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High School Diploma with a Concentration in Building Technology - Carpentry

Offered By: Penn Foster Career School

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

Earning your High School diploma opens up new career opportunities. Even 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
  • In the Carpentry Concentration, you will study the following courses:

  • 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.