List of courses required for BASIS High School Diploma

Early  Graduation

One Credit per each course 
1) Critical Analysis and Writing
2) Literature Honors
3) English Literature AP
4) English Language  AP

5) Algebra I and Geometry (BASIS MS credit)
6) Algebra II and Geometry  (BASIS MS credit)*
* Students entering BASIS as 9th graders in August 2009 or later have to earn their Algebra II credit before being enrolled in BASIS’s 9th grade.

7) ─ 9) Students are required to earn one math credit in each grade and follow the sequence below. Students can skip any level only with the math department’s approval. The minimum level a student must achieve to graduate is Calculus AP (AB) or Advanced Topics in Calculus and Statistics.
Pre-Calculus (possible BASIS MS credit)
Calculus  - Introduction
Calculus  AP (AB) 
Calculus AP (BC)
Advanced Topics in Calculus and Statistic

10)  Foreign language  level 1
11)  Foreign language  level 2
12)  Foreign language  level 3
      or Foreign Language AP

13)  Physics Honors
14)  Biology Honors
15)  Chemistry Honors
16)  Science AP 1 (Physics, Biology, or Chemistry)
17)  Science AP 2 or any AP Elective

18) ─ 20)
World History AP (class of 2010, 2011, and 2012)
US Government & Politics AP (classes after 2012)
European History  AP
US History AP

21)  Elective Course
22)  Elective Course
College Counseling Seminar (0 credit but required)

Classes graduating after 2012 only 
22½)   Economics (BASIS MS ½ credit)
23½)   World History (BASIS MS 1 credit)

Graduation
(without honors)

Classes graduating before 2013
1) ─ 22) Same as “Early Graduation”
23) US Government & Politics AP

College Counseling Seminar not required

Classes after 2012
23½) Same as “Early Graduation”
24½) Elective Course

College Counseling Seminar not required

Graduation with Honors

Classes graduating before 2013
1) ─ 23) Same as “Graduation (without honors)”
23⅔)  Elective (⅔ credit)
24⅓) ─ 26⅓)  (4 capstones, each for  ⅔ credit)
Humanities*, Foreign Language,  Science, Math  265/6) College Counseling Seminar (½ credit) 
* Class of 2012 will be required to enroll in US Government Capstone (see note below)

Classes graduating after 2012
1) ─ 24½) Same as “Graduation”
25) College Counseling Seminar (½ credit) 
25⅔) Elective (⅔ credit)
26⅓) ─ 28⅓) 4 capstones for  ⅔ credit each
Humanities*, Foreign Language,  Science, Math
* Class of 2012 will be required to enroll in US Government Capstone (see note below)

Graduation with High Honors

Classes graduating before 2013
1) ─ 26 5/6) Same as “Graduation with Honors”
29 5/6) Senior Project (3 credits)

Classes graduating after 2012
1) ─ 28⅓) Same as “Graduation with Honors”
31⅓) Senior Project (3 credits)