Academics
The High School of Economics and Finance offers a wide range of courses that include four years of required English class, three years of social studies, mathematics, science with lab, and foreign language, required four years of business class such as Economics, Entrepreneurship, Accounting, Business Computer Applications, International Business and Banking & Credit, half a year of fine arts; and a wide selection of electives, including advanced placement (AP) classes that allow students to place out of a few of the prerequisite college courses.
In the life science, the school offers Living Environment (LE) class with lab that prepare students for the regents exam by the end of school year. Students who are able to maintain good grades for both semester in LE class and in addition with qualifiable regents grades, they will have the opportunity to take AP Biology in their junior or senior year.
In the physical science, the school offers Earth Science, Chemistry and Physics. Some students will take Earth Science during freshman year depending on how their science grades from middle school. Then, students will take Chemistry or Physics during their sophomore, junior or senior year. Other students will also have the option to take AP Chemistry.
The mathematics department offers a sequence of math:Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry that help students to prepare for regents exams. After that, they will have the option to choose from Pre-Calculus and AP Calculus AB depending on their grades over the past two or three years.
Students are required to take English for four years. In freshman year, students will be taking regular English. Then, some selected students will have the opportunity to take Honors English during their sophomore year. In their junior year, students will have the option to take AP English Language & Composition and AP Literature & Composition during their senior year.
Three years of History/Social Studies classes are required; and that include World History for freshman and sophomore years (some students will be selected for honors History in their second year); US History, Economics and Government during junior year, and some will have the option to take AP US history; and students will have the option to take AP European History class in their senior year.
Three years of language are required. Economics and Finance only offers one language: Spanish. In addition, some students will be able to take AP Spanish Language.
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