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Courses	CPS Requirement	Brooks Requirement
English	4	4+
Math	3	4+
Science	3	3
PE	2+	2
World Language	2 (Same Language)	2+
Social Studies	3	3
Fine Arts	2	2
Computer Science	1	1
Electives	4	4
Non-Credit Requirements	Health Drivers Education Civics Service Learning Project Learn. Plan. Succeed ACT	Other Service Learning Project Public Law Test Financial Education Financial Aid Application

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English

Specific Courses Needed:

English I
English II
English III or AP English Language
English IV or AP English Literature or Dual Credit English or African American Literature

*To fully prepare students for college, students will be required to to take an English course EVERY year, even if the student has four years of credit.

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Math

Specific Courses Needed:

Integrated Math I (Algebra I)
Integrated Math II (Geometry)
Integrated Math III (Advanced Algebra II)

*To fully prepare students for college, students will be required to to take an Math course EVERY year, even if the student has three years of credit.

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Science

Specific Courses Needed:

INS I (Chemistry/Biology)
INS II (Chemistry/ Biology)
INS III (Physics) OR AP Physics

* These are the only courses that fulfill the CPS Grad Requirement for Science.

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Specific Courses Needed:

PE I (Health)
PE II (Drivers Education)

* Students MUST participate in a PE course every year per State of Illinois regulations.

* Upper class courses include PE III, PE IV, & Strength and Conditioning

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World Language

Students MUST take two years of the SAME language in order to meet this graduation requirement.

*Students who are considering applying to highly selective colleges may want to consider taking four years of the same world language.

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Social Studies

Specific Courses Needed:

AP Human Geography or AP World History
AP Government or Civics
AP US History or Dual Credit US History or Honors US History

*To fully prepare students for college, students will be encouraged to to take additional SS courses EVERY year.

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Fine Arts

Students are required to take two years of fine arts.
The Studio Arts, Digital Arts, and Performance Arts all fulfill this requirement.

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Computer Science

Every student must take a full year of Computer Science

Courses that fulfill this requirement:

Exploring Computer Science (ECS)
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Computer Science A

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Electives

Students need to pass four additional courses after they have fulfilled all of the specific CPS Grad Requirements.

Students will accumulate 28 credits over the course of their HS career, and they only need 24 to graduate.

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Non Credit Requirements

These requirements will be earned within other classes over the years at Brooks.

Health	Earned in PE I
Drivers Ed	Earned in PE II
Civics SL Project	Earned in Civics OR AP Government
Public Law Test	Earned in US History or AP Government
Financial Literacy	As of 2021-2022 Earned in PE 2
Other SL Project	Earned in SS courses.
State Mandated Exam	ACT Taken Spring of Junior Year
Learn. Plan. Succeed	Done with Counseling Department May/June Sr Year
Financial Aid Application	Completed Fall of Senior Year