TechPlan
How It Works
Welcome to TechPlan! Here is a quick guide on how to navigate the planner and successfully map out your Brooklyn Tech high school career.
What is TechPlan?
TechPlan is built custom for Brooklyn Technical High School students to accurately simulate their 4-year schedule. This tool aggregates required core classes, major specific tracks, and electives to calculate course count, period count, and AP count. TechPlan is designed to enforce the credits and classes necessary for Brooklyn Tech students to recieve a Tech Diploma, which sets them up for a rigorous schedule that allows them to excel and stand out to colleges and universities.
Selecting Major
Brooklyn Tech requires students to commit to a specific major track starting junior year. Use the drop-down menu at the top of the 'Plan' tab to pick a major. Changing your major will instantly wipe out your junior and senior year specialized schedules and swap them with the mandatory courses for that path (e.g., Computer Engineering, Aerospace, etc.). Swapping majors will also reset all other edited/added courses in order to meet the necessary constraints such as the 3 AP limit, 8 maximum periods, and more.
Credits
At Brooklyn Tech, students are expected to take rigorous courses throughout their four years. Students are scheduled to complete an advanced regents diploma, as well as take additional courses in order to earn their Brooklyn Tech High School Diploma. This means earning a total of 44 credits. These credits are described below. 1 credit = 1 semester 2 semesters = 1 year
English (8 credits)
• 8 semesters of English Language Arts (ELA)
History (8 credits)
• 4 semesters of Global History • 2 semesters of US History • 1 semester of Participation in Government • 1 semester of Economics
Mathematics (6 credits)
• 2 semesters of Algebra 1 • 2 semesters of Geometry • 2 semesters of Algebra II
Science (6 credits)
• 2 semesters of Biology • 2 semesters of Physics • 2 semesters of Chemistry
World Languages (6 credits)
• 6 semesters of Chinese, French, German, Italian, or Spanish.
Arts & Engineering (2 credits)
• 2 semesters of Design & Drafting for Production (DDP)
Computer Science (2 credits)
• 2 semesters of AP Computer Science Principles
Physical Education (4 credits; 1 semester = 0.5 credits)
• 8 semesters of PE
Health Education (1 credit)
• 1 semester of Health Education
Major Courses and Electives (3 credits)
• Varies by major • Major courses cover elective requirement
Period Limit
A standard day cannot exceed 10 periods. Excluding a mandatory lunch period and gym rotation period (gym, lab, free period, advisory for a semester), each student has 8 available periods that can be spent in class. Classes can be 1 or 2 periods. To see class information, you can either click on the class card in your plan, or go through the explore page. Gym and lunch are not listed as periods for the sake of simplicity.
AP Limit
Advanced Placement courses are highly demanding. Brooklyn Tech imposes a limit of 3 AP classes per year.
Electives
Elective courses allow you to customize your schedule, but they can only be added if you have open periods left in your 8 period limit (excluding lunch & gym periods) after your mandatory major tracks and required courses are completely filled.