Advanced Curriculum Courses

Advanced Curriculum offerings are denoted with the suffix [-A] or are listed as Honors. These courses may include extended research and projects, additional course content/rigor, and enhanced assessment tools/expectations.

Current Advanced Curriculum courses at Dominican High School include:

English English II-A Mathematics Algebra I-A, Geometry-A, Algebra II-A with Trigonometry, and Pre-Calculus-A & Honors Pre-Calculus Science Chemistry-A, Physics-A World Language French IV-A and V-A, Spanish IV-A and V-A Fine Arts Music Theory-A

ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES

Dominican’s Advanced Placement curriculum is certified by the College Board. AP courses follow course guidelines to prepare students to take the AP subject tests in May. Students enrolled in AP courses are required to take AP subject tests. Colleges may grant full academic credit for students that successfully complete AP courses and score high enough on AP exams. The administration reserves the right to restrict AP enrollment based on a student’s prior academic performance and their course load.

Current Advanced Placement courses at Dominican High School include:

AP Biology AP Language & Composition

AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC

AP Literature & Composition AP Psychology AP Chemistry AP United States Government and Politics AP Computer Programming AP United States History AP European History AP Statistics

Other courses that prepare students to take the AP exam: French IV-A and V-A Spanish IV-A and V-A

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CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT COURSES

Dominican High School and Cardinal Stritch University have partnered to create a Concurrent Enrollment Program (CEP). This program allows qualified high school students to learn Stritch’s college curriculum and qualified high school instructors to teach Stritch’s curriculum at the high school’s campus during the high school’s regular hours while concurrently earning high school and college credit. Qualified Dominican students who choose to enroll in CEP from Cardinal Stritch University and pay the substantially reduced tuition rate for the college credit are admitted to the University as “non-degree seeking students.” Upon successful completion of the course, these students will receive high school credits as well as college credits and an official Cardinal Stritch University transcript. The official University transcript verifies to other colleges/universities that the student has earned college/university credits. These college credits will follow students to almost any college.

Concurrent enrollment courses will be graded using the corresponding colleges grading system.

Cardinal Stritch University Grading System

A = 100-95 A- = 94-90 B+ = 89-87 B = 86-84 B- = 83-80 C+ = 79-77 C = 76-74 C- = 73-70 D+ = 69-67 D = 66-64 D- = 63-60 F = 59-0

Concurrent Enrollment courses at Dominican High School include:

Religion Catholic Social Teaching-CE Philosophy for Theology-CE

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