Course Listing

Students participation in Physics and Mechanical Engineering with Legos


Applicants must be a rising 9th through rising 12th grade student.

As you read through the course descriptions, we hope you notice how many opportunities there are to learn about a totally new topic or pursue an interest beyond your usual course of study. While the traditional disciplines can strengthen your academic skills, innovative subjects can broaden your academic experience and possibly introduce you to a future vocation.

Please note prerequisites, grade limits.

* Indicates an extended course. Time spent in these classes will extend beyond the normal amount of time allotted for a major or minor.

Art Courses

Majors

Advanced Computer Graphics
Drawing and Painting
Intensive Film Workshop
Photography

Minors

Animation*
Beginning Photography*
Black and White and Digital Photography*
Ceramics*
Graphic Design
Metal Arts*
Studio Art*

Performing Arts

Minors

Acting and Play Production*
Intensive Dance Program*

Computer Courses

Majors

Programming in Java

Minors

Introduction to Programming
Web Development: Design to Deployment

English Courses

Majors

Creative Writing
Prep for Advanced Placement in English
Reading and Writing
Speech and Debate

Minors

Etymology and Semantics
Expository Writing
Journalism: Start the Presses*

Reading and Writing
SAT Prep (English and Math)*
Speech and Debate

English as a Second Language

Majors

English as a Second Language Major

Minors

ESL: The Journalist
ESL: Multimedia Approach to American Culture*
ESL: Preparing for the TOEFL
ESL: Speak Up!
ESL: Writing, Presenting and Defending Your Work
ESL: Writing the Essay

History and Social Science

Majors

Great Issues and Controversies of the Modern World (Interdisciplinary)
History in Fact, History in Film (interdisciplinary)
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Money, Economy and Society
Social Psychology

Minors

American Law and Lawyers
Decoding the Screen: Introduction to American Media Studies (Interdisciplinary)
International Relations
Pyschology: Current Issues
Sports Psychology

Interdisciplinary Courses

Major

Great Issues and Controversies of the Modern World
History in Fact, History in Film

Minors

Decoding the Screen: Introduction to American Media Studies
Widerness and The American Ethic

Language Courses

Minors

Beginning Latin
Intense Elementary French*
Intense Elementary Spanish*
Introduction to Arabic
Introduction to Chinese

Mathematics

Majors

Calculus
Geometry
Intermediate Algebra
Precalculus

Minors

Intensive Algebra Review
Trigonometry

Philosophy/Religion

Majors

Introduction to Philosophy
Philosophy in Film

Minors

Introduction to Ethics
Wilderness and the American Ethic

Science

Majors

Biology-First Year
Physics-First Year
The Dynamic Body
Chemistry-First Year
Introduction to Astronomy

Minors

Physics and Mechanical Engineering with Legos*
Prep for AP Chemistry*
SAT II Physics Prep*
The History of Science*