Data for Completing Your Falcon Wheel
In order to help students make smarter choices about course selection and time commitments, the Guidance department surveyed over a thousand students to get a better sense of how much time is actually being spent on homework and studying on a block day for some of SHS’s most challenging courses. If a course you plan to take is not listed, estimate about 30 minutes of studying/homework time on a given block day. The data below gives you high and low time estimates. Choose the most appropriate answer based on your past experience with the subject area. For example, if social studies is a difficult subject for you, choose the higher estimate.
Courses | If this subject is a strength, expect ___ | If this subject is a challenge, expect ___ | |
Algebra 1 | 30 mins or less | 30-60 miss | |
Math | Sequential Math 2 | 30 mins or less | 1-2 hrs |
Geometry | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
Algebra 2 | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
Algebra 2 Honors | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
Precalculus | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
Precalculus Honors | 1-2 hrs | 2-3 hrs | |
Calculus | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
Calculus AB | 1-2 hrs | 2-3 hrs | |
Calculus BC | 1-2 hrs | 2-3 hrs | |
Stats in Sports | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
AP Statistics | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
Intro to Computer Science | 30 mins or less/HW optional | 30-60 mins | |
AP Computer Science | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
English | English 9 | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins |
English 9 MAP | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
English 10 | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
English 10 MAP | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
English 11 | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
English 11 MAP | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
English 11 Honors | 1-2 hrs | 2-3 hrs | |
English 11 Honors MAP | 60-90 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
English 12 | 30-60 mins | 60-90 mins | |
English 12 MAP | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
English Lang AP | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
English Lang AP MAP | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
English Lit AP | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
Science | Earth Science | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins |
Biology | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
Chemistry | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
Chemistry H | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
Physics | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
AP Physics 1, 2 | 60-90 mins | 2-3 hrs | |
AP Physics C | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
AP Chemistry | 1-2 hours | 2-3 hours | |
Environmental Science | 30-60 min | 1-2 hrs | |
AP Environmental Science | 60-90 min | 1-2 hrs | |
AP Biology | 1-2 hrs | 2-3 hrs | |
Marine Biology | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
Anatomy/Physiology | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
Social Studies | World History | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins |
World History MAP | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
US History | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs | |
US History MAP | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
AP US History | 2-3 hrs | 3+ hrs | |
US History AP MAP | 1-2 hrs | 2-3 hrs | |
US Gov’t/Econ | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
US Gov’t/Econ MAP | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
US Gov’t AP/Econ | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
World Languages | US Gov’t AP/Econ MAP | 30 mins or less/ HW optional | 30-60 mins |
AP European History | 1-2 hrs | 2-3 hrs | |
Chinese 4/5 H | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
Chinese Lang AP | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
French 3 H | 30 minutes or less | 30-60 mins | |
French Lang AP | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
Japanese 3 H | 30 minutes or less | 30-60 mins | |
Spanish 4 H | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
Spanish Lang AP | 30 mins or less | 30-60 mins | |
VPA | AP Art History | 30-60 mins | 1-2 hrs |
AP Drawing | 60-90 mins | 3+ hrs | |
AP Music Theory | 1-2 hrs | 3+ hrs |
Spring 2022