Program: High School Program - New Mexico Military Institute

Communication Skills/Modern Language (Credits 2.50)

Successfully completing a semester course generates .50 credit. Two and one-half credits are required to include two credits from the same foreign language (e.g. two years of French) and .50 credit in communication skills. An entering 5th classman (HSSO or higher) with a language not offered by NMMI will only be required to take one additional credit of a language and .50 credit in communication skills. Speech, Myths and Folktales, Current Events, Introduction to Drama, and similar courses as well as the third year of a language meet this .50 credit requirement.

Students with prior experience in a modern language will be given credit for previous classes upon successful completion of the course into which they were initially placed

English 1, 2, 3, and 4 (Credits 4.00)

Successfully completing a semester course generates .50 credit. Four credits are required to include English 4A and 4B which must be successfully completed at NMMI. Mass communication or similar English courses do not meet the English requirements.

Mathematics (Credits 4.00)

Successfully completing a semester course generates .50 credit. Four credits are required; three of which must be MTH 021-022 Algebra 1; MTH 033-034 Algebra 2; and either MTH 037-038 Geometry or MTH 043-044 Geometry/Trigonometry/Algebra 3. The fourth credit may be MTH 015-016 Pre-Algebra, MTH 017 Algebra 1/2 (only if taken prior to Algebra 1), MTH 047-048 Pre-calculus, MTH 061-062 Calculus, or any two semesters of the following: MTH 042 Trigonometry or any college level math course at or above MATH 1073 Contemporary Math. In order to graduate from NMMI, a high school cadet must pass two semesters (1 credit) of either Algebra 2, GTA, Pre-Calculus, or Calculus.

Science (Credits 3.00)

Successfully completing a semester course generates .50 credit. Three full credits of a laboratory science are required. Two of these credits must be two-semester course sequences in biology, chemistry, physics, earth science or an approved two-semester lab science sequence course. The third credit may be one of the two-semester sequences or any of the one-semester courses. A high school student may, with permission, take a college level lab science course for the third year of the lab science. General science or physical science do not meet NMMI’s science requirement.

Social Science (Credits 3.00)

Successfully completing a semester course generates .50 credit. Three credits are required. These include one credit of world history/geography; one credit of U.S. history; .50 credit of economics; and .50 credit of government. The recommended order of coursework is World, US, then economics and government with economics and government in the senior year. World History is a pre-requisite to US History (Fall 2013).

Leadership Education (Credit .50 per Semester)

Each LET course generates .50 credit. One credit is required to meet the residency requirement; however, enrollment in LET courses taught in the JROTC program is required in each semester of attendance at NMMI.

Physical Education (Credit .25 per Semester)

Completing one semester PHE (Physical Health Education) generates .25 credit. The minimum requirement for graduation is .50 credit (for an incoming senior) however; a cadet must enroll in a physical education each semester. One semester of Health Education (PHE 020) is required for graduation. A cadet enrolled in LET 1A or B, Regimental Band, and Jazz Band in the same semester will be exempt from PHE that semester. Cadets are also exempt from PHE the semester they take the ACT Preparation course (ACT 011 or TFL 011). A cadet must either earn .50 credit or be exempt from PHE each semester they attend NMMI.

Computer Literacy (Credit .50)

One-half credit is required. The course, Computer Concepts II (CIS 017) is recommended. Other computer science courses may be substituted for Computer Concepts with the approval of the Vice Dean. (Keyboarding (CIS 015) does not meet this requirement).

CIS 017 - Computer Concepts II

Fine/Practical Arts ( Credit .50)

One-half credit of a fine or a practical art is required.

ACT/SAT Preparation (Credit .25)

This course is required for graduation and must be taken prior to completion of Junior year. Requirement applies to students entering Fall 2015 or later as freshmen, sophomores, and juniors.

ACT 011 - ACT/SAT

Electives (As needed)

In addition to the requirements listed above, elective courses may be taken to complete graduation requirements.

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High School Program

Core Subject Graduation Requirements