Academics
Course Description
This course is designed to examine major news and issues of the day. The course will focus on local, national, and international events making headlines, and will utilize a variety of media to obtain different perspectives on those topics. The course is intended to teach students awareness of how news stories may directly or indirectly affect their lives, and to encourage them to become more informed young citizens as they prepare to take on the responsibilities of adulthood.
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This course is a World Literature study focusing on: short stories, poetry selections, including at least one Shakespearean play and several novels. Vocabulary study will include verbal analogies generated primarily from the readings. Students will strengthen writing skills in paragraph writing, emphasizing correct grammar, word choice, and organization. Writing projects will center on reading selections as well as expository and persuasive essays of two-three pages in length. A research paper of 5-7 pages in length is an expectation using MLA format.
This course introduces students to philosophy as the disciplined pursuit of truth through reason. The Catholic intellectual tradition provides the course’s central framework. Students will also learn about: Utilitarianism, Kantian Ethics, Materialism, Atheism, Liberalism, Socialism, and Social-Contract
Moral Theology: Principles of Moral Theology, Moral Conscience, Ethical Norms & Laws, Morality & Action, Sin & Conversion, Applications to the Moral Life through the Social Teaching of the Church & the Ten Commandments. Christian Apologetics: This is the last theology course for the seniors. In this course, they will learn to present a rational basis for Christian Doctrine. They will learn that the Christian faith is true, and that by honest reasoning, they can understand and explain this to others. The course will cover key elements of Christian doctrine: Faith & Reason, The Trinity, Jesus Christ – true God & true Man, and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
