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		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.

** 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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