Course Titles and Descriptions

Course descriptions provide brief statements of the content of of kindergarten, elementary, middle level and high school curricular areas. These descriptions will assist schools in communicating, in a broad context, the content standards of courses. The descriptions also serve as category descriptions for the state textbook adoption process. Code numbers listed before each course description should be used when reporting courses on Indiana Department of Education documents. 

Title/Description Updated PDF Word/Excel
 Indiana Elementary School Course Descriptions 4/10/2012   770 KB  153 KB
 Summary of Indiana Elementary School Course Descriptions 4/10/2012  206 KB   45 KB

Indiana Middle School Course Descriptions 10/15/2011  453 KB 92 KB
Summary of Indiana Middle School Course Descriptions 10/15/2011  174 KB 31 KB

Indiana High School Course Titles and Descriptions 10/15/2011 1.94 MB 509 KB
Summary of Indiana High School Course Titles and Descriptions 10/15/2011  683 KB  158 KB
Course Updates for 2012-13 School Year 10/28/2011 225 KB 25 KB
*NEW* Pathways Course Titles and Descriptions  3/1/2012  791 KB 305 KB
*NEW* Pathways Course Summary  3/2/2012 356 KB 75 KB

Cover & General Introduction 10/15/2011 97 KB 28 KB
Advanced Placement 10/15/2011 217 KB 42 KB
Agriculture Education 10/15/2011 125 KB 32 KB
Business and Information Technology 10/15/2011 124 KB  32 KB
Business, Marketing, and Information Technology Education 10/15/2011 110 KB  39 KB 
Career and Technical Education 10/15/2011 50 KB  23 KB
Cooperative Education 10/15/2011 95 KB  30 KB
Engineering and Technology Education 10/15/2011 77 KB 33 KB
English/Language Arts 10/15/2011 214 KB 57 KB
Family and Consumer Sciences - Career Preparation Courses 10/15/2011 82 KB 31 KB
Family and Consumer Sciences - Family/Consumer 10/15/2011 116 KB 37 KB
Fine Arts 10/15/2011 238 KB 53 KB
Health and Physical Education 10/15/2011 81 KB 26 KB
Health Science Education 10/15/2011 96 KB 36 KB
International Baccalaureate Courses 10/15/2011 171 KB 40 KB
Marketing, Management and Entrepreneurship 10/15/2011 71 KB 30 KB
Mathematics 10/15/2011 115 KB 36 KB
Multidisciplinary 10/15/2011 85 KB 30 KB
Project Lead the Way - Biomedical Sciences 10/15/2011 67 KB 119 KB
Project Lead the Way - Pre-Engineering 10/15/2011 72 KB 45 KB
Science 10/15/2011 123 KB 23 KB
Social Studies 10/15/2011 167 KB 45 KB
Trade and Industrial Education 10/15/2011 170 KB 50 KB
World Languages 10/15/2011 445 KB 87 KB

 

Quantitative Reasoning Courses

In November 2011, the State Board of Education approved the inclusion of a "Quantitative Reasoning" requirement to all diploma types, among other changes. A quantitative reasoning course is a high school course that advances a student's ability to apply mathematics in real-world situations and contexts and deepens a student's understanding of high school mathematics standards.


Nonstandard Course Waiver

The list of courses above have been approved for general use by the State Board of Education. In addition, schools can submit a nonstandard course waiver to offer courses that are not found in the documentation above. Schools must have an approved nonstandard course waiver prior to offering a course or awarding credit for a course that is not in the state approved course titles and descriptions document.

To apply for a nonstandard course waiver, please complete the waiver document below and submit with any supporting documentation to standards_support@doe.in.gov.

Archived Course Titles and Descriptions