INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES DEPARTMENT FACULTY

MR. D. CONNOR BRENNAN

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN – B.A.

DR. KYLE BUCY

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON – B.A.

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – M.A.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA – P.H.D.

MR. OTIS DOUCE

DIRECTOR OF EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND GLOBAL DIVERSITY

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, POTSDAM – B.A.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE – M.A.

MR. BILL ESHER

THEATER DIRECTOR; NEXTTERM COORDINATOR

GLASSBORO STATE COLLEGE – B.A.

MS. MEGHAN KREGER POLLER ’95

ASSOCIATE DEAN OF STUDENTS FOR STUDENT LIFE

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE – B.A.

MRS. RADHA MISHRA

DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING

SMITH COLLEGE – B.A.

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, NEW DELHI – M.A.

THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY – M.A.

MR. JAMES NEHLIG

NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE – B.A.

MS. KRISTA SAHRBECK

DEAN OF STUDENTS

BOWDOIN COLLEGE – B.A.

BOSTON COLLEGE – M.A.T.

ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES 1 –SMALL BUSINESS SIMULATION

▸ 1 CREDIT; GRADES 11, 12, PG ONLY

What communication, problem-solving, and decisionmaking skills are necessary to establish and run a successful business?

Students in this course will learn how to begin and manage a small business through an investigation of the fundamentals of small business operation. The course is designed around several units — small business in your community, elements of advertising, marketing, inventory management simulation, and analysis of the Hun community — so that students can cooperatively gain insight into many facets of small business. These aspects of small business include, but are not limited to, the advantages and disadvantages of owning your own business, logo design, advertising, marketing research, survey design, formulating a business idea, and writing a business proposal. The efforts in this course lead to designing and operating an actual business on The Hun School campus.

Entrepreneurial Studies 2

▸1 CREDIT; GRADES 11, 12, PG ONLY; PREREQUISITE: ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES 1

How does the long-term management of a business differ from start-up skills?

Students who have completed Entrepreneurial Studies 1 will take this trimester course specifically designed for them. Entrepreneurial Studies 2 allows students to design their own business to operate on campus. Using the skills developed in the prerequisite course, students will conduct the day-to-day operation of their business. In addition to operating their business, the primary focus of this course will be marketing, managing inventory, making purchases, working with budgets, writing financial reports, conducting business meetings, and bookkeeping.

History Through Film

▸ 1 CREDIT; GRADES 11, 12, PG ONLY; MAY BE USED TO MEET HUMANITIES OR ARTS REQUIREMENT

What can we learn about history through film? What is real, and what is reel?

Students in this course will explore how history is portrayed through film and how films capture the history of the period in which they were made. Historic context will be explored and discussed prior to viewing each film. Through discussion, research, and written response, students will begin to understand how to discern the real history from reel history.