The focus in this academy is to provide exploration opportunities for students interested in applied visual arts, creative and performing arts, and mass communications. Four career strands are offered in the Arts, Humanities, and Communication Academy:

What should you think about when considering a career in the Arts, Humanities and Communications Academy?

Personal Characteristics:

  • Creative, Unique, Imaginative
  • Able to express self easily
  • Independent worker
  • Interested in music and the arts
  • Good with hands
  • Interested in learning new language
  • Likes performing in front of others In my spare time I enjoy...
  • Attending musicals, theaters, and museums
  • Taking pictures
  • Singing or acting
  • Reading
  • Drawing, painting, sculpting
  • Spending time with others

Academy Credit Requirements:

All students are required to select one of the following options for the six (6) required academy credits

Option A: Select one Career Strand and complete a total of six (6) credits.

Option B: Select one Career Strand and complete four (4) credits. Select a second Career Strand and complete two (2) credits.

Performing Arts

Career Majors:

  • Drama (ARTS)
  • Music Performance (ARTS)
  • Related Courses:
  • Advanced Chorus
  • American Popular Music
  • AP Psychology II
  • Applied Dance
  • Band Front
  • Band II
  • Chorus II
  • Clothing
  • Creative Writing
  • Dance I
  • Drama I, II, III
  • Electronic Music
  • Ensemble Participation
  • Exploring Music
  • Humanities
  • Multicultural Literature and Composition
  • Music History and Literature
  • Music Theory
  • Orchestra
  • Psychology I, II
  • Public Speaking
  • Shakespeare
  • Speech and Debate
  • Stage Band
  • Survey of Musical Styles

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Visual Arts and Design

Career Majors:

1. Graphic Communications (ARTS,BCON)
2. Visual Fine Arts (ARTS)

Completer Programs:

1. Floral Design (ARTS,TECH)
2. Textiles and Fashion Careers (ARTS,TECH)

  • 2D/3D Art
  • Advanced Graphic Communications
  • Applied Art
  • Bible in Literature and Art
  • Ceramics
  • Clothing
  • Commercial Art
  • Desktop Publishing
  • Floral Design I, II
  • Flower Design
  • Horticulture
  • Housing and Home Furnishings
  • Humanities
  • Introduction to Graphic Communications
  • Introduction to Technical Drawing
  • Journalistic Writing
  • Marketing
  • Needlecraft
  • Newspaper Production
  • Studio Art
  • Textiles and Fashion Careers I, II
  • Yearbook Production

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Humanities

Career majors:

1. History (ARTS,SOCS)
2. Humanities and Classical Studies (ARTS)
3. Library and Media (ARTS,SOCS)

Related Courses:

  • American Revolution / Civil War
  • Ancient / Medieval History
  • AP American History
  • AP European History
  • AP French
  • AP German
  • AP Language and Composition
  • AP Latin
  • AP Literature and Composition
  • AP Spanish
  • Art through the Ages
  • Bible in Literature and Art
  • Drama I, II, III
  • Grammar and Language
  • Humanities
  • Issues in American Society
  • Journalistic Writing
  • Latin III
  • Modern World Studies
  • Music History and Literature
  • Mythology
  • Newspaper Production
  • Shakespeare
  • Sociology
  • Survey of Musical Style
  • Twentieth Century Novel
  • World Geography
  • World Literature and Composition
  • Yearbook production

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Communications

Career Major:

1. Mass Communications (ARTS,BCON)

Completer Program:

1. Media and Communications Technology (ARTS,BOP)

Related Courses:

  • Advanced Graphic Communications
  • AP Literature and Composition
  • AP Psychology II
  • Commercial Art
  • Creative Writing
  • Desktop Publishing
  • Drama I
  • Introduction to Graphic Communications
  • Journalistic Writing
  • Media and Communications Technology
  • Newspaper Production
  • Psychology I, II
  • Public Speaking
  • Sign Language I, II, III
  • Sociology
  • Software Applications
  • Speech and Debate
  • Word Processing
  • Yearbook Production