Course Description: CHS Physics is a year-long school course offered through Duquesne University. It can award the student upon successful completion three (3) college credits. The basic requirement for the course is the students to must have completed Engineering Calculus I or is taking Engineering Calculus I concurrently with the Physics course. The course covers basic kinematics (motion, velocity, acceleration) and dynamics (forces, work, energy, momentum and impulse, collisions, and rotational motion). This course is listed in the Duquesne University catalogue as 211 General Analytical Physics.
Prerequisite: The basic requirement for the course is the students to must have completed Engineering Calculus I or is taking Engineering Calculus I concurrently with the Physics course. A good check on qualifications for the CHS Physics Course is if the student’s math graded are 90% or higher.

Course Description: The Physics II course is analogous to a 101 college level course covering the topics of basic kinematics (motion, velocity, acceleration) and dynamics (forces, work, energy, momentum and impulse, collisions, and rotational motion). This course is an algebra driven course with basic trigonometry skills needed for the vector portion of the course.
Prerequisite: The course is a senior level course. It is a semester course. A successful completion of algebra and geometry and a completion of pre-Calculus or trigonometry is essential for a successful excursion in Physics II. Minimum grade for the math classes should be a C or better.

Course Description: The world around us is made up of Materials. Everything you use throughout the day: the iPod you listen to, the computer you work on, the shoes you walk in, even the food you eat. Materials Science is an interdisciplinary field at the crossroads of the natural sciences and engineering that seeks to understand this stuff, engineer new types of stuff and even improve the quality of stuff. (Princeton University) Topics covered are: solids, metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites.
Prerequisite: The course is an elective course offered to the seniors. Completion of Biology, Chemistry and Physics with a C or better is essential.

Course Description: CHS Statistics is a year-long school course offered through LaRoche University. It can award the student upon successful completion three (3) college credits. Statistics is the science concerned with developing and studying methods for collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting empirical data. Probability is a mathematical language used to discuss uncertain events and probability plays a key role in statistics. Discrete and continuous distributions, sampling theory, linear correlation, regression, statistical inference, estimation and analysis of variance are included.
Prerequisite: Completion of Algebra II with a B or better and teacher recommendation.

Course Description: Trigonometry is the branch of mathematics that deals with the relationship between ratios of the sides of a right-angled triangle with its angles. The ratios used to study this relationship are called trigonometric ratios, namely, sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant, cosecant. This is presented in the first half of the school year. The second half of the school year is concentrated on algebra, covering topics such as matrices, logarithms, composites and imaginary numbers. This course is conducted as a slower pace that the pre-Calculus course.
Prerequisite: Completion of Algebra II and teacher recommendation.