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Course Requirements for Alabama High School Diploma with Career/Technical Endorsement and Advanced Career Technical Endorsement
1. Course Requirements
Effective for students who begin the ninth or tenth grade in the 1999-2000 school year, students may earn an Alabama High School Diploma with Career/Technical Endorsement or an Alabama High School Diploma with Advanced Career/Technical Endorsement by completing the required credits in the core curriculum consistent with guidelines established by the State Department of Education and local boards and a coherent sequence of three career/technical courses in a career major. For the advanced career/technical endorsement, advanced level work must be completed; and core curriculum requirements may be satisfied by credit earned through applied academic courses or embedded or substitute credit situations.
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Course Requirements
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Alabama High School Diploma with Career/Technical Endorsement
Credits
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Alabama High School Diploma with Advanced Career/Technical Endorsement
Credits
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4
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4
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| Four credits to include the equivalent of: |
English 9
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English 10
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English 11
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| English 12 |
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4
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4
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| Three credits to include the equivalent of: |
| Algebra I |
| Geometry |
| Algebra II with Trigonometry |
| Mathematics Electives (1 may be embedded) |
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4
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4
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| Two credits to include the equivalent of: |
| Biology |
| A physical science |
| Science Electives (1 may be embedded or substitued) |
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4
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4
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| Four credits to include the equivalent of: |
| Grade 9 Social Studies |
| Grade 10 Social Studies |
| Grade 11 Social Studies |
| Grade 12 Social Studies |
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1
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1
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0.5
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0.5
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0.5
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0.5
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1
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1
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Career/Technical Education
(sequenced program of courses)***
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3
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3
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2
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2
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Local boards shall offer foreign languages, arts education, physical education, wellness education, career/technical preparation, and driver education as elective credits.
Local boards are not required to implement this diplma endorsement.
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24
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24
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* All four required credits in Social Studies shall comply with the current Alabama Course of Study.
** May be waived if competencies outlined in the computer applications course are demonstrated to qualified staff in the local school system. The designated one credit will then be added to the elective credits, making a total of three elective credits.
*** The Alabama courses of study shall be followed in determining minimum requirements for the coherent sequence of career/technical education courses.
**** Students may earn the advanced career/technical and the advanced academic endorsements concurrently if the elective credits as outlined above are used to earn the required credits in foreign language.
Assessment Requirements
Pass the required statewide assessment for graduation.
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