GENERAL
To apply for Departmental Study, students must consult with their advisor about readiness to undertake such work and must submit a written proposal, also signed by the advisor, to the appropriate department head by the posted proposal deadline before the course request deadline in the spring, stating clearly the nature of the work or project and the number of credits to be earned. The department head decides whether the project is acceptable and whether there is a department member with the time to supervise it properly, and determines the number of credits it should receive. If the particular project does not fall within the domain of any one department, it is considered for general credit, and the application is made to the department heads as a group. Courses for General Credit Aside from Departmental Study courses with topics that do not fall within the domain of any one department, three other courses are offered for general credit. Youth in Philanthropy
GEN201
1 credit
SEM 1. Open to grades 10, 11, and 12. No prerequisite. One weekday evening meeting per week, plus site visits. Offered on a pass/fail basis. May be repeated for credit by permission of the department.
Youth in Philanthropy offers students a chance to learn about the world of nonprofits in the Concord area. We raise some money and receive some money from the YIP endowment, and donate the funds to local nonprofits serving young people in the area west of Boston. In the process, students learn how nonprofits are organized and managed, and also learn how to evaluate funding requests. A highlight is one day spent visiting some nonprofits and learning directly from them how they serve their clients. Note: To request this course, students should list it in the SEM 1 double-up area in the lower portion of the course request form. Global Online Academy
3 credits
SEM 1 or SEM 2. Open to grades 11 and 12. Prerequisite: Global Online Academy (GOA) application form submitted to CA's GOA coordinator as soon as possible. Students separately request a full CA academic course load (omitting GOA); on the GOA application they identify which CA course, if any, they will drop if they are approved for a GOA course.
Global Online Academy (GOA) is an online learning platform where students become global citizens and modern learners in an environment where curiosity drives learning. GOA offers courses that connect students to topics they care about and offers a network that connects those students to peers as passionate as they are. Students interested in taking a GOA course should be mature, self-motivated learners who welcome the independence that is integral to online learning. GOA course topics are wide-ranging, and students may not enroll in GOA courses already offered at CA. A complete list of GOA course offerings is available at the link below. www.globalonlineacademy.org/the-goa-experience/courses Senior Projects In the first few weeks of the senior year, a student may submit a proposal for a senior project. Senior projects are second-semester, pass/fail courses of study, usually for 3 credits, constructed by the students themselves and approved by a faculty committee. Projects must contain either an interdisciplinary or an experiential component. Further information about senior projects is available from the director of studies. Department Requirements On the following page is an overview of graduation requirements, as distributed among departments, for a student entering Concord Academy in grade 9. Each department’s section of the catalog provides specific details of the requirements within that department. Most students go beyond the minimum requirement in many subjects.