Accredited and Independent Study,
Grades 9–12

Grade 9	Credit Value	Credits Needed
Hebrew History: Kings of Israel	1	1
English 9	1	1
Algebra 1	1	1
Physical Science	1	1
Health (one semester)	½	½
World Geography (one semester)	½	½
†Physical Education 1	1	1
Credits Needed		6

Grade 10	Credit Value	Credits Needed
Bible Doctrines	1	1
English 10	1	1
World History 10	1	1
Algebra 2 Honors (prerequisite - Algebra 1)	1	1
or other math elective	1
Science Elective (choose one)		1
Biology	1
Chemistry (prerequisite - Algebra 1)	1
Spanish 1 or Elective	1	1
Credits Needed		6

Grade 11	Credit Value	Credits Needed
Life Management (one semester)	½	½
New Testament: Jesus and His Followers (one semester)	½	½
English 11	1	1
U.S. History 11	1	1
Plane Geometry Honors (prerequisite - Algebra 1)	1	1
or other math elective	1
Science Elective (choose one)		1
Biology	1
Chemistry (prerequisite - Algebra 1)	1
Spanish 1 or Elective	1	1
Credits Needed		6

Grade 12	Credit Value	Credits Needed
Old Testament: Genesis (one semester)	½	½
Revelation (one semester)	½	½
English 12	1	1
American Government (one semester)	½	½
Economics (one semester)	½	½
Practical/Performing Arts Elective		1
Precalculus Honors (prerequisite - Alg. 1, Alg. 2, Geometry)	1	1
or other math elective	1
Elective		1
Credits Needed		6

Required courses for graduation
4 credits in Bible (includes ½ credit in Life Management)	3 ½ credits in History 1 credit in World History 10 1 credit in U.S. History 11 ½ credit in American Government ½ credit in Economics ½ credit in history elective
4 credits in English
4 credits in Math 1 credit in Algebra 1 1 credit in Algebra 2 1 credit in Plane Geometry 1 credit in math electives (All rising 9th graders are required to complete Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Plane Geometry to meet graduation requirements)
3 credits in Science (2 credits with lab components)	1 credit in Physical Education
	1 credit in Practical/Performing Arts
1 credit in Spanish (can be taken in grades 10-12)	2½ elective credits

*24 total credits required for graduation (minimum of four credits with A Beka Academy* in the 12th grade year).**

Electives

	Biology	1
	Chemistry (prerequisite—Algebra 1)	1
	Physics (honors) (prerequisite—Algebra 1)	1
	Spanish 2 (honors) (prerequisite—Spanish 1)	1
	Algebra 2 (honors) (prerequisite—Algebra 1)	1
	Consumer Math	1
	Plane Geometry (honors) (prerequisite—Algebra 1)	1
	Business Math	1
	Precalculus (honors) (prerequisites—Alg. 1, Alg. 2, Geometry)	1

*	Speech (one sem.)	½
*	Orchestra 1 (Jaffé Music Courses)	½
*	Orchestra 2 (Jaffé Music Courses) (prerequisite—Orchestra 1)	½
*	Keyboarding (typing)	1
*	Document Processing (one sem.) (prerequisite—Keyboarding)	½
*	Family/Consumer Sciences (one sem.)	½
†*	Home Ec.—Sewing (one sem.) Female Students Only	½
†	Physical Education 2	1

*Practical/Performing Arts
†Not available on video—books only
Honors courses receive weighted GPA values