ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS
SCIENCE
A minimum of 3 units of Science credits are required for high school students to graduate in New York State Distributed as Follows: Life Science (1); Physical Science (1); Life Science or Physical Science (1). The Science Department is strongly encouraging more students to work toward earning an Advanced Regents Diploma which requires students to have two lab science regents exams (1 Life Science (Biology) and 1 Physical).
GRADE 9 ONLY
Freshman Biology (1 Credit) (Life Science)
Freshman Chemistry(1 Credit) (Physical Science)
Freshman Earth (1 Credit) (Physical Science)
GRADES 10-12 PRE-REQUISITES
Biology R (1 Credit) (Life Science)
Earth Science (1 Credit) (Physical Science)
Chemistry (1 Credit) (Physical Science)
Physics CHS (1 Credit) (Physical Science)
Environmental (1 Credit) (Physical)
Botany & Horticulture (.5 Credit) (Life Science)
Nutrition Science (.5 Credit) (Life Science)
GRADES 11-12 PRE-REQUISITES
Biology IB HL 1 (1 Credit) (Life Science)
Biology IB HL 2 (1 Credit) (Life Science)
Chemistry IB HL 1 (1 Credit) (Physical Science)
Environmental Systems and Society IB HL 1 (1 Credit) (Physical Science)
Anatomy & Physiology (1 credit) (Life Science)Forensics (1 Credit) (Physical)
SCIENCE COURSES
Some courses can count for science credit that fall outside of the science department:
Electronics (1 Credit) (Physical) (Prerequisite—student must have successful passed a science regents or be enrolled in a fundamentals)