College Dual Enrollment
Foothill High School has partnered with Irvine Valley College to offer college courses to students who have an interest in Business, Kinesiology, Sign Language or Dance. Students who take these college level courses receive high school graduation credit along with the college course credit. Irvine Valley College is currently offering the following courses to Juniors and Seniors at Foothill High School:
Business Pathway
This pathway is comprised of four classes - one is taken during the fall semester and three are taken simultaneously during the spring semester. Fulfills an A-G Electives requirement - each semester is equivalent to 10 high school credits. Students earn 3 college credits per semester.
MGT 1: Fall Semester
A survey in business providing a multidisciplinary examination of how culture, society, economic systems, legal, international, political, financial institutions, and human behavior interact to affect a business organization’s policy and practices within the US and a global society. Demonstrates how these influences impact the primary areas of business including: organizational structure and design; leadership; human resource management; organized labor practices; marketing; organizational communication; technology; entrepreneurship; legal, accounting, financial practices; the stock and securities market; and therefore affect the ability of a business to achieve its organizational goals.
This interactive course enables students to engage in the fundamental aspects of creatively developing frameworks of passion and purpose as a means of personal empowerment and wealth. The course promotes entrepreneurial thinking across disciplines and assists students in developing a process for transforming ideas into sustainable success. Students will examine how others overcame adversity and achieved success. The course includes individualized learning assessments designed to assist the student in exploring their frameworks of thought and entrepreneurial potential.
Kinesiology Pathway
Completion of KNES 85 begins a pathway toward the Coaching Certificate of Proficiency and Fitness Professional Certificate of Achievement. Completion of KNES 212 is the first of three classes in the recognized university undergraduate Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP) sequence. This pathway is designed to give students the background needed to pursue higher education and a career in the fields of Allied Health, Athletic Training, or Sports Medicine.
KNES 85: Fall Semester
World Language & Visual/Performing Arts
Sign 21: American Sign Language
Admission Instructions
Please contact your counselor or Christine Goth regarding enrollment.