Colusa High School

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

To meet minimum high school requirements of Colusa Unified School District students must successfully complete 250 semester units of instruction. The following courses must be completed as a part of the 250 unit requirements. A “D-“grade or better in any of the required or elective courses will constitute completion of a course requirement. When a student receives an “F” grade in a required course, the course must be repeated. A course may be used to fulfill only one of the graduation requirements.

REQUIRED COURSES

ENGLISH 4 YEARS

English I 

English III or Honors English

English IV or AP English IV

SOCIAL SCIENCES – 3 YEARS 

World History

US History or Honors US History

Government/Economics or AP Government/Honors Economics

MATH- 3 YEARS-(Must be three different courses of math) 

Math I

Math II

Honors Math II

Bridge to Math III

Math III

Pre-Calculus Honors Pre-Calculus

AP Calculus

SCIENCE – 2 YEARS

One year must be in life science and one must be in physical science.

Life Science Courses:

Biology

Sustainable Ag.

Physics

PHYSICAL EDUCATION – 3 YEARS 

PE Athletic

PE

Fitness/Weight Training

Interscholastic Athletics*

*A maximum of 20 credits may be earned.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION – 1 YEAR

GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 

BASIC FARM POWER MECHANICS

INT. FARM POWER MECHANICS

ADV. FARM POWER MECHANICS

ANIMAL SCIENCE

SUSTAINABLE AG

CHEM/AG

MEDIA PRODUCTION

ADV. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

ASB STUDENT COUNCIL

FINE ARTS/FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES – 1 YEAR

Art Appreciation

Spanish I, II, III, AP

Advanced Spanish I, II

Art I Art II Studio Art

Band/Choir

Theatre Production I

OTHER REQUIRED COURSES – 1 YEAR

Computer Literacy 

Personal Finance - 11th or 12th grade year – ROP Ag Business Finance – 12th grade year for FFA 

Senior Project (5 credits)