MTH 330: Math Fluency
This course is for students who want to learn a more intuitive and less formulaic version of mathematics, where fluid understanding of concepts is centered. Students will work through the basic building blocks of math at a deeper level and learn to apply them to more complex and varied situations. Students will then use these […]
MTH 300/310/320: Integrated Math III/ Integrated Math III (A)/Integrated Math III (H)
PLACEMENT IN THE ACCELERATED OR HONORS LEVEL REQUIRES APPROVAL BY THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR This course is the third year of a three-year integrated math sequence covering the topics traditionally covered in Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, and Precalculus. The goal of this course is to integrate all previously learned math content, solidify retention of technical […]
MTH 200/210/220: Integrated Math II/ Integrated Math II (A)/ Integrated Math II (H)
PLACEMENT IN THE ACCELERATED OR HONORS LEVEL REQUIRES APPROVAL BY THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR. This course is the second year of a three-year integrated math sequence covering the topics traditionally covered in Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, and Precalculus. The goal of this course is to extend and apply the topics studied previously and to introduce […]
HSS 500: Global Issues
This course offers a range of intellectual inquiry, from history and economics to physical science, moral philosophy, and literature. At its core, this class challenges students to see the ways in which they are learning in an interconnected world which they can influence. The overall concept of this course is to explore a series of […]
HSS 351/352: Philosophy
This course explores the nature of thought and the questions behind how humanity got to be the way it is and how it might be made better if we were to change it. Ultimately, to study philosophy is to study the nature of being and to determine our place in the world. In this course, […]
HSS 341/342: Microeconomics
This course shows students the ways in which human interactions shape their economic status. This will lead students to question just how rational the choices people—themselves included—are in a system of competing incentives and disincentives. This course covers fundamental topics including supply and demand, and uses model-based, quantitative, and qualitative methods of analysis.
HSS 331/332: Macroeconomics
This course explores the way the world works, or at least the way capitalism and its rival economic systems make the world work. Students discover how social forces and systems operate on a grand scale to shape the lives they lead. This course covers the behaviors of the economy as a whole, focusing on the […]
HSS 320: Human Psychology
This course plumbs the depth of the human psyche. Students uncover what makes people—and themselves—tick, and they learn to analyze the world through the mind’s eye. This course provides a foundational exploration of psychology, with an emphasis on developmental psych, social cognition, personality formation, as well as topics as varied as addiction, anxiety, therapy, and […]
HSS 310: American Government & the Constitution
This course opens students’ minds to the ways in which abstract political concepts and theories have practical implications in our lives and in the way the world works. Students delve into questions about what it means to live in a pluralistic society, and how a system founded on the idea of equality strives and struggles […]
HSS 300: Contemporary History
This course explores the notion that the past IS the present. Students explore what it means to live in a truly globalized, interconnected world, and what the implications of this are for their lives and the life of society and the planet. Students examine the impetus to create colonial empires, the movement away from foreign […]
