# Adult High School Diploma (AHSD) courses El Camino College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 33 courses Source: http://catalog.elcamino.edu/index.php?catoid=13 "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027. ### AHSD 500 — High School Fundamentals of English A - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course provides students with a review of parts of speech, spelling, basic sentence structure, mechanics, and vocabulary skill building. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 501 — High School Fundamentals of English B - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section listed as AHSD-501 (/c/el-camino-college/schedule/spring-2027/ahsd.md) - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course provides students with a comprehensive study of English usage, spelling, and mechanics. Students learn how to improve their writing with more complex sentence structures and use outside sources to support their ideas. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 502 — High School Fundamentals of Writing A - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course focuses on sentence and paragraph composition with an emphasis on vocabulary building. The course also provides a review of language mechanics and grammar. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 503 — High School Fundamentals of Writing B - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section listed as AHSD-503 (/c/el-camino-college/schedule/spring-2027/ahsd.md) - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course provides students with a review of the writing process and outlining. It gives students opportunities to explore writing styles, and it includes an introduction to research paper writing. Students strengthen skills in grammar, vocabulary, and oral presentation. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 504 — High School Fundamentals of Reading - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This course is an introduction to building vocabulary, reading comprehension, and critical thinking skills and includes a basic review of English language usage. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 505 — High School Creative Writing - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course covers creative literary expression through poetry, drama, and short story. Students learn about individual creative writing in various forms. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 506 — High School Practical English Skills - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section listed as AHSD-506 (/c/el-camino-college/schedule/fall-2026/ahsd.md) - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course provides students with a review of grammar, spelling, reading, composition, and essay writing. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 507 — High School Literature in a Multicultural Society - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course is a survey of multicultural literature (fiction and non-fiction) focusing on social, cultural, and literary contexts. Students improve their reading comprehension, writing, and critical thinking skills, and awareness of multicultural literary perspectives. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 510 — High School Math Fundamentals - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This course helps students master basic arithmetic skills and operations. Topics include integers, fractions, decimals, and percentages. Students learn how to interpret and solve word problems. Successful completion of this course will meet the requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 511 — High School Pre-Algebra - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Prerequisite:** AHSD 510 or placement based on the math assessment process - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This course provides an introduction to the structure and concepts of Algebra, including variables, expressions, equations, absolute value, inequalities, and properties of real numbers. Techniques of algebra, including solving equations and inequalities, graphing linear equations, and solving word problems are also included. Successful completion of this course will meet the requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 512 — High School Algebra 1A - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Prerequisite:** AHSD 511 or placement based on the math assessment process - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This course is a study of the language, concepts, and techniques of basic algebra, including signed numbers, expressions and equations, formulas, powers and roots, and inequalities. This course lays a foundation for upper level math and science courses. Successful completion of this course will meet the requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 513 — High School Algebra 1B - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Prerequisite:** AHSD 512 or placement based on the math assessment process - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This course is a study of the language, concepts, and techniques of algebra, including exponents, systems of equations, quadratic and exponential functions, rational and irrational numbers, and polynomials. The course lays a foundation for upper level math and science courses. Successful completion of this course will meet the requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 514 — High School Introduction to Geometry - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Prerequisite:** AHSD 513 or placement based on the math assessment process - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This course provides students with an overview of the elements of geometry and the properties of those elements. Students learn to use the properties in proofs to develop logical reasoning. The course integrates basic algebra into geometry and builds skills for upper level math. Successful completion of this course will meet the requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 520 — High School Life Science - Biology - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section listed as AHSD-520 (/c/el-camino-college/schedule/spring-2027/ahsd.md) - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course provides students with an introduction to the study of life, including biological chemistry, cells, organisms and classification, and ecology. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 521 — High School Life Science - Physiology - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section listed as AHSD-521 (/c/el-camino-college/schedule/spring-2027/ahsd.md) - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course provides students with an introduction to the study of physiology and genetics, with a focus on human systems. Structure and function of basic human organ systems are the focus, supplemented with contrasts to simple organisms, plant physiology, and basic genetics. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 522 — High School Physical Science - Chemistry - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course introduces students to the study of chemistry, including atomic structure, substances, and reactions. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 523 — High School Physical Science - Physics - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course is an introduction to the study of physics, including energy, optics, and forces. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 524 — High School Environmental Science - Ecology - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course is an introduction to the study of environmental science, including ecological systems of abiotic and biotic factors and current environmental challenges. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 530 — High School U.S. History: Pre-Colonialism to the Civil War - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course provides students with an analysis of social, economic, and political factors in United States history from the period of Pre-Colonialism to Reconstruction. Successful completion of this course will meet the requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 531 — High School U.S. History: Reconstruction to the Present - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course provides students with an analysis of social, economic, and political factors in United States history from the period of Reconstruction to the present. Successful completion of this course will meet the requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 532 — High School Introduction to U.S. Government - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section listed as AHSD-532 (/c/el-camino-college/schedule/fall-2026/ahsd.md); Spring 2027, 1 section listed as AHSD-532 (/c/el-camino-college/schedule/spring-2027/ahsd.md) - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course is a survey of the concepts, theories, and functions of the American political system. The basic principles of the United States Constitution and the government of California will be examined. Emphasis will be placed on the formal and informal influences of federalism on national and state governments. Successful completion of this course will meet the requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 533 — High School Introduction to Economics - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course provides students with an introduction to events that influence the American economy, including inflation, purchasing power, taxes, balance of payments, technology, deficit spending, and the cost of living. The course also covers foreign and domestic exchange, consumerism, gross national product (GNP), and banking and currency. Successful completion of this course will meet the requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 534 — High School World Geography - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course is a survey of the major cultural and physical regions of the world and includes a study of people, places, and environments. Successful completion of this course will meet the requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 536 — High School World History I - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course covers various historical time periods that have shaped world events. It begins with the emergence of human society and continues to 1500CE. Successful completion of this course will meet the requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 537 — High School World History II - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course introduces students to perspectives on specific historical events in the context of a broad world view. The historical time frame begins at 1450 CE and continues through to the present. Emphasis is placed on the historical roots of current world issues. Successful completion of this course will meet the requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 540 — High School Music Appreciation - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course is an introduction to classical and popular music. It includes the development of music, explorations of composer's lives and historical and social contexts of the times. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 541 — High School Art History - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course is a survey of visual arts including painting, printmaking, sculpture, architecture and photography. Students learn about historical and contemporary art forms; form, composition and design concepts. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 542 — High School Contemporary Spanish - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course provides students with an introduction to Spanish. Students practice in Spanish language pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary in a contemporary context. The course includes an exploration of culture in both contemporary and historical contexts. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 550 — High School Workplace Skills for the 21st Century - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This course prepares students for the modern workplace. Students learn decision-making and life-long learning skills while building competency in written and oral communication and basic math and computer skills. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 551 — High School Health - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course provides students with an informed use of health-related information and an overview of positive attitudes and responsible behaviors for making decisions to promote lifelong health. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 552 — High School Computer Basics - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This course provides students with an overview of computer hardware, software, operating systems, file management, the Internet, and e-mail. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 553 — High School Graphic Art Design - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This course provides students with an introduction to the field of graphic design. Topics include fundamental design principles, process, typography, imagery, composition, visual communication, and presentation. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits. ### AHSD 554 — High School Planning for Academic and Career Success - **Units:** 0 - **Hours:** 4 hours lecture - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 schedules - Credit Status: Noncredit - Note: This course is open entry/open exit. This high school level course covers successful methods for improving academic and career strategies and skills. It is a survey of educational and occupational opportunities and requirements. Successful completion of this course will meet requirements for five Adult High School Diploma credits.