High school students take a wide variety of courses and have more options to focus on subjects that interest them than in earlier years. Typical high school math subjects include Algebra I/II, Geometry, Trigonometry, Statistics and Calculus; high school science may include Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, and high school English covers Literature, Writing and Composition, and Speech. High school social studies classes include History, Government, Economics, and Geography, and it’s also when most students start picking up a foreign language.