For all seniors, we encourage you to keep up the rigor. Your best indicator of post-secondary success is if you finish high school strong. The senior year is your most important year because it tells a college what kind of a student you are going to be.

We encourage all college-bound students to try at least one IB or AP course. Research is clear: Students who take an AP or IB course during high school are more likely to complete their college degree. It's about learning how to manage the demands of a college level course. Senior year has much more flexibility, but use it well to finish strong!

To receive a Minnetonka High School diploma, students must fulfill certain requirements. View the MHS Graduation Requirements here.

download registration planning worksheet - pdf (class of 2026)

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English: Students may take a year-long course or two semester-long courses.

Year-long courses - choose one:

• AP Literature and Composition
• AP Seminar
• AP Research (prerequisite AP Seminar via VANTAGE Global Business)
• IB Language and Literature SL
• IB Literature and Performance SL
• IB Literature HL, Year 2
• VANTAGE: Global Business (AP Seminar)
• VANTAGE: International Relations (CITS College Writing)
• VANTAGE: Multimedia Communications (Journalism and Investigative Research)
• VANTAGE: Public Policy (AP Seminar)

OR

Semester-long courses - choose two:

• AP Language and Composition 12 (also Tonka Online option)
• Comparative Bible Literature
• Composition for College (also Tonka Online option)
• English 12 Honors
• English 12 Fall (also a Tonka Online Summer option. Please note that if you complete Tonka Online English 12 Summer 2020 (Course #T1030S), you cannot register for English 12 Fall (Course #1030).
• English 12 Winter (Tonka Online option)
• Creative Writing
• Journalism
• Professional Communication
• Speech Hybrid

Social Studies

Choose from:

• AP Comparative Government (Tonka Online option)
• AP Macroeconomics (Tonka Online option)
• AP Psychology (Tonka Online option)
• AP U.S. Government and Politics (Tonka Online option)
• Global Studies and Economics (also Tonka Online option; only G course that meets Grad requirements)
• IB Economics SL
• IB History HL
• IB Psychology
• VANTAGE: Fashion (Global Studies and Economics)*
• VANTAGE: Global Business (AP Microeconomics)
• VANTAGE: Global Sustainability (Global Studies and Economics)
• VANTAGE: Health Sciences (AP Psychology)
• VANTAGE: International Relations (IB Global Politics)
• VANTAGE: Public Policy (CIS American Democracy in a Changing World)

Math

• Follow your course sequence. Talk to your teacher for recommendations. If you are college-bound, we strongly recommend a fourth year of math. The University of Minnesota requires math in your senior year.
• VANTAGE: Business Analytics (AP Statistics)

Science

• AP Environmental Science (Tonka Online option)
• AP Physics 1
• AP Physics C - Electricity and Magnetism
• AP Physics C - Mechanics (online and in person)
• Astronomy (Tonka Online option)
• Earth and Space
• Fundamentals of Neuroscience (online)
• Human Anatomy and Physiology (Tonka Online option)
• IB Sports, Exercise Health Science SL
• Physics (Tonka Online option)
• Physics of Home Renovation
• Principles of Physics
  • If you are college-bound, we strongly recommend a fourth year of science. Physics is strongly encouraged. If you have aspirations to go to the University of Minnesota and most other schools, they want to see Physics on your transcript.
• Scientific Research I or II (Minnetonka Research)
• VANTAGE: Global Sustainability (AP Environmental Science)
• VANTAGE: Health Sciences I (Anatomy)
• VANTAGE: Health Sciences II (Anatomy II)

VANTAGE

• All VANTAGE strands are open to 12th graders. Learn more here.

Electives

• To fulfill the recommended 5 credits during your senior year, complete you course schedule with a selection of electives. Review the Skipper Log for current course options.