The curriculum
The curriculum is based on the national system.
Compulsory Subjects | Compulsory Courses | Optional Advanced Courses (national) | Optional Advanced Courses (in Haukipudas) |
Official native language (Finnish) | 6 | 3 | 2 |
1st foreign language A1 (Starting in elementary school) English/German/French | 6 | 2 | 3 (English) |
2nd native language B1 (Starting in junior high school) Swedish | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Mathematics, advanced course/intermediate course | 10/6 | 3/2 | 2/1 |
Biology | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Geography | 2 | 2 | |
Physics | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Chemistry | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Religion/Ethics | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Philosophy | 1 | 3 | |
History | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Sociology | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Psychology | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Music | 1 - 2 | 3 | 3 |
Arts | 1 - 2 | 3 | 3 |
Physical education | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Health care | 1 | 2 | |
Tutoring (student guidance) | 1 | | |
Optional Subjects (national)
2nd foreign language B2 (Starting in junior high school) German/French/Russian | 8 |
3rd foreign language B3 (Starting in senior high school) German/French/Russian | 8 + 2 |
Optional Applied Courses (in Haukipudas):
| Computer science | 4 |
| Study methods and techniques | 1 |
| Internationality | 1 |
| Hiking | 1 |
| CAD | 1 |
| Film and video | 1 |
| Elementary Latin | 1 |
| Theater | 1 |