HOPKINS ACADEMIC OFFERINGS

PLANNING A PROGRAM OF STUDY

Grades 10 & 11

Minimum Graduation Requirements

18 credits in Grades 9 - 12 At least 4 ½ credits each year Athletics Requirement Swim Test Requirement Required Community Service Project for 12th Grade

Arts 1 ½ distribution requirement

English 4

Language 3 in one language

History 2 ½

Mathematics 3 not including Algebra 1

Science 2

Academic Term Load

Each Term– Minimum number – at least 4 courses

(not including Health and non-AP Art courses)

– Maximum number – no more than 5 courses (not including Health and non-AP Art courses)

Exemptions require special permission.

Planning Credits

Recommend: finish graduation requirements before 2nd term of Grade 12

Strongly recommend: no more than 3 AP or Honors courses during any given term

Pass/D/Fail Option

For students in Grade 12

May declare a term course or year course Pass/D/Fail

Not for graduation requirements

Cut-off Date: Friday of the sixth week of the term

Student may not rescind the decision to take a course Pass/D/Fail

Outside Semester/Year Programs, p. 7

Students applying to approved outside programs need to submit 2 course selection forms

Students meet with Dean of Academics to review program of study

After decision is made to attend, parents must request in writing a Leave of Absence from the Head of School

Course Choice Overview for 10th Graders

 Required: – T1 English (English 11: “The Writing Semester”),

T2 English electives, p. 25– continue Mathematics, p. 36– continue Classical or Modern Language, p. 20 or 42

Options:– Art, p. 12 (distribution requirement)– Programming, p. 23– Atlantic Communities III, p. 30. Possible to choose AP US History*

or AP European History* in place of AC3– Science, p. 50

*AP US History and AP European History are full-year courses

Course Choice Overview for 11th Graders

Required: – T1 English (Shakespeare electives, p. 25)

T2 English electives, p. 25

Options:– Art, p. 12 (distribution requirement)– Programming, p. 23– Atlantic Communities III or History electives, p. 30– Continue Mathematics, p. 30– Continue Classical and/or Modern Language, p. 20 or 42– Advanced sciences or science electives, p. 50

Art Courses for Senior School

Senior School Art courses: Technical Theatre, Truth in Comedy, Public Speaking, Acting, Intermediate or Advanced Photo, Video Production, American Film Experience, Pottery, AP Art History, AP Music Theory [Fundamentals]

Music Composition and Production offered Term II next year. – alternates with AP Music Theory (next offered in 2015-16)

Instrumental ensemble courses (full -year courses)– Global Music Ensemble– Jazz/Rock Ensemble– Orchestra

AP art courses count as academic courses

Advanced Visual Arts

• Four-year sequential program:• Studio Art I (term course)

• Fine Art Studio I (year course)

• Fine Art Studio II (year course)

• Fine Art Studio III (year course)

Although not recommended, it is possible to enter the program at any stage with departmental approval.

The Classics

Ancient Greek

– Greek I - IV offered

– Greek may be chosen as an 11th or 12th Grade elective

The Classics

For students exiting Latin III:– Latin IV– AP Latin: Vergil and Caesar

Fifth-level Honors course: – Latin V: Golden Age Literature Honors

SAT Subject Test after Latin III, Latin IV, AP Latin

Computer Science

Two Electives– Introduction to Programming

Term 1 Pre- or co-requisite: Math 4 or higher No programming experience expected

– Topics in Programming Term 2 Prerequisite: Introduction to Programming Project-based

English

Term I (“Shakespeare”) electives – Grade 12Heroic Figures in Literature

Literature and Moral Ideals

Love in Shakespeare’s Plays

Shakespeare and Performance

The Political Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s World

Term 2 electives – Grades 11 & 12About Poetry Dante

American Literature Dark Romanticism

Becoming Great Novels

World Literature (2 new courses) Our Mythological Heritage

Current American Literature Russian Literature

Dangerous Books Wit and Wisdom

English

May be taken as second English courses only:

– Creative Writing Offered Term 1 Grades 11 & 12

– Reading & Writing Short Stories & Memoirs Offered Term 2 Grades 11 & 12

English

• It is possible to take two English courses concurrently with departmental approval

• SAT Subject Test in spring of Grade 11 – consult with teacher(s)

• AP English Literature, AP English Language – consult with teacher(s)

English

• Students should be comfortable with all three of their choices of English electives

• Changes in English electives are not permitted once the course is underway

• Students may not enroll in both American Literature and Current American Fiction as their Term 2 electives in Grades 11 and 12

History

• Atlantic Communities II• Required year course – 10th or 11th Grade

• Atlantic Communities III• Required course (Term I or Term II) – 11th or 12th Grade• May be replaced by AP US History* or AP European

History*

*Departmental approval is required for AP US History and AP European History. Give second and third choices on course selection sheet.

History

Senior School History electives:

Term 1 Electives

• Asian Studies• Comparative Religion (NEW)

• The Holocaust and the Individual (GRADE 12 ONLY)

• AP Human Geography• 21st Century Democracy• Military History

Term 2 Electives

• Constitutional Law (NEW)

• Asian Studies• Islam and the Middle East• Introduction to Urban

Studies• Introduction to Economics

(GRADE 12 ONLY)

History

Students who take AC2 in Hopkins Summer School must take AC3 during the regular school year

Students who take AC3 in Hopkins Summer School must take a term elective in History in Grs. 11 or 12

Must indicate a second and third choice for all History electives, including AP selections

SAT Subject Test after AP US History

Mathematics

Course numbering system: – Regular (3, 4, 5…)– Enriched (13, 14, 15…)– Accelerated (… 24, 25, 26)

Refer to Table on p. 37 to determine next course in sequence

Departmental approval required for Enriched, accelerated courses

Mathematics

• Consult teacher about next Math level

• Honors electives offer post-Calculus mathematics: Math 31, Math 32

• Honors Math Seminars: designed for those students who have successfully completed our Honors electives

• Math SAT Subject Tests:

Level 1 (Math 5), Level 2 (Math 15, 25)

Modern Languages: Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish

Two “streams” for French and Spanish for levels 4 and 5– “Language”: focus on culture, history, conversation, writing– “Literature”: focus on analyzing and writing about literature

French– French 5 Language: AP course– French 5 Culture and Conversation (non-AP)– Possible to go from French 4 Literature /Cinema to AP French 5 Language– Honors courses: French 6 Honors, French 7 Honors Seminar

Spanish– Spanish 5 Language and Spanish 5 Literature: both AP courses– Spanish 5 Culture and Conversation (non-AP)

Modern Languages: Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish

Chinese and Italian– AP courses at level 4– Honors courses at levels 5 and 6

SAT Subject Test at level 4: November administration recommended

Science

Physics– More conceptual college preparatory course

– Less complex mathematical analysis

– Includes hands-on lab experience

– Does not prepare for AP Physics C course

– With Math prerequisite and departmental approval, Physics students may take AP Physics 2

– Also offered in Hopkins Summer School (departmental approval)

Science

NEW: AP Physics 1 (replaces Physics Accelerated)– Algebra-based

– Math 15 is pre- or co-requisite

– Includes hands-on lab experience

– Prerequisite for AP Physics C (calculus based) or AP Physics 2 (algebra based)

– Prepares students for AP Physics 1 exam

Science

Senior School Science electives:– Anatomy and Physiology, term 1 & 2– Contemporary Issues in Biology, term 2– Forensic Science, term 1– Introductory Biochemistry, term 1 & 2– Psychology, term 1 & 2– Applied Physics, term 1– Modern Physics, term 2– Special Topics in Physics, term 2 (discontinued after 2014-15)

AP Science Courses

Biology, Chemistry, AP Physics 1 (formerly Physics Accelerated), Physics (C), and Environmental Science

Departmental approval required

Check prerequisites

Four 55-minute classes, three 75-minute classes with labs

Scheduling Process

Blue course selection forms are due to adviser

on Thursday, February 13

Fill out entire form. Remember 2nd/3rd choices.

Request accelerated and honors sections, even if student is already enrolled in one. Department will make final decision

Scheduling Timetable

May 1 – May 25: Conflicts with student schedules resolved

June 18: Student courses sent home with grades

July 1: Deadline for all schedule inquiries

Hopkins Summer School

Apply as soon as possible

Students wishing to earn Hopkins credit for Summer School courses must submit a “Summer Study Proposal Form” by June 6

Hopkins Summer School– Catalogue online at Hopkins.edu or contact Kevin

Cronin, Summer School Director at ext. 540