Homeschool Data · 12th Grade
Across 55,601 twelfth-grade social-studies courses on homeschool transcripts, senior year is the civics capstone: Economics (16%) and US Government (16%) dominate, the two half-year courses most often completed in 12th.
| Course | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | 16% | |
| US Government | 16% | |
| World History | 5% | |
| Psychology | 4% | |
| US History | 3% | |
| Civics | 2% | |
| Other social studies courses | ~54% |
Senior social studies completes the civics arc. Economics (16%) and US Government (16%) are the two most common senior courses, usually taken as one-semester classes that finish the standard three-year sequence begun with World History and US History.
Electives widen in 12th. Psychology and Sociology appear as students round out interests, a reasonable way to add a fourth social-studies credit.
The stand-out move is to go beyond the minimum. Finishing Government and Economics meets the expectation; a student aiming higher adds an AP such as US Government, Macroeconomics, or Microeconomics, or a full fourth year, which few applicants carry and admissions readers notice.
Most commonly Economics and US Government, the two courses that complete the standard social-studies sequence.
Three years is the common expectation, but a fourth year, or an AP in Government or Economics, strengthens a college-bound transcript.
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