Students at HFI take part in an extensive curriculum that is strictly college preparatory in nature. HFI’s curriculum is based on an American curriculum and supplemented by traditional Chinese courses, with high quality teaching, testing standards and procedures. All courses in HFI are delivered by professionally-credentialed teachers, the majority of whom are native-Englishspeakers. In grade 10 the students take both pre-AP courses and approved Chinese high school courses. Courses in Chinese are highly rigorous, with some like mathematics being more advanced than the AP Calculus course. In grades 11 and 12 students follow an intensive AP curriculum. English course, either Standard or AP Level, is required for all students each year. To expand course offerings beyond the AP curriculum, the school has added classes such as Philosophy, Symbolic Logic, Sociology, Film Studies, Drama, and Advanced Calculus, which is equivalent to a second-year university calculus class. In Year 10, the primary language of instruction is Chinese, except for English classes; in Years 11 and 12, the primary language of instruction is English.

Course Offerings

AP Courses:

· AP English Language & Composition
· AP English Literature & Composition
· AP United States History
· AP European History
· AP World History
· AP Human Geography
· AP Psychology
· AP Macroeconomics
· AP Microeconomics
· AP Art History
· AP Calculus AB
· AP Calculus BC
· AP Statistics
· AP Computer Science A
· AP Chemistry
· AP Physics 2
· AP Physics C: Mechanics
· AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism
· AP Biology
· AP Environmental Science

Honors Courses:

· Advanced Calculus

· Film Studies

· Philosophy

· Sociology

· Symbolic Logic

Advanced Courses:

· Chinese Literature 10
· Chinese Literature 11
· Advanced Chinese Literature
· General English 10
· General English 11
· English 11
· English Language Art 12
· English Communication & Composition
· Pre-AP English

Accelerated Courses

· Mathematics

· Physics

· Chemistry

· Biology

Other Courses:

· French
· German
· Spanish
· Drama
· Dance

· Intro to Music
· Pottery
· Creative Writing
· Politics in Chinese
· Geography in Chinese
· Physical Education