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What courses should American high schools take?
American high schools should study compulsory courses, elective courses, honors courses and college preparatory courses.

1, required course:

Generally speaking, American high school basic compulsory courses are: English, natural science, social science and mathematics. Among them, natural sciences include: biology, chemistry, physics or geography, environment and so on. Social sciences include: American history, world history, economics, psychology, etc. Mathematics includes: algebra, geometry, trigonometric functions, etc.

2. Elective courses:

Gao Mei's elective courses usually include visual arts (painting, sculpture, oil painting, photography, etc. ), performance art (chorus, drama, dance, band, etc. ), vocational courses (carpentry, auto repair, etc. ), computer/business courses (word processing, programming, image design, web design, etc. ), and sports (American football, baseball, basketball, tennis, etc.

3. HONOR course:

Honors courses are more difficult than ordinary courses, and are specially designed for students who are willing and capable of expanding the breadth and depth of their studies in a certain field. The specific curriculum, different schools, subjects and contents are also different. For example, there are honor geometry, honor chemistry, honor American history and so on.

4.AP course? (pre-university courses):

AP course is a university course offered by the University Council in high schools. In other words, study college courses in advance in high school and take unified exams.

American high school system:

The education system in the United States is not unified nationwide, and the education administration system is decentralized. The basic education in the United States is generally K- 12 grade, but there are 6,3,3 systems (6 years in primary school, 3 years in junior high school and 3 years in senior high school), 8,4 systems, 4,4 systems (4 years in primary school and 4 years in junior high school). For senior three, most of them.