District Select - FRCC
See below for upcoming District Select courses. These are FRCC courses open to BVSD students only and are offered after school or during the summer. During the school year, District Select courses count toward your total course load.
Check back frequently for updates. If you are interested in a course but the date and times have not been publicized, please complete the Google request form so we can gage how much interest there is.
To request approval to take a District Select course, please visit the CBG FRCC webpage.
District Select Courses
Summer 2023
Written Communication
ENG 1021 English Composition I (GT-CO1) - 3 College Credits
(Meets 5 credits of BVSD ELA Electives)
Online Asynchronous - Tuesday May 30 - Monday August 7
Emphasizes the planning, writing, and revising of compositions, including the development of critical and logical thinking skills. This course includes a wide variety of compositions that stress analytical, evaluative, and persuasive/argumentative writing. ENG 1021 and ENG 1022 are required for most 2 and 4 year degrees. When taken as a senior, this is a qualifying course for the TREP Program. INSTRUCTOR: Patty Martin
Are you ready for ENG 1021? Self-Guided Placement Form and Sample Assignment
Human Behavior, Culture, or Social Frameworks
PSY 1002 General Psychology II (GT-SS3) - 3 College Credits
(Meets 5 credits of BVSD Electives)
***This course will be meeting online (not in person as originally stated)
Remote Real Time: Tuesday 9 -11 am / Additional hours completed online asynchronous - Tuesday May 30 - Monday August 7
Focuses on the scientific study of behavior including cognition, language, intelligence, psychological assessment, personality, abnormal psychology, therapy, life span development, sex, gender, sexuality, and social psychology. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-SS3 category. PSY 1001 is NOT a prerequisite for this course. INSTRUCTOR: Autumn Coppejans
CANCELLED - ETH 2000 Intro to Ethnic Studies (GT-SS3) - 3 College Credits
(Meets 5 credits of BVSD Electives)
Personal Finance
BUS 1016 Personal Finance - 3 College Credits
(Meets 5 credits of BVSD Electives OR Practical Experience AND the Money Management graduation requirement)
Online Asynchronous - Tuesday May 30 - Monday August 7
Surveys the basic personal finance needs of most individuals and introduces the personal finance tools useful in planning and instituting a successful personal financial philosophy. The course emphasizes the basics of budgeting, buying, saving, borrowing, career planning, investing, retirement planning, estate planning, insurance, and income taxes. INSTRUCTOR: Kelly Isom
Ways of Thinking, Arts and Humanities
CANCELLED - PHI 2018 Environmental Ethics (GT-AH3) - 3 College Credits
(Meets 5 credits of BVSD Electives)
Students wanting this course may take it online with the general FRCC community. CRN is 73741.
Fall 2023
Written Communication
ENG 1021 English Composition I (GT-CO1) - 3 College Credits - Monday August 21 - Monday December 11 (Meets 5 credits of BVSD ELA Electives)
Online Asynchronous
Emphasizes the planning, writing, and revising of compositions, including the development of critical and logical thinking skills. This course includes a wide variety of compositions that stress analytical, evaluative, and persuasive/argumentative writing. ENG 1021 and ENG 1022 are required for most 2 and 4 year degrees. When taken as a senior, this is a qualifying course for the TREP Program.
Are you ready for ENG 1021? Self-Guided Placement Form and Sample Assignment. Improve your success with ENG 0094 (listed below).
CANCELLED - ENG 0094 Studio 1021 - taken concurrently with ENG 1021 - 3 College Credits
(Meets 5 credits of BVSD Electives and high school communications requirement)
Human Behavior, Culture, or Social Frameworks
CANCELLED - COM 1250 Interpersonal Communication (GT-SS3) - 3 College Credits - - Monday August 21 - Monday December 11
(Meets 5 credits of BVSD Electives and high school communications requirement)
History
HIS 2140 Civil War Era in American History (GT-HI1) - 3 College Credits - Monday August 21 - Monday December 11
(Meets 5 credits of BVSD Electives)
New Vista High School - Mon/Wed 4:15-5:30 - Monday August 21 - Monday December 11
Explores the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War. Students will examine four broad themes: union and disunion; slavery, race, and emancipation; the experience of modern war for individuals and society; and the challenges of Reconstruction. This course focuses on developing, practicing, and strengthening skills historians use while constructing knowledge and studying a diverse set of narratives through perspectives such as gender, class, religion, and ethnicity. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-HI1 category.. INSTRUCTOR: Marco DeMartino
Education
CANCELLED - EDU 2341 Multicultural Education - 3 College Credits - - Monday August 21 - Monday December 11
(Meets 5 credits of BVSD Electives)
Personal Finance
BUS 1016 Personal Finance - 3 College Credits - Monday August 21 - Monday December 11
(Meets 5 credits of BVSD Electives OR Practical Experience AND the Money Management graduation requirement)
Online Asynchronous
Surveys the basic personal finance needs of most individuals and introduces the personal finance tools useful in planning and instituting a successful personal financial philosophy. The course emphasizes the basics of budgeting, buying, saving, borrowing, career planning, investing, retirement planning, estate planning, insurance, and income taxes. INSTRUCTOR: Kelly Isom
Mathematics
CANCELLED - MAT 1240 Math for Liberal Arts (GT-MA1) - 4 College Credits - Monday August 21 - Monday December 11
(Meets 5 credits of BVSD Math requirement)
World Language
CANCELLED - ASL 1121 American Sign Language I - 5 College Credits - - Monday August 21 - Monday December 11
(Meets 10 credits of BVSD World Language; must take through Level II to meet BVSD graduation requirement)
SPA 2011 Spanish III (GT-AH4) - 3 College Credits - - Monday August 21 - Monday December 11
(Meets 5 credits of BVSD World Language)
In Person - New Vista High School - Tues/Thurs 4:15-5:30 - Tuesday August 22 - Monday December 11
Continues Spanish Language II in the development of increased functional proficiency at the intermediate level in speaking, aural comprehension, reading, writing, and cultural competency in the Spanish language. This course is conducted predominantly in Spanish. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-AH4 category. INSTRUCTOR: Gustavo Melara
Multimedia Graphic Design
CANCELLED - MGD 1011 Adobe Photoshop I - 3 College Credits - Monday August 21 - Monday December 11
(Meets 5 credits of BVSD Practical Experience or general elective)
Spring 2024
Written Communication
ENG 1021 English Composition I (GT-CO1) - 3 College Credits - (Meets 5 credits of BVSD ELA Electives)
Online Asynchronous - January 16 to May 6
Emphasizes the planning, writing, and revising of compositions, including the development of critical and logical thinking skills. This course includes a wide variety of compositions that stress analytical, evaluative, and persuasive/argumentative writing. ENG 1021 and ENG 1022 are required for most 2 and 4 year degrees. When taken as a senior, this is a qualifying course for the TREP Program. INSTRUCTOR: Patty Martin
Are you ready for ENG 1021? Self-Guided Placement Form and Sample Assignment. Improve your success with ENG 0094 (listed below).
ENG 1022 English Composition II (GT-CO2) - 3 College Credits (Meets 5 credits of BVSD ELA Electives)
Online Asynchronous - January 16 to May 6
Expands and refines the objectives of English Composition I. Emphasizes critical/logical thinking and reading, problem definition, research strategies, and writing analytical, evaluative, and/or argumentative compositions. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-CO2 category. When taken as a senior, this is a qualifying course for the TREP Program. INSTRUCTOR: Patty Martin
Prerequisite: ENG 1021, ENG 1031 or English ACT score of 26 or higher
History
HIS 2610 History of Modern China (GT-HI1) - 3 College Credits
(Meets 5 credits of BVSD Electives)
New Vista High School - Mon/Wed 4:15-5:30 - January 17 to May 6
Explores the political, ideological, economic, religious, social, and cultural developments of modern China from the Qing dynasty through the political and economic revolutions of the 20th century. This course focuses on developing, practicing, and strengthening skills historians use while constructing knowledge and studying a diverse set of narratives through perspectives such as gender, class, religion, and ethnicity. This is a statewide Guaranteed Transfer course in the GT-HI1 category. INSTRUCTOR: Marco DeMartino
Personal Finance
BUS 1016 Personal Finance - 3 College Credits
(Meets 5 credits of BVSD Electives OR Practical Experience AND the Money Management graduation requirement)
Online Asynchronous - January 16 to May 6
Surveys the basic personal finance needs of most individuals and introduces the personal finance tools useful in planning and instituting a successful personal financial philosophy. The course emphasizes the basics of budgeting, buying, saving, borrowing, career planning, investing, retirement planning, estate planning, insurance, and income taxes. INSTRUCTOR: Kelly Isom
Mathematics
**CANCELLED** MAT 1260 Intro to Statistics (GT-MA1) - 3 College Credits - (Meets 5 credits of BVSD Math requirement)
MAT 2410 Calculus I (GT-MA1) - 5 College Credits (Meets 5 credits of BVSD Math requirement)
In Person - New Vista High School - Tues/Thurs 4:15-5:45 - January 16 to May 6
Introduces single variable calculus and analytic geometry. It includes limits, continuity, derivatives, and applications of derivatives as well as indefinite and definite integrals and some applications. INSTRUCTOR: Tas Hendrickson
Prerequisite: MAT 1420 College Trigonometry or MAT 1440 Pre-Calculus
World Language
***CANCELLED*** SPA 2012 Spanish IV (GT-AH4) - 3 College Credits (Meets 5 credits of BVSD World Language)