VCHS Institutes

Business and Entrepreneurship Institute

Required Classes

Intro to Business
Business Ownership

Optional Classes

Sports and Entertainment Marketing
Career and Financial Management
Accounting (semester class)
College Accounting 153 (SUNY Credit)
Macro Economics 101 (STAC Credit)
Marketing 101 (SUNY Credit)
American Law (semester class)
Psychology (semester class)
Sociology (semester class)
Public Speaking (semester class)


Career and Technical Education Institute

Required Classes

Fashion I
Food and Nutrition Core

Optional Classes

Fashion II
Fashion III
Fashion IV
College Fashion (SUNY Oneonta )
Advanced Foods and Nutrition (semester class)
Global and Gourmet: International Cuisine (semester class)
Global and Gourmet: The Americas (semester class)


Fine Arts Institute

Required Class

Studio Art or Design and Draw

Optional Classes

Advanced Design and Draw
Advanced Ceramics
Digital Media
Advanced Drawing and Painting
Illustration
Digital Photography
AP Art 
Interior Design (semester class)
Fashion Illustration (semester class)


Leadership and Education Institute

Required Classes

Public Speaking (semester class)
Psychology (semester class)
Child Development (semester class)
Intro to Education I (semester class)

Optional Classes

JROTC 1
JROTC 2
JROTC 3
JROTC 4
Intro to Education II (semester class)
Parenting (semester class)
Sociology (semester class)
Race, Identity, and Justice (semester class)
Mass Media and Journalism (semester class)
World Issues (semester class)
Military History US (semester class)


Performing Arts Institute

Required Classes

Music, Acting and Stage Presence (semester class)
Music Theory

Optional Classes

Shakespeare (semester class)
Filmmaking (semester class)
Studio Band
Jazz Ensemble
Wind Ensemble
Symphonic Band
Chamber Choir 
Women’s Chorale
Mixed Chorus
Drama 2
Drama 3
AP Music Theory
Social History of Rock and Roll (semester class)


Multicultural Institute

Required Courses

(1) World Language course
Race, Identity and Justice
World Issues (semester class)

Optional Classes

Spanish A2
Spanish B1
Spanish B2
Spanish C1 (SUNY Credit)
Spanish C2 (SUNY Credit)
French A
French B1
French B2
Contemporary Issues in Literature
Sociology (semester class)
Psychology (semester class)
Modern Europe (SUNY Credit) (semester class)
Holocaust (SUNY Credit) (semester class)
World War II (semester class)


STEAM Institute

Required Classes

Intro to Engineering (semester class)
Computer Integrated Manufacturing (semester class)
Intro to Computer Science (semester class)

Optional Classes

Probability and Statistics
College Prep Math
Pre-Calculus
AP Computer Science Principles
College Algebra/Trig (SUNY Credit)
AP Calculus AB
Basic Physics
Physics
Wood Production (semester class)
Health Sciences
Digital Electronics and Robotics
Criminal Forensics (semester class)
AP Biology
AP Physics
AP Chemistry
Science Research 1
Science Research 2
Science Research 3