What to teach in South Carolina

The subjects South Carolina requires

• reading
• writing
• mathematics
• science
• social studies
• composition and literature (grades 7-12)

Quoted from the statute or regulation cited on the law page. Requirements for Grades K–5 are listed where the state sets them, but this site teaches Grades 6–12, so only those are matched below.

Courses that cover them

South Carolina's list touches all four subjects taught here. Each course below is a full year.

Mathematics

English

Science

Social studies

Each is planned as a 36-week year of about 180 sessions, five a week — the year 20 of the 21 course guides set out explicitly. How long a session runs is yours to set.

Does this meet the hours?

180 days per year (all options); Option 1 also requires at least 4.5 instructional hours per day, excluding lunch and recess.

Each course here plans a 36-week year of about 180 sessions, five a week — the year 20 of the 21 course guides set out explicitly. The length of a session is left to you, because a Grade 6 session and a Grade 12 one are not the same thing.

Four such courses run across the same 180-session year, so a four-course year meets South Carolina's 180 days without any arithmetic: the days are the calendar, not a total to accumulate.

The four high school years

In most states the parent issues the diploma and writes the transcript, which makes the four-year plan the record — there is no school registrar keeping one for you. A full sequence of these courses looks like this.

Four subjects across four years is 16 full-year courses. Credits, grades and the diploma itself are South Carolina's business, not this site's — what South Carolina says about diplomas and transcripts.