Designed to allow students to analyze and assess current trends in a fast-growing career field that creates meaningful, approachable, and compelling experiences for users of products, services, or initiatives. Students gain knowledge of introductory observation and research skills, basic design thinking, applied empathy methodologies, collaborative problem-solving, and interaction design.

Allows students to apply skills in science and art to make technology useful, meaningful, memorable, and accessible. Students use knowledge from Foundations of UX to expand research, design, programming, testing, and communication skills.

Provides an opportunity to study foundational technology applications. Students practice technology-related concepts, data input strategies, exploration of LAN and WAN networks, search terminology, and basic coding.

Allows students to continue their study of technological applications, extending practices to deeper algorithmic applications (e.g., greedy algorithms) and artificial intelligence/robotics.

Refines written and oral communication skills through study of reading, writing, and inquiry tasks. Includes planning, drafting, and crafting compositions in various genres and reading diverse authors.

Refines written and oral communication skills through study of reading, writing, and inquiry tasks. Includes planning, drafting, and crafting compositions in various genres and reading diverse authors.

Continues to build proficiency in written and oral communication, building on skills from English I. Focuses on critical thinking, analysis, evaluation, and synthesis in reading and writing.

Continues to build proficiency in written and oral communication, building on skills from English I. Focuses on critical thinking, analysis, evaluation, and synthesis in reading and writing.

Further increases and refines written and oral communication skills. Students plan, draft, and craft compositions and read extensively in multiple genres to analyze historical and cultural contexts.

Emphasizes analysis of literary and nonfiction texts with attention to style, diction, syntax, and logic. Students write refined arguments and synthesize evidence from different sources.

Prepares students for college/career level reading and writing intensive courses. Focuses on critical reading skills to identify assumptions and explore multiple ways of understanding.

College-level course emphasizing wide reading and analysis of world literature including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Focuses on literary elements and writer's style.