Course Catalog: College Preparatory Electives

Grade Level — 11, 12
Length — One Semester (Meets Monday evenings from 6:00-8:00pm, with two hours of blended-learning content each week.)

Type of Course — Elective
Prerequisite — None
Criteria for Enrollment — None

UC/CSU Subject G Approval (Pending)

Course Description — This course is an introduction to the theory, the practical skills, and the art of public speaking, including techniques to lessen speaker anxiety, and he use of visual aids to enhance speaker presentations. Its goal is to prepare students for success in typical public speaking situations and to provide them with the basic principles of organization and research needed for effective speeches. Civility, ethical speech-making, and the importance of critical listening are the foundations of this course. As a blended-learning course, a significant portion of the theory is learned through online modules; the in-class sessions will emphasize the application and practice of theory.

⁸This course is offered outside of the 8:20-2:30 pm school day. 

Grade Level — 10, 11, 12
Length — One Year; 8th period ONLY

Type of Course — Elective
Prerequisite — English 100 or English 103H
Criteria for Enrollment — Strong interest in journalism, desktop publishing, editing, and writing. Admission is by application, and enrollment is via roster submitted by instructor. Students should not list this course on their Schedule Request Forms.
Time Commitment — This class meets weekly to discuss journalism topics and conduct planning for issues. During the two weeks prior to each issue's production, students will meet every day after school for approximately 3 hours.
Credit — 1 or 2 units per year

UC/CSU Subject G Approval (Pending)

Course Description —  Journalism is an 8th period course in which students will learn the skills necessary to serve as Managing Editors and Editors-in-Chief for the school newspaper of St. Ignatius, Inside SI.  The primary objective of this class is the publishing of six issues of Inside SI.  As such, students will be involved in all areas of publication production, including creating the master schedule, generating feature topics, determining content, supervising reporters in each department (Feature, Humor, Op-Ed, Outside SI News, SI News, Sports), writing articles, editing, laying out pages for each issue, and overall design. In the process of generating content, writing their stories, and laying out newspaper pages, students will learn to use specialized software for word processing, page layout, graphic design, and distribution management. Students enrolled in this course will practice effective collaboration skills and will work to ensure Inside SI reflects the diverse and unique voices of all members of the SI community.  This course is designed for students who are interested in refining their writing skills as well as exploring careers in journalism.  This course may be repeated for credit.

⁸This course is offered outside of the 8:20-2:30 pm school day. Students will meet regularly each week and be required to attend events outside of school hours and off-campus, as well as on-campus events.

Grade Level — 11, 12
Length — One Year; 8th period ONLY

Type of Course — Elective
Prerequisite — English 100 or English 103H
Criteria for Enrollment — Strong interest in journalism, desktop publishing, editing, and writing. Admission is by application, and enrollment is via roster submitted by instructor. Students should not list this course on their Schedule Request Forms.
Time Commitment — This class meets weekly to discuss journalism topics and conduct planning for issues. During the two weeks prior to each issue's production, students will meet every day after school for approximately 3 hours.
Credit — 1 or 2 units per year

UC/CSU Subject G Approval (Pending)

Course Description —  Journalism is an 8th period course in which students will learn the skills necessary to serve as Managing Editors and Editors-in-Chief for the school newspaper of St. Ignatius, Inside SI.  The primary objective of this class is the publishing of six issues of Inside SI.  As such, students will be involved in all areas of publication production, including creating the master schedule, generating feature topics, determining content, supervising reporters in each department (Feature, Humor, Op-Ed, Outside SI News, SI News, Sports), writing articles, editing, laying out pages for each issue, and overall design. In the process of generating content, writing their stories, and laying out newspaper pages, students will learn to use specialized software for word processing, page layout, graphic design, and distribution management. Students enrolled in this course will practice effective collaboration skills and will work to ensure Inside SI reflects the diverse and unique voices of all members of the SI community.  This course is designed for students who are interested in refining their writing skills as well as exploring careers in journalism.  This course may be repeated for credit.

⁸This course is offered outside of the 8:20-2:30 pm school day. Students will meet regularly each week and be required to attend events outside of school hours and off-campus, as well as on-campus events.

Grade Level — 9, 10, 11, 12
Length — One Year; 8th period ONLY

Type of Course — Elective
Prerequisite — None
Criteria for Enrollment — Strong interest in graphic design, photography, desktop publishing Admission is by application, and enrollment is via roster submitted by instructor. Students should not list this course on their Schedule Request Forms.
Credit — 1 or 2 units per year

UC/CSU Subject G Approval (Pending)

Course Description — The Ignatian is the yearbook of St. Ignatius College Preparatory, published annually and distributed to all students and staff. Yearbook Design and Publication is a challenging course in which the primary objective is for students to create and produce a yearbook that documents the unique history of a school year. This course provides students the opportunity to develop and improve leadership and collaboration skills, compassionately tackle social justice issues and the nuances of equity and inclusion, strengthen their analytical and problem solving skills, enhance communication skills, work with advanced technology, and take on tremendous responsibility while working under multiple hard deadlines. Yearbook students learn and practice the fundamentals of theme development, journalistic writing, photojournalism, graphic design, and distribution management. Yearbook students act as ambassadors to all members of the school community, working together to ensure that each of the diverse and unique voices at St. Ignatius is represented in a thoughtful, creative, and original way in the yearbook. Yearbook students will instruct, schedule, and supervise staff members working in each section of the yearbook (Academics, Arts, Athletics, Clubs, Freshman, Junior, Photography, Senior, Sophomore, Spirituality, Student Life, Writing). Yearbook students will be required to attend regular meetings, as well as to photograph events outside of school hours or off-campus.  This course may be repeated for credit.

⁸This course is offered outside of the 8:20-2:30 pm school day. 

Grade Level — 10, 11, 12
Length — One Year; 8th period ONLY

Type of Course — Elective
Prerequisite — None
Criteria for Enrollment — Strong interest in graphic design, photography, desktop publishing Admission is by application, and enrollment is via roster submitted by instructor. Students should not list this course on their Schedule Request Forms.
Credit — 1 or 2 units per year

UC/CSU Subject G Approval (Pending)

Course Description — The Ignatian is the yearbook of St. Ignatius College Preparatory, published annually and distributed to all students and staff. Yearbook Design and Publication is a challenging course in which the primary objective is for students to create and produce a yearbook that documents the unique history of a school year. This course provides students the opportunity to develop and improve leadership and collaboration skills, compassionately tackle social justice issues and the nuances of equity and inclusion, strengthen their analytical and problem solving skills, enhance communication skills, work with advanced technology, and take on tremendous responsibility while working under multiple hard deadlines. Yearbook students learn and practice the fundamentals of theme development, journalistic writing, photojournalism, graphic design, and distribution management. Yearbook students act as ambassadors to all members of the school community, working together to ensure that each of the diverse and unique voices at St. Ignatius is represented in a thoughtful, creative, and original way in the yearbook. Yearbook students will instruct, schedule, and supervise staff members working in each section of the yearbook (Academics, Arts, Athletics, Clubs, Freshman, Junior, Photography, Senior, Sophomore, Spirituality, Student Life, Writing). Yearbook students will be required to attend regular meetings, as well as to photograph events outside of school hours or off-campus.  This course may be repeated for credit.

⁸This course is offered outside of the 8:20-2:30 pm school day. 

Grade Level — 9, 10, 11, 12
Length — One Semester; 8th period ONLY

Type of Course — Elective
Prerequisite — None
Criteria for Enrollment — Strong interest in video production, filming, editing, and postproduction work.  Admission is made after application in spring, and enrollment is via roster submitted by instructor.  Students should not list this course on their Schedule Request Forms. 

Time Commitment — This class meets weekly to plan and produce a school announcements episode.  Students will meet once a week for approximately 3 hours.
Credit — 1 or 2 units per year

UC/CSU Subject F Approval (Pending)

Course Description — During this 8th period course, students will serve as producers, directors, crew, and editors for the school's video announcements, SITV, which is pbulished weekly.  Students will be involved in all areas of production, including creating the master schedule, generating features, supporting crews of students working on projects, video editing.  In the process of generating content, students will learn to use specialized software for video editing, color correction, and motion graphics.  This course is designed for students who are interested in refining their video production skills, as well as exploring careers in film, video production, and computer graphics.

⁸This course is offered outside of the 8:20-2:30 pm school day. Students will meet regularly each week. 

Grade Level — 10, 11, 12
Length — One Semester; 8th period ONLY

Type of Course — Elective
Prerequisite — None
Criteria for Enrollment — Strong interest in video production, filming, editing, and postproduction work.  Admission is made after application in spring, and enrollment is via roster submitted by instructor.  Students should not list this course on their Schedule Request Forms. 

Time Commitment — This class meets weekly to plan and produce a school announcements episode.  Students will meet once a week for approximately 3 hours.
Credit — 1 or 2 units per year

UC/CSU Subject F Approval (Pending)

Course Description — During this 8th period course, students will serve as producers, directors, crew, and editors for the school's video announcements, SITV, which is pbulished weekly.  Students will be involved in all areas of production, including creating the master schedule, generating features, supporting crews of students working on projects, video editing.  In the process of generating content, students will learn to use specialized software for video editing, color correction, and motion graphics.  This course is designed for students who are interested in refining their video production skills, as well as exploring careers in film, video production, and computer graphics.

⁸This course is offered outside of the 8:20-2:30 pm school day. Students will meet regularly each week.