Spring Courses

List of 4 items.

• Timeless Jane Austen

  Instructor: Dr. Carolyn Brown

  Materials: TBA

  Grade Level: 11-12

  Tuition: $475

  Jane Austen, who died over 200 years ago, remains one of the most popular authors in the world. She only wrote six complete novels, but all continue to be read  and studied widely. In this class we will begin with a biography of Austen in order to examine her life and career, and then read two of her novels: Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion. In addition, students also will read an “Austen-inspired” work, literary criticism, and view clips from modern film adaptations of the two novels in order to attempt to understand her enduring popularity.
  

   

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• Advanced Placement Human Geography

  Instructor: Linda Rodriguez
  Materials: 
  

  • De Blij, H.J., Alexander B. Murphy, and Erin H. Fouberg. Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture, 11th ed.
  • Diamond, Jared.  Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies.
  • Grant, Richard. Dispatches from Pluto.

  Grade Level: 11th-12th
  Tuition: $475

  Advanced Placement Human Geography is organized around seven basic instructional units, drawn directly from the College Board curricular guidelines:
  

  1. Geography – its nature and perspectives
  2. Population
  3. Cultural patterns and processes
  4. Political organization of space
  5. Agricultural and rural land use
  6. Industrialization and economic development
  7. Cities and urban land use 

  The first unit introduces the students to geography as a field and to its key concepts, methods, and skills, including “how to use and think about maps and spatial data, how to understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places, how to recognize and interpret at different scale the relationships among patterns and processes, how to define regions and evaluate the regionalization process, and how to character and analyze changing interconnections among places.” The second unit focuses on population, including density, distribution, growth, and movement. The third unit examines cultural concepts, patterns, processes, practices, and landscapes. The fourth unit focuses on territory and the political organization of space, including the emergence of nation-states and alternative political-territorial arrangements. The fifth unit explores agriculture and rural land use, emphasizing different agricultural regions and revolutions. The sixth unit focuses on the processes and patterns of industrialization and economic development. The seventh unit examines urban land use and the origin and evolution of cities over time.

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• The Cold War: American Foreign Policy, 1945-1991

  Instructor: Jim Foley
  Grade Levels: 11th-12th
  Tuition: $475

  This course examines the development of this historical era from its beginnings during the Grand Alliance of World War Two, to its outbreak in the immediate post-war period, through detente and into the end of the Cold War with the end of Soviet rule in Eastern Europe and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Students learn about the political, military, diplomatic, and cultural dimensions to the Cold War.

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• Graphic Design in Communications and Business

  Instructor: Emmi Sprayberry
  Grade Levels: 10th - 12th
  Tuition: $475
  

  Materials: ADOBE suite

  Prerequisite: Graphic Design 1 or extensive familiarity with ADOBE suite

  This course provides students with a continued understanding of the processes and systems common to careers in Graphic Design, Print, Advertising, Marketing, and more. This class incorporates local business, and community client-driven projects, which calls for students to think analytically and problem-solving real-world projects. Emphasis is placed on continuing to strengthen design concepts, spatial reasoning, effective design composition, professional client communication, evaluation of design (your work and others) for an audience, and meaning and effectiveness of designs while continuing to develop a professional portfolio to showcase their continued learning. Students will have the opportunity to develop leadership skills, the possibility to visit local industry vendors, and explore interest in possible careers in the Design Industry. Software training includes advanced techniques in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

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