INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

Because real-world problems are not discipline specific, the Interdisciplinary Studies Department encourages student preparation for an ever-changing world by offering courses that span academic disciplines. Foundational to The Hun School experience is a student-centered education that mentors students in character development and foundational skills that will allow them success in high school, college, and life. From an introduction to ethical decision making and leadership to effective communication, Interdisciplinary Studies courses orient students to The Hun School Program of Studies. Through experiential and team-taught courses, students in all Interdisciplinary Studies courses learn to collaborate to solve problems, become innovative and creative, and access and analyze information in a real-world context.

Community Seminar 9

▸ 1 CREDIT; REQUIRED FOR GRADE 9

Students will participate in this discussion-based seminar, practicing the Harkness method while studying issues such as community and ethics and focusing on the foundational skills necessary to succeed at The Hun School and beyond.

Leadership Seminar 10

▸ 1 CREDIT; REQUIRED FOR GRADE 10

Students will participate in this discussion-based seminar, practicing the Harkness method while studying issues such as leadership and character and focusing on the foundational skills necessary to succeed at The Hun School and beyond.

RACE, MEDIA, JUSTICE, AND EQUITY

▸ 1 CREDIT; GRADES 11, 12, PG ONLY

How does media affect our understanding of race and justice?

Students in this class will examine the relationship between media and social justice. They will focus on the role of media in reinforcing or challenging power and inequality on an individual, systematic, and cultural level. This course will help students identify, observe, understand, and analyze issues of race, gender, and class and the way they have been defined and shaped through traditional media formats as well as social media.

Introduction To Philosophy

▸ 1 CREDIT; GRADES 11, 12, PG ONLY

What is the meaning of life?

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” — SOCRATES

Students will examine the existential questions (Who am I? Why am I here? How do I act responsibly and ethically? What are good and evil and why do they exist?) that philosophers have debated for centuries. These are the questions we all must face individually. In this discussionbased course, students will study classic texts of Western philosophy from Plato and Aristotle to William James, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Jean-Paul Sartre as they wrestle with ways to answer these questions for themselves.