Jumpstart: Sample Course Progressions

Course grids are descriptive, not prescriptive, and may vary by student based on a number of individual considerations. These grids are drafts only and are subject to change at any time.

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Together with school counselors, students will select courses toward high school graduation requirements. This remains a priority for all students, regardless of program choice. Beginning in students’ 10th grade year, HCC advisors will help students determine which HCC course offerings will best meet their degree requirements and maximize transfer opportunities.

Each course progression has three aims:

fulfilling HCPSS graduation requirements,
fulfilling HCC degree requirements, and
maximizing transferable credits to other institutions.

These are suggested progressions which represent the most direct route for certain programs at certain institutions, but students’ individual course selections may differ due to their readiness, goals, or interests. Consult your school counselor and HCC advisor before making your course selections. Carefully review admissions and program requirements in those programs and institutions you are interested in seeking transfer to. In order to meet MSDE content requirements, two HCC courses may be required for one HCPSS equivalent course credit.

– Fulfills HCPSS graduation requirement.
Bold = Fulfills requirements for HCC Degree
(#) = Number of HCC credits
PHG – Post-High School Graduation
† – Can be taken at HCPSS or HCC depending on students progress through NGSS required courses

– High School courses only
– Dual Credit Courses taken at High School Site or on HCC’s campus. See https://www.hcpss.org/jumpstart/ for school-specific course offerings. English 10 CC can only be taken for dual credit in the high schools. INFO-100 at HCC is not eligible for HCPSS credit.
– Dual Credit courses taken at HCC
– Courses taken at HCC
– Courses taken at ARL

Course Sequence: Early College Program in General Studies

	9^th Grade	10^th Grade	11^th Grade	12^th Fall	12^th Winter	12^th Spring	CDS Fall	CDS Spring
English	English 9 Course taken at High School site.	English 10 + INFO 100 Required course. (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.	English 11 / ENGL 121 (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.	English 12 / ENGL 210 (3)	COMM 101 or COMM 105 (3)	Social & Behavioral Sciences Critical and Creative Thinking (3)	Ethics Elective (3)	General Elective (3)
Math	Algebra I or above	Geometry or above	Algebra II or above	Math Core (3-5)		General Elective (3)	Arts & Science Elective (3)	General Elective (3)
Social Studies	US History	American Gov’t	Modern World History / HIST 132 (3)			General Elective (3)	General Elective (3)
Science	Earth Science or Biology GT	Biology or Chemistry GT	Advanced Physical Science or AP Physics I	Science Core (3)		Science Core (4)	General Elective (3)
World Language, Fine Arts, Technology Education, Physical Education, Health, and Electives	World Language I or above (4)	World Language II or above (4)	Elective	Elective
	Tech Ed	Fine Arts / ARTS 101 or MUSA 140 (3)	Elective
	PE/Health	Elective	Elective

Course Sequence: Early College Program in General Studies in STEM

	9^th Grade	10^th Grade	11^th Grade	12^th Fall	12^th Winter	12^th Spring	PHG Fall
English	English 9 Course taken at High School site.	English 10 + INFO 100 Required course. (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.	English 11 / ENGL 121 (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.	English 12 / ENGL 210 (3)	COMM 101 or COMM 105 (3)	Social & Behavioral Sciences Critical and Creative Thinking (3)	Ethics Elective (3)
Math	Geometry or above	Algebra II or above	Math Analysis / MATH 143 (3)	Trigonometry / MATH 153 (3)		Science Elective (4)	Arts & Science Elective (4)
Social Studies	US History	American Gov’t	Modern World History / HIST 132 (3)	Arts & Science Elective (4)		Science Elective (4)	Science Elective (4)
Science	Earth Science or Biology GT	Biology or Chemistry GT	Advanced Physical Science or AP Physics I	CHEM 101 (4)		Science Core (3)
World Language, Fine Arts, Technology Education, Physical Education, Health, and Electives	World Language I or above (4)	World Language II or above (4)	Elective	Elective
	Tech Ed	Fine Arts / ARTS 101 or MUSA 140 (3)	Elective
	PE/Health	Elective	Elective

Course Sequence: Early College Program in General Studies – A.A.

	9^th Grade	10^th Grade	11^th Fall	11^th Winter	11^th Spring	12^th Fall	12^th Winter	12^th Spring
English	English 9 Course taken at High School site.	English 10 Credit course taken at high school site.	ENGL 121 (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.	COMM 101 or 105 (3)	General Elective (4)	ENGL 210 (3)	General Elective (3)	Fine Arts / ARTS 101, ARTS 102, MUSA 107 or MUSA 140 (6)
Math	Geometry or above	Algebra II or above	Mathematics – Quantitative Reasoning Core (3)		Arts & Science Elective (1)	MATH / General Elective (3)		General Elective (1)
Social Studies	US History	American Gov’t	Technological Literacy Core (3)		HIST 132 (3)	Social & Behavioral Sciences – CCT (3)		Biological & Physical Sciences – Scientific Reasoning Core w/ Lab (4)
Science	Earth Science or Biology GT	Biology or Chemistry GT	Technological Literacy Core (3)		Science Core (3)	General Elective (3)		Ethics Elective (3)
World Language, Fine Arts, Technology Education, Physical Education, Health, and Electives	PE/Health	Health / Elective	NGSS Science †			NGSS Science † or Elective
	Tech Ed	INFO 100 Required course. (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.
	World Language I or above (4)	World Language II or above (4)

Course Sequence: Early College Program in Computer Science

	9^th Grade	10^th Grade	11^th Grade	12^th Fall	12^th Winter	12^th Spring	PHG Fall
English	English 9 Course taken at High School site.	English 10 + INFO 100 Required course. (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.	English 11 / ENGL 121 (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.	English 12 / ENGL 210 (3)	COMM 101 or COMM 105 (3)	Social / Beh. Critical & Creative Thinking (3)	MATH 250 (4)
Math	Algebra II or above	Pre-Calculus or above	Calculus / MATH 181 (4)	Calculus / MATH 182 (4)		Math 220 (3)	PHYS or BIOL course (4)
Social Studies	US History	American Gov’t	Modern World History / HIST 132 (3)	CHEM 101 (4)		CHEM 102 (4)
Science	Earth Science or Biology GT	Biology or Chemistry GT	Advanced Physical Science or AP Physics I	CMSY 141 (4)		CMSY 171 (4)
World Language, Fine Arts, Technology Education, Physical Education, Health, and Electives	World Language I or above (4)	World Language II or above (4)	World Language III / World Language 201 or above (4)	Elective
	Tech Ed	Fine Arts / ARTS 101 or MUSA 140 (3)	Elective
	PE/Health	Elective	Elective

Course Sequence: Early College Program in Criminal Justice

	9^th Grade	10^th Grade	11^th Grade	12^th Fall	12^th Winter	12^th Spring	PHG Fall
English	English 9 Course taken at High School site.	English 10 + INFO 100 Required course. (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.	English 11 / ENGL 121 (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.	English 12 / ENGL 210 (3)	A&H Oral Communications (3)	Ethics Elective (3)	Criminal Justice Elective (3)
Math	Algebra I or above	Geometry or above	Algebra II or above	MATH 138 (4)		Science Core (4)	Criminal Justice Elective 200 Level (3)
Social Studies	US History	American Gov’t	Modern World History / HIST 132 (3)	PSYC 101 (3)		SOCI 101 (3)	Science Core (3)
Science	Earth Science or Biology GT	Biology or Chemistry GT	Advanced Physical Science or AP Physics I	CRIM 101 (3)		CRIM 102 (3)	Social / Beh. Critical & Creative Thinking (3)
World Language, Fine Arts, Technology Education, Physical Education, Health, and Electives	World Language I or above (4)	World Language II or above (4)	Fine Arts / ARTT 101, MUSA 140 or MUSA 107 (3)	Elective
	Tech Ed	Elective	Elective
	PE/Health	Elective	Elective

Course Sequence: Early College Program in Cybersecurity – HCPSS Class of 2023 and Beyond

	9^th Grade	10^th Grade	11^th Fall	11^th Spring	12^th Fall	12^th Spring	HCC Year 1 Fall	HCC Year 1 Spring
English	English 9	English 10 at ARL	English 11	English 11	English 121	Arts & Humanities – Critical & Creative Thinking Core	CMSY 262 – Encryption & Secure Communications	CMSY 266 – Cybersecurity Analysis & IDPS
Math	Algebra I	Geometry	Algebra II	Algebra II	MATH 138 (067/070)	CMSY-257 Advanced Python Programming	Social & Behavioral Sciences – Critical & Creative Thinking Core	CMSY 266 – Cybersecurity Analysis & IDPS
Social Studies	US History	American Gov’t	Modern World History		CSCO 291 Introduction to Networks	CMSY-176 Cybersecurity Fundamentals & Practice	Biological & Physical Sciences – Scientific Reasoning Core	Social & Behavioral Sciences – Global Competency Core
Science	Earth Science	Biology	Advanced Physical Science		CMSY 163 – Intro to Firewalls and Network Security Systems	CSCO 292 – Routing and Swtiching Essentials	CMSY 263 – Ethical Hacking & Cyber Defense	Biological & Physical Sciences – Scientific Reasoning Core w/ Lab
World Language, Fine Arts, Technology Education, Physical Education, Health, and Electives	Fine Art	World Languages / Fine Art / Tech Ed Graduation Pathway*	Elective		Elective**	Elective**		COMM 105 – Fundamentals of Public Speaking (3)
	Tech Ed	World Languages / Fine Art / Tech Ed Graduation Pathway*	CMSY 110 – Software Applications for Micros	CMSY 158 Fundamentals and Practice for Network+ Certification
	PE/Health	Speech Communication I at ARL	CMSY 255 – Intro to Unix and Linux	CMSY 156 Introduction to Python

*Students can work with their high school counselor to ensure they are enrolled in a graduation pathway at their home high school.
**Students will work with their HS counselors to ensure enrollment in courses that maintain progress towards HS graduation requirements and maintain athletic participation eligibility as needed

Course Sequence: Early College Program in Health Pathways (Nursing and Allied Health)

	9^th Grade	10^th Grade	11^th Grade	12^th Fall	12^th Winter	12^th Spring	CDS Fall	CDS Spring
English	English 9 Course taken at High School site.	English 10 + INFO 100 Required course. (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.	English 11 / ENGL 121 (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.	English 12 / ENGL 210 (3)	PSYC 101 (3)	COMM 101 or COMM 105 (3)		Students enter HCC clinicals or complete requirements for a clinical nursing program at a transfer institution. (ie. MATH 141 and/or NUTR 211)
Math	Algebra I or above	Geometry or above	Algebra II or above	Statistics / Math 138 (4)		SOCI 101 (3)
Social Studies	US History	American Gov’t	Modern World History / HIST 132 (3)	CHEM 103 (4)		PSYC 200 (3)
Science	Earth Science or Biology GT	Biology or Chemistry GT	Advanced Physical Science or AP Physics I	BIOL 107 (4)		BIOL 203 (4)	BIOL 204 (4)
World Language, Fine Arts, Technology Education, Physical Education, Health, and Electives	World Language I or above (4)	World Language II or above (4)	Elective	Elective
	Tech Ed	Fine Arts / ARTS 101 or MUSA 140 (3)	Elective
	PE/Health	Elective	Elective

Course Sequence: Early College Program in Health Pathways (Public Health)

	9^th Grade	10^th Grade	11^th Grade	12^th Fall	12^th Winter	12^th Spring	CDS Fall	CDS Spring
English	English 9 Course taken at High School site.	English 10 + INFO 100 Required course. (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.	English 11 / ENGL 121 (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.	English 12 / ENGL 210 (3)	SOCI 101 (3)	PUBH 101 (3)	ENST 233 (3)	PUBH 230 (3)
Math	Algebra I or above	Geometry or above	Algebra II or above	Statistics / Math 138 (4)		GEOG 101 or GEOG 102 (3)	PUBH 210 (3)	PUBH 250 (3)
Social Studies	US History	American Gov’t	Modern World History / HIST 132 (3)	HEED 115 (3)		HEED 125 (3)	NUTR 211 (3)	PUBH 260 (3)
Science	Earth Science or Biology GT	Biology or Chemistry GT	Advanced Physical Science or AP Physics I	Science Core (4)			Science Core (3)	PUBH 280 (3)
World Language, Fine Arts, Technology Education, Physical Education, Health, and Electives	World Language I or above (4)	World Language II or above (4)	World Language III / World Language 201 (4)	Elective
	Tech Ed	Fine Arts / ARTS 101 or MUSA 140 (3)	Elective
	PE/Health	Elective	Elective

Course Sequence: Early College Program in Secondary Teacher Education

	9^th Grade	10^th Grade	11^th Grade	12^th Fall	12^th Winter	12^th Spring	CDS Fall
English	English 9 Course taken at High School site.	English 10 + INFO 100 Required course. (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.	English 11 / ENGL 121 (3) Dual Credit course taken at high school site.	English 12 / ENGL 210 (3)	Math or Science Elective (3-4)	COMM 101 or COMM 110 (3)	PSYC 204 (3)
Math	Geometry or above	Algebra II or above	Math Analysis / MATH 143 (3)	Trigonometry / MATH 153 (3)		Math or Science Elective (3-4)	SOCI 101 (3)
Social Studies	US History	American Gov’t	Modern World History / HIST 132 (3)	EDUC 200 (3)		PSYC 101 (3)	EDUC 260 (3)
Science	Earth Science or Biology GT	Biology or Chemistry GT	Advanced Physical Science or AP Physics I	Math or Science Elective (3-4)		Science Core with Lab (4)	Science Core with Lab (4)
World Language, Fine Arts, Technology Education, Physical Education, Health, and Electives	World Language I or above	World Language II or above	Elective	Elective			Math or Science Elective (3-4)
	Tech Ed	Teaching as a Profession / EDUC 110 (3)	Elective
	PE/Health	Fine Arts / ARTS 101 or MUSA 140 (3)	Elective