Course Delivery: Enrolled Courses
World Literature: Africa and Beyond
New for 2023! This course will explore the experience of being at home in the world as well as the experience of losing one’s place. Each of the novels in this course is a unique coming-of-age story set in Africa and beyond. The themes of home, exile, and refuge are woven throughout, and each work
Continue readingAmerican Literature: Social Transformations
New for 2023! American culture has undergone countless social transformations in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Today, new social transformations are underway. In this course, students will study how American literature reflects and contributes to social transformations. Presenting a diverse set of voices, the course centers on the intersection of literature, history, and current events.
Continue readingGlobal Climate Change in the 21st Century
In this single-semester science course, students are carefully guided through the complex information and systems related to global climate change. They learn to consider multiple ways of knowing that include scientific, data-driven knowledge as well as Traditional Ecological Knowledge that is based on a long-term and profound understanding of the land and surrounding ecosystems. Students
Continue readingAlgebra II (for enrolled students)
This course covers intermediate algebraic concepts to provide students with solid foundational skills to prepare them for success in PreCalculus and beyond. Topics include a review of real numbers and algebraic expressions, equations, inequalities, and problem-solving, systems of equations and inequalities in two and three variables, matrices, exponents, rational expressions and equations, radicals, complex numbers,
Continue readingGeometry (for enrolled students)
This course covers essential topics of Euclidean geometry to provide students with solid foundational skills to prepare them for success in Algebra 2 and beyond. Topics include basic geometric terms and definitions, reasoning and proofs (direct and indirect), properties and theorems related to parallel and perpendicular lines, triangles and congruence, special properties of triangles, properties
Continue readingAlgebra 1 (for enrolled students)
This course covers essential algebraic concepts to provide students with solid foundational skills to prepare them for success in Geometry, Algebra 2, and beyond. Topics include a review of real numbers, solving equations with an emphasis on problem-solving skills, linear graphs and functions, inequalities – linear, compound, and absolute value, systems of linear equations and
Continue readingChemistry Matters
Chemistry is the study of matter through observation and experimentation. In this course, students get a rigorous hands-on introduction to the topics, tools, terms, mathematics, and practices of the study of chemistry. This full-year course includes 16 labs plus dozens of hands-on activities, inquiry-based quick labs, written assignments, and creative ways to explore on chemistry
Continue readingRace and Ethnic Studies: Power and Perspective
Critical race and ethnic studies emphasize the intersections of forms of social differentiation, including race, ethnicity, class, gender, ability, and sexuality, and examine how these forms of differentiation provide advantages for some groups and disadvantages for others. This course looks beyond cultural identity to consider inequality, power, and social change while examining how race and
Continue readingUnited States Government: By the People, for the People
In this single-semester course, traditional topics related to U.S. government (the Constitution, three branches of government, federal and state governments, etc.) are covered, as well as lessons on media and bias, research methods, evaluating resources, philosophies of government, citizenship, landmark cases of the U.S. Supreme Court, infrastructure, and tribal government. Reflection and discussion prompts are
Continue readingPsychology: Journey Towards Self-Knowledge
This engaging and rigorous psychology course is designed to help students become more aware of themselves as unique individuals. Delving into their own experiences, students are encouraged to be scientists in the process of exploring themselves and their place in the universe. They will examine a variety of topics including memory, biology of behavior, stress,
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