Advanced English and Public Health is an English course for 11th or 12th graders with integrated CTE standards as related to the Health Science and Medical Technology pathways. Content will include the ELA Common Core Standards integrated in conjunction with, and careers while also focusing on communication as it relates to our global world. Students will be exposed to a rigorous upper graduate English course while learning the career technical education focus of medical pathways.

Advanced English and Public Health is a college and career preparatory English course which integrates both the Common Core Standards for ELA and the CTE standards for the Health Science & Medical Technology industry sector. Advanced English and Public Health is focused on the unifying theme of Public Health and related issues. It requires students to answer numerous essential questions divided by thematic CTE units — health ethics, communication, health care, epidemiology and careers — while applying their developing knowledge and skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Upon completion of the Advanced English and Public Health course, students will have answered numerous unit-based essential questions. As an example, students will be guided in determining the variables affecting making an informed decision on a given current health care issue, requiring them to determine which actions should be taken for appropriate health care from the perspective of the culture, society, family, and individual (as deliverer or receiver). Essential questions address foundational health care standards necessary for a comprehensive understanding of Public Health and the surrounding issues within today’s society.