Use the menu above or the list below to find out more about the English Department electives that we offer at BHS.
All electives are half-year options unless indicated otherwise, although the two stages of either Drama or Media Production can be taken consecutively in the same year. The Creative Writing courses are no longer sequential.
* = Course meets the 10-credit Exploratory Requirement for students Class of 2016 and beyond
NON-CREDIT OPTION AVAILABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS
Reading and Writing Lab (this is not a course you sign up for or earn credits for taking, but is a service the department officially offers, as of the 2013-14 school year)
AVAILABLE FOR FRESHMEN
Drama * (CP)
Journalism I * (CP or Honors) Full-Year Course
Public Speaking * (CP)
Young Adult Fiction * (CP or Honors)
AVAILABLE FOR SOPHOMORES
Creative Writing: Fiction * (CP or Honors)
Creative Writing: Poetry *(CP or Honors)
Drama * (CP)
Advanced Drama * (Honors – requires completion of Drama)
Journalism I * (CP or Honors) Full-Year Course
Journalism II * (Honors – requires completion of Journalism I) Full-Year Course
Public Speaking * (CP)
Young Adult Fiction * (CP or Honors)
AVAILABLE FOR JUNIORS and SENIORS
Contemporary Literature *(CP or Honors)
Creative Writing: Fiction *(CP or Honors)
Creative Writing: Poetry *(CP or Honors)
Drama * (CP)
Advanced Drama * (Honors – requires completion of Drama)
Journalism I * (CP or Honors) Full-Year Course
Journalism II * (Honors – requires completion of Journalism I) Full-Year Course
Leadership and Social Change * (CP)
Media Production * (CP)
Advanced Media Production * (CP – requires completion of Media Production)
Public Speaking * (CP)
COURSES BEING CANCELLED AS OF 2013-14
Expository Writing (CP)
Fundamentals of Writing (CP)
