School of Rhetoric

The course of study is to serve as a guide for what a student may take during 4 years of high school at Wilson Hill Academy. Please see the Graduation Requirements for a list of required courses. Advanced Placement^® courses are marked with AP^®.  Note also that there are two “tracks” in Math and Science, determined primarily by whether the student has completed Algebra 1 before the 9th grade.  The Honors Track is shown below.

	Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11	Grade 12
Humanities
History, Literature, Theology	The Great Conversation 3	The Great Conversation 4	The Great Conversation 5	The Great Conversation 6
New to WHA*	The Great Conversation 1+4 Fundamentals of Academic Writing		The Great Conversation 5	The Great Conversation 6
English Composition	Advanced Composition 1	Advanced Composition 2
History Electives		US History: War for American Independence US Government: Foundations
Literature Electives	Get to Know CS Lewis Get to Know J R R Tolkien		Get to Know Fyodor Dostoevsky Modern Literature & Thought
Logic & Rhetoric	Logic 1 **	Logic 2	Rhetoric 1	Rhetoric 2/ Senior Thesis
Math
Advanced	Geometry	Algebra 2	Pre-Calclulus/ Trigonometry and/or AP Statistics	AP Calculus and/or AP Statistics
Basic	Algebra 1	Geometry	Algebra 2	AP Statistics
Science
Advanced	Physics 1 (Honors)	Pre-AP Chemistry	AP Chemistry and/or Honors Biology	AP Physics and/or AP Biology
Basic	Physics 1	Chemistry	Biology
Languages
Latin	Latin 3	Latin Readings	AP Latin
Spanish	Spanish 1	Spanish 2	Spanish 3	AP Spanish
French	French 1	French 2
Greek	Greek 1	Greek Readings (can be repeated for credit)
Fine Arts	AP Art History

* The Great Conversation 1+4 is an option for students who are new to Wilson Hill Academy and have not been exposed to Homer and other writers from the classical period.  Fundamentals of Academic Writing is recommended for students who are new to the Wilson Hill Academy composition sequence or who have completed LA4 but need more confidence and practice.

** Logic 1 may be taken in the 8th grade, but we have found that students often benefit from waiting until 9th grade for this course.

January 21, 2020

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