New Courses Offered for 2010-2011
Announcing several new academic opportunities for the 2010-2011 school year:
Mandarin Chinese 1
A brand new offering in the foreign languages department will be Mandarin Chinese. In the next four years the Mandarin Chinese program will develop into a full four-year program with sitting for the AP Chinese Language and Culture exam a possibility at the end of four years of study for advanced students.
This new course will be open to all students:
· incoming freshmen who have already had an introduction to Chinese through the DMS enrichment class;
· incoming students with no prior training in Chinese;
· returning students in all grades.
This course along with Mandarin Chinese 2 in the following year will fulfill the Dunn School foreign language requirement for graduation.
Latin 2
Latin 2 will meet concurrently with Latin 1, but will provide second-level students with a greater depth of knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, and culture. More advanced students will also learn by working with students new to the study of Latin.
Latin will continue to be offered as an evening elective course. This course does not satisfy the Dunn School foreign language requirement for graduation.
Introduction to Philosophy
This senior elective course will be centered on three vital philosophical works – Socrates’ dialog with Gorgias, Machiavelli’s The Prince, and Marx and Engel’s Communist Manifesto – and will examine the important ideas that are the foundations of western civics and culture.
The course will be open to seniors and to juniors by petition. This course does not satisfy the Dunn School history or English requirements for graduation.
This advanced algebra course will focus on functions (linear, exponential, and logarithmic) and the operations associated with them. Specific focus on graphing, modeling, and exploring real world applications are promoted. The course will explore the beginning foundations of trigonometry and probability. Students in this course will continue the investigative approach presented in Math 1 Honors promoting cooperative learning and effective questioning thru the use of many instructional formats. Students will also become proficient in the use of technology associated with this course.
Grades: C or higher in Math 1 Honors
B+ or higher in Geometry
Recommendation: Recommendation of your current math teacher.
Applied Music Fundamentals: Vocal
Applied Music Fundamentals: Vocal is designed to teach students the basic elements of music theory, literacy and aural perception. The course will focus on voice training with an emphasis on ear training, basic solfege/theory, self-accompaniment, and applied theory. This will include individual and choral performance. Through the continuous development and application of vocal and listening skills, students will acquire the knowledge and experience that will set the stage for advanced musical study.
Open to all students at all levels of experience. May be repeated. No prerequisites. This course will satisfy the Dunn School fine arts graduation requirement (pending UC approval).
Art History
This course will provide students interested in the fine arts an opportunity to enrich and enhance their knowledge and perspective through an exploration of the historical context and symbolism of the world of art. This will be an introductory-level survey course concentrating on the art of the western world beginning as early as classical Greek sculpture and ending with the work of artists of the post-modern era. Students will learn to examine and understand works of art within their historical contexts. The curriculum of the course will focus on artistic movements and the visual language of the Baroque Era, the art of the Roman Empire, early Christian art, Dutch painting, rococo, romanticism, impressionism, modernism, surrealism and abstract expressionism. By examining and discussing the work of many famous artists, students will begin to understand its impact on the modern world, especially the contemporary art of today.
This course does not satisfy the Dunn School history or fine arts graduation requirements.
Prerequisite: Studio Art 1
