2016-2017 Upper School HLC Course Descriptions COURSES INTEGRATED WITH TRAVEL Coral Reef Ecology
Semester: Summer 2016 (May 31 - August 12) 2 week residency immersion at Maui Preparatory School, as part of summer semester online coursework On site component: July 6-22, 2016 Cost: $3,750 (travel to be booked by individual student) This course is a partnership between onsite and online in an engaging, hands-on/feet-wet science course. The course consists of an online component and a 2-week residency on the beautiful Hawaiian island of Maui. Students will complete preliminary and concluding coursework online, however the heart of the course will take place in an immersive, residential experience as we use Maui Nui as our laboratory of investigation. Scientific areas of study include island formation, watershed (ahupua'a) conservation, coral reef formation, native/endemic/introduced flora and fauna, biotic and abiotic factors that contribute to reef development, evolution of Hawaiian reef organisms, and the human impact on the coral reef. As we work alongside scientific researchers in Maui, we will also explore the role of the reef and its inhabitants in native Hawaiian culture. Students will also have the opportunity to gain sailing experience and SCUBA certification. Costs include all on-island transportation, housing in Maui Prep’s boarding facility, food, 24-hour supervision and instruction. Students are responsible for independently arranging travel to Maui and home.
ARTS 2D Foundations: Introduction to Design, Drawing and Painting
Semester: Fall 2016 Megan Hildebrandt, Interlochen Arts Institute Prerequisites: None In this interdisciplinary Visual Arts course, we will use a variety of media (gouache, ink, graphite, Photoshop) to explore the world of creating 2-Dimensional Art. Projects will focus on developing compositional skills, proportion, color use, and visual literacy. Working on a range of conceptual problems, we will create exciting visual works that explore mapping, figure drawing, still life, comics, design and more! Art & Practice of Screenwriting
Semester: Summer 2016, Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 Lesley Tye, Interlochen Arts Academy Prerequisites: None This course introduces the concepts of writing for the screen from an analytical and creative viewpoint. Students will learn about screenplay structure and format, explore the creation of character, setting, conflict, theme, tone, dialogue and subtext, and gain an understanding of how to use the tools of the filmmaker to create cinematic language and write visually. Students are also given an introduction to some of the professional aspects of screenwriting and available resources including the art of pitching stories.
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Introduction to Arts Leadership
Semester: Fall 2016 Lauren Greene, Interlochen to Arts Leadership Prerequisites: None This seminar is designed to give students a basic overview of the issues facing the arts today and the leadership principles necessary to address these challenges. Topics include communication, leadership traits and styles, generational changes, entrepreneurship, problem solving and organizational analysis. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help students acquire the basic practical knowledge and vocabulary essential for future success as grassroots leaders in their communities or as professionals in arts administration. Performing Literature
Semester: Fall 2016 Adam Atkinson, Interlochen Arts Academy Prerequisites: None Performance is frequently discussed in terms of "bringing the page to life." This course is a survey of performance in all its functions, whether a "page" exists or not: embodiment and disembodiment, protest and manifesto, identification and disidentification, ritual, song, instruction, celebration, and more. We'll experiment with these functions through the lenses of genre (e.g. erasure), history (e.g. civil rights, hip hop, and spoken word), process (e.g. translation), format (e.g. collaboration), and medium (e.g. social media). Assignments primarily consist of weekly critical and creative responses to assigned reading, sometimes completed in collaboration with Interlochen Arts Academy students taking this course concurrently. Students must also contribute (remotely) to a culminating performance event at Interlochen Center for the Arts. Playwriting
Semester: Spring 2017 Prerequisites: None This course will introduce writing for the theater. Students will explore range of expression in telling a story, using common story elements such as plot, character, setting and theme, however using the creative opportunity of writing for a live stage. Students will read notable playscripts, often aloud. A primary piece of this course will be students writing their own plays. To support the writing, students will also workshop and discuss their peers’ work. Another important layer of learning in this course will be the exposure to professionals in the field of playwriting as guest speakers and advisors on student writing. Students will also be expected to attend and review for the class performances in their local theaters. This class is complimentary and beneficial for students in HLC’s screenwriting course, as well.
ENGLISH & HUMANITIES The American Imagination
Semester: Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Spring 2017 Nic Shump, The Barstow School Prerequisites: None The concept of "America" has served as a source of inspiration throughout its history. This course will use a multidisciplinary approach to investigate the phenomenon of the American Imagination. Students will investigate the American Imagination through history, politics, religion, poetry, music, and film. A final project will ask students to explore an individual they think exemplifies the American Imagination.
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Artistic Revolutionaries of the Early 20th Century
Semester: Fall 2016 Charla Gaglio & Ethan Updike, Shorecrest Preparatory School Prerequisites: None Dramatic changes in science, technology and philosophy - coupled with the horrors of the "war to end war" and the world and regional conflicts that followed - irrevocably altered ideas about art and music in the early 20th century. Leaving behind the structure of the 19th century Romantics, early 20th century composers like Stravinsky and Schoenberg explored new tonalities, sounds and methods of composition, while in the visual arts, color, form and personal expression reigned in the works of Matisse, Picasso and others. Artistic Revolutionaries of the early 20th Century is a semester long elective that explores the arts and contexts of this dynamic time in history. Open to grades 9 through 12, it is a survey course designed to provide students with an introduction to the visual and musical arts of early 20th century Europe and America. Citizenship, Leadership, and Service
Semester: Fall 2016 Diego Duran-Medina, Shorecrest Preparatory School Prerequisite: None No matter where you are from, where you live or where you go to school, you are a citizen of the world and your country. What are the rights and responsibilities of being a citizen? This course borrows from courses on social studies, history, law, philosophy and global studies with a personal focus on voice through technology. Our class begins with knowing yourself so you can lead yourself and others to organize around a social cause, problem or issue. In this class, you will (1) define what you believe and value through activities, readings, reflections and personal live sessions (2) critically examine what citizenship, leadership and service mean through readings, discussions and texts (3) research and teach an issue that you care about deeply and (4) craft a clear message using technology (podcast or film) to teach others about both your issues and values. Essentials of Film: Why We Dig Movies
Semester: Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 Nicolas Shump, The Barstow School Prerequisites: None In this class, students will learn key concepts regarding all aspects of filmmaking. Topics will include acting, sound, cinematography, direction, editing, and film criticism. Students will learn about the major eras in film history and become familiar with different forms of cinema. Each week, students will view one to two films, chosen to correspond to the major topics covered in this class. No prior knowledge of filmmaking or film history is required. Global Perspectives through International Film
Semester: Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 Kam O’Horo, Shorecrest Preparatory School Prerequisites: None The goal of this semester course is to start students down the path to global competence by promoting awareness of and interest in the world and how it works. The content requires students to think about current global issues and to see them from a non-American perspective using international films.
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Global Perspective through World Music
Semester: Summer 2016, Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 Chris Powers, Shorecrest Preparatory School Prerequisites: None This course explores world music throughout the context of various ethnic music cultures and the historical and social factors that contribute to each culture's music. Course content will also include discussion and interpreting fundamental musical concepts contained in the music surveyed in class. Students will need to have a Netflix account, a Spotify account and a Pandora account. History of Ideas
Semester: Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Spring 2017 Christopher Powers, Shorecrest Preparatory School Prerequisite: None History of Ideas is a survey of philosophy emphasizing the ancient Greek philosophers and major currents of thought that have shaped the modern mind. This course emphasizes writing very heavily; there is a writing assignment of some sort attached to virtually every unit of philosophers or ideas. The course is also a seminar on issues in philosophy, focusing on many of the timeless questions philosophers have pondered over the ages. Questions about the nature of beauty, the self, reality, the spirit, truth and God are all subject for inquiry. As a part of this process, and important in its own right, is the emphasis on careful analytical and argumentative writing. Many Voices of the Middle East
Semester: Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 Karen Libby, Interlochen Arts Academy Prerequisites: None Still a mystery to much of the world, the people of the Middle East become familiar to us through their oral and written traditions of powerful storytelling. In order to begin to enter into the cultures of these varied peoples, we will learn about the history, geography, and traditions of different regions of the Middle East. Through the stories, we will learn to know the people and the longstanding conflicts that they have endured. Through discussion and written and spoken projects, students will reach more clarity of understanding the complex yet rich cultures of the Middle East. English Literature and Composition AP
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Nicolas Shump, The Barstow School Prerequisites: None Grades: 11 & 12 This course prepares students for college English courses and for the Advanced Placement Examination in Literature and Composition. The class operates as closely as possible to a college-level course. The course fosters independent thinking through challenging literary analysis in class discussion and writing assignments. Texts are drawn from a variety of genres. Discussions encourage close reading of specific passages and mastery of overall structure and technique. We will also introduce literary theory.
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Native American Literature
Semester: Fall 2016 Eric Blackburn, Interlochen Arts Academy Prerequisites: None What does it mean to be or to call yourself or someone else a Native American? What does Native American literature look like? What does it do? These are the questions that drive this course, and we will spend much of the semester coming back to these questions time and again. We will direct much of our study toward key concepts of identity, cultural “authenticity,” and the power (and difficulty) of self-expression and self-definition. While our readings focus on authors from North America, our themes and discussions will touch upon concepts and concerns that resonate globally. Students will have the chance to explore issues tied to their home cities and regions, and students will also have opportunities in this course to blend traditional academic assignments with more artistic and creative presentations. Philosophies of Justice
Semester: Summer 2016, Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 Chris Powers, Shorecrest Preparatory School Prerequisites: None Grades: 11 & 12 Justice is a critical analysis of classical and contemporary theories of justice, including discussion of present-day applications. Topics include affirmative action, income distribution, same-sex marriage, the role of markets, debates about rights (human rights and property rights), arguments for and against equality, dilemmas of loyalty in public and private life. The course invites students to subject their own views on these controversies to critical examination. The principal readings for the course are texts by Aristotle, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and John Rawls. Other assigned readings include writings by contemporary philosophers, court cases, and articles about political controversies that raise philosophical questions.
HISTORY & SOCIAL SCIENCES Asian Studies: Yesterday and Tomorrow
Semester: Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 Christopher Mullis, The Barstow School Prerequisites: None Asia is the most populous, most diverse, and most dynamic region in the world today. In this course, students will explore that region through the lens of history. Not a traditional survey, we will select four or five issues affecting contemporary Asia and collaboratively investigate their historical roots, drawing connections between past, present, and future. Within a structured online learning environment, students will be encouraged to take the initiative in directing their own research, leading group discussions, and even selecting topics for study. Potential topics include the rise of China, protests in Hong Kong, the K-pop explosion, democratization and conflict in Myanmar, Bollywood film, the Kashmir dispute, etc. In addition to the specific course content, students will sharpen their research, self-expression, and critical thinking skills, and develop an understanding of how history—and historical consciousness—conditions contemporary experience. Comparative Government & Politics AP
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Nicolas Shump, The Barstow School Prerequisites: None 5
This yearlong course is designed to meet the standards and the expectations of the College Board’s Advanced Placement testing committee. The course is designed to teach students to understand and be able to critically analyze important concepts in both U.S. and comparative politics through the study of six core countries from AP Comparative Government (the United Kingdom, Mexico, Nigeria, Iran, Russia and China). Students in the spring may take the AP Comparative Government exam. Those who pass may earn college credit. Comparative Religion
Semester: Fall 2016, Spring 2017 Prerequisites: None As a survey of the world's most influential religions, we will approach five faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism from an objective, academic perspective. The class will be very research-driven. Students will be assigned an aspect of a religion, such as doctrine, history, or rituals, present their information to the class, and generate assessment questions. The instructor will function in an advisory and organizational role for much of the course. Essentials of Entrepreneurship
Semester: Spring 2017 Lauren Greene, Interlochen Arts Academy Prerequisite: None Essentials of Entrepreneurship will provide students with the practical skills and knowledge necessary to start a business. In this culture of innovation, young entrepreneurs will need business skills to support launching the concepts and products they envision. This semester long class will cover the fundamentals of finance, marketing, management, and promotion. Students will learn how to come up with new business ideas, attract investors, market your business, and manage expenses. Essentials of Law
Semester: Spring 2017 Laura Siebers, The Barstow School Prerequisites: None As an introductory and overview, this course will offer students the opportunity to understand and explore various areas of the law, as well as professions associated with different practices and applications of law. The course incorporates case studies, fundamental understanding of law terminology, guest speakers, and virtual field trips. In depth reading, expressive writing and lively discussion will result from the content and interactions provides students with an overview of the American legal system. European History AP
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Nicolas Shump, The Barstow School Prerequisites: Modern World History Taught as a college freshman survey in modern European history, the course closely follows AP guidelines in content and scope. Students learn about major trends from 1450 to the present and examine issues in intellectual, social-economic, and political European history. There is continued work on essay writing, as well as practice on multiple choice and documentbased questions for the AP exam. During the course, a student should become much more aware of the role of point of view in approaching the past and the necessity to support his or her point of view with persuasive evidence. Significant efforts are made to relate current problems and developments in Europe to their antecedents.
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Globalization
Semester: Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 Christopher Mullis, The Barstow School Prerequisites: None This course will explore the concept of “globalization” from four complementary perspectives: economics, ecology, culture, and politics. Through live meets, video lectures, primary and secondary sources, collaborative WikiProjects, interviews, and online simulations, students will investigate controversies over free trade, global climate change, migration, universal human rights, pandemic disease, the “clash” of civilizations, and the role of the United Nations. This course will take advantage of the online format to make learning as hands-on as possible, with students completing a major independent, team, or wholeclass project for each unit. Introduction to Business
Semester: Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 Prerequisites: None Introduction to Business will provide students a foundation of business principles including business operations, business communication, aspects of entrepreneurialism, consumer choices and finance. Students will develop skills and a framework that can support their future business studies and applications for their own pursuits. Opportunities for authentic application to students’ personal lives will also create an inherent awareness that business concepts are crucial, supporting any future path for study or self-motivated endeavor. Modern Human Migration
Semester: Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Spring 2017 Marvine Stamatakis, Interlochen Arts Academy Prerequisites: None This course will examine the social and political effects of migration on various countries in the world. Students will explore the social, political, and economic issues related to migration on countries that have a significant number of citizens migrating to other countries and the effects of migration on countries receiving the migrants. The course will primarily focus on the influence of migration, emphasizing the far-reaching effects of migration on our world. Some of the topics will include: areas of migration in the world, reasons for migrating from one part of the word to another, the role of governments in migration, and contributions of migrants to host countries. Sport In American Culture
Semester: Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Spring 2017 Nicolas Shump, The Barstow School Prerequisites: None This course is an introduction to and survey of the academic study of sports in the United States. Its interdisciplinary approach will use materials and texts drawn from history, sociology, journalism, fiction, and film. This class will use sport as a starting point to explore topics like ethnicity, gender, nationality, and race. Students will be required to find current materials regarding local, national, and international events throughout the semester.
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WORLD LANGUAGES American Sign Language I
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Ron Malcolm, HLC Faculty Prerequisites: None This is an introduction to learning and understanding American Sign Language. Students will learn basic vocabulary, letters, numbers, and grammar. Students will also focus on mastering the basics of fingerspelling, colors, and conversational/cultural behaviors necessary to hold a beginning-level conversation in American Sign Language. Introductory information about deaf culture will also be presented, along with deaf humor, to provide students with a broad picture of language and culture. American Sign Language II
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Ron Malcolm, HLC Faculty Prerequisites: American Sign Language I This course is a continuation of American Sign Language I and will introduce students to the more commonly used American Sign Language (ASL) by expanding coverage of ASL’s basic vocabulary, structure, syntax, and grammar. Students will continue to focus on fingerspelling, numbers, facial grammar and sentence structure. Students will also further develop the conversational/cultural behaviors necessary to hold a beginning-level conversation. Chinese I
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Ivy Lan-Chi Gauler, Maumee Valley Country Day School Prerequisites: None This course is designed to help beginners develop communicative competence in the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with special emphasis on Chinese conversation. In the first weeks of Chinese I, the phonetic system called pinyin is mastered. Chinese characters are then introduced, with the goal of mastering 252 characters by the end of the first year. In addition to textbook work, students use Chinese language video and audio materials, and other media to increase proficiency in spoken and written Chinese. Chinese II
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Ivy Lan-Chi Gauler, Maumee Valley Country Day School Prerequisites: Chinese I This intensive course builds on Chinese I, while allowing students an opportunity to review the basic skills to improve both oral and written proficiency. Students learn more complex sentence structures and expressions, and approximately 1000 characters are learned. In addition to the basic textbook, students start to read more extensively on various topics. After eight lessons, students should be able to talk and write about their school lives, leisure activities, health conditions and traveling. By the end of the year, students are able to write short essays and have a working vocabulary of about 1500 words. This course is open to non-native speaking students who have completed Chinese I or to students who pass a competency test.
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Chinese III
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Ivy Lan-Chi Gauler, Maumee Valley Country Day School Prerequisites: Chinese II To complement the development of communicative competence in the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, Chinese III students will turn increasingly to literature to improve language fluency and aid in the acquisition of new vocabulary. Emphasis will also be placed on gaining knowledge about Chinese culture, with linguistic and cultural differences between Mainland China and Taiwan consistently pointed out. Chinese III students are expected to use Chinese to interact in class. By the end of the year, students will be able to recognize more than 750 frequently used characters. Chinese IV
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Ivy Lan-Chi Gauler, Maumee Valley Country Day School Prerequisites: Chinese III This course lays the foundations for the AP Chinese Language and Culture course and/or college-level Chinese courses. Chinese IV students use literature and electronic media to improve language fluency and aid in the acquisition of new vocabulary. Emphasis will continue to be placed on gaining knowledge about Chinese culture, with linguistic and cultural differences between Mainland China and Taiwan consistently pointed out. Chinese IV students are expected to use Chinese to interact in class. By the end of the year, students will be able to recognize more than 1,000 frequently used characters. Chinese Language & Culture AP
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Ivy Lan-Chi Gauler, Maumee Valley Country Day School Prerequisites: Chinese IV This course is designed to be comparable to a fourth semester (or equivalent) college or university course in Mandarin Chinese, and prepares students for the Chinese Language and Culture Advanced Placement Exam. The AP course’s main goal is to develop students’ inter-related language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) within an enriched cultural framework. In their exploration of both contemporary and historical Chinese culture, students will utilize level-appropriate authentic materials designed for native speakers, including newspapers, fiction and nonfiction works, plays, poetry, films, and Chinese educational system textbooks Latin I
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Brian Wells, HLC Faculty Prerequisites: None The Latin I course introduces Latin grammar and vocabulary, Roman culture, mythology, and history. Students will learn to translate and write simple Latin sentences and to identify Greek and Roman word roots within English. Students will actively investigate the Greco-Roman world and the connections between it and their own lives through hands-on learning. Latin II
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Brian Wells, HLC Faculty Prerequisites: Latin I The Latin II course builds on the skills and knowledge learned in Latin I. Students will continue to learn Latin grammar and vocabulary and will begin to translate more difficult texts. Students will also continue their exploration of the Classical world. 9
Latin III
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Brian Wells, HLC Faculty Prerequisites: Latin II Students in the Latin III course will finish learning general and advanced Latin grammar and vocabulary. Students will learn and to apply advanced analysis techniques as well as essay writing strategies. Students will then begin to read and analyze native Latin texts from authors such as Catullus, Plautus, Caesar or Medieval texts. Latin Literature Survey
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Brian Wells, HLC Faculty Prerequisites: Latin III The fourth year of Latin study will be spent reading unadulterated Latin. During this course, students will review previously learned grammatical items in correspondence with their texts and will also learn new constructions and nuances as they appear in the readings. This class in essence is centered around the translation of ancient sources. The history, scansion, poetic devices, culture, and mythology behind these texts will also be analyzed in order to gain a historical background for the individual authors. The course will typically include one semester of Latin prose and one semester of Latin poetry. Authors may vary but may include: Catullus, Ovid, Lucretius, Seneca, Pliny the Elder, Tacitus, Sallust, Cicero, Plautus, Terence, or various Medieval texts. The course requires daily work as it can be used as preparation before entering an Advanced Placement Latin course or as a continuation of study for advanced students. Note: Students who have proceeded directly from Latin III to Latin AP may continue on to Latin Literature Survey for “Latin V” credit. Latin AP
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Brian Wells, HLC Faculty Prerequisites: Latin Literature Survey or (with the instructor’s permission) Latin III Students in Advanced Placement Latin will prepare for the AP exam given in May. The current exam covers approximately 1700 lines of Latin from Caesar’ Commentaries on the Gallic Wars and Vergil’s Aeneid. Students will be expected to translate all of the lines, write essays, and discuss and analyze topics. Students in the course are expected to have advanced knowledge of Latin grammar, Roman history, literature, and culture. A placement test may be required for new students. Note: Students who have proceeded directly from Latin III to Latin AP may continue on to Latin Literature Survey for “Latin V” credit.
MATHEMATICS Graph Theory
Semester: Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 Kelsey Brost, The Barstow School Prerequisite: None Graph Theory is a branch of discrete mathematics that is concerned with properties of graphs. The use of the word graph, in this case, does not refer to a graph you would use to compare different variables. In discrete math, a graph is a diagram made up of vertices and edges. Graph theory has numerous real world connections, common uses for graph theory include, but are not limited to: architecture, chemistry, electrical engineering, and sociology. In this course we will discuss properties and the significance of graphs by learning theorems and working through applied, as well as theoretical, problems. By the end of this course, students should be able to prove basic graph properties as well as make real world connections to graph theory. 10
Multivariable Calculus
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Will Thayer, Shorecrest Preparatory School Prerequisites: AP Calculus BC This course covers differential, integral and vector calculus for functions of more than one variable. These mathematical tools and methods are used extensively in the physical sciences, engineering, economics and computer graphics.
SCIENCES Advanced CAD (Computer Aided Design) & 3D Design
Semester: Fall 2016 Gavin Wood, The Barstow School Prerequisites: Introduction to CAD (Computer Aided Design) & 3D Design This advanced course is a continuation of Introduction to CAD & 3D Design. It is open only to students who have completed the introductory course, or who can demonstrate that they already posses sufficient CAD skills. Chemistry AP
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Prerequisites: Chemistry This course satisfies the recommendations of the College Board for an Advanced Placement course in Chemistry. The student will explore chemistry topics in depth and focus on more sophisticated and rigorous lab activities at the partner school. The adoption of microscale practices for the AP lab creates a safer and more environmentally friendly approach. Computer Science AP
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Richard Perrine, Shorecrest Preparatory School The AP Computer Science course is a full year introductory course in computer programming with the programming language Java. Learning the skill to develop computer programs that solve problems is fundamental to the study of computer science. Therefore, much of the course is revolves around the development of computer programs or parts of programs that correctly solve a given problem. The course also emphasizes the design issues that make programs understandable, adaptable, and, when appropriate, reusable. This course will also cover other major concepts such as the development and analysis of algorithms, the development and use of fundamental data structures, and the study of standard algorithms. This course satisfies the recommendations of the College Board for an Advanced Placement course in Computer Science. Environmental Science AP
Yearlong: 2016-2017 Sarah Holmes, The Barstow School Prerequisites: Biology and Physical Science (or Chemistry) This course is meant to be the equivalent of a laboratory-based introductory college level environmental science course. Students will complete lab work on their own campuses. Topics of study include earth systems and resources, ecosystems and energy flow, population biology, land and water use, energy resources and consumption, pollution, and global change. Laboratory work and field studies are an integral component of this course. This course prepares students to take the AP Environmental Science Exam.
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Essentials of Medicine
Semester: Spring 2017 Prerequisites: Biology Headed for medical school? This course will introduce students to the theory and practice of contemporary medicine. Areas covered will include an overview of anatomy and physiology, diagnosis and treatment, pharmacology, medical ethics, and the structure of the American health care industry. Students will hone their practical knowledge and critical thinking skills with realistic case studies, simulations, and collaborative projects. Introduction to Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Semester: Summer 2016 Gavin Wood, The Barstow School Prerequisites: None Calling all future artists, engineers and inventors! Turn your ideas into 3D reality in this Introduction to Computer Aided Design (CAD) class. 3D printers are the wave of the future, reinventing the way we create everything from decorative vases to robotic hands, and this class will give you the skills to use this cutting-edge new tool no matter what career you enter. We will be using the same software that professionals use (Autodesk Inventor) to learn how to draw 2D and 3D designs. We will also learn how to assemble various 3D parts into working mechanisms. Physics
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12 2 Semesters This course is an introduction to the major principles of physics including kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, heat, waves, light, sound, electricity, magnetism, and atomic physics, and includes a brief introduction to nuclear physics. Emphasis is placed on problem solving. Weekly labs are performed and analyzed at the partner school. Physics simulations, interfaces, and database programs are used to supplement lab work. The relation between physics and mathematics is used to strengthen skills in both areas. Psychology AP
Semester: Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Spring 2017 Emily Nelson, HLC Faculty Prerequisites: Biology The purpose of the AP course in Psychology is to introduce the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings and other animals. Included is a consideration of the psychological facts, principles, and phenomena associated with each of the major subfields within psychology. Students also learn about the ethics and methods psychologists use in their science and practice. Essentials of Engineering
Semester: Spring 2017 Prerequisites: None This course gives a broad introduction to the engineering discipline, as well as to provide a foundation for further study in engineering. Topics discussed include: an introduction to engineering, careers in engineering, vectors, optimization, static and engineering design. The course concludes with a major design project.
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