General Studies

CURRICULUM

College preparatory courses offered to the Class of 2013 appear below on our transcript. Courses are labeled AP (Advanced Placement), Hon (Honors), and PAP (pre-AP); courses without a designation are Regular level. In addition to four college preparatory and four Judaic classes each year, the Class of 2013 chose electives AP Physics B, AP Studio Art, Art, Desktop Publishing, Graphic Design, Physical Education, Spanish, and Speech, among others. With administrative approval, students may take courses online that are not offered at RMBA or do not fit into their schedule.

	9th	10th	11th	12th
English	American or World Literature Pre-AP American or World Literature		English Language or Literature AP English Language or Literature
Math	Algebra I Pre-AP Geometry Pre-AP Algebra II	Geometry Algebra II Pre-AP Algebra II Pre-AP Pre-Calculus	Pre-Calculus Statistics AP Calculus AB AP Statistics	College Algebra Pre-Calculus AP Calculus AB
Science	Biology or Physics Pre-AP Biology or Physics		Astronomy Environmental Science AP Biology AP Chemistry AP Physics
Social Studies	World History and US History AP World History and AP US History		Psychology and US Government/Economics AP Psychology and AP US Government/Economics
Electives (Some classes are offered in alternating years)	Advanced Talmudic Studies Art, AP Art Scene Design Physical Education Chidon HaTanach (Bibical Text Mastery Exam) Yearbook Peer Leadership		Conversational Hebrew Journalism Essentials of Jewish Thought, jewish Philosophy Pirkei Avot(Ethics of Our Fathers through the Talmud) Jewish Life Cycle Digital Photography, Photojournalism Philosopy