Early College Opportunities at KHSD

KHSD Early College Pathways

The following Early College pathways are offered after the high school day in centralized locations and are open to students from Kern High School District. Seats in the program are limited, and admittance to each pathway is based on an application process set by the high school district. Courses and order are subject to change.

Each year, 35 9th grade students will be accepted into each pathway. Students from other grades will also be accepted to fill available seats in the program.

Please note: the courses listed for each Early College pathway are tentative and subject to change. Final course offerings will be confirmed prior to the start of each term.

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Industrial Automation AS Pathway @ CTEC

General Education CALGETC	Course	Course Title	Unit Count
AREA 1A	ENGL C1000	Academic Reading and Writing	3
AREA 1B	PHIL B9	Critical Thinking and Advanced Composition	3
AREA 1C	COMM C1000	Introduction to Public Speaking	3
AREA 2	MATH B1A	Precalculus I	4
AREA 3A	ART B1	Art Appreciation	3
AREA 3B	HIST B1	World History 1500	3
AREA 4	POLS C1000	American Government and Politics	3
AREA 4	PSYC C1000	Introduction to Psychology	3
AREA 5A	PHSC B12	Physical Science	4
AREA 5B	PSYC B1B	Biological Science	3
AREA 5C	PHSC B12	Physical Science	4
AREA 6	HIST B30A	Early Chicano History - pre 1848	3
US Constitution	POLS C1000	American Government and Politics	3
Elective	STDV B1	Educational Planning	1
Elective	HIST B2	History of World (Since 1650)	3

Major Requirements	Course	Course Title	Unit Count
Major 1	ELET B1A	Basic Electronics (DC)	3
Major 2	ELET B1B	Industrial Electricity	3
Major 3	ELET B3	Programmatic Logic Controllers	3
Major 4	ELET B4	Computer Integrated Manufacturing	3
Major 5	ELET B55A	Electric Motors and Controls	3
Major 6	ELET B56	Instrumentation and Process Control	3
Major 7	ELET B58	Advanced Programmable Logic Controllers	3
Major 8	ELET B61	Telecommunications	3
Major 9	ELET B70	Mechanical Systems	3
Major 10	INDR B12	Introduction to Drafting and CAD	3
Major 11	PHSC B12	Physical Science	4

Law, Public Policy, and Society Pathway @ BCSW

General Education CALGETC	Course	Course Title	Unit Count
AREA 1A	ENGL C1000	Academic Reading and Writing	3
AREA 1B	PHIL B9	Critical Thinking and Advanced Composition	3
AREA 1C	COMM C1000	Introduction to Public Speaking	3
AREA 2	PSYC B5	Elementary Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences	4
AREA 3A	ART B1	Art Appreciation	3
AREA 3B	HIST B1	World History 1500	3
AREA 4	PSYC C1000	Introduction to Psychology	3
AREA 4	HIST B17A	United States History from 1865	3
AREA 5A	GEOL B10	Introduction to Geology	3
AREA 5B	PSYC B1B	Biological Science	3
AREA 5C	GEOL B10L	Introduction to Geology Laboratory	1
AREA 6	HIST B30A	Early Chicano History - pre 1848	3
US Constitution	POLS C1000	American Government and Politics	3
Elective	CRIM B5	Community Relations	3
Elective	HIST B2	History of World (Since 1650)	3
Elective	PSYC C1000	Introduction to Psychology	3

Major Requirements	Course	Course Title	Unit Count
Major 1	CRIM B1	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
Major 2	COMM C1000	Introduction to Public Speaking	3
Major 3	ENGL C1000	Academic Reading and Writing	3
Major 4	PSYC B5	Elementary Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences	4
Major 5	HIST B17A	United States History from 1865	3
Major 6	ENGL C1001	Critical Thinking and Writing	4
Major 7	PHIL B10	Introduction to Ethics	3
Major 8	POLS C1000	American Government and Politics	3
Major 9	BSAD B18	Business Law	3
Major 10	ECON B1	Principles of Economics-Micro	3

Major Requirements Pre Law	Course	Course Title	Unit Count
Major 1	ENGL C1000	Academic Reading and Writing	3
Major 2	ENGL C1001	Critical Thinking and Writing	4
Major 3	HIST B17A	United States History from 1865	3
Major 4	POLS C1000	American Government and Politics	3
Major 5	ADMJ B40	Law and Democracy	3
Major 6	COMM B5	Argumentation and Debate	3
Major 7	PSYC B5	Elementary Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences	4

Police Science AS-T Early College Pathway @ BCSW

General Education CALGETC	Course	Course Title	Unit Count
AREA 1A	ENGL C1000	Academic Reading and Writing	3
AREA 1B	PHIL B9	Critical Thinking and Advanced Composition	3
AREA 1C	COMM C1000	Introduction to Public Speaking	3
AREA 2A	PSYC B5	Elementary Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences	4
AREA 3A	MUSC B27	History of Rock & Roll	3
AREA 3B	HIST B17A	United State History form 1865	3
AREA 4	CRIM B5	Community Relations	3
AREA 4	PSYC C1000	Introduction to Psychology	3
AREA 5A	ERSC B10	Introduction to Earth Science	3
AREA 5B	ANTH B1	Physical Anthropology	3
AREA 5C	ANTH B1L	Physical Anthropology Laboratory	1
AREA 6	HIST B20A	The African American in the United States - to 1877	3

Major Requirements	Course	Course Title	Unit Count
Major 1	CRIM B1	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
Major 2	CRIM B2	Criminal Law	3
Major 3	CRIM B3	Introduction to Evidence	3
Major 4	CRIM B4	Constitutional Criminal Procedure	3
Major 5	CRIM B5	Community Relations	3
Major 6	CRIM B6	Introduction to Transformational Policing	3
Major 7	CRIM B7	Criminal Profiling of Violent Offenders	3
Major 8	CRIM B8	Criminal Investigation	3
Major 9	CRIM B12	Forensic and Scientific Aspects of Evidence	3
Major 10	COMM B4	Persuasive Communication	3
Major 11	PSYC C1000	Introduction to Psychology	3

Psychology AA-T Pathway @ BCSW

General Education CALGETC	Course	Course Title	Unit Count
AREA 1A	ENGL C1000	Academic Reading and Writing	3
AREA 1B	PHIL B9	Critical Thinking and Advanced Composition	3
AREA 1C	COMM C1000	Introduction to Public Speaking	3
AREA 2	PSYC B5	Elementary Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences	4
AREA 3A	ART B1	Art Appreciation	3
AREA 3B	HIST B1	World History 1500	3
AREA 4	POLS C1000	American Government and Politics	3
AREA 4	HIST B17A	United States History from 1877	3
AREA 5A	GEOL B10	Introduction to Geology	3
AREA 5B	PSYC B1B	Biological Psychology	3
AREA 5C	GEOL B10L	Introduction to Geology Laboratory	1
AREA 6	HIST B30A	Early Chicano History - pre 1848	3
US Constitution	POLS C1000	American Government and Politics	3
US Constitution	HIST B17B	United States History from 1865	3
Elective	STDV B6	Tools for College Success	3
Elective	HIST B2	History of World (Since 1650)	3
Elective	SOCI B1	Introduction to Sociology	3

Major Requirements	Course	Course Title	Unit Count
Major 1	PSYC C1000	Introduction to Psychology	3
Major 2	PSYC B6	Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences	4
Major 3	PSYC B5	Elementary Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences	4
Major 4	PSYC B1B	Biological Psychology	3
Major 5	PSYC B20	Social Psychology	3
Major 6	PSYC B33	Psychology of Personal and Social Adjustment	3

Public Health AS-T Pathway @ CTEC

General Education CALGETC	Course	Course Title	Unit Count
AREA 1A	ENGL C1000	Academic Reading and Writing	3
AREA 1B	PHIL B9	Critical Thinking and Advanced Composition	3
AREA 1C	COMM C1000	Introduction to Public Speaking	3
AREA 2	PSYC B5	Elementary Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences	4
AREA 3A	ART B1	Art Appreciation	3
AREA 3B	HIST B1	World History 1500	3
AREA 4	POLS C1000	American Government and Politics	3
AREA 4	HIST B17A	United States History from 1877	3
AREA 5A	CHEM B2A	Introductory General Chemistry	4
AREA 5B	BIOL B11	Concepts of Biology	4
AREA 5C	CHEM B2A	Introductory General Chemistry	4
AREA 6	PHIL B35	Identity and Difference in a Shared World	3
US Constitution	POLS C1000	American Government and Politics	3
US Constitution	HIST B17A	United States History from 1865	3
Elective	HIST B2	History of World (Since 1650)	3
Elective	STDV B1	Educational Planning	1

Major Requirements	Course	Course Title	Unit Count
Major 1	PBHS B21	Personal Health & wellness	3
Major 2	PBHS B20	Introduction to Public Health	3
Major 3	BIOL B11	Concepts of Biology	4
Major 4	BIOL B32	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	4
Major 5	BIOL B33	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	4
Major 6	PSYC C1000	Introduction to Psychology	3
Major 7	PSYC B5	Elementary Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences	4
Major 8	CHEM B2A	Introductory General Chemistry	4
Major 9	PBHS B22	Drugs, Health and Society	3