Upper School Courses

Our innovative and advanced academic program—with AP-level and post-AP, university-level courses—prepares students for success at top colleges and universities around the world.

Upper School Courses

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English

• Honors English Literature
• Honors English Non-Fiction
• Honors English 11
• Honors English 12

History

• Exploration & Colonial America (0.5 credit)
• American Revolution (0.5 credit)
• Virginia & US History
• Intensive US History I*
• Intensive European History I & II*
• Intensive World History I & II*

Social Studies

• Technology & Society (0.5 credit)
• Engineering & German Society

Business & Economics

• Honors Economics
• Personal Finance (.25 credit)

Foreign Language

• Spanish
  • Spanish I, Honors Spanish I
  • Spanish II
  • Honors Spanish III
  • Honors Spanish IV
• Mandarin Chinese
  • Chinese I, Honors Chinese I (Honors Chinese I offered starting 2019-2020 school year)
  • Chinese II
  • Honors Chinese III 

Fine & Performing Arts

• Fine & Visual Arts I & II (0.5 credit each)
• Electives
  • Photography 101 & 102
  • Theater
  • Improv
  • Digital Music Production
  • Guitar
  • Advanced Djembe Drumming

Mathematics

• Algebra I
• Geometry
• Algebra II
• Precalculus & Trigonometry
• AP Calculus AB / BC
• Multivariable Calculus (0.5 credit)**
• Numerical Methods (0.5 credit)**
• Differential Equations (0.5 credit)**
• Applied Math
  • Introduction to MATLAB (0.5 credit)
  • Mathematics for Engineers (0.5 credit)*
• Electives
  • Beginning MATLAB
  • ​Intermediate MATLAB

Science

• Honors Biology
• Honors Chemistry
• ​AP Biology
• AP Chemistry
• AP Physics I
• AP Physics II
• AP Physics C: Mechanics + Extended Topics
• AP Physics C: Mechanics (0.5 credit)
• AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (0.5 credit)
• Electives
  • Concepts in Physics

Computer Science

• AP Computer Science Principles
• AP Computer Science A 
• Electives
  • Introduction to Databases

​Engineering

• Engineering Design 
• Engineering Research Lab
• Electives
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Computer-Assisted Design

* Denotes college (AP)-level course
** Denotes post-AP level course
Elective courses are not credit bearing