Free printable · 12th grade
12th grade homeschool, on one page
The courses a 12th grader usually takes, what each one is worth in credits, and which ones Arbor writes for you.
Arbor plans the whole year around these courses, writes the lessons for the ones it teaches, and keeps the hours and grades for the transcript. Free for 14 days.
The core courses
| Course | Credit | Who writes it | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Literature | 1 | Arbor writes it | British writers from Beowulf to the moderns, with longer essays |
| Pre-Calculus | 1 | Your own program | Functions, trigonometry, and the ideas calculus is built on |
| Anatomy & Physiology | 1 | Your own program | The body's systems, studied with real labs |
| U.S. Government | ½ | Arbor writes it | The Constitution, the three branches, and how a citizen takes part |
| Economics | ½ | Arbor writes it | Supply and demand, markets, money, and how a household and a country budget |
4 credits of core courses. A diploma takes about 5 to 6 credits a year, so add an elective or two.
Electives to choose from
| Course | Credit | Who writes it | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Management | ½ | Arbor writes it | Renting, setting up a home, turning 18, bills and records, and a month on their own |
| Philosophy | ½ | Arbor writes it | The big questions, and how great thinkers have answered them |
| Calculus | 1 | Your own program | Limits, derivatives and integrals, for a student who has finished Pre-Calculus |
| Physical Education | ½ | Your own program | A sport, a class, or a fitness plan, done rather than read |
| Bible | 1 | Arbor writes it | Church history, the creeds, and honest answers to hard questions |
What Arbor writes, and what needs your own program
Arbor writes British Literature, U.S. Government, Economics, Life Management, Philosophy and Bible.
Use your own program for Pre-Calculus, Anatomy & Physiology, Calculus and Physical Education. Arbor writes math through Algebra II, and not past it yet. A lab science needs real labs and equipment. PE is done, not read. Arbor puts your program on the schedule beside everything else and keeps its hours and grades for the transcript.
How the credits add up
A credit is about 120 hours of work, or 180 for a lab science, or a finished course. Most of Arbor’s high school lessons run 40 to 45 minutes, and Arbor counts the hours as you teach.
| Over four years | Typical | College-bound |
|---|---|---|
| English | 4 | 4 |
| Math | 3 | 4 |
| Science | 3 | 4 |
| Social Studies | 3 | 4 |
| Foreign Language | 0 | 2 |
| Fine Arts | 1 | 1 |
| PE & Health | 1 | 1 |
| Elective | 6 | 4 |
That is about 21 credits for a typical diploma and 24 for a college-bound student. These are common conventions, not law: your state and the colleges your teen applies to set the real numbers.
Want every day of this planned for you?
Arbor turns this into your teen's whole year: the lessons written out for every course it teaches, your own programs laid out by day beside them, and the transcript kept as you go. Free for 14 days.