Don’t wait to make sure you’re taking the right classes.
| Classes to take: | ||
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| SUBJECT | The most important part of your plan for college is graduating from high school. In order to do that, you’ll need to take these classes. | You need to add these courses to get into Washington’s public four-year colleges and universities. |
| ENGLISH | 3 years English 9, 10, 11 or 12 |
Add 1 year |
| MATHEMATICS | 2 years Algebra I and II |
Add 1 year for science and technology majors or highly selective colleges add 2 years |
| SCIENCE | 2 years (one must be a (*) class) |
Add 1 year for science and technology majors or highly selective colleges add 2 years |
| SOCIAL STUDIES | 2.5 years (including Washington State History) Current World Problems |
Add .5 year |
| FINE, VISUAL, PERFORMING ARTS-OR-ACADEMIC ELECTIVE | 1 year Band |
Add .5 year if you haven’t already met this requirement |
| WORK-RELATED EDUCATION | 1 year Accounting |
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| ELECTIVES | 5.5 years Choose extra courses in any subject |
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| HEALTH and PHYSICAL EDUCATION | 2 years Health |
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| WORLD LANGUAGE | Add 2 years must be same language; for highly selective colleges add 3 years American Sign Language French German Japanese Latin Mandarin (Chinese) Russian Spanish Other world language |
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