Kingman High School
Current academically rigorous coursework available for gifted students who qualify:
Note: Offerings during a given semester are dependant on enrollment numbers.
Approved Honors Courses
An Honors class parallels the curriculum offered in the corresponding regular class, but may cover additional topics or some topics in greater depth. These are rigorous academic courses that receive .5 weighted grades when averaging Grade Point Average.
English Honors I A/B
This course is Standards-based with accelerated content that includes a variety of department-approved novels, short stories, essays, grammar and literature studies. Focus is on academic writing; literary analysis; research and expository writing. Prerequisite: none. Recommendation: Highly successful previous language arts classes’ coursework, teacher recommendation, and/or significant success on AIMS, DPA or other benchmark tests.
English Honors II A/B
This course is designed for college-bound students. Grammar and writing skills will be intensely studied. Readings include Speak, Running Loose, To Kill a Mockingbird and Julius Caesar. Students will also prepare a typed research paper and 7 to 8 essays each semester. Prerequisite: none. Recommendation: Highly successful previous language arts classes’ coursework, teacher recommendation, and/or significant success on AIMS, DPA or other benchmark tests.
Approved Advanced Placement Courses
AP classesare courses designed to prepare students to take the College Board-sponsored Advanced Placement (AP) exam. These national curricula are developed by both high school and college teachers under the auspices of the College Board. Most universities award college credit based on AP exam scores. These are rigorous academic courses that received full weighted grades when averaging Grade Point Average.
AP English 3A/B
Taught as a college class, AP English Language and Composition provides students the opportunity to develop reading and writing skills which will allow them to succeed at the college level. Students will learn techniques for reading complex texts with understanding and for composing prose that will effectively communicate their ideas to mature readers. The primary purpose of the course is to enable students to write competently in their college courses across the curriculum. This course will also prepare students to take the AP exam in May. College credits may be awarded for a score of 3, 4, or 5. Emphasis is on literature analysis and composition. Prerequisite for Dual Credit: Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of the appropriate PCS (Pre-College Studies) Reading course and TRE 089. Dual credit ENG101 for A, dual credit ENG102 for B. Recommendation: Highly successful previous language arts classes’ coursework, teacher recommendation, and/or significant success on AIMS, DPA or other benchmark tests.
AP English 4A/B
This course is taught as a college-level course for highly-motivated seniors interested in achieving Advanced Placement college credit. Students will read literature of various periods and genres. First semester novels include 1984, Grapes of Wrath, Death of a Salesman, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chocolate Wars, Athletic Shorts, plus two – four instructor-selected novels. Additionally students will write 8 – 10 essays each semester. Second Semester emphasizes reading literature analytically, writing critical essays, and developing the students’ critical opinions and insights. Students complete an independent author study project, including researching and writing an author’s biography, and reading and analyzing two major works by that author. Students will read Hamlet and other selected works, especially of British and American poetry, write critical and analytical essays, and take practice AP exams. Prerequisite for Dual Credit: ENG101; Dual credit for A is ENG236; dual credit for B is ENG234. Recommendation: Highly successful previous language arts classes’ coursework, teacher recommendation, and/or significant success on AIMS, DPA or other benchmark tests.
AP US History A/B
First semester: (1450-1840) A survey of the colonial period focusing on the background for colonization, the peoples, and the regions of new world cultures. It covers the American Revolution and the new republic. (1840- 1900) Background factors for North and South cultures--the economic, political, and social explanations for the divergence. Also examines Manifest Destiny and the Compromise Era of the North and South. Second semester: (1900-1980) A survey of progressive movements and national reforms, World War I and its aftermath, the Great Depression and the age of FDR. It continues with an in-depth look at isolationism and internationalism. The last section deals with civil rights, the Liberal Political Era, Vietnam War policy, and the Cold War era. Prerequisite: None.
AP Biology A/B (offered alternate years)
This course includes: (a): organic and biochemistry, metabolism, the cell, cell respiration, photosynthesis, cell reproduction and meiosis, evolution, genetics, prokaryotic and eukaryotic development. (b) plants, invertebrates, vertebrate and human anatomy, ecology and behavior. Prerequisite: SCI132 and SCI262.
AP Chemistry A/B (offered alternate years)
This course is designed to be the equivalent of the general chemistry course usually taken during the first year of college. First semester: matter and measurements, atomic structures, chemical formulas and equations, gases, electronic structures, the periodic table, thermo chemistry, chemical bonding and molecular and ionic structures. Second semester: gaseous and solution equilibrium, acid-base equilibrium, and reaction rate and spontaneity of reactions. Qualitative analysis and nuclear chemistry will be covered with an emphasis on lab procedures and extensive review of chemistry. Prerequisite: SCI264 and MAT222
AP Physics A/B
This is a college-level, non-calculus class. All major topics relating to physics are studied during the two-semester sequence, including rotational mechanics, statics, electrostatics, electric circuits, magnetostatics, electricity, magnetism, wave/light theory, physics optics, thermodynamics, gas and kinetic theory, nuclear physics, quantum physics, and special relativity. This year-long course is an excellent preparation for those students planning to go into the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering. For others, this class is a good way to potentially reduce science requirements when entering college. Prerequisite: SCI212
AP Calculus A/B
This is a one-year course covering topics in analytic geometry, differential calculus, and integral calculus. Focus will be on topics covered in the AP exam, and considerable time will be spent studying and reviewing problems, which will aid in preparation for this exam. Prerequisite: MAT 301 and MAT311.
AP World History A/B
AP World History is a college placement class entailing a year-long study of the global interactions between human societies from 5000 BC to the present. The course highlights the nature of changes in international frameworks and their causes and consequences, as well as comparisons among major societies. Students will participate in broad-based historical reading and research, combined with the accompanying writing assignments that will assure their comprehension and preparedness for college credit. Prerequisite: None.
AP Spanish A/B
This class emphasizes vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing and speaking, and preparation for the AP exam. Prerequisite: LAN302
Approved Dual Credit Courses
Working with Mohave Community College, Kingman High School provides dual credit educational opportunities for high school students. Dual credit means that eligible students who enroll in college-level courses may receive both high school and college credit.
ENG101 (English Composition I)
A review of the fundamentals of grammar, sentence structures and paragraphs and includes extensive theme writing with emphasis on exposition and critical thinking. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of the appropriate PCS (Pre-College Studies) Reading course and TRE 089.
ENG102 (English Composition II)
An introduction to literature with an emphasis on literary research and the argumentative research paper. Prerequisite: Completion of MCC ENG 101 with a grade of "C" or better.
ENG236 (English Literature II)
A general survey of the major works in British literature from the Romantic poets through the early modern writers. Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENG 101 or permission of division chair. Spring semester only.
ENG234 (American Literature II)
A general survey of American literature from the Civil War to present. Includes readings from representative American authors including: Mark Twain, Henry James, T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, Ernest Hemingway, Denise Chavez, James Baldwin, Willa Cather, Black Elk, Gertrude Stein, Katherine Anne Porter, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Sylvia Plath, Flannery O'Connor, N. Scott Momaday, Alberto Rios, and Leslie Marmon Silko. Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENG 101.
HIS131 (History of the US I)
A survey of the political, economic, and cultural history of the United States with emphasis placed on historical events, people and movements that impacted American society. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of the appropriate PCS Reading course and TRE 089.
HIS132 (History of the US II)
A continuation of the survey of the United States history from the period of reconstruction to the present day. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of the appropriate PCS Reading course and TRE 089.
BIO181 (General Biology I)
An introduction to organic and biochemistry, metabolism, the cell, cell respiration, photosynthesis, cell reproduction and meiosis, evolution, genetics, prokaryotic and eukaryotic development, including plants, invertebrates, vertebrate and human anatomy, ecology and behavior. Requires completion of fall and spring semester courses. Prerequisite: SCI132 and SCI262. Prerequisite for dual credit: Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of TRE 089 and TRM 089.
CHM130 (Fundamental Chemistry)
This course covers principles of inorganic chemistry designed for programs requiring a year or less of chemistry, and for students proceeding on to one semester of organic chemistry. Prerequisite: SCI262, as well as appropriate score on assessment test or the appropriate PCS Reading course, TRM 089 and TRE 089.
MAT142 (College Mathematics)
Applications of basic college-level mathematics to real-life problems. Concepts, language and history of mathematics contributions to Western society also covered. Appropriate for students whose major does not require College Algebra or Pre-calculus. Three lecture. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment test or completion of MCC MAT 121 with a grade of "C" or better. (Must complete both Discrete Mathematics and Probability & Statistics courses at KHS to receive dual credit.)
MAT151 (College Algebra)
A more extensive and rigorous course in algebra. Emphasis in this course is on functions and relations. Systems of equations, inequalities and matrices are also covered. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment test or completion of MAT 121 with a grade of "C" or better. (Fall semester only.)
MAT181 (Plane Trigonometry)
A study of trigonometric functions, inverse functions, identities, and graphs and their applications to right and oblique triangles, vectors, complex numbers, and polar and parametric equations. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment test or completion of MAT 151 with a grade of "C" or better. (Spring semester only.)
POS120 (American National Government)
A survey of the United States government, including the Constitution; political parties and elections; pressure groups; Congress, the President, and bureaucracy; courts; civil rights and liberties; and foreign affairs. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of the appropriate PCS Reading course and TRE 089.
HUM150 (Intro to Humanities - Prehistory to Middle Ages)
Humanistic values are examined through the study of major art forms. This course will emphasize personal, societal, ethnic, racial, gender, global and historical factors which have influenced the expression of human values through the arts. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of ENG 085 and TRE 089.
ART230 (Survey of World Art II)
A study of art forms and expression from the Renaissance to the present. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of the appropriate PCS Reading course and TRE 089.
MUS101 (Appreciation and Literature of Music)
A general introduction to music literature with emphasis upon the development of listening techniques. An historical and cultural background of music and analysis of selected representative works from each era. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of he appropriate PCS Reading course and TRE 089. Spring semester only
PHI205 (Comparative World Religions)
Includes a study of the eleven major religions in the world today, together with background material in primitive and bygone religions; comparison of the major doctrines of these religions; the development of the doctrines; and the influence they have upon one another. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of the appropriate PCS Reading course and TRE 089.
PSY101 (Intro to Psychology)
An introduction to the field of psychology, dealing with such topics as the scientific method in psychology, a survey of the different fields of psychology, heredity and environment, intelligence, emotions, motivation, the nervous system , and the learning process. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of the appropriate PCS Reading course and TRE 089.
AJS101 (Intro to Administration of Justice)
An examination of the organization and jurisdiction of local, state and federal law enforcement, judicial and correctional systems; the history and philosophy; career opportunities and qualifying requirements, terminology and constitutional limitations of the system. Prerequisite: none.
EDU205 (Intro to Education)
A survey of the field of education. Historical development, effective school theories, requirements for admission into teaching, approaches and theories, problems of teachers, organization and administration, and legal aspects of education are considered. Prerequisite: none. (Fall semester only.)
EDU222 (The Exceptional Student)
An introduction to the physical and mental characteristics of students in special education. The course includes an introduction to the definitions and identifying characteristics of students with disabilities or health disorders and also includes an introduction to the laws, terminology, definitions, and specific educational recommendations for students with disabilities or health disorders. Prerequisite: none. (Spring semester only.)
WLD101 (Intro to Welding)
For the hobby welder or supervisors who want to understand the concepts of welding. The course will cover the basics of SMAW (stick), GMAW (mig), FCAW – S (Inner shield), FCAW – G (Dual shield), GTAW (Tig), and Oxyacetylene welding and cutting. Prerequisite: none. (Spring semester only.)
CIS110 (Intro to Computer Information Systems)
An introduction to hardware, software, data structures, information systems analysis, and other topics regarding the computer. Content covers historical and contemporary topics, and is oriented toward the use of the computer for professional, business and educational problem solving. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089.
CIS143 (Beginning Web Page Design)
A beginning course in learning the fundamental concepts and features of image manipulation using the most popular program in the industry. Prerequisite: none.
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Independent Study Program (ISP):
The ultimate objective of the Independent Study Program is to encourage and prepare the individual student working on his own initiative, to undertake, to direct and to complete successfully his/her own study activities in areas which are of interest and value to him/her. Activities also include group projects, student-led book talks over non-fictional books of choice, and vocabulary work. Students meet mornings and can earn .5 credits per semester.
Additionally, There are a number of sponsored clubs focusing on a variety of interests are available including Academic Decathlon, Art Club, Bulldog Book Club, Creative Writing Club/Literary Writing, Math Club, etc.