AICE Course Descriptions
The AICE Program
The Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) is an innovative and accelerated method of academic study offered solely
through the University of Cambridge International Examinations, a division of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. AICE
provides a flexible, broad-based curriculum that is offered worldwide at schools and colleges in over 160 countries. For over 170 years,
the prestigious University of Cambridge has been setting worldwide curriculum standards through their examinations.
Importance of AICE courses and the AICE Diploma
U.S universities have responded enthusiastically to AICE. The Florida Legislature has identified AICE as a graduation option and
acceleration mechanism through which students can be awarded up to 45 hours of college credit at all public universities and colleges
in Florida. Students earning the AICE Diploma qualify for the Florida Academic Scholarship, the highest level of the Bright Futures
Scholarship Program, in addition to the completion of 100 c ommunity service hours and are not required to meet the minimum GPA
and SAT/ACT scores.
Benefits of the AICE program
The AICE program of study at Western High School offers students one of the most demanding and rigorous college preparatory
programs in the world. After completing at least one course in each of three academic areas, students have the flexibility to choose a
course of study that best meets their abilities and interests. Students also have the option of taking AICE courses and their subsequent
exams to earn college credits without applying for the AICE diploma. Regardless of the option chosen, enrollment in these rig orous
courses will benefit WHS students in the college application process.
Courses Offered
The aim of AICE English General Paper is to improve learners’ skills in reading and writing and the ability to think critically about
contemporary issues. It also seeks to improve communication in English. As they explore modern issues in this course, learners become
aware that not everyone sees the world as they do. Where we live and what we value play important roles in shaping our views.
Students should strive to approach modern matters with both maturity and sensitivity. Activities featured in the scheme of work are
designed to help them do this. Learners will take responsibility to pay attention in core courses such as science, math, history, and the
arts to help reinforce their understanding of these topics. The strategies for reading and writing explored in this course can transfer
to any academic field, making it foundational to learners’ overall educational experience. Each unit builds reading skills, which scaffold
into writing.
Course #10094000
Subject Credit: English
In AICE English Language, students will develop skills to make critical and informed responses to a wide range of texts. Students will
also demonstrate their ability to produce writing for specific audiences. We read and write descriptive and imaginative pieces,
newspaper and magazine articles, blogs and podcast scripts, biographies and autobiographies, reviews, advertisements, and more.
We focus on the way that authors create various moods and effects in their writing, and we students will work on creating these
effects in their own writing.
Course #10015500
Subject Credit: English
AICE Environmental Management course seeks to educate students about environmental issues, systems, patterns and mechanisms
while emphasizing what impact humans have had on the world around us and how we may manage this impact sus tainably. Through
this class, students learn to analyze and consider environmental issues on both local and global scales, the importance of sustainability
in resource management and the necessity of a global perspective when considering these diverse issues.
Course #20013810
Subject Credit: Science
