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Advanced Algebra with Financial Applications

This course walks students through the information needed to make the best decisions with money. Advanced Algebra with Financial Applications is an advanced course incorporating real-world applications, collaboration, and calculations using technology. Students learn the formulas used to determine account balances, monthly payments, total costs, and more. They examine budgeting, spending, saving, investment, and retirement. Students explore mortgages and other debt structures and how to make good decisions about borrowing money.  Pre-requisites: Algebra II course recommended.

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AP Biology Online

The key themes of the AP Biology course are: the scientific processes, the effects of science on technology and society, the chemistry and make up of living organisms, genetics, diversity, and evolution.
Thinkwell educational videos included in the course.
Students are strongly recommended to study on average about 8 - 10 hours per week.

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AP Calculus AB Online

This course offers a combination of assessment and instruction in an online environment containing but not limited to the areas of functions, functions and limits, differential calculus, and integral calculus. Students are strongly recommended to study on average about 6 - 8 hours per week.

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AP Calculus BC Online

This course applies differential calculus to finding the slope of a curve, solving problems with related rates, calculating motion properties of moving particles, etc. It then applies integral calculus to finding the areas of irregular regions in a plane, volumes of rotation by various methods, and other scientific applications. Finally, the course explores analytic geometry, series, and convergence, as well as polynomial series and approximations. Students are strongly recommended to study on average about 8 - 10 hours per week.

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AP Environmental Science Online

Learn the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world. You will evaluate the risks associated with environmental problems and examine alternative solutions in virtual labs.The goal of AP Environmental Science is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world and to identify and analyze environmental problems that are both natural and human-made. Students will evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems and examine alternative solutions for resolving or preventing problems. 


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AP Chemistry Online - Exam Preparation

This course provides students with a college-level foundation to support future advanced course work in chemistry. This course prepares sttudents for AP Chemistry Exam. Students cultivate their understanding of chemistry through inquiry-based investigations, as they explore topics such as: atomic structure, intermolecular forces and bonding, chemical reactions, kinetics, thermodynamics, and equilibrium.The course combines the following resources: FLVS Honors Chemistry, Thinkwell AP Chemistry course full of videos and tests, CTM lab assignments and mentoring to prepare students successfully for AP Chemistry exam. Students are strongly recommended to study on average about 9 - 13 hours per week.

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AP Physics 2 Online

The course provides students with an introductory experience in the concepts and methods of physical analysis beyond mechanics, including thermodynamics, fluid physics, geometric and physical optics, electricity, magnetism, and modern physics.  Building the ability to reason qualitatively and quantitatively is a primary focus, with inquiry and investigation, modeling and diagramming, symbolic algebra, unit analysis, communication and argumentation, laboratory techniques, data analysis, and integration and application of concepts as emphasized skills. Provider: Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth.

Prerequisites: Completion of Trigonometry, and completion of AP Physics 1 or AP Physics C.

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AP Psychology Online

AP Psychology is a college-level course providing students with an overview of the development of human behaviors and thoughts. Along with preparation for the AP Psychology exam, the goals of this course are to immerse students in modern psychological investigation techniques, to accentuate the ethics and morality of human and animal research, and to emphasize scientific critical thinking skills in application to the social sciences. As the topics covered in the course are quite complex and students are expected to write structured discursive essays, the recommended level of English is upper-intermediate (B2 in European Framework of Reference for Languages). Recommended age: 17+. Students are strongly recommended to study on average about 7 - 8 hours per week.

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AP Statistics Online

This course is designed to provide college-level instruction on the concepts and tools for working with data. Students collect and analyze data and draw conclusions based on real-world information. The course challenges students to explore patterns, think critically, use a variety of tools and methods, and report their findings and conclusions.

The content of AP Statistics differs significantly from the curriculum content of Czech secondary schools, where descriptive statistics are mostly taught. Almost all universities encounter statistical data processing and analysis in most study programs, including humanities. The AP Statistics course is an excellent preparation not only for students planning to take the AP exam but also for students who intend to study at any university in the Czech Republic or abroad.

Students are strongly recommended to study on average about 6 - 8 hours per week.

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AP US Government & Politics Online

"Lights, Camera, Action." Prepare to study the intricacies of the American Political Culture. The script is written and the actors participate daily in the drama of American politics. Students will be "on location" to delve into primary source documents. They will go behind the scenes with stars such as the President, Congress men and women, and Supreme Court Justices. Recommended  age: 17+. Students are strongly recommended to study on average about 6 - 8 hours per week.

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Fascinating World of Microbes - The Kingdom of Bacteria

In this online course, students will learn about bacteria, their “lifestyle”, methods for how to get rid of them, why are they important for us and what can they do to us. Students will study the most important groups of bacteria as well as antibiotics. They will acquire knowledge in order to understand the relationship between humans and bacteria.The course will lead them through the basics of clinical and general bacteriology and examples that can be seen in everyday life. Students will learn how to use bacteria for the production of various products and also learn the basics of antibiotics, including the correct usage, general mechanisms of action, and dangers of ever-rising bacterial resistance.

Students are strongly recommended to study, on average, about 7 hours per week.

Prerequisites: Advanced Knowledge of Biology

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Introduction to Philosophy Online

This course will take you on an exciting adventure that covers more than 2,500 years of history!  Along the way, you’ll run into some very strange characters. Despite their odd behavior, these and other philosophers of the Western world are among the most brilliant and influential thinkers of all time. As you learn about these great thinkers, you’ll come to see how and where many of the most fundamental ideas of Western Civilization originated.

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Literature. Literacy. Critical Thinking for High School Students.

In this course, you will be challenged to analyse and critically assess selected works of art related to various though-provoking interdisciplinary topics. The first unit entitled the Human/Machine explores the world of science fiction, aiming to explore the millennia-old relationship between the human and (their) machines. Addressing a variety of topics, we will take traditional as well as more provocative approaches to science fiction and explore how technology shapes our everyday existence; perhaps we will even philosophise about what it means to be human at the beginning of the 21st century. This course is for everyone – not only sci-fi enthusiasts – who is not afraid to improve their analytical and critical thinking skills and learn to tackle challenging and non-trivial thoughts and texts in English. The course is designed for students whose level of English is B1 and higher and can thus be approached as independent users of the target language.

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Sociology I: The Study of Human Relationships

Human beings are complex creatures; however, when they interact and begin to form relationships and societies, things become even more complicated. Are we more likely to act differently in a group than we will when we’re alone? How do we learn how to be “human”? Sometimes it can feel as if there are more questions than answers. Sociology I: The Study of Human Relationships seeks to answer these questions and many more as it explores culture, group behavior, and societal institutions and how they affect human behavior. You’ll learn how social beliefs form and how this shapes our lives. How does this happen? Join us and find out!

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Sociology II: Your Social Life

Sociology is the study of people, social life and society. By developing a “sociological imagination” students will be able to examine how society itself shapes human action and beliefs…and how in turn these factors re-shape society itself! Fascinating online videos journeys will not only inform students, but motivate them to still seek more knowledge on their own.

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