Every self-paced course we offer for a 12th grader, in one place: the core classes, summer, test prep, skills and courses for parents.
All 6 core courses below in one purchase. Plus SAT Prep, free. Bought one at a time they come to $114. Yours to keep.
Get the Grade 12 PackOr every course for every grade with the all-access pass, $19 a month.Self-paced courses that follow a typical 12th grade year. Use them alongside the class, to catch up, or to get ahead.
A full-year practice course in British literature and college readiness, in eight units: Old and Middle English, the Renaissance and Shakespeare, the 17th and 18th centuries, Romanticism, the Victorians, Modernism, literary criticism and the research paper, and college-level reading and writing.
A full year of Precalculus in eight units: functions and inverses, polynomial and rational functions, exponentials and logarithms, the unit circle, trigonometric graphs, identities and equations, triangles, vectors and polar coordinates, and sequences, series and a first look at limits.
A full year of Business Math in eight units: percents and rates in everyday buying and selling, earning a paycheck, budgeting, banking and interest, credit and loans, taxes and insurance, the math of running a business, and investing and planning ahead.
A full year of senior social studies in eight units: four on American government, from the founding documents to elections, and four on economics, from supply and demand to the Federal Reserve, personal finance and trade.
Eighteen concept-first lessons that follow a typical high school calculus course: limits and continuity, the derivative as a rate of change, derivative rules, using derivatives, the integral and its uses.
A course in human anatomy and physiology in six units: body organization and tissues; skin, bones and muscles; the nervous and endocrine systems; circulation, blood and immunity; the respiratory, digestive and urinary systems; and reproduction, development and health careers.
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Eighteen short lessons that review the core of 11th grade and preview senior year: Algebra 2, Precalculus and Statistics, senior English, physics and chemistry with senior science options, U.S.
Practice courses for the tests students in this grade take.
An eight-unit course for the digital SAT: how the test works and a study plan, three Reading and Writing units, four Math units, and a final review of test-day strategy and timing.
A six-unit course covering how the ACT works and a study plan, English grammar and rhetorical skills, Math, Reading, and Science reasoning with test-day strategy.
A six-unit practice course in the skills AP Seminar asks for: how the course and its assessments work, asking research questions, finding and judging sources, analyzing arguments, writing your own evidence-based argument, and teamwork, presentations and exam strategy.
A six-unit practice course that walks through a full AP Research year: how the course is scored, choosing a topic, the literature review, research questions and methods, research ethics and data collection, analysis and writing the academic paper, and the presentation and oral defense.
A six-unit practice course that follows the AP Psychology course: the biology of behavior, cognition, development and learning, social psychology and personality, mental and physical health, and the research methods and exam skills used throughout.
A six-unit practice course that follows the big topics of AP Biology: the chemistry of life and cells, cellular energetics, cell communication and the cell cycle, heredity and gene expression, natural selection and ecology, and the science practices and exam skills that tie them together.
A six-unit practice course that follows the AP Calculus AB sequence: limits and continuity, derivative rules, applications of derivatives, analyzing functions, integration, and differential equations and applications of integration, with exam strategies at the end.
A six-unit practice course in the reading and writing skills of AP English Language and Composition: the rhetorical situation, claims and evidence, style, the rhetorical analysis essay, the argument and synthesis essays, and the multiple-choice section with exam strategy.
A six-unit practice course that reviews the topic areas of the CLEP Introductory Psychology exam: history and research methods, biology and perception, consciousness and learning, cognition, motivation through personality, and disorders, treatment and social psychology, with exam-style concept questions throughout.
A six-unit course for the digital PSAT: how the test and scoring work, two units of reading, one of writing and two of math, ending with test-day strategy and a study plan.
Our own courses on habits, thinking, communication and real projects.
Six units that prepare juniors and seniors to run their own academic life in college or at work: reading syllabi as contracts, managing a heavy load, studying for demanding courses, advocating for themselves as adults and handling daily life.
Six units on thinking rigorously in a world of complex claims, slippery statistics and AI tools: analyzing arguments, reading data and studies, understanding how AI tools work and using them responsibly, solving unfamiliar problems, and a capstone in which you research and defend a position.
Six units that prepare juniors and seniors for the professional world: writing a strong résumé, professional emails and cover letters, interviewing with the STAR method, networking, and workplace and leadership etiquette.
Six units that take juniors and seniors from defining an ambitious real-world problem through research, innovation methods, building and testing, and communicating impact.
Organization, study habits, money and more.
Six short lessons for the years when the first phone, the first group chat and the school portal all arrive at once: your digital footprint, privacy, scams, social media, the school tech high school assumes, and balance.
Six short lessons for parents on helping without hovering: how your role changes, a 15-minute weekly check-in, what to do when grades slip, the course choices that matter, balance, and a plan for the road to high school.
Six short lessons on how money works: your paycheck, a budget you will use, banking and scams, credit, paying for college and the long game.
Five short lessons for getting and keeping a first job: what teens are allowed to do, finding a job and applying, the first resume and interview, the paperwork on day one, and your first paycheck and tax return.
Twelve weeks of short lessons that teach students practical routines for seeing time, planning, getting started, staying focused, staying organized and following through.
Eight short lessons, one a week, that turn good intentions into finished work: the weekly look ahead, time, getting started, organization, focus, checking work and adjusting when plans break.
Four short lessons on asking for what you need: knowing what to ask, writing an email to a teacher, asking in person, and speaking up in meetings.
Six units on reading actively, finding main ideas, making inferences, understanding vocabulary, reading textbooks, sources and graphs, and handling hard passages and timed tests.
Six units that take you through the whole essay process: reading the prompt, planning, writing a thesis, building body paragraphs, opening and closing well, handling the main essay types, and revising and writing under time.
Six units on how learning works and how to put that knowledge to use: memory, note-taking, reading hard texts, studying, taking tests, and homework habits.
Six short units on understanding test anxiety, catching unhelpful thoughts, calming your body, preparing well, staying steady during a test and learning from it afterward.
Six short units on the everyday skills that make school life better: friendships, handling conflict and bullying, staying safe and kind online, managing your phone, sleep and stress, and knowing when and how to ask for help.
High school electives, any grade 9 to 12.
A semester of Leadership in six units: what leadership is and its styles, knowing your strengths and values, communication and public speaking, teamwork and meetings, planning projects and events, and ethics, service and leading change.
A semester of Emotional Intelligence in six units: understanding emotions, self-awareness, managing stress and impulses, empathy and perspective-taking, relationships and conflict, and responsible decisions and resilience.
A semester of Personal Finance in six units: earning and paychecks, budgeting and spending choices, banking and ways to pay, saving and investing, credit and debt, and insurance, scams and big purchases.
A semester of Creative Writing in six units: writing habits and vivid detail, character and dialogue, plot and point of view, poetry, the personal essay, and revision and workshop.
A semester of Art 1 in six units: the elements of art, the principles of design, drawing from observation, perspective and composition, color theory and painting basics, and art history, critique and portfolio.
A semester of Graphic Design in six units: design foundations, typography, color for screen and print, layout and image files, logos and branding, and the design process, feedback and ethics.
A semester of beginning guitar in six units: the parts of the guitar and tuning, chord diagrams, tab and rhythm, the first open chords, strumming and chord changes, the notes and keys behind I–IV–V progressions, and the E minor pentatonic scale, melodies and practice habits.
A semester of beginning American Sign Language in six units: Deaf culture and history, the fingerspelling alphabet, numbers 1 to 20 and first conversations, signs for family, school and daily life, ASL grammar with facial expression and space, and respectful interaction.
A semester of introductory robotics in six units: what robots are and how engineers design them, simple machines and gears, electricity and Ohm's law, motors and sensors, programming logic with loops and conditionals, and feedback control for competition-style challenges.
A semester of gardening and horticulture in six units: how plants grow, soil and compost, seeds and propagation, planning a garden and watering it, pests and diseases with integrated pest management, and harvest, food safety and growing for your community.
A semester of Film and TV Production in six units: visual storytelling, scriptwriting and planning, shot types and camera movement, shooting with a phone, lighting and sound, and editing with free software, sharing your work and careers.
A semester of Digital Photography in six units: camera and phone basics, the exposure triangle, composition, light, editing with free software, and genres, ethics, copyright and building a portfolio.
A semester of Journalism in six units: what makes news, reporting and interviewing, news writing and the inverted pyramid, style, headlines and editing, features and opinion, and media law, ethics and digital and student media.
A semester of technical theatre in six units: stage types and the parts of a theatre, shop and stage safety, set design and construction, lighting, sound, costumes and props, and stage management from the first meeting to strike.
A semester of fashion design in six units: the elements and principles of design in clothing, a tour of fashion history, textiles and fibers, garment construction and hand sewing, fashion sketching and illustration, and the business, sustainability and careers of fashion.
A semester of music theory in six units: notation and the staff, rhythm and meter, scales and key signatures, intervals, triads and chords, and harmony, cadences, form and simple composition.
A semester of Speech and Debate in six units: managing nerves and building strong delivery, informative speaking, persuasive speaking, argument structure, evidence and logical fallacies, the major debate formats (policy, Lincoln-Douglas, public forum and congressional), and cross-examination, rebuttal and competition events.
A semester of introductory computer science in six units: what computers do and how they store data in binary, algorithms and pseudocode, Python basics with variables and decisions, loops and functions, lists and debugging, and how the internet works along with data privacy and computing ethics.
A semester of introductory engineering design in six units: the engineering design process, sketching and technical drawing, measurement and units, forces, materials and structures, prototyping with cardboard and household materials, and testing, iteration, careers and ethics.
A semester of introductory, defense-focused cybersecurity in six units: the CIA triad and risk, how networks and the internet work, malware, phishing and social engineering, passwords, multi-factor authentication and encryption, securing devices and home networks, and the ethics, laws and careers of the field.
A semester of game design and animation in six units: what makes games fun, mechanics, rules and balance, level design, story and storyboarding, the principles of animation, art and sound basics, and prototyping, playtesting and iteration.
A semester of introductory animal science in six units: classification and anatomy, digestion and nutrition, behavior and welfare, livestock and companion animals, health, disease and biosecurity, and genetics, breeding and careers including veterinary science.
A semester of Forensic Science in six units: crime scenes and chain of custody, fingerprints, trace evidence such as hair, fibers and soil, blood and DNA, toxicology, and impressions, firearms concepts and how science is used, and sometimes misused, in court.
A semester of Psychology in six units: the history of the field and how psychologists do research, the brain and nervous system, sensation and perception, learning and memory, human development, and personality, psychological disorders and treatment.
A semester of Sociology in six units: the sociological perspective and research methods, culture and socialization, groups and organizations, deviance and social control, social stratification, and social institutions and social change.
A semester of Criminal Justice in six units: how the U.S.
A semester of Introduction to Business in six units: what businesses do, types of business ownership, management and leadership, operations, finance basics including break-even, and entrepreneurship, the business plan and ethics.
A semester of Marketing in six units: the marketing concept and the 4 Ps, market research and segmentation, consumer behavior, product, branding and price, promotion and digital and social media marketing, and selling, customer service and sports and entertainment marketing.
A semester of Accounting in six units: the accounting equation, debits and credits, journals and ledgers, the trial balance and the accounting cycle, the income statement and balance sheet, and cash, payroll and accounting careers.
A semester of Introduction to Culinary Arts in six units: kitchen and knife safety, food safety and sanitation, measuring and recipe conversion, knife skills and classic cuts, dry-heat and moist-heat cooking methods, and nutrition, baking basics and food-service careers.
A semester of Early Childhood Education in six units: foundations and stages of development from birth to age 8, physical growth and the developing brain, cognitive and language development, social-emotional development, play, positive guidance and activity planning, and health, safety, nutrition, families and careers.
A semester of Education Professions in six units: what teachers do, how people learn, child and adolescent development, planning a lesson with clear objectives, classroom management and assessment, and including all learners, plus careers in education.
A semester of introductory sports medicine in six units: the sports medicine team, anatomy of bones, muscles and joints, common sports injuries, prevention, taping and conditioning, first response basics including concussion and heat illness, and rehabilitation and careers.
A semester of medical terminology and health science in six units: building medical words from prefixes, roots and suffixes, the major body systems and their terms, healthcare settings and the care team, vital signs and infection control, and patient privacy, ethics and careers.
A practice health and PE course in six units: wellness basics, nutrition, fitness and safe exercise, sleep and mental health, substance use prevention, and first aid, online safety and healthy relationships.
A first course in programming with Python in six units: printing and reading error messages, variables and input, decisions, loops, lists and functions, and three small projects that tie it all together.
Eighteen lessons pick up where Latin I ended and walk you through a typical second year of Latin: the last two noun declensions, pronouns and relative clauses, all six tenses in the active and passive, participles and the ablative absolute, indirect statement, comparison, and the subjunctive in purpose and result clauses, with adapted readings from Livy and Ovid.
A semester of Logic and Rhetoric in six units: what an argument is, formal logic with syllogisms and conditionals, informal fallacies, evidence and inductive reasoning, classical rhetoric, and writing and speaking persuasively.
Short courses for you, on learning differences, the teenage years and more.
Eight short lessons for parents of autistic middle and high school students on the basics of applied behavior analysis, taught the modern, respectful way: what behavior tells you, the ABCs, why behavior happens, setting up for success, reinforcement, teaching new skills, better ways to communicate, and handling hard moments with support from the right professionals.
Eight short lessons for parents of middle and high school students who have dyslexia or may have it: what dyslexia is and is not, the signs in older students, how reading works, evaluation and the school route, accommodations and assistive technology, support at home, confidence and self-advocacy, and planning for high school, testing and college.
Eight short lessons for parents of middle and high school students who struggle with writing: what dysgraphia means, the signs, the parts of writing, evaluation, accommodations and assistive technology, building keyboarding and writing skills at home, confidence and step-by-step planning, and getting ready for high school, testing and college.
Eight short lessons for parents of middle and high school students who struggle with math in a lasting way: what dyscalculia is, the signs at this age, number sense, evaluation and the school route, accommodations and their limits, instruction that works, math anxiety and confidence, and planning for high school math, testing, college and careers.
Eight short lessons for parents of middle and high school students who find spoken and written language hard: what language-based learning disabilities are, the signs at school and home, how language underlies reading and writing, evaluation, classroom accommodations, building vocabulary through conversation, social language and self-advocacy, and planning for high school, testing and college.
Eight short lessons for parents of middle and high school students with ADHD, or who may have it: what ADHD is, executive function, diagnosis and school plans, the basics of treatment, structure at home, motivation and feedback, school accommodations and homework, and the road to independence, driving and college.
Eight short lessons for parents of middle and high school students who struggle with worry or anxiety: what anxiety is, how it shows up at school, why avoidance makes it grow, getting the right help, supportive parenting, coping skills to practice, school supports, and the road to independence, including when to get help right away.
A practical course for parents of middle and high school students in six units: the developing brain, identity and independence, friends and social life, emotions and mental health, communication and boundaries, and learning, motivation and the path ahead.
A practical course for parents of advanced and twice-exceptional students in grades 6 to 12: what giftedness is, how strengths and challenges can hide each other, what to ask for at school, how to support your child's emotional life and interests, and how to plan for high school and beyond.
A practical course for parents planning to homeschool grades 9 to 12: deciding and getting started, planning four years, choosing and running courses, keeping records and building a transcript, preparing for college, careers and testing, and keeping the whole effort going through graduation.
Homeschooling? The Grade 12 homeschool curriculum adds a 36-week plan for every core course, free textbooks and the records kit.
Every course on this page is included for families on Check-in, College Prep or Weekly Accountability, along with a weekly check-in with your Caveat advisor. See plans.
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The Caveat Family Guide to College is general information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Each college decides admission, aid and how credit counts, and requirements change; check each college's own pages. Examples are examples, not promises. Caveat Academic Services is an independent college preparation company. Students do all of their own work.