TOPS Core Curriculum
The TOPS Opportunity, Performance and Honors awards require 16.5 units* of high school course work constituting a core curriculum as follows (the Tech Award curriculum differs).

Course Name	Units Earned
English I	1 unit
English II	1 unit
English III	1 unit
English IV	1 unit
Algebra I** (one unit) or Applied Mathematics I and II, or Applied Algebra IA and IB (two units); or	1 unit
Algebra I, Parts 1 and 2	1 unit
Algebra II**	1 unit
Geometry**, Trigonometry, Calculus, Pre-Calculus, Algebra III, Probability and Statistics, Discrete Mathematics, Applied Mathematics III (formerly referred to as Applied Geometry) or comparable advanced math	1 unit
Biology	1 unit
Chemistry or Chemistry Com	1 unit
Earth Science, Environmental Science, Physical Science, General Science, Integrated Science, Biology II, Chemistry II, Physics II or Physics for Technology	1 unit
American History	1 unit
World History, Western Civilization, World Geography, or European History Civics and Free Enterprise (one unit combined) or Civics (one unit, non-public)	1 unit
Fine Arts Survey (or substitute two units of performance courses in music, dance, and/or theater; or two units of visual art; or substitute two units of studio art; or two units of Speech Debate or substitute one unit of an elective from among the other subjects listed in this core curriculum)	2 units
Foreign Language (two units in the same language)	½ unit