Five full credit courses are considered a full course load. Four core full credit courses, one in each of the subject areas: Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies, plus either one full credit elective course or two half credit elective courses. Core courses cover a full academic year of content (36 weeks) while half credit elective courses cover 18 weeks of content.

Core and advanced courses cover a full academic year (180 hours) of content while electives cover half an academic year (90 hours) of content.