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Courses of Instruction Phillips Exeter Academy seeks students who combine intellectual curiosity, academic ability and tenacity. Throughout the Academy’s 239 years we have placed emphasis on uniting goodness and knowledge, and that remains true today. Because learning at Exeter arises largely from each individual’s engagement with others, the richness of education here requires diversity in all its dimensions. Students and teachers value — and grow from — the differences they bring to the community they share. This celebration of diversity is found in the many courses we offer, and it is reflected in the desire that students be given room to explore their unique interests and realize their potential. In addition to a broad selection of classes in cornerstone subject areas, the Academy offers unique choices such as Social Innovation, Humans and the Environment and 3-D Design. Please read through the following pages, contemplate new directions and seek fresh challenges. Enjoy the process of selection and the adventure in your learning. 2020-21 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION TABLE OF CONTENTS ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION 1 SPECIAL ON-CAMPUS OFFERINGS 74 CHOICE FORMAT DESIGNING YOUR COURSE OF STUDY 1 FIELD COURSES GENERAL GUIDELINES SENIOR PROJECTS GUIDELINES BY CLASS SPECIAL OFF-CAMPUS OFFERINGS 75 DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS 2 THE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, FOR FOUR-YEAR STUDENTS VERSHIRE, VERMONT FOR THREE-YEAR STUDENTS SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD FOR TWO-YEAR STUDENTS FALL TERM IN STRATFORD, ENGLAND FOR ONE-YEAR STUDENTS FALL TERM IN GRENOBLE, FRANCE FALL TERM IN TOKYO, JAPAN MEETING DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS 4 FALL TERM IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA GRADING FALL TERM IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA A NOTE ABOUT COURSE DESCRIPTIONS WINTER TERM IN SHENZHEN, CHINA WINTER TERM IN GÖTTINGEN, GERMANY COURSE OFFERINGS WINTER TERM IN CALLAN, IRELAND ANTHROPOLOGY 5 WINTER TERM IN ROME, ITALY ART 5 WINTER TERM IN MADRID, SPAIN CLASSICAL LANGUAGES 8 SPRING TERM AT THE ISLAND SCHOOL, COMPUTER SCIENCE 14 CAPE ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS ECONOMICS 15 SPRING TERM WASHINGTON INTERN PROGRAM ENGLISH 16 HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 24 ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM 79 HISTORY 26 INTEGRATED STUDIES 32 NCAA AND ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS 80 EXETER INNOVATION 35 MATHEMATICS 36 2020-21 SCHOOL CALENDAR 81 MODERN LANGUAGES 40 MUSIC 49 PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ATHLETICS 53 PSYCHOLOGY 58 RELIGION 59 SCIENCE 64 THEATER AND DANCE 70 TRANSITION COURSES 73 Contents dated July 30, 2020. Updated information can be viewed online: exeter.edu/coi. according to the judgment of the Dean of Students ACADEMIC Office, in consultation with the Academic Advising Committee or department chairs. Due to the complicated nature of the scheduling process, INSTRUCTION requests for specific schedules or free formats will not be granted. Phillips Exeter Academy prepares students for a The number of students in any course may be lifetime of learning. Our four-year college preparatory limited; any announced course for which the program accepts students for admission in each of the enrollment is deemed insufficient may be withdrawn. four high school classes. Exeter also admits a select number of high school graduates seeking an un- matched experience in one year of postgraduate study. GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR DESIGNING YOUR COURSE Exeter’s curriculum and diploma requirements seek OF STUDY to balance breadth of exposure and in-depth pursuit of a student’s strongest interests. All students who All students must take five academic courses and a physical education course each term, totaling six credits per term and 18 attend the school for more than one year will experi- credits per year. Exceptions are limited to the following: ence coursework in seven different academic areas. ■ Students enrolled in music lessons or ensembles may reduce their academic load using the “Music Option.” A student may do this in the final term of accumulating a full credit DESIGNING from consecutive courses. The student would still be enrolled in four full-credit academic courses and the music lesson YOUR COURSE or ensemble. (See the Music section on page 49 for more details.) Students may not use the Health Option and the OF STUDY Music Option concurrently. ■ Students may decide to drop physical education for one term in each of the lower, upper and senior years by registering for After indicating their choice of courses, newly Choice Format before the deadline in the preceding term. accepted students customize their individual ■ No student may take academic courses (excluding physical educational program with the Registrar’s Office. education) totaling more than five credits in a given term. Each April, all 9th, 10th and 11th graders meet with Exceptions are limited to the following: their advisers to plan their programs of study for the Students will earn one-third of a credit each term for following year. Whatever their class, students take the required health and human development courses, in courses as warranted by placement examination addition to the other five required academic courses. results and/or previous training. Newly admitted students may write placement examinations at Students enrolled in music lessons, ensembles or some home. If it seems advisable, a student may be Exeter Innovation courses are eligible to earn up to an additional two-thirds credit for those courses. dropped back, or promoted to a more advanced course, during the term. The Academy makes every effort to meet students’ and parents’ requests for programs of study, but it reserves the right to place students in courses 1 Courses of Instruction | 2020–21 GUIDELINES FOR COURSE DESIGN, HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: Five 1/3 credit courses, earned through completion of HHD 110, 120, 240, 340 BY CLASS and 490.* 9th Grade: To be admitted as a four-year student, a candidate must have successfully completed the eighth grade in another HISTORY: Six term credits: one 200-level course, one 300-level school. Ninth graders ordinarily take English 100, 210 and 220, course and three 400-level courses. The sixth course may be at mathematics, and a foreign language (classical or modern). They any level; however, the courses taken must include at least one of choose their other courses from those listed in this catalog. the following: 200, 202, 205, 206, 207, 208, 305, 307, 308, 309, 502, 556, 558, 560, 563, 565, 566, 567, 577, 586 and 587. ** 10th Grade (Lower): To be admitted as a three-year student, MATHEMATICS: Nine term credits, or pass a mathematics a candidate must have successfully completed the ninth grade course numbered 330 or higher. in another school. Lowers take English 310, 320 and 330, and, ordinarily, mathematics and a foreign language (classical or modern). PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Nine term credits, including three They choose their other courses from those listed in this catalog. terms of the 9th-Grade Physical Education Program. One term on a varsity or junior varsity team is equivalent to one term of 11th Grade (Upper): To be admitted as a two-year student, a 9th-grade physical education. Students may elect to take either candidate must have successfully completed the 10th grade in two or three terms of physical education or athletics in each another school. Uppers take English 410, 420 and 430. They choose of the lower, upper and senior years. A student who chooses to their other courses from those listed in this catalog. participate in physical education/athletics for two terms must enroll in Choice Format (CHF001) for the third term. Lowers must 12th Grade (Senior): To be admitted as a one-year student, a receive permission from their adviser to enroll in Choice Format. candidate must have successfully completed the 11th or 12th grade in another school. Seniors take two term credits of English at the RELIGION: Two term credits. 500 level. One-year seniors design academic programs with their advisers in consultation with the offices of the Dean of Students and SCIENCE: Six term credits: three term credits of biology and College Counseling. The programs will reflect consideration of the either three term credits of chemistry or three term credits of subjects studied at previous secondary schools, college admission physics. For most students this will mean taking an introductory requirements, and the desirable breadth and depth of study called biology sequence and either an introductory chemistry or an for in Exeter’s four-year program. To rank as a senior, a student must introductory physics sequence. be following a program of study that will permit completion of the diploma requirements in three terms. DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS FOR THREE-YEAR STUDENTS DIPLOMA ARTS: Two term credits from art, music or theater. One term must be in a studio or performance course. CLASSICAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES: Seven term credits REQUIREMENTS in the same language, or pass Language 400 or higher. In Latin or Greek, students must earn seven term credits or pass LAT400, LAT531 or GRK531. DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS FOR ENGLISH: Eight term credits. Students must complete the FOUR-YEAR STUDENTS sequence 310, 320, 330, 410, 420, 430 and 500, in addition to ARTS: Three term credits. Two terms must be in studio one term credit at the 500 level in the senior year. and/or performance courses. At least two areas must be studied from among art, music or theater. HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: Four 1/3 credit courses, earned through completion of HHD 210, 240, 340 CLASSICAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES: Nine term credits in and 490.* the same language, or pass Language 400 or higher. In Latin or Greek, students must earn nine term credits or pass LAT400, LAT531 or HISTORY: Five term credits: one 300-level course and three GRK531. 400-level courses. The fifth course may be at any level; however, the courses taken must include at least one of the COMPUTER SCIENCE: One term credit. following: 200, 202, 205, 206, 207, 208, 305, 307, 308, 309, 502, 556, 558, 560, 563, 565, 566, 567, 577, 586 and 587.
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