Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter389 Examinations, Courses, Standards and Diplomas |
HIGH SCHOOL |
Required Courses of Study |
NAC389.450. Prescribed courses of study for graduation.
- In addition to the courses of study required in chapter 389 of NRS, the State Board of Education prescribes the following courses of study for graduation from a public high school:
1. Arts and humanities, or career and technical education;
2. Health education;
3. English;
4. Mathematics, which may include the following courses of study:
(a) Basic mathematics;
(b) Mathematics for everyday living;
(c) Prealgebra;
(d) Algebra I;
(e) Geometry;
(f) Algebra II;
(g) Trigonometry;
(h) Analytic geometry;
(i) Precalculus;
(j) Calculus; and
(k) Probability and statistics;
5. Physical education or personal fitness;
6. Science, which may include the following courses of study:
(a) Life science;
(b) Earth science;
(c) Physical science;
(d) Environmental science; and
(e) General science;
7. Use of computers, which may include the following courses of study:
(a) Accounting and computing;
(b) Processing business information;
(c) Word processing;
(d) Introduction to computers;
(e) Application of computers; and
(f) Science of computers; and
8. Academic achievement, career exploration, and personal and social development.
(Added to NAC by Bd. of Education, eff. 12-16-82; A 5-4-87; 5-19-88; 1-26-90, eff. 9-1-92; 3-27-92, eff. 9-1-92; 10-8-93; R061-02, 9-6-2002; R010-03, 10-30-2003; A by Bd. for Career & Tech. Educ. by R172-05, 2-23-2006)