The single dual credit social studies course may meet both a social studies course requirement and the civics requirement. The student will earn high school credit for the dual credit course, but may not earn additional high school credit for the embedded civics. Dual credit courses that embed civics may be transcribed as the dual credit course. However, the law makes an exception for dual credit courses: “civics content and instruction required by this section may be embedded in social studies courses that offer students the opportunity to earn both high school and postsecondary credit.” ( RCW 28A.230.094).ĭual credit courses that embed civics must include all the required civics content. Districts that wish to keep CWP as a one credit course may do so.Ī “stand-alone” civics course means that the civics content may not be embedded in another course, and that the course should be transcribed as “Civics” on students’ transcripts. It is recommended that one-half credits of a social studies elective remain in world history, to best align with the learning standards. The purpose for this change was to provide districts with greater flexibility in meeting social studies requirements, including the civics requirement. The State Board of Education reduced the required credits in CWP from one credit to one-half credits and increased the social studies elective from one-half to one credit (new and amended rules were adopted at the November 2019 Board meeting, going into effect immediately). The requirement includes one credit of US History, one-half credit of Contemporary World History, Geography and Problems (often referred to as Contemporary World Problems or CWP), one-half credit of Civics, and one credit of social studies elective. Graduation requirement rules ( WAC 180-51-067, WAC 180-51-068, and WAC 180-51-210) require three credits of social studies for graduation.
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