Global Online Academy Courses

Department Global Online Academy Courses

We are pleased to continue our partnership with the Global Online Academy (GOA) by offering a whole range of courses through GOA for the next academic year. This is a great opportunity for students to explore Online Learning, make Global Connections and explore New Ideas.

These enrichment courses provide opportunities for students at ISB to extend learning in a chosen subject, or offer alternative courses for students that are not available at ISB.

GOA is a fully accredited course provider (NEASC 2016); GOA courses are recognised by colleges and universities and can be taken for ISB credit.

ISB

ATTRIBUTES

“ This was a great course that I would totally recommend to anyone who was interested in Poetry. I really got to know so much more about this genre and appreciate poetry on a whole different level. What was also fun was the fact that I was working with students from schools around the world, which opened up other perspectives about poetry as well. This being an online course, it really helped me develop my self management skills. I feel a lot more independent now.”

Pieter, Gr10

GLOBAL ONLINE ACADEMY - ELECTIVE OPTIONS

Grades: 10 - 12 | Length: 1 semester Credit: 0.5 (Pass/Fail)

Prerequisite: Discussion with counselor and approval for course of study

At ISB we require students to take 7 classes. If a student wishes to pursue one of the enrichment courses through GOA this would constitute either a 7th class (with permission) or an 8th class, in most cases.

Only one GOA semester course may be taken per semester. The additional cost for each semester’s GOA course amounts to $350 USD.

The following list of GOA semester courses can be taken for credit at ISB.

GOA Courses

• 9/11 in a Global Context • Abnormal Psychology • Applying Philosophy to

Global Issues • Architecture • Arts Entrepreneurship (New) • Bioethics • Business Problem Solving • Climate Change and

Global Inequality • Computer Science I:

Computational Thinking • Computer Science II:

Analyzing Data with

Python • Computer Science

II: Game Design and

Development • Computer Science II: Java • Creative Nonfiction Writing • Cyber Security • Data Visualization • Developmental

Psychology (New) • Digital Photography • Entrepreneurship in a

Global Context • Fiction Writing • Filmmaking • Game Theory • Gender & Society • Genocide and Human

Rights • Global Health • Graphic Design • International Relations • Introduction to Investments • Introduction to Legal

Thinking • Introduction to Psychology • iOS App Design • Linear Algebra • Macroeconomics • Medical Problem Solving I • Medical Problem Solving II • Microeconomics • Neuropsychology • Number Theory • Personal Finance • Positive Psychology • Prisons and Criminal

Justice Systems • Problem Solving with

Engineering and Design • Race & Society • Religion & Society • Social Psychology

The GOA course catalog is available online. For further information on each Course for 2022-2023, please visit the GOA website.

If you are interested in taking an enrichment course through GOA please talk to your counselor about how this could fit in with your overall program of studies.