The Townsend Harris High School diploma requirements are unique. A student who completes all of these requirements is assured of fulfilling more than the minimum standards set by the New York State Education Department for a Regents endorsed diploma. A full range of biological and physical science and mathematics courses is an integral part of the curriculum. The Humanities program is interdisciplinary and integrated to the extent that is meaningful. Across the curriculum strong emphasis is placed on developing each student's ability to think, write and speak clearly.
Students learn to use computers as is appropriate to their study of the academic subjects.
Seniors participate in a Humanities seminar which explores great works in the Western tradition and is team-taught by Queens College and Townsend Harris instructors. This Academics section of the site is designed to enable you to make informed choices about your program. Each of the department sections linked to this page will give you with information about the courses they offer. Courses offered in any one term are based on student interest and subject to budgetary or staffing constraints.