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Humanities & Arts Signature Program

Humanities & Arts Signature Program. For students who are passionate about literature, history, languages, art, theatre, music…!. A unique, flexible, and challenging course of study.

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Humanities & Arts Signature Program

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  1. Humanities & Arts Signature Program For students who are passionate about literature, history, languages, art, theatre, music…!

  2. A unique, flexible, and challenging course of study • Special enriched sections of 9th/10th /11th Grade Honors/AP English and Social Studies for H&A students only • Field trips, artists-in-residence, workshops, speaker series, and film festival • Specialty H&A courses such as Law, Film Studies, Mock Trial, History of Rock’n’Roll, and Creative Writing

  3. Course Requirements: Humanities Focus • (4) English* • (3) Social Studies* • (4) Foreign Language • (1.5) Fine Arts • (2) Additional Electives (may be in any of the four major humanities or arts disciplines) • (1) Specialty Electives • (.5)Senior Seminar (fall of senior year) • *all H&A students are enrolled in special cohorted classes of English and Social Studies

  4. Course Requirements: Arts Focus • (4) English* • (3) Social Studies* • (4 or 5) Fine Arts • (3 or 4)Foreign Language • (.5)Specialty Elective • (.5)Senior Seminar (fall of senior year) • *all H&A students are enrolled in special cohorted classes of English and Social Studies

  5. Off-Campus Experience • We believe that these experiences are critical to the understanding of the humanities and arts in culture and society • Students must complete one off-campus experience during the program: • An internship • A study abroad experience • A university summer program (arts focus students may also use music lessons or art experiences for the OCE)

  6. Study Abroad • Requirements: • at least 10 days • Must be in a foreign country • Must be educational in nature • Not a family vacation

  7. Trip Examples • Trips Offered through Wootton in 2010: • China (two weeks, host families) • Greece and Italy • Australia and New Zealand • Costa Rica • France and Spain • Outside programs! • People to People • Israel Heritage trips • Etc.

  8. University Program • Requirements • Two-week program • On Campus (may be residential or not) • Take a Humanities or Arts-based course • Examples: Creative Writing at Duke, Summer of Discovery at U of Michigan, Yale Exploration, Journalism at UMD

  9. H&A Internships • Requirements: • 150 hours • At a humanities or arts based place of business • Supervisor may not be a family member • May be done during the summer OR during your senior year • Examples: Smithsonian Museums, law offices, Mont. Co. Circuit Court, interior design firm, Library of Congress, political campaigns

  10. Senior Independent Project • The Humanities & Arts Program experience culminates in the Senior Independent Project (SIP). Students choose • extended research essay (18-20 pages) OR • major art project with a short research essay (8-10 pages) • Prepares students for the independent research, writing, and oral presentation skills expected by universities • students give an oral defense of their work to a faculty panel

  11. Extended Essay Samples • “WuliwyaSuyu: The Survival of Indigenous Ethnicity and Language in Bolivia” • “Clinging to Cymraeg: National Identity and the Welsh Language” • “Working Class Hero: Society’s Distortion of the John Lennon’s Legacy” • “At the Keyhole to Eternity: The Implications of Immortality on the Human Race”

  12. Short Essay/Creative ProjectsSamples • “A Comparative Study of the Keyboard Preludes of Bach and Chopin” (Piano Performance) • “A More “Catholic” Approach to Sacred Music in Public School Music Education: Is Secular Multicultural Music the Answer?” (Middle School Choral Performance) • “Women of Will: The Outspoken Women of Shakespeare’s Comedies” (Dramatic Performance)

  13. Class of 2009 Statistics 58 Graduates H&A GPA Avg.: 3.61 Avg. # H&A AP: 5.03 • 2009 Graduates who went to top-tier universities: 25 !! • Including Harvard, U Penn, Oberlin, Berkeley, USC, Georgetown, NYU, UMCP, Vanderbilt

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