Academic Requirements

• 2 semesters freshman year (English 1 or English 1 Honors)
• 2 semesters sophomore year (English 2 or English 2 Honors) 
• 2 semesters junior year (British Literature 1 or 2 + one semester-long elective OR British Literature 1 and 2 OR English Literature AP) 
• 2 semesters senior year (two one-semester electives)

• 1 semester sophomore year (Fitness and Health class) 
• 1 semester freshman, sophomore, junior, OR senior year (one semester-long elective) *

* Not all Fitness and Health course offerings fulfill this requirement, therefore it is important to review the comments included with the description of each elective to determine its applicability. This one semester-long elective may be waived by fully participating in two seasons of Bellarmine interscholastic (i.e. non-club) sports by the completion of the junior year.

• 2 semesters freshman year (as determined by ALEKS testing)
• 2 semesters sophomore year 
• 2 semesters junior year

To be eligible for enrollment in math electives, as well as graduation, students must have demonstrated proficiency in Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2.

• 2 semesters freshman year (one language course - American Sign Language, French, Latin, Mandarin Chinese, or Spanish)
• 2 semesters of the same language sophomore year

• 2 semesters freshman year (1 semester of Hebrew Scriptures; 1 semester of Christian Scriptures)
• 1 semester sophomore year (Creed, Community, Call)
• 2 semesters junior year (1 semester of Christian Ethics; 1 semester of Social Justice)
• 1 semester senior year (one semester-long elective)

• 2 semesters freshman year (Physics 9)
• 2 semesters sophomore year
• 2 semesters junior year

To be eligible for graduation, students must have demonstrated proficiency in Physics 9, Chemistry, and Biology.

• 1 semester freshman year (World History: Axial Age to the 1700s or Rhetoric)
• 2 semesters sophomore year (World History or World History AP)
• 2 semesters junior year (U.S. History or U.S. History AP)
• 2 semesters senior year (two one-semester long electives or one two-semester AP elective)

• 1 semester freshman year (Foundations—Visual or Performing)
• 2 semesters sophomore, junior or senior year (of the same discipline of art, and following your Foundation course)

OR

• 2 semesters freshman year
• 2 semesters sophomore, junior or senior year

*Students wishing to complete their VPA requirement through music courses will complete four semesters of instruction to do so because all music courses are year-long in length.

• 1 semester sophomore year (included within Fitness and Health class)
• 1 semester junior year (included within Religous Studies class)