VHS Collaborative

For students who want to take challenging classes we do not offer at Brandon High School, we have partnered with the VHS Collaborative. This partnership allows students to access Advanced Placement courses and honors-level classes taught by teachers from around the world. Students are enrolled in an actual class with 24 students from around the globe.

For more information on this exciting program, click on the VHS logo on the right. Read the course descriptions and the prerequisites and see if one of the classes is right for you.

Think you're ready? Click the button below to apply for a VHS Collaborative class.

Brandon High School VHS Collaborative Offerings 2015 - 2016

Advanced Placement
  • AP Art History
  • AP Calculus BC
  • AP Computer Science A
  • AP Environmental Science
  • AP European History
  • AP French language and Culture
  • AP Human Geography
  • AP Music Theory
  • AP Physics B
  • AP Physics C
  • AP Spanish Language
Students may take if there is a schedule conflict with the similar Brandon offering:
  • AP Biology
  • AP Calculus AB
  • AP Economics: Micro and Macro
  • AP English Language and Composition
  • AP English Literature and Composition
  • AP Government & Politics: U.S.
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Statistics
  • AP U.S. History
  • AP World History
Arts
  • American Popular Music
  • Art History: Art of the Caribbean Islands
  • Creating Art History
  • History and American Pop Music
  • History of Photography (Honors)
  • Music Listening and Critique
  • Music: Fundamentals of Composition
Business
  • Business and Personal Law
  • International Businesses
  • Investing in the Stock Market
  • Learning to Invest in the Stock Market
Mathematics
  • Math and Modern Logic
  • Math You Can Use In College
  • Mathematics of Electricity
  • Number Theory
Foreign Language
  • German Language and Culture
  • Italian Language and Culture
  • Latin 1
  • Latin 2
  • Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture
  • Russian Language and Culture
Language Arts
  • 101 Ways to Write a Short Story
  • Academic Writing
  • Around the World in 80 Days
  • Blogs, Wikis, and Web Research Tools
  • Contemporary Irish Literature
  • Cultural Identity Through Literature (Honors)
  • Essay Writing
  • Fantasy and Science Fiction Short Stories
  • Film and Literature: The European Experience
  • Folklore & Literature of Myth, Magic & Ritual (Honors)
  • Ghoulies, Ghosties, and Long-Legged Beasties
  • Heroes
  • Horror Writers
  • Literacy Skills for the 21st Century
  • Literature of the World (Honors)
  • Poetry Reading and Writing
  • Poetry Writing
  • Screenwriting Fundamentals
  • Shakespeare in Film
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Twentieth Century Women Authors (Honors)
  • Young Adult Literature
Science (Biology)
  • Anatomy and Physiology (Honors)
  • Animal Behavior and Zoology (Honors)
  • Biochemistry (Honors)
  • Bioethics (Honors)
  • Biotechnology
  • Epidemics
  • Evolution and the Nature of Science
  • Genes and Disease (Honors)
  • Pre-Veterinary Medicine (Honors)
  • The Human Body
Science (Chemistry)
  • Advanced Topics in Chemistry (Honors)
  • Chemicals of Civilization
  • Environmental Chemistry (Honors)
  • Biochemistry (Honors)
Science  (General)
  • Astronomy Principles (Honors)
  • Climate Change (Honors)
  • Engineering Principles
  • Meteorology
  • Oceanography (Honors)
Science (Physics)
  • Nuclear Physics
Social Studies
  • Around the World In 80 Days
  • Constitutional Law (Honors)
  • Contemporary Issues in American Law and Justice
  • Criminology (Honors)
  • Eastern and Western Thought
  • Film and Literature
  • Lewis and Clark’s Expedition
  • Modern Middle East
  • Pearl Harbor and the Pacific Thunder
  • Philosophy I (Honors)
  • The Glory of Ancient Rome (Honors)
  • The Golden Age of Classical Greece (Honors)
  • The Holocaust
  • The Vietnam War
  • U.S. Foreign Policy
  • World Religions
Technology
  • Blogs, Wiki, and Web Research Tools
  • Computational Science & Engineering Using Java (Honors)
  • Engineering for Sustainable Energy
  • Journalism in the Digital Age
  • Video Game Design Using Game Maker
All courses are subject to availability. Brandon students must meet the prerequisites for selected courses as set forth in the VHS course catalog.