Academics

This course is an introductory course covering principles and concepts that are the foundation for future study of business and management. Topics of study include basic business principles, personal finance concepts, management concepts, systems thinking, quality management, and the current environment for business in a multinational marketplace. Communication skills and basic mathematics concepts are reinforced.

This course is designed to acquaint students with the basic legal principles common to business and personal activities. Topics include personal consumer concepts to assist students when evaluating contracts, maximizing purchasing power through credit, purchasing appropriate insurance, and renting and owning real estate. Business concepts such as contracting, ethics, starting a business, hiring employees, managing employees, or representing other businesses as employee or contractor are included, skills in critical thinking, and oral and written communication skills.

This course is designed to help students master skills in the areas of word processing, database management, spreadsheets, telecommunications, desktop publishing, and presentation applications. Emphasis is on data communications, Internet, and email, as well as skill development in the integration of software applications, ethical issues pertaining to information systems, and information technology careers. Software applications reinforce communication skills and critical thinking.

This course is designed to help students master advanced skills in the areas of integrating technology devices, Internet research strategies and uses, complex desktop publishing, multimedia production, and basic web page design. Emphasis is placed on skill development and refinement of skills in information technologies as well as economic, ethical, and social issues in the information technologies area. Communication skills and critical thinking are reinforced through software applications. This course is included as a capstone (*) course in the Business Technologies Pathway only.

This course is designed to teach basic digital input skills including keying using the touch method, speech recognition, and use of handheld devices. Emphasis is on the daily use and operation of commonly used digital communication devices to develop skill with concentrated application of those skills in the production of business communication and correspondence. Communications skills are reinforced as the students format, compose, and proofread.

This course is designed to introduce students to the rewards and risks of owning or operating a business enterprise. Emphasis is placed on the mastery of skills needed to plan, organize, manage, and finance a small business. Skills in communication, technical writing, mathematics, research, and problem solving are reinforced as each student prepares his/her own business plan. This course is included as a capstone (*) course in the Business Technologies Pathway only.

Students acquire skills and attitudes that prepare them to enter the field of marketing, either immediately upon graduation from high school or upon completion of a program of study beyond the high school level. Instructional areas include the functions of marketing, sales promotion, buying operations, management, product and service technology, and the social skills related to success in marketing. Skills in communications and mathematics are reinforced.

This course is designed to provide a foundation for students interested in a career in travel, tourism, and recreation marketing. Emphasis is placed on the hospitality/tourism industry, customer relations, travel destinations, tourism promotion, economics, and career development. Skills in mathematics, psychology, geography, and communications are reinforced. Work-based learning strategies appropriate for this course include cooperative education or paid/unpaid internships. Marketing simulations, projects, and teamwork activities provide opportunities for application of instructional competencies.

This course is designed for students interested in a study of sports, entertainment, and event marketing. Emphasis is placed on the following principles as they apply to the industry: branding, licensing, and naming rights; business foundations; concessions and on-site merchandising; economic foundations; promotions; safety and security; and human relations. Skills in communications, mathematics, psychology, and technical writing are reinforced in this course.

This course is a three-phased culminating exit course that is career-focused. The three components of the program include writing a research paper, producing a product, and delivering a presentation. Students demonstrate their ability to use content and apply knowledge to real-world situations in a career major. In addition, they also demonstrate their ability to write, speak, apply knowledge, problem solve, and use life skills such as time management, planning, follow through, and organization. Students work under the guidance of a teacher-facilitator in collaboration with community members, business representatives, and other school-based personnel. Simulations, projects, teamwork, leadership activities, meetings, conferences, and competitions provide opportunities for application of instructional competencies.

Instruction integrates basic biological and physical sciences plus technological concepts with principles of production agriculture. The specific focus is on environmental and engineering technology; plant, animal, and food sciences; and agribusiness. The course provides an overview of agriculture, agriscience concepts, and career guidance and planning. Skills in biology, language, writing, computers, math, and physics are reinforced.

Instruction develops knowledge and technical skills in the broad field of agricultural machinery, equipment, and structures. The primary purpose of this course is to prepare students to handle the day-to-day problems, accidents, and repair needs encountered in their chosen agricultural career. Topics include agricultural mechanics safety; agricultural engineering career opportunities; hand and power tool use and selection; electrical wiring; basic metalworking; basic agricultural construction skills related to plumbing, concrete, and carpentry; basic welding; and leadership development. Skills in physics, geometry, and algebra are reinforced.

This course expands upon the knowledge and skills learned in Agricultural Mechanics I. The topics of instruction emphasized are non-metallic agricultural fabrication techniques, metal fabrication technology, safe tool and equipment use, human resource development, hot and cold metal working skills and technology, advanced welding and metal cutting skills, working with plastics, and advanced career exploration. Skills in physics, geometry, and algebra are reinforced.

This is a three-phased, career-focused exit course in Agricultural Education. The three components of the program include a research paper, a product, and a presentation. Students demonstrate their ability to use content and apply knowledge to real-world situations in a career major. In addition, they demonstrate their ability to write, speak, apply knowledge, problem-solve, and use life skills such as time management, planning, follow-through, and organization.

Emphasis is placed on advanced clothing principles involved in construction. Students express themselves through the use of clothing and accessories and skills in advanced construction and fitting techniques. They also as gain greater knowledge of textiles and fibers used in today's fashion industry.

This course examines clothing production in the areas of preparation for clothing construction, basic clothing construction techniques, consumer decisions, textiles, historical perspectives and design. Emphasis is placed on applying construction and design skills to apparel and home fashions and analyzing textiles to determine fabric use and care. Students learn how to operate the sewing machine and serger to construct apparel items. They explore sewing techniques that provide a foundation for design skills and advanced construction. Attention focuses on quality workmanship and personal fashion decision-making. Students study opportunities for employment and job readiness requirements for the industry.

The focus of this course is on advanced clothing and housing apparel development. The use of fibers and fabrics is combined with design and construction techniques to develop and produce a product. A real or simulated business apparel enterprise allows students to apply instructional strategies and workplace readiness skills to an authentic experience. This course is included as a capstone course in the Commercial and Artistic Production Technologies Pathway only.

This course examines nutritional needs of the individual. It focuses on the relationship of diet to health, healthy food choices, and preparation of foods to meet these needs. Emphasis is placed on the relationship of diet to health, kitchen and meal management, and food preparation.

This course focuses on advanced food preparation techniques while applying nutrition, food science, and test kitchen concepts using new technology. Food safety and sanitation receive special emphasis, with students taking the exam for the ServSafe credential from the National Restaurant Association. Students apply instructional strategies and workplace readiness skills to a real or simulated in-school food business. This course is included as a capstone (*) course in the Public Service Technologies Pathway only.

Students focus on the elements and principles of design to plan and decorate the interior of a home. Students examine the principles of selecting home furnishings and equipment. Housing decisions by individuals and families are explored as they affect needs, environment, technological developments, and governmental influences. Students create living environments using the concepts of interior design. Homes are evaluated for interior and exterior design, construction quality, energy efficiency, and security and safety. The course helps students interpret legal and financial aspects of acquiring housing and explore career skills and job opportunities in housing and interior design.

This course prepares students for opportunities in the residential and non-residential interior design fields for entry-level and technical jobs. Topics include application of design theory to interior plans and production, selection of materials, and examination of business procedures. Skills in technology, math, and communication are reinforced.

This course introduces students to responsible nurturing and basic applications of child development theory. Emphasis is on care providers' responsibilities for and influences on children. It reinforces skills in communication, resource management, and problem solving. The ways infants, toddlers, and preschoolers develop emotionally, socially, physically, and intellectually. Course content includes the care and guidance of children as well as ways to encourage their growth and development. Students investigate community services available to families with children and educational experiences for young children.

This year long course provides instruction for students entering the child care profession. Classroom instruction emphasizes concepts essential for enhancing the development of young children. At least one-half of instructional time is spent in internships in a variety of child care facilities. During these internships, students have an opportunity to analyze the role of the caregiver. They also plan, present, and evaluate developmentally appropriate activities for young children.

Students receive advanced preparation for a career in child care in this year long course. At least fifty percent of the instructional time is spent interning in childcare facilities where students explore center management techniques, including working with personnel and record keeping. Students analyze ways to manage a center program by planning a developmentally appropriate curriculum and learning environment. They explore ways to work with parents and the community. It helps students identify strategies for planning professional growth and development in the child care profession.

This culminating course is career-focused in Family and Consumer Sciences. Three parts of the course include a research paper, a product, and a presentation. Students demonstrate their abilities to use content and apply knowledge to authentic situations in a selected career. In addition, they demonstrate their abilities to write, speak, solve problems, and use life skills such as time management and organization. Students work under the guidance of a teacher-facilitator in collaboration with community members, business representatives, and other school-based personnel.

This is a survey course designed to investigate 21st century medical and health care practices using computerized databases, media, and visiting health team professionals. Searches include the world of biomedical technology, the language of medicine, present and evolving biomedical specialties, biomedical ethics, crises and alternatives, and health career development.

This course provides classroom instruction to introduce medicine and the professions associated with the administration of health care. It uses advanced investigative approaches in the study of human and social sciences as related to medicine and health care. Emphasis includes patient/client psychology, bioethical legal practices, the language of medicine, body chemistry, microbiology, anatomy and physiology, and the current and futuristic study of diseases and disorders.

This specialized course is designed to prepare potential health care workers for performance in an advanced technical or professional health career. Emphasis is placed on research, communications, safety, computer literacy, health team relations, problem solving, and decision-making. It reinforces skills in mathematics, science, and communications. This course is included as a capstone (*) course in the Health Sciences Pathway only.

This course introduces basic Emergency Medical Care. Topics include: Preparatory, Airway, Patient Assessment, Medical Emergencies, Trauma, Infants and Children and Operations. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate the skills necessary to achieve NC State or National Registry EMT Basic Certification. Students enrolled in this course may volunteer as cadets with the Garner EMS Service to gain valuable Emergency Care experience. Students who register for this course must be at least 17 years old and have parent permission to leave campus as a driver or a passenger. Additionally, students must have current TB Test on file.

This culminating course requires students to focus on a problem in a selected career pathway. The course project includes a paper, working portfolio, presentation and product. As a base for developing the course project, students use knowledge, skills and attitudes obtained from previous courses taken. The project must be of sufficient depth to require extensive review of literature. With mentor assistance and interviews, the project should lend itself to identification of a problem, examination of possible solutions or directions, and analysis of the impact of those solutions. The project created from this course can be used to fulfill the senior Graduation Project requirement; the course allows students to apply learning in their chosen career area. Students who register for this course must be at least 16 years old and have parent permission to leave campus as a driver or a passenger. Additionally, students must have current TB Test and CPR certification on file.

This culminating course requires students to focus on a problem in a selected career pathway. The course project includes a paper, working portfolio, presentation and product. As a base for developing the course project, students use knowledge, skills and attitudes obtained from previous courses taken. The project must be of sufficient depth to require extensive review of literature. With mentor assistance and interviews, the project should lend itself to identification of a problem, examination of possible solutions or directions, and analysis of the impact of those solutions. The project created from this course can be used to fulfill the senior Graduation Project requirement; the course allows students to apply learning in their chosen career area. Students who register for this course must be at least 17 years old and have parent permission to leave campus as a driver or a passenger. Additionally, students must have current TB Test and CPR certification on file.

The Certified Nursing Assistant Program is an opportunity for high school students to earn a Level One Certification by the State of NC as a Nursing Assistant. This training is offered through a partnership of SRHS and Wake Technical Community College. The classes are taught at the Wake Tech. Health Care Campus near Wake Medical Center. The Clinical portion of the class is at Wake Medical Center (Nine week Certification Course). Many Medical and Nursing Schools require Clinical experience as part of their admissions standards. Working as a CNA meets the Clinical requirements. Students who register for this course must be at least 16 years old and have parent permission to leave campus as a driver or a passenger. Additionally, students must have current TB Test and CPR certification. Students who are successful in this course typically earned a B or higher in Medical Science I.

This course introduces all aspects of the medical laboratory profession. Topics include health care/laboratory organization, professional ethics, basic laboratory techniques, safety, quality assurance, and specimen collection. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of laboratory operations and be able to perform basic laboratory skills. Students who request this course must enroll in the Medical Laboratory Technology program.

This course introduces the fundamental principles of networks and their operation by using CICSO CCNA Discovery 1 and Discovery 2 curriculum. The Cisco CCNA? Discovery curriculum provides foundational networking knowledge, practical experience, opportunities for career exploration, and soft-skills development to help students prepare for entry-level careers in IT and networking. The curriculum offers a hands-on approach to learning, and uses interactive tools and easy-to-follow labs to help students learn the general theory needed to build networks. Work-based strategies appropriate for this course are job-shadowing, internships, cooperative education, and apprenticeship. Hands-on experiences and SkillsUSA leadership activities provide many opportunities to enhance classroom instruction and career development.

This course covers electronic practices and fundamentals, roles of electronics in communications and industry, and career development. Topics include safety, tools, direct current, schematics, soldering, measuring electricity, Ohm's/Watt's/Kirchoff's Laws, power, and circuits. Leadership skills, science, thinking skills, and principles of technology are reinforced.

This course covers advanced electronic practices and principles, special equipment and materials, and employment opportunities. Topics include safety, alternating currents, inductive/capacitive/RCL circuits, semiconductor devices, rectifier/filter circuits, and bipolar transistors. Skills in leadership, safety, mathematics, reading, problem solving, tools, and using test equipment are reinforced.

This course introduces students to the use of simple and complex graphic tools used to communicate and understand ideas and concepts found in the areas of architecture, manufacturing, engineering, science, and mathematics. Topics include problem-solving strategies, classical representation methods such as sketching, and geometric construction techniques as well as CAD (computer assisted design), orthographic projection, and oblique and isometric drawings.

This course focuses on engineering graphics related subjects introducing the student to symbol libraries, industry standards, and sectioning techniques. Topics include coordinate systems, principles of machine processes and gearing, and the construction of 3-D wire frame models using CAD. Mathematics, science, and mechanical engineering concepts involving the working principles and design of cams and gears are reinforced.

This course introduces the student to advanced engineering concepts. Using CAD tools, topics studied include descriptive geometry, geometric tolerancing, and advanced engineering design concepts such as surface and solid modeling. Science and mathematic concepts are reinforced.

This course focuses on engineering graphics related subjects introducing the student to symbol libraries, industry standards, and sectioning techniques. Topics include coordinate systems, principles of machine processes and gearing, and the construction of 3-D wire frame models using CAD. Mathematics, science, and mechanical engineering concepts involving the working principles and design of cams and gears are reinforced. This course is included as a capstone (*) course in the Engineering Technologies Pathway only.

This course introduces the student to advanced engineering concepts. Using CAD tools, topics studied include descriptive geometry, geometric tolerance, and advanced engineering design concepts such as surface and solid modeling. Science and mathematic concepts are reinforced.

This course begins with certification preparation for the Certified Cisco Entry Network Technician (CCENT) exam. The materials needed to successfully pass this certification were covered in Network Engineering Technology I (7409). The bulk of this course will cover CISCO CCNA Exploration 2 curriculum. CCNA Exploration offers in-depth theory, challenging labs, and a detailed overview of protocol operations. It is designed for students with advanced problem-solving and analytical skills, such as degree candidates in engineering, math, or science, or for working professionals who would like to advance their careers or gain certification. Work-based strategies appropriate for this course are job-shadowing, internships, cooperative education, and apprenticeship. Hands-on experiences and Skills USA leadership activities provide many opportunities to enhance classroom instruction and career development. The course provides the opportunity for advanced work, rigorous academic study, practical application, and transfer of knowledge and skills This course is included as a capstone (*) course in the Engineering Technologies Pathway only.

Computer Engineering Technology I (CET I) introduces basic skills and safety procedures required to become an A+ Certified computer technician. Emphasis is on skills needed to build, upgrade, configure, and troubleshoot computers, peripherals, and operating systems. Internet resources are an integral part of instruction, troubleshooting, and research in the classroom. The work-based strategy appropriate for this course is job shadowing.

Computer Engineering Technology II (CET II) offers advanced hands-on training and theory to enhance skills introduced in CET I. New topics include printers, portable systems, networks, Internet, and customer interaction. Course content follows industry guidelines for A+ Certification. Work-based strategies appropriate for this course are job shadowing, internship, cooperative education, and apprenticeship. Hands-on experience and VICA/TSA leadership activities provide many opportunities to enhance classroom instruction and career development.

This culminating, career-focused course includes a research paper, product, and presentation. Emphasis is on students demonstrating their abilities to use content and apply knowledge to real-world situations. Skills in leadership, writing, speaking, problem solving, mathematics, and science are reinforced in this course. It is important to connect work-based learning such as internship, apprenticeship, and cooperative education to this course. Students work under the guidance of a teacher-facilitator in collaboration with community members, business representatives, and other school-based personnel.

Sponsored by Sun Microsystems, this course teaches students how to use UNIX operating system commands and, in the hands-on exercises, basic Sun Solaris operating environment commands. Students learn fundamental command line features of the Common Desktop Environment (CDE-graphical user interface between different environments), including file system navigation, file permissions, the vi text editor, command shells and basic network use. The class is intended for new users of UNIX.

This state-of-the-art course introduces students to the use of complex graphic tools concurrently with the students' study in an academic area. Emphasis is placed on the use of complex graphic tools to better understand a given mathematics and/or scientific concept. Visualization activities may include graphics of mathematical models, molecular structures, topographical maps, stratospheric and climate models, and statistical analysis. Computer, communication, math, and science skills are reinforced.

This nationally-recognized Project Lead The Way pre-engineering course introduces students to the field of engineering design. Students will study and use basic design principles as they explore the field of engineering. They will learn problem-solving skills using a design development process. Models of product solutions are created, analyzed and communicated using solid modeling computer design software. Opportunities for project-based work and experiences with engineering teams is included. It is recommended that students have passed Algebra 1.

This course helps students understand the field of engineering/engineering technology. Exploring various technology systems and manufacturing processes help students learn how engineers and technicians use math, science and technology in an engineering problem solving process to benefit people. The course also includes concerns about social and political consequences of technological change.

This course is part of the nationally-recognized Project Lead The Way pre-engineering curriculum. This course uses applied logic that encompasses the application of electronic circuits and devices. Computer simulation software is used to design and test digital circuitry prior to the actual construction of circuits and devices.

An engineering research course in which students work in teams to research, design and construct a solution to an open-ended engineering problem. Students apply principles developed in the four preceding courses and are guided by a community mentor. They must present progress reports, submit a final written report and defend their solutions to a panel of outside reviewers at the end of the school year. Students taking this course MUST have taken the two foundation courses (IED and POE) and two speciality courses to be enrolled.

Provides students with experiences in designing, developing, evaluating aircraft, space vehicles, and their operating systems. Emphasis includes investigation and research on flight characteristics and analysis of aerodynamic design. Classroom instruction provides opportunities for creative thinking and problem-solving activities using appropriate software to design, test, and evaluate a variety of air and space vehicles, their systems, launching, guidance, and control procedures. Daily emphasis is placed on applying mathematical, scientific, and engineering principles. It is recommended that students have passed Algebra 2.

This course provides an overview of the fields of Civil Engineering and Architecture, while emphasizing the interrelationship and dependence of both fields on each other. Students use state of the art software to solve real world problems and communicate solutions to hands-on projects and activities. This course covers topics such as: The Roles of Civil Engineers and Architects, Project Planning, Site Planning, Building Design and Project Documentation and Presentation.