Course Descriptions by Department

2023-2024

CONNECTED LEARNING: Interdisciplinary and experiential courses, P.1

VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS: Music, theater & visual arts (*two semesters of arts in any subdiscipline, or one semester for entering fifth-formers), P.3

HUMANITIES: English, history & social science, theology & religious studies. (*four years of English; two years of history, including one year of American history), P.8

LANGUAGE & CULTURE STUDIES: Chinese, French, Latin, Spanish (*completion through level three of one language), P.17

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICS: (*two years of year-long lab science; math through precalculus), P.27

* Graduation requirements

Connected Learning

ART 301 PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING

Open to all forms Prerequisites: Visual Foundation; pre-or co-requisite: Chemistry, dual credit Art/Science

This semester course is a survey course of engineering. The course exposes students to some of the major concepts that they will encounter in a postsecondary engineering course of study including materials, proposal writing, research and fabrication. Students will have the opportunity to develop skills and understanding of concepts through problem-based learning. Used in combination with a team approach, this course challenges students to continually hone their interpersonal skills, creative abilities and problem solving skills by using engineering concepts. It also allows students to develop strategies to enable and direct their own learning, which is the ultimate goal of education. Students will employ engineering and scientific concepts in the solution of engineering design problems. Students will develop problem-solving skills and apply their knowledge of research and design to create solutions to various challenges. Students will also learn how to document their work and communicate their solutions to their peers and faculty members.

Art 432 Design Science

Open to all forms Prerequisites: Visual Foundation & one semester of Geometry, dual credit Art/Math

This semester course is intended to provide students with hands-on experience in designing, creating and analyzing two- and three-dimensional geometric structures, sculptures and models using a variety of media (including paper, wood, metal, ceramics, etc.). Students successfully completing this course would receive one semester credit in Arts and one trimester credit in Mathematics. Possible topics and projects include tessellations, polyhedra, Platonic solids, Archimedean solids and the mathematics and design of commercial packaging. Class periods for this course would include lecture/demonstration and hands-on labs. One or two field trips to local manufacturing facilities and art museums would be included. Each student will maintain a daily journal containing research assignments, design sketches, and potential ideas relating to class projects. The resources of the Arts Center, the Welding Lab, and the Fab Lab would be utilized for the hands-on part of this course. Offered spring.

HUM 520/A GLOBAL STUDIES (A) *

Open to V and VI, English, History Credit

What does it mean to live in a global community during a pandemic? How does the pandemic affect different groups of people within the same country, and how does the pandemic affect countries differently? What role does climate change play in the effects of the pandemic? What are the top ten questions facing today’s leaders? Who is the current global power? Where does tomorrow’s power come from?

This class will apply their knowledge of globalization concepts that we will explore in the fall to develop research questions using Ireland as a case study throughout the winter and spring culminating in a final project. Due to Ireland's role as one of the most globalized countries in the world, it will be a fascinating case study as the course grapples with the aforementioned questions as well as debates as to whether or not we are "post-globalization" as some experts argue. Ireland's geographic location, history, role in the EU, and much more make it the focus of this year's course.

*There is a charge for the travel component of this class.

SCI 331, 332 MARINE SCIENCE

Open to IV, V & VI (for Geronimo crews)

This semester course is taught on board Geronimo during the school year. It is largely experiential and unique to each voyage track - incorporating elements of navigation and seamanship, marine ecology and oceanography. The core of the Geronimo experience is building the seamanship and navigation skills to serve as crew on an oceangoing sailing vessel, while learning lessons in leadership and collaboration. Topics are introduced in a class setting, and then skills are executed and built while on watch. In navigation, we will start with a foundation of basic coastal piloting and progress to celestial navigation, giving students a strong foundation in traditional navigation. Part of the course will closely relate to our geographic location and could include components of marine ecology, oceanography and meteorology, along with historical and cultural investigations. Sailing on board Geronimo will afford you a unique perspective for comparing different marine ecosystems and cultures. We will employ hands-on explorations whenever possible. This course is also designed to help you gain a better understanding of our interconnectedness with the marine environment and to develop an appreciation for the role of the ocean on a global scale.