Curriculum by Grades Dual Credit - AURA - American University Research Academy

AURA HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Dual Credit Program Effective For Class of 2027 AURA offers ONE overarching graduation diploma that exceeds the A-G requirements. The IB Middle Years Program (MYP) will be offered in grades 9-10 and the Diploma Program (DP) will be offered in grades 11-12.* HL=high level; SL=standard level
Subject Areas	Course Requirements	Possible College Credit
English Language and Literature	9^th grade MYP English Language and Literature 10^th grade MYP English Language and Literature 11^th grade IB DP English Language and Literature HL Year 1 12^th grade IB DP English Language and Literature HL Year 2	English College Composition (English 101) Communications and Public Speech (Communications 150) Creative Writing (English-207)
Mathematics	9^th grade MYP Extended Mathematics 10^th grade MYP Extended Mathematics 11^th grade IB DP Mathematics Applications and Interpretations 12^th grade IB DP Mathematics Applications and Interpretations	Algebra I Algebra II Trigonometry Calculus Math 110 – Quantitative Reasoning
Sciences	9^th grade MYP Biology and Physical Sciences 10^th grade MYP Biology and Chemistry 11^th grade IB DP Biology HL Year 1 12^th grade IB DP Biology HL Year 1 OR 11^th grade IB DP Chemistry HL Year 1 12^th grade IB DP Chemistry HL Year 2	Cell biology with labarotory I (Biology 202) Cell biology with labarotory II (Biology 204) Anatomy (200A) Physiology (200B) Chemistry 100 Chemistry 151
Individuals and Societies	9^th grade MYP US. History 10^th grade MYP Civics and Political Science 11^th grade IB DP Economics HL Year 1 12^th grade IB DP Economics HL Year 2	American History & The constitution (History 101) Introduction to political science/political institutions (Political Science 101)
Language Acquisition	9^th grade MYP Language Acquisition (Arabic / Spanish) 10^th grade MYP Language Acquisition (Arabic / Spanish) OR 11^th grade IB DP Language abinitio Arabic / Spanish SL Year 1 11^th grade IB DP Language abinitio Arabic / Spanish SL Year 2
IB Mandatory Core	9^th grade MYP Community Project and Service as Action 10^th grade MYP Personal Project and Service as Action 11^th grade DP Theory of Knowledge, Creativity, Action Service (CAS) and Extended Essay* 12^th grade DP Theory of Knowledge, Creativity, Action Service (CAS) and Extended Essay*
Design	9^th grade MYP Design 10^th grade MYP Design
Visual & Performing Arts	9^th grade Visual Arts and Music 10^th grade Visual Arts and Music 11^th grade IB DP Visual Arts SL Year 1 11^th grade IB DP Visual Arts SL Year 2

AURA IB Diploma Additional Requirements: Must take at least three (3) IB SL courses and three (3) IB HL courses.

Disclaimer: Receiving the IB Diploma indicates a student has met all of the requirements of the IB-issued diploma. This is contingent on meeting the IB Diploma test score requirements. Award of credits is determined by the accepting College.

* AURA is a IB Accredited Diploma Program School* for the IB Middle Years Program and Diploma Programme. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. These are schools that share a common philosophy—a commitment to a high quality, challenging, international education that AURA believes is important for our students. *Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme, or the Career-related Programme (CP). IB Accredited Diploma Program status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit www.ibo.org