Humanities

Humanities 1 (to 1500) Honors

Course Number:
0900310
Credit:
1.00
Weight:
Honors 0.5
Term:
Yearlong
Prerequisite:
Meet Honors Criteria
Course Description:

The purpose of this course is to enable students to examine, understand and respond to creative efforts of individuals and societies through the interdisciplinary study of literature and visual and performing arts from early civilizations to 1500.

Humanities 1 Honors

Course Number:
0900305
Credit:
0.50
Weight:
Honors 0.5
Term:
Semester
Prerequisite:
None
Course Description:

The purpose of this course is to enable students to examine, understand, and respond to creative efforts of individuals and societies through interdisciplinary study of the arts and their connections to areas such as history, literature, philosophy, and religion from early civilizations to 1500, including ancient Greece and Rome, the Byzantine empire, and medieval European society.

Humanities 2 (since 1500) Honors

Course Number:
0900320
Credit:
1.00
Weight:
Honors 0.5
Term:
Yearlong
Prerequisite:
Humanities I and Meet Honors Criteria
Course Description:

The purpose of this course is to examine and respond to man’s creative efforts and his world from the post-Renaissance through the contemporary period.

Humanities 2 Honors

Course Number:
0900315
Credit:
0.50
Weight:
Honors 0.5
Term:
Semester
Prerequisite:
None
Course Description:

The purpose of this course is to enable students to examine, understand, and respond to creative efforts of individuals and societies through interdisciplinary study of the arts and their connections to areas such as history, literature, philosophy, and religion since 1500, including the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment, among others.

International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge 1

Course Number:
0900800
Credit:
1.00
Weight:
Honors 1.0
Term:
Yearlong
Prerequisite:
Placement in IB Program
Course Description:

The purpose of this course is to make explicit through analysis, comparison and interdisciplinary integration, the concepts of knowledge and their verification in the disciplines of mathematics, natural sciences, human sciences, history, and in moral, political and aesthetic judgments.

International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge 2

Course Number:
0900810
Credit:
1.00
Weight:
Honors 1.0
Term:
Yearlong
Prerequisite:
None
Course Description:

The purpose of this course is to make explicit through analysis, comparison and interdisciplinary integration, the concepts of knowledge and their verification in the disciplines of mathematics, natural sciences, human sciences, history, and in moral, political and aesthetic judgments. Theory of knowledge (TOK) is assessed through an oral presentation and a 1,600-work essay.

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