Upper School Course Guide
At The Woodlands Christian Academy, we care deeply about who our students are becoming. We want them to grow strong in their faith, confident in their gifts, and equipped to lead wherever God calls them. That kind of growth doesn’t happen on its own. It takes a community. It takes consistency. And it takes a clear sense of purpose.
Browse the courses we offer below, or click here to access a live (Google Doc) version of the course guide, which includes a detailed overview of the following: Portrait of a Partnership, Six Pursuits, Graduation Requirements, Grading, Course Selection & Summer Classes
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- Christian Development
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th
Prerequisite: None
- Christian Development
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th
Prerequisite: None
- Christian Development
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th
Prerequisite: None
- Christian Development
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 12th
Prerequisite: None
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- College Readiness
Duration: Half Year
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th
Prerequisite: None
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- Creative Arts
Performing Arts - Dance
Duration: Fall or Spring Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Performing Arts - Dance
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Performing Arts - Dance
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Introduction to Dance OR Instructor Approval
- Creative Arts
Performing Arts - Dance
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Audition Required
- Creative Arts
Performing Arts - Dance
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Audition Required
- Creative Arts
Performing Arts - Music
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Concurrent Enrollment in Warrior Band
- Creative Arts
Performing Arts - Music
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Performing Arts - Music
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Performing Arts - Music
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Performing Arts - Theatre
Duration: Fall Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Performing Arts - Theatre
Duration: Spring Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Performing Arts - Theatre
Duration: FUTURE Fall Semester 2027
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Performing Arts - Theatre
Duration: FUTURE Spring Semester 2028
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Performing Arts - Theatre
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Completion of one of the Theatre Fundamentals Courses OR Instructor Approval
- Creative Arts
Performing Arts - Theatre
Duration: Fall or Spring Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Application Approval
- Creative Arts
Visual Arts
Duration: Fall Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Visual Arts
Duration: Spring Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Visual Arts
Duration: FUTURE Fall Semester 2027
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Visual Arts
Duration: FUTURE Spring Semester 2028
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Visual Arts
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Two of the Fundamentals of Art Courses: 90 or above
- Creative Arts
Visual Arts
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Art & Design PAP: 85 or above OR Photography PAP: 85 or above
- Creative Arts
Visual Arts
Duration: Fall or Spring Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Visual Arts
Duration: Fall or Spring Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Visual Arts
Duration: Fall or Spring Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Photography I
- Creative Arts
Visual Arts
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Photography II: 90 or above
- Creative Arts
Visual Arts
Duration: Fall or Spring Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Visual Arts
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Video Production
- Creative Arts
Business
Duration: Fall Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Business
Duration: Spring Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Business
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Debate I
- Creative Arts
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 12th
Prerequisite: Innovation-based Research & Design
- Creative Arts
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Enrollment at TWCA for 1 Full Academic Year AND Application Approval
- Creative Arts
STEM - Computer Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Application Approval
- Creative Arts
STEM - Computer Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Middle School Computer Science Fundamentals OR Algebra I: 90 or above OR Algebra II: Concurrent Enrollment
- Creative Arts
STEM - Computer Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Computer Science Principles AP: 80 or above OR Computer Science Principles AP Exam: 3 or above
- Creative Arts
STEM - Computer Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Computer Science (A) AP Exam: 3 or above
- Creative Arts
STEM - Engineering
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th
Prerequisite: None
- Creative Arts
STEM - Engineering
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Principles of Applied Engineering
- Creative Arts
STEM - Engineering
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Engineering Design & Problem-Solving
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- English
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th
Prerequisite: None
- English
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th
Prerequisite: 8th Grade English with 90 or above
- English
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th
Prerequisite: English I
- English
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th
Prerequisite: English I with 90 or above OR English I PAP with 85 or above
- English
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th
Prerequisite: English II
- English
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th
Prerequisite: English II with 90 or above OR English II PAP with 85 or above
- English
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 12th
Prerequisite: English III
- English
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 12th
Prerequisite: English III with 90 or above OR English Language & Composition AP with 80 or above
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- Foreign Language
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th
Prerequisite: None
- Foreign Language
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Latin I
- Foreign Language
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Latin II with 90 or above
- Foreign Language
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Latin III PAP with 85 or above
- Foreign Language
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th
Prerequisite: None
- Foreign Language
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Spanish I
- Foreign Language
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Spanish II with 90 or above
- Foreign Language
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Spanish III PAP with 85 or above
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- Health
Duration: None
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 12th
Prerequisite: None
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- History
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th
Prerequisite: None
- History
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th
Prerequisite: World Geography
- History
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th
Prerequisite: English I with 90 or above OR English I PAP with 85 or above
- History
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th
Prerequisite: World History
- History
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th
Prerequisite: World History with 90 or above OR World History AP with 80 or above
- History
Duration: Fall Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 12th
Prerequisite: U.S. History
- History
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Any AP course completion with 80 or above
- History
Duration: Spring Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 12th
Prerequisite: Economics
- History
Duration: Spring Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 12th
Prerequisite: U.S. History with 90 or above OR U.S. History AP with 80 or above
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- Math
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th
Prerequisite: 8th Pre-Algebra
- Math
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th
Prerequisite: 8th Pre-Algebra with 90 or above
- Math
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th
Prerequisite: Algebra I
- Math
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th
Prerequisite: Algebra I with 90 or above OR Algebra I PAP with 85 or above
- Math
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th
Prerequisite: Geometry
- Math
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th
Prerequisite: Algebra I with 90 or above OR Algebra I PAP with 85 or above
- Math
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Algebra II
- Math
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Algebra II PAP with 85 or above OR Pre-Calculus with 90 or above
- Math
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus AP with 80 or above
- Math
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 12th
Prerequisite: Calculus (AB) AP with 80 or above
- Math
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Algebra I
- Math
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Algebra II
- Math
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Algebra II with 90 or above OR Algebra II PAP with 85 or above OR Completion of Pre-Calculus
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- Physical Education
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Physical Education
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Physical Education
Duration: Fall or Spring Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Physical Education
Duration: Fall or Spring Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Physical Education
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
- Physical Education
Duration: Fall or Spring Semester
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: None
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- Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th
Prerequisite: 8th Grade Science
- Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 9th
Prerequisite: 8th Grade Science with 90 or above
- Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Biology PAP with 85 or above AND Chemistry PAP with 85 or above
- Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th
Prerequisite: Biology
- Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th
Prerequisite: Biology with 90 or above OR Biology PAP with 85 or above AND Algebra I with 90 or above OR Algebra I PAP with 85 or above
- Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Chemistry PAP with 85 or above AND Algebra II PAP with 85 or above
- Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Algebra II
- Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Algebra II PAP with 85 or above AND Concurrent enrollment in Pre-Calculus AP
- Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Physics Honors with 80 or above AND Concurrent enrollment in Calculus (AB) AP OR Concurrent enrollment in Calculus (BC) AP, if no prior physics background
- Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Biology AND Application Approval
- Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 12th
Prerequisite: Principles of Health Science with 85 or above AND Anatomy & Physiology OR Anatomy & Physiology Honors OR Concurrent enrollment
- Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Biology
- Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 10th 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Biology with 90 or above OR Biology PAP with 85 or above OR Biology AP
- Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Biology PAP with 85 or above AND Chemistry PAP with 85 or above
- Science
Duration: Full Year
Credits: 1.0
Grade: 11th 12th
Prerequisite: Biology or Chemistry with 90 or above OR Biology PAP or Chemistry PAP with 85 or above
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- Speech
Duration: None
Credits: 0.5
Grade: 12th
Prerequisite: None