1. Roswell High School TAG Department
Four Year Plan
Roswell High School
TAG Department

2. Foreign Language Career Tech/Fine Arts
Four Year Plan
English/
Language
Arts
Social Studies
Mathematics
Science
Foreign Language Career Tech/Fine Arts
PE/Health
Other Electives
9th F S
10th
11th
12th

3. How many classes do students take?

4. Six Classes Per Year X Four Years = 24 Carnegie Units (yearlong courses or its equivalent)

5. What is required to graduate?
23 Carnegie Units Divided up into specific course or subject requirements

6. What is required to graduate?
4 years of English/Language Arts
4 years of Math
4 years of Science
3 years of Social Studies
1 semester of Health
1 semester of PE (Personal Fitness)*
3 years of of Fine Arts/World Language/Career Tech

7. The remaining five Carnegie Units are electives.

8. Course Sequence

9. English/Language Arts
Year
Course Choices
9th
Honors 9th Grade Lit or
On-level 9th grade Lit
10th
Honors 10th Grade Lit or
On-level 10th grade Lit
11th
AP Language or
Honors American Lit or
On-level American Lit
12th
AP Literature, 12th grade Honors Literature, College English, or
On-level 12th Grade Lit

10. Mathematics
Year
Course Choices

11. Mathematics Year Course Choices Coordinate Algebra Analytic Geometry
Advanced Algebra
PLUS
AMDM OR
Pre-Calculus AND/OR
AP Calculus (A/B or B/C) OR
AP Statistics AND/OR
Georgia Tech Calculus II

12. Science Required: Biology Physical Science (10th) or Physics (12th)
Two additional sciences

13. Science (usual sequence)
Year
Course Choices
9th
10th
11th
12th

14. Science (usual sequence)
Year
Course Choices
9th
Honors Biology or Biology
10th
Honors Chemistry or Chemistry or Optional Science
11th
Optional Science (often at the AP level) --AP Chemistry is usually taken in 11th grade
12th
Physics or AP Physics

15. Science (usual sequence)
Science Electives—AP Level
AP Computer Science
AP Chemistry
AP Biology
AP Environmental Science
(AP Physics is taken in place of Physics graduation requirement)

16. ALL CAN BE TAKEN AT THE AP LEVEL FOR GRADUATION
Social Studies
Required Courses:
World History (year long, 10th)
U.S. History (year long, 11th)
American Government (semester long)
Economics (semester long)
ALL CAN BE TAKEN AT THE AP LEVEL FOR GRADUATION

17. Social Studies 9th 10th 11th 12th Year Course Choices
None required (AP Electives)
10th
World History OR
AP World History
11th
U.S. History OR
AP U.S. History
12th
Economics & Government OR
AP Economics & AP Gov’t
AMDM OR
Pre-Calculus AND/OR

18. Social Studies
Other Social Studies AP Electives: AP Psychology AP Comparative Government (one semester) AP Microeconomics (one semester) AP Human Geography (9th only) AP Government (12th, one semester)

19. Other Academic Electives
Science Social Studies English Also, TAG!

20. TAG Directed Study Available at all grade levels
A self-directed course with guidance from a teacher
Meets daily
Elective credit received
Number grade earned

21. TAG Career Internship
Available to TAG juniors and seniors in good standing
A student may take up to four internships (each is one semester long).
Prerequisite – Hire Me! seminar

22. World Language
Not a graduation requirement BUT it is a college admissions requirement!
AP Level: French, Spanish, Latin

23. Georgia’s HOPE Program
Zell Miller Scholarship –Full Tuition Covered
Graduate valedictorian or salutatorian OR
Earn a 3.7 GPA in HOPE eligible courses AND earn a 1200 combined score of reading and math on a single administration of the SAT or a 26 composite score on a single administration of the ACT by your graduation date
Be a U.S. citizen and legal resident of Georgia
Take a minimum of 4 rigorous classes
Be a graduate of an eligible high school
Be registered with Selective Service

24. Georgia HOPE Program HOPE Scholarship-Partial Tuition Covered
Be a U.S. citizen and legal resident of Georgia
Graduate with a unweighted “B” (3.0) average in HOPE eligible courses
Take a minimum of 4 rigorous classes
Be a graduate of an eligible high school
Be registered with Selective Service (males)

25. Classes for HOPE Rigor English/ELA Social Studies Science
APLang/Composition
AP Psychology
AP Computer Science
AP Lit/Composition
AP Gov/Politics: US
AP Biology
AP Gov/Politics: Comparative
AP Environmental Science
Mathematics
Adv Math Decision Making
AP Macroeconomics
Anatomy/Physiology
AP Microeconomics
Chemistry
Adv Alg/Algebra 2
AP Human Geography
AP Chemistry
Accelerated Pre-Calc
AP World History
Physics
Pre-Calculus
AP US History
AP Physics
AP Calculus AB
AP European History
AP Calculus BC
World Language
AP Statistics
Level II, III, IV, V or AP
Multivariable Calculus (GA Tech)

26. If selective colleges require 7+ AP courses, how/where can they fit all those in their schedules?

27. Four Year Plan 9th 10th 11th 12th English/ Language Arts
English/
Language
Arts
Social Studies
Mathematics
Science
Foreign Language Career Tech/Fine Arts
PE/Health
Other Electives
9th F S
10th
11th
12th
Freshman AP:
Human Geog.
AP World History
AP Electives:
AP Psychology
AP Music Theory
AP French, etc.
AP Language
AP U.S. History
AP Economics
AP Electives:
AP Computer Science
AP Comparative Gov’t (and more!)
AP Calculus or AP Statistics
Elective Science at AP Level
AP Literature
AP U.S. Government

28. Questions?