Course Description Book - Hortonville Area School District

KSCADE COURSESCourse Description Book 2012-2013KSCADE (K-12 Schools/ Colleges Alliance for Distance Education) is an interactive television network that combines two-way audio and video withInternet access. More specifically, KSCADE provides users the ability to continuously view remote sites, with a maximum of one origination site to threereceive sites in a “conference” or class session. The KSCADE network currently consists of 28 sites, including 23 K-12 districts, Fox Valley TechnicalCollege and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College and, through the new state BCN network, can now connect to schools and content providers anywherein Wisconsin and the U.S.Street Law (9300) gives students a practical understanding of law and our legal system. Street Law focuses on legal issues relevant to students lives anddevelops knowledge and skills essential in our law oriented society.‣ C+ grade point average or consent of instructor (.5 credits) Spring Semester 11,12________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Careers in Criminal Justice (9323-24) Students in this course can expect to explore and discover the wide variety of Criminal Justice related careers inAmerica. All levels of employment from municipal to county, state, and federal are examined along with specific duties and hiring standards for a varietyof positions. Research and documentation skills will be developed in this course.‣ None (.5credits) Both Semesters 11,12________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Introduction to Criminal Justice (9325-26) Introduces KSCADE students to the study of crime and administration of justice in the United States. Thiscourse focuses on the roles of police, prosecution, courts and corrections. It also covers how the criminal justice process has evolved to what it is today.This course is designed for ITV delivery. It can be used as an elective credit.‣ - None (.5 credits) Both Semesters 11,12________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Medical Terminology (9309 & 9318) focuses on the component parts of medical terms: Prefixed, suffixes, and root words. Students practice formation,analysis and reconstruction of terms. Emphasis is on spelling, definition and pronunciation. Introduction to operative, diagnostic, therapeutic andsymptomatic terminology of all body systems, as well as systemic and surgical terminology will be covered.‣ - None (.5 credit) Both Semesters 11, 12_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The Future (9327) where are we going? Will our civilization trend to the material and social progress that has taken place the past 500 years? Or are weheading toward a “Dark Age” such as what happened after the collapse of Rome? This class will study economics, science, technology, social andpolitical trends as well as history to discover the patterns and cycles of civilization in order to better understand the expert predictions. An open mind aswell as a good background in history and economics is recommended.‣- None (.5 credits) Fall Semester 11,12_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________52