Transitional Studies

A beginning course designed to develop reading and writing skills. Credits earned can be used towards CCSF High School Diploma.

Beginning course in writing with emphasis on sentence mechanics and paragraph development.

An intermediate course designed to develop reading, writing, and critical thinking skills in preparation for TRST advanced English courses. Course hours count as high school credits and can be applied towards the CCSF High School Diploma.

Students will learn the basic skills needed to decipher media messages and understand the impact such messages have on personal and societal decision making.

A fundamental math course focusing on decimals, fractions, ratios, proportions, percentages, and number line theory.

This is a self-paced lab in basic mathematics, which includes whole numbers, fractions, decimals,and percentages. It is an open entry, open exit course.

Introduction to basic health information that addresses the promotion of physical, mental, emotional, and social dimensions of health

The study of the societies of Latin America, the United States, and Canada using film. Themes such as injustice, rebellion, and identity will be explored.

A high school level academic reading and writing course with an emphasis on reading expository text and writing essays.

Intermediate course on essay structure and the writing process with emphasis on sentence mechanics and coherent essay development.

This course is designed to give students basic skills to deliver speeches that convey clear perspectives and solid reasoning.

A beginning course designed to develop critical reading and writing skills, and to introduce significant works of literature, studying recurrent patterns and themes.

An intermediate course designed to continue development of critical reading and writing skills using significant works of literature to study recurrent patterns and themes.

Advanced course designed to develop student awareness of their own ideological framework and writing style, and strengthen their writing, editing, and critical thinking skills in response to multicultural literature in preparation for college English courses.

A high school English course in which students interpret, analyze, and respond to contemporary American fiction and nonfiction texts.

Advanced writing course with emphasis on essay writing

A first course in High School Algebra. Operations on integers and rational numbers; properties of rational numbers; exponents; expressions, inequalities, polynomials, factoring, and word problems.

A second course in high school algebra: radical expressions and rational exponents; introduction to graphing; solving linear equations, linear inequalities, systems of two linear equations, and quadratic equations; and related applications.

A first course in high school geometry. Topics include point, lines, and planes; classification of angles; triangles and the Pythagorean theorem; classifications of polygons; perimeters and areas of polygons; circumference and area of circles; surface areas and volumes of three-dimensional shapes.

A second course in Geometry: Aside from learning the skills and concepts of angles, triangles, polygons, polyhedra, and spheres, students will develop their ability to construct formal, logical arguments and proofs in geometric settings and problems.

A high school history survey course of the eras between the discovery and exploration of the Americas to the Antebellum Era of the United States. Fulfills Social Science Core high school credits.

A high school history survey of the eras between the Civil War and the Eve of the Great Depression. Fulfills Social Science core high school credits.

This course examines the value of the U.S. Constitution as a means to provide laws, rights, and protections for citizens of the United States. Evaluation and review of the key elements of representative form of democracy, including the idea that authority to govern resides with the people.

This course examines the ways economics affects individuals and groups in the private and public sector, and basic economic principles and their applications in the free enterprise system.

This course considers the most fundamental cultural, social, political, and economic trends of the Modern World History Era (MWH 1750-1920), including the Global Market Expansion, the Industrial Revolution, Imperialism, and WWI.

Using the lens of social justice, this class will explore basic concepts and theories for analyzing dynamics of ethnic group experiences, particularly those represented in California, and their relation to colonization, immigration, gender, problems of identity, racism, and social class.

A high school history survey of the eras between the Great Depression and the present.
Fulfills Social Science Core high school credits. Complies with Historical Thinking
Standards from National Center for History and Common Core State Standards.

Focus on the major turning points that shaped the contemporary world from Post World War One to the global interdependence of today. Topics include the rise of totalitarian governments, the search for stability and peace, and 20th-century cultural trends.

This high school course is a general introduction to physical science and scientific methodology. It covers the basics of physics, chemistry, and astronomy to prepare students for future science classes. Basic math will be used to illustrate some of the basic scientific principles.

A general introduction to cell structure and functions, the cell cycle, and principles of molecular and organism genetics

An introductory course in ecological concepts, including structure and function of the biosphere, biomes, biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem, biochemical and nutrient cycles, interaction among species, changes in populations, and current conservation in society.

An introductory course in physics. Content is taught at a conceptual level using basic math such as ratios, square roots, scientific notation, graph interpretation, slope, and simple scalar and vector algebra. Topics include forces, motion, energy, momentum, work, power, simple machines, waves, electricity, and magnetism.

Students learn techniques, elements of art, principles of design and how history and culture provide contexts for visual art by viewing reproductions of works and producing original works of their own.

This course focuses on the common elements among all faith and the historical development and core beliefs of major religions of the world: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Shintoism, Daoism, and Sikism.

A course designed to develop student awareness of the ways in which literature and visual art address similar themes, and to strengthen writing and editing skills, as well as visual art techniques.

A course designed for students to develop reading and critical thinking skills. Credits earned may be applied toward meeting the CCSF High School Diploma requirements in Area C: Humanities or English.

Competency-based course designed to support student academic success in career, technical and vocational programs. Students learn and use workplace essential skills in reading and writing.

Preliminary short-term competency-based course designed to support student academic success in career, technical and vocational programs. Students learn and use vocational foundation skills in mathematics.

An advanced course designed to develop reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. Credits earned can be used towards the City College of San Francisco High School Diploma.

This is a high school level preparatory course with an emphasis on reading and writing expository texts with the goal of establishing academic skills necessary for career and college success.

Prepares students for the GED Mathematical Reasoning test, TASC or HiSET Math test, and/or credit math courses. Topics include quantitative reasoning with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, and related word problems; data measurement and analysis; an introduction to algebraic reasoning; and geometric measurement.

Mathematical concepts and theories in algebra and geometry. Credits earned may be applied toward meeting the CCSF High School Diploma requirements in Area E: Mathematics.