BASIS Credits - Number of Required Classes Before Graduation
BASIS students must receive (1 Credit = 1 year of a course unless stated otherwise) 4 English Credits 4 Science Credits 4 Math Credits 4.17 History Credits (World History = 0.67, Economics=0.5) 3 Chinese Credits 3 Elective Credits (1 must be a Fine Arts course - Art, Drama, Music, etc.)
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BASIS AP Requirements
BASIS students must take 6 AP (Advanced Placement) Exams before graduation, including 1 English Exam 1 Math Exam 1 Science Exam 1 History Exam 2 Additional Exams of the students choice
Furthermore, students must receive a 3 or better on one of these exams
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BASIS Required Classes by Grade
(Note: Each line represents 1 required class, classes listed within parenthesis mean that students must pick one e.g. (Pre-Calculus A, Pre-Calculus AB) means students must take Pre-Calculus A or Pre-Calculus AB)
Grade 9 English Honors Literature English Honors Language Chinese AP Human Geography Math (Pre-Calculus A, Pre-Calculus AB) Science (Honors Biology, Honors Chemistry, AP Physics 1) Electives
Grade 10 English (AP Literature, AP Language, Honors English 10) Chinese AP European History Math (AP Calculus AB, Pre-Calculus B) AP Science (Continuation of what students took in Grade 9 for their science class: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics 2) Science (A new science different from what students took in Grade 9: Honors Biology, Honors Chemistry, AP Physics 1) Electives
Grade 11 English (AP Literature, AP Language, Post-AP English) Chinese AP U.S. History Math (AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, Post-AP Math) AP Science (Continuation of what students took in Grade 10 for their science class: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics 2. Note: Students who took AP Physics 1 in Grade 9 may replace this class with AP Physics C given that they have completed AP-Calculus AB or higher in math) Science (A new science different from what students took in Grade 9 and 10: Honors Biology, Honors Chemistry, AP Physics 1) Electives
Grade 12 In order to Graduate with Honors, students must take: Humanities Capstone Chinese Capstone Math Capstone Science Capstone College Counseling Senior Project Electives
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