By Dana Sternthal
Staff Writer
The Univeristy of California Board of Regents recently approved an Honors Earth Science course that Costa will offer starting in the 2013-14 school year.
This class will be offered only to juniors and seniors and will be taught by Advanced Placement Environmental Science teacher Karl Kurz.
“As a geology major, I am passionate about teaching this new honors class,” Kurz said. “I brought AP Environmental Science to Costa, so I look forward to future successes.”
The Honors Earth Science class will be a dual credit class, meaning that students can receive a grade on their transcript from the University of California Los Angeles extension program in addition to five college credits. To receive these credits, a student must receive an A in both semesters and pass the final exam. More details about the class will become available in the coming months.
“The class passed through the UCLA extension program, and we are now working with them to model a similar program that Harvard-Westlake uses,” Kurz said.
There are no prerequisites for the Honors Earth Science class. In the last few months, the class was approved by the College Board, adding it to the curriculum.
“The class is a path for kids to take an upper level science class and get honors credit,” Kurz said.
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