Course Catalog


Palm Beach International Academy offers 300+ online courses, including: Middle School, college prep, Honors, Advanced Placement®, electives, and world languages.

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AP® Seminar (English 10 or Elective)

Course Overview: AP® Seminar is a year-long foundational online course that engages students in cross-curricular conversations that explore the complexities of academic and real-world topics and issues by analyzing multiple perspectives. Using an inquiry framework, students practice reading and analyzing articles, research studies, and foundational and literary texts. Students learn to synthesize information from multiple sources, […]

  • Subject:
  • Electives
  • English
  • Course Type:
  • Advanced Placement® Courses
  • High School Courses
  • NCAA Core Courses
  • University of California a-g courses
  • Yearlong Course

Earth Science Honors

Course Overview: Earth Science Honors is a rigorous, two-semester course for motivated students in grades 6–12 who are ready for advanced scientific study. This honors-level course explores the dynamic systems of Earth and space, helping students understand how Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and geosphere have developed over time and how they interact with one another. […]

  • Subject:
  • Science
  • Course Type:
  • High School Courses
  • Honors
  • NCAA Core Courses

Earth Science

Course Overview: The Earth Science course invites students to explore the dynamic systems of Earth and space while developing a deeper understanding of how our planet has formed, evolved, and continues to change. Through interactive lessons, real-world data, labs, simulations, and project-based learning, students examine Earth’s interconnected systems and the role humans play in shaping […]

  • Subject:
  • Science
  • Course Type:
  • High School Courses
  • NCAA Core Courses

Mandarin 6+

In the Mandarin 6+ online course, students aim to develop their critical thinking, learn how to offer different viewpoints on a variety of topics and arguments to back up their positions, and analyze and write about complex text. Students will use complex texts, videos, songs, articles, plays, movies, podcasts, TV shows, and other authentic materials […]

  • Subject:
  • Languages
  • Course Type:
  • High School Courses
  • LanguageBird
  • Middle School Courses
  • NCAA Core Courses
  • Yearlong Course

Spanish 6+

In the Spanish 6+ online course, students aim to develop their critical thinking, learn how to offer different viewpoints on a variety of topics and arguments to back up their positions, and analyze and write about complex text. Students will be exposed to complex texts, videos, songs, articles, plays, movies, podcasts, TV shows, and other […]

  • Subject:
  • Languages
  • Course Type:
  • High School Courses
  • LanguageBird
  • Middle School Courses
  • NCAA Core Courses
  • Yearlong Course

AP® Spanish Language and Culture

Course Overview: This course follows the guidelines and procedures specified by the College Board® AP® Spanish Language and Culture curriculum. It is designed to enhance students’ knowledge of the Spanish language through the development of reading, writing, listening, speaking, and expanding cultural knowledge. The course is conducted almost exclusively in Spanish. Students are expected to […]

  • Subject:
  • Languages
  • Course Type:
  • Advanced Placement® Courses
  • High School Courses
  • Middle School Courses
  • NCAA Core Courses

AP® Chinese

Course Overview: We partner with ChiWonder to offer the AP® Chinese online course to students. A culmination of the Mandarin program, the AP® Chinese online course prepares students for the Advanced Placement Chinese Language and Culture exam.  This course emphasizes proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will explore various authentic resources, from films […]

  • Subject:
  • Languages
  • Course Type:
  • Advanced Placement® Courses
  • High School Courses
  • Middle School Courses
  • NCAA Core Courses

Language Arts 11 Honors

Course Overview: The Language Arts 11 Honors online course is an American Literature course, with units organized chronologically according to periods in literary history. As students read foundational works of literature and other historical documents written between 1600 and 1900, they’ll review and extend skills in five domains: analyzing literature, analyzing informational text, writing, speaking […]

  • Subject:
  • English
  • Course Type:
  • High School Courses
  • Honors
  • NCAA Core Courses

Language Arts 12 Honors

Course Overview: This Language Arts 12 Honors course offers a rigorous, college-preparatory exploration of British literature, advanced composition, and critical analysis. Designed for motivated high school seniors, this Honors-level English course emphasizes deep reading, analytical writing, and historical context while strengthening students’ communication and academic writing skills. Students engage with influential literary works from the […]

  • Subject:
  • English
  • Course Type:
  • High School Courses
  • Honors
  • NCAA Core Courses

Calculus

Course Overview: This Calculus course is designed with the intent for students to incorporate the concepts of all previous math courses and expand upon these concepts with the implementation of limits. Emphasis is placed upon the multi-representational approach to calculus where problems and their solutions are explored and interpreted graphically, numerically, analytically, and verbally. Students […]

  • Subject:
  • Mathematics
  • Course Type:
  • High School Courses
  • NCAA Core Courses
  • Yearlong Course

Honors Pre-calculus

This Honors Pre-calculus online course is a comprehensive course that weaves together previous study of algebra, geometry, and functions into a preparatory course for calculus. The course focuses on the mastery of critical skills and exposure to new skills necessary for success in subsequent math courses. The first semester includes linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, radical, […]

  • Subject:
  • Mathematics
  • Course Type:
  • High School Courses
  • Honors
  • NCAA Core Courses

Spanish 6

Course Overview: The main goals of this advanced Spanish 6 online course are for students to be able to express themselves spontaneously and write extensively on concrete and complex issues, supporting their opinions and developing hypotheses. Students will be exposed to movies, podcasts, music, art, and other authentic materials such short novels. The instructors will […]

  • Subject:
  • Languages
  • Course Type:
  • High School Courses
  • LanguageBird
  • Middle School Courses
  • NCAA Core Courses
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