With a Concentration in Building Technology

Program Overview

Earn your High School Diploma with a focus in Building Technology.

Earning your High School diploma opens up new career opportunities. However, if you decide not to go on to college, your Building Technology focused High School Diploma can get you started toward a vocational diploma in electrician, plumber, or carpenter.

Your High School building technology electives are transferable to a Penn Foster trade program.

Earning your high school diploma at home with Penn Foster is convenient, affordable, and accredited. Since there is no set class schedule, you study when and where it's convenient for you. You work at your own pace. There's no one to rush you or hold you back.

And while you work independently, you're never alone. Expert instructors and support staff - dedicated to helping you complete your coursework – are just a phone call or an email away.

Prepare for your High School Diploma with a Concentration in Building Technology at home with these courses and more:

• Reading Skills, English, and Mathematics
• American and World History
• Biology, Earth Science, and Physical Science

Electrical Concentration:
Electrical 1: Practices for the apprentice electrician
Electrical 2: Electrical components, conductors and wiring
Electrical 3: Lighting, heating and climate control.
Electrical 4: Blueprint and schematic diagram interpretation
Electrical 5: National Electrical Code (NEC). Students use the actual code book to understand how to interpret the NEC to everyday wiring situations.

Plumbing Concentration: 
Plumbing 1: Pipefitting, water supply systems and fixtures, fittings, valves and water heating.
Plumbing 2: Plumbing systems and the installation process.
Plumbing 3: Mathematics as it pertains to plumbing.
Plumbing 4: Advanced plumbing theory and techniques.
Plumbing 5: Installation of fixtures and appliances.

Carpentry Concentration:
Carpentry 1: Practical applications of basic math for use in a variety of construction tasks.
Carpentry 2: Interpreting construction drawings, understanding building codes and layout, and the essentials of building materials.
Carpentry 3: Hand and power tools and their applications.
Carpentry 4: Residential framing and exterior construction.
Carpentry 5: Interior finishing.

Home School Requirements
Any student who is of compulsory age must also comply with home school requirements dictated by their school district, or students will be considered truant. You need to check the requirement of your district to ensure the Penn Foster High School program meets the district's home school requirements.

Respected and Accredited
You'll earn your High School Diploma from regionally and nationally accredited Penn Foster High School. Penn Foster High School is regionally accredited for grades 9 through adult by the Commission on Secondary Schools of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). Penn Foster High School is licensed by the Pennsylvania State Board of Private Licensed Schools.

Contact Penn Foster Today.
We'll send you FREE information with absolutely no obligation! Find out more about earning your High School Diploma. Your program includes:

• All the textbooks, lessons, and study guides you need.
• Toll-free instructional support.
• Access to student services by website, phone, and mail.

*The American Council on Education's College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT) has evaluated and recommended college credit for 182 Penn Foster College courses. The American Council on Education, the major coordinating body for all the nation's higher education institutions, seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and to influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives. For more information, visit the ACE CREDIT website at www.acenet.edu.

For more information on the transferability of Penn Foster credits, click here.