to their career plans. 

What is Work Based Learning? 

400

The Mechanical Design major, which includes Core Engineering, is housed in this School of Study. 

What is the School of Arts, Humanities and Communications? 

400

This numerical grade is the prerequisite for all Health Science courses in order to enter the Health Science Clinical Studies program. 

What is 80%? 

400

Name the new math course that is essentially the old Probability and Statistics course. 

What is Statistical Reasoning? 

400

This consumer science pathway requires Interior Design I and Interior Design II.  Name one of the two courses left as choices to finish this CTE pathway. 

What are Entrepreneurship or Mechanical Design? 

500

This course explores the functional anatomy and physiology of the human body and counts as the first course in the USC Upstate College of Nursing. 

What is BIOLU243? 

500

This is the only major in the School of Engineering, Manufacturing and Industrial Technology that is not housed at RD Anderson/MSC. 

What is PLTW Pre-Engineering? 

500

Name the course that appears the most as a prerequisite. 

What is Biology? 

500

Which of the three new math courses would be appropriate for a student who desires to enter a four-year college? 

What is Statistical Modeling? 
500

This is the only major listed in the course guide under Schools of Study that is not a CTE pathway. 

What is Military Leadership?