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1. Career Plan of Study


Tupelo High School	Career Plan of Study

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This plan of study should serve as a guide, along with other career planning materials, as you continue your career path. Courses listed within this plan are recommended coursework and should be individualized to meet each learner’s educational and career goals. All plans should meet high school graduation requirements as well as college entrance requirements.


9th Grade	10th Grade	11th Grade	12th Grade
English I	English II	English III	English IV
Algebra I	Geometry	Algebra II	Trigonometry
Physical Science	Biology	Chemistry	Humanities
Oklahoma History/Government	Computers I	American History	ACT Prep
	World History


Additional Options
Career Clusters			Two-Year Colleges	Four-Year Colleges/Universities				Other
Architecture & Construction Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Arts, A/V Technology & Communication Business, Management & Administration Education & Training Finance Government & Public Administration Health Science		Hospitality & Tourism Human Services Information Technology Law & Public Safety Manufacturing Marketing, Sales & Service Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Transportation, Distribution & Logistics	Connors State College Eastern Oklahoma State College Murray State College Oklahoma City Community College Oklahoma State University Technical Branch-Okmulgee Redlands Community College Rose State College Seminole State College	Bacone College East Central University Langston University Oklahoma Baptist University Oklahoma Christian University Oklahoma City University Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University-OKC Southeastern Oklahoma State University Southern Nazarene University Southwestern Christian University St. Gregory University University of Central Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Other				Work Apprenticeship Military: Air Force Air National Guard Army Army National Guard Coast Guard Marine Corps Navy
High School Graduation Requirements
	Note: Courses in parentheses ( ) are Oklahoma Graduation Requirements core courses.				Tupelo High School	Oklahoma Graduation Requirements	Oklahoma Colleges and Universities		OHLAP
English	Grammar, composition and literature				4 units	4 units	4 units		4 units
Math	Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Math Analysis, Trigonometry, Calculus and Advanced Placement Statistics (Algebra I)				3 units	3 units	3 units		3 units
Laboratory Science	Biology I, Chemistry, Physics or any lab science certified by school district; General Science courses with or without a lab may not be used to meet this requirement for Oklahoma Colleges and Universities and OHLAP (Biology I)				3 units	3 units	2 units		2 units
History and Citizenship	Must include 1 unit of US History and 2 units from the subjects of history, economics, geography, government, civics and/or non-Western culture (US History, US Government, Oklahoma History)				3 units	3 units	3 units		3 units
Foreign Language/Computer Technology	Two years of the same Foreign or non-English language OR two units in programming, hardware, and business computer applications such as word processing, databases, spreadsheets, and graphics will qualify. (Keyboarding or typing classes do not qualify.) (One foreign language and one computer course will not meet this requirement.)				1 unit				2 units
Electives	Courses of any of the subjects listed above.				10 units	8 units	3 units		2 units
Fine Arts	Music, art, drama or speech.				1 unit	2 units			1 unit
TOTAL					25 units	23 units	15 units		17 units

Suggestion for Success: Colleges and universities also recommend, but do not require, that you take an additional unit in laboratory science, an additional unit in math, plus two units in speech or fine arts (music, art, drama).

OHLAP Requirements: OHLAP requires that a student must have at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA for all course work attempted in grades 9 through 12, must complete the 17-unit core curriculum and achieve at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA for the 17-unit core curriculum. Some courses that qualify for high school graduation requirements do not qualify for OHLAP requirements.

Resident Requirements for Admission to Oklahoma Colleges and Universities, Fall 2005


College/University	Option 1 (ACT or SAT) and GPA or Class Rank				Option 2 (GPA and Class Rank)		Option 3 (GPA in the State Regents’ 15 Unit High School Core Curriculum)
	ACT	SAT	GPA	Class Rank	GPA	Class Rank
University of Oklahoma	24	1090	3.0	Top 50%	3.0	Top 25%	3.0 (22 ACT/1020 SAT required)
Oklahoma State University	23	1060	Does Not Apply	Does Not Apply	3.0	Top 33.3%	3.0
Regional Universities	20	940	Does Not Apply	Does Not Apply	2.7	Top 50%	2.7
Two-Year Colleges	ACT, SAT, GPA, or Class Rank may not apply. Other requirements may apply. Check with each college for requirements.

Students meeting the requirements under each admission option will be placed on a waiting list and evaluated according to stated policy as follows:

Option 1 students applying at the University of Oklahoma with the required ACT score but less than a 3.0 GPA and lower than the top 50 percent of the high school class;

Option 2 students in the top 26-30 percent of their high school class with at least a 3.0 GPA; and

Option 3 all students. Additional weighting (1.0) will be added to GPAs of students who take the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) and higher-level International Baccalaureate (IB) courses.

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Additional Options

Career Clusters

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High School Graduation Requirements

Resident Requirements for Admission to Oklahoma Colleges and Universities, Fall 2005

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