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The SFUSD requires one year of visual and performing arts classes for graduation. Students may choose any two courses in the Visual & Performing Arts to fulfill this graduation requirement. Note: the SFUSD is in the process of determining whether these courses should be "hands-on" arts courses rather than history or appreciation courses.

CSU and UC require one year of visual and performing arts classes for entry to college.

The course will offer, through technology, a broad view of the arts as expressed in sound, literature and some of the fine arts.  Students will reenact art movements through creating similar artwork that is being studied while you are learning high-end graphics programs.  There will be some lectures, research and visual presentations of artwork for your understanding of the art style or movement of the 20^th-21^st centuries. 

This course introduces computers and computing.  Students will learn about computers in society, hardware and software applications and computer functions.  Students will learn basic hands-on skills in spreadsheets, word processing, graphics, the internet, typing, and multimedia presentations. 

Students will learn basic programming for the web skills. in writing HTML, JavaScripting, ActionScript, and CSS codes, plus web design. Students will learn about computers in society, hardware and software applications and computer functions.  Upon completion, students will be able to program and design web pages. This course requires previous math and computer skills.

The foremost objective of this course is to develop and nurture skills in drawing painting with an emphasis on technique, creativity, and originality. Students will gain a basic understanding of drawing and painting through the elements and principles of design. Works of art will be developed in a variety of dry and wet media such as pencil, oil pastel, chalk pastel, color pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, tempera, and watercolor.

Students will continue to explore the theory and practice of the elements and principles of design. They will continue to develop their drawing and painting skills, creating complex works of art using the media encountered in Art 1 & 2 and new media such as egg tempera, acrylic paint, and mixed media. Emphasis will be placed on individual expression and the development of a personal style.

GRADE LEVEL: 10-12. PREREQUISITES: Art 1, 2

Students study drama as a performing art, an academic discipline, an aesthetic experience, and a craft. Through exercises in emotional response, body movement, and oral interpretation, they experience basic acting techniques and acquire technical knowledge of stage movement, makeup, and costume.

GRADE LEVEL: 9-12. PREREQUISITES: None

Students will develop literacy in media by having them analyze the history of mass media through motion pictures, radio and television.  Students will be able to analyze the techniques that media uses to convey messages. 

Students develop skills in voice development, breath control, tone production, diction, and music literacy. They build a repertoire of vocal works from many historical periods and cultures. Students perform in winter and spring concerts.

GRADE LEVEL: 9-12. PREREQUISITES: None

Students develop intermediate skills in voice development, breath control, tone production, diction, and music literacy. They build a repertoire of vocal works from many historical periods and many cultures. Students perform in winter and spring concerts.

GRADE LEVEL: 9-12. PREREQUISITES: Permission of teacher.

Grade Level 9 - 12 Prerequisite: None

Students will continue to develop music reading and technical piano skills according to their specific level. Performance is emphasized. Participation in 1 - 2 recitals is a possibility. Good classroom attendance is mandatory. Class may be continued as many times as wished.

Prerequisite: Beginning Piano Lab/permission of music instructor.

Grade Level 9 - 12

Beginning band is a fast-paced introduction to music literacy and performance on a brass or woodwind instrument. It is intended to prepare students to enter Thurgood Marshall’s Intermediate Bands. (Please note: a student’s first choice of instrument cannot always be guaranteed.)

GRADE LEVEL: 9-11. PREREQUISITES: None

Intermediate Band is designed for students with middle school band experience. Students in this class perform in a minimum of two concerts during the school year. Emphasis is placed on technical and musical development.

GRADE LEVEL: 9-12. PREREQUISITES: Permission of middle school band teacher or Thurgood Marshall’s band teacher.

Architectural Design & Issues in Urban Sociology (Seniors only)

These courses are UC approved and are part of the Architectural Progam.  Each afternoon, students will go to 3 classes in the downtown San Francisco office and join instructors in the program to work on real projects centered in the development of a major urban construction project.  Students will learn how to build models by using CAD (computer aided drafting).  CAD is used to design, develop and optimize products, which can be good used by end consumers or intermediate goods used in other products. CAD is also extensively used in the design of tools and machinery used in the manufacture of components, and in the drafting and design of all types of buildings, from small residential types (houses) to the largest commercial and industrial structures (hospitals and factories).  Students must be approved by counselors and administration to join this program.

(Off Campus)