2021-22 PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY OUR MISSION UNITE GOODNESS AND KNOWLEDGE AND INSPIRE YOUTH FROM EVERY QUARTER TO LEAD PURPOSEFUL LIVES OUR VALUES Knowledge and Goodness Youth Is the Important Period “Above all, it is expected that the attention of The “time of youth is the important period” to instill instructors to the disposition of the minds and a lasting capacity to nurture one’s self, develop morals of the youth under their charge will exceed a sense of one’s own potential and consider one’s every other care; well considering that though place in the larger whole. Our residential community goodness without knowledge is weak and feeble, encourages students to explore emerging interests yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous, — academic, artistic, athletic and extracurricular — and that both united form the noblest character, with similarly motivated peers and in the process and lay the surest foundation of usefulness to develop their values and passions and the agency [hu]mankind.” Exeter today continues the needed to carry these forward. commitment to unite knowledge and goodness. The challenges that students meet at Exeter and Non Sibi the support they receive have a common objective: to stimulate their development as individuals Non Sibi, or Not For Oneself, inscribed on Exeter’s and prepare them to lead purposeful lives. seal, attests to the philosophy that wisdom gained here should be used for others as well as for oneself. Exonians are motivated by this philosophy to face Academic Excellence the challenges of their day. Teaching and living Academic excellence is a signature strength of the principles of a just and sustainable society — Phillips Exeter Academy. In every discipline and environmentally, economically and socially — at every level within our curriculum we inspire are fundamental to this philosophy today. Exeter students to develop critical thinking skills and seek seeks to graduate young people whose ambitions complex truths. Intellectual exploration through and actions are inspired by their interest in others rigorous inquiry and thoughtful discourse at the and the world around them. Harkness table nurtures inquisitiveness, creativity, insight, empathy, independent thought and mastery In the values above, text in quotations is taken in our students. from the Academy’s Deed of Gift (1781). Youth from Every Quarter “The Academy shall ever be equally open to youth of requisite qualifcation from every quarter.” We seek to build an intentionally diverse community of students and adults. We are committed to teaching the skills, modeling the behaviors, providing the resources, and cultivating the inclusion and equity that are required to unlock the richness of that diversity. Our Harkness pedagogy is grounded in the belief that we are all better equipped to learn and to lead when our thoughts are tested by others, particularly by those whose ideas, perspectives, experiences or identities difer from our own. 2021-22 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION Table of Contents FACULTY 2020-21 I SPECIAL ON-CAMPUS OFFERINGS 77 CHOICE FORMAT ACADEMIC PROGRAM 1 FIELD COURSES SENIOR PROJECTS DESIGNING YOUR COURSE OF STUDY 1 GENERAL GUIDELINES SPECIAL OFF-CAMPUS OFFERINGS 78 GUIDELINES BY CLASS THE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, VERSHIRE, VERMONT DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS 2 SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD FOR FOUR-YEAR STUDENTS FALL TERM IN STRATFORD, ENGLAND FOR THREE-YEAR STUDENTS FALL TERM IN GRENOBLE, FRANCE FOR TWO-YEAR STUDENTS FALL TERM IN TOKYO, JAPAN FOR ONE-YEAR STUDENTS FALL TERM IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA FALL TERM IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA MEETING DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS 4 WINTER TERM IN SHENZHEN, CHINA GRADING WINTER TERM IN GÖTTINGEN, GERMANY A NOTE ABOUT COURSE DESCRIPTIONS WINTER TERM IN CALLAN, IRELAND WINTER TERM IN ROME, ITALY COURSE OFFERINGS WINTER TERM IN MADRID, SPAIN ANTHROPOLOGY 5 SPRING TERM AT THE ISLAND SCHOOL, ART 5 CAPE ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS CLASSICAL LANGUAGES 8 SPRING TERM WASHINGTON INTERN PROGRAM COMPUTER SCIENCE 14 ECONOMICS 15 ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM 82 ENGLISH 17 HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 24 NCAA AND ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS 83 HISTORY 26 INTEGRATED STUDIES 33 2021-22 SCHOOL CALENDAR 84 EXETER INNOVATION 35 MATHEMATICS 37 MODERN LANGUAGES 41 MUSIC 51 PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ATHLETICS 56 PSYCHOLOGY 61 RELIGION 61 SCIENCE 66 THEATER AND DANCE 72 TRANSITION COURSES 76 Contents dated April 9, 2021. Emeriti faculty and instructors for the 2020–21 academic year. The Courses of Instruction is printed prior to FACULTY the completion of hiring for the next academic year. Lynda Katherine Beck Patricia Walker Hindman Susan Jorgensen Herney PRINCIPAL B.S., Ph.D., Vice Principal and B.A., M.A., Instructor in B.A., M.Ed., Senior Associate William K. Rawson Instructor in Science, Emerita (1998) Mathematics and Admissions Ofcer, Director of Admissions, Associate B.A., Amherst College; J.D., — Appointed 1972 Emerita (2006) Director of Admissions, Dean of — Appointed 1987 Students, Associate Dean of Students, Stanford University School of Law; David Kenneth Dimmock Associate Director of Major Gifts, Principal B.S., M.S., Instructor in Lewis Hone Hitzrot Director of Stewardship for Major — Appointed 2018 Mathematics, Emeritus (1999) A.B., M.S., 1961 Independence Gifts, Assistant Director of Capital — Appointed 1972 Foundation Professor, Director Giving, Emerita (2009) of Admissions and Chair of the James Verner Ekstrom — Appointed 1972 PREVIOUS Department of Science, Emeritus B.S., M.Ed., Harlan Page Amen (2006) Paul Richards Mahoney PRINCIPALS Professor and Chair of the — Appointed 1974 A.B., M.Ed., Director of Financial Department of Science, Emeritus Lisa MacFarlane Aid, Director of Alumni Afairs, (1999) Nita Grace Pettigrew B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; Principal Director of Annual Giving, Dean of — Appointed 1969 B.A., M.A., Ed.M., Woodbridge Instructor and Instructor in English Students, Associate Dean of Students, Odlin Professor of English and — Appointed 2015 Everett Arthur Gilcreast Admissions Ofcer, Emeritus (2009) Chair of the Department of English, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Arthur A. — Appointed 1967 Thomas E. Hassan Emerita (2006) Seeligson ’13 Professor in Business, B.A., Ed.M., Ed.D., Director of — Appointed 1986, 1996 Robert Bruce Pruitt Economics and History, and Chair College Counseling, Director of A.B., A.M., Steyer Distinguished of the Department of History, William Edward Campbell Admissions, Dean of Admissions, Professor in History, Cordingley Emeritus (1999) B.S., M.A., Instructor in Assistant Principal, Principal Teaching Chair in History, — Appointed 1967 Mathematics, Emeritus (2007) Instructor and Instructor in Bicentennial Professor in History, — Appointed 1973 Mathematics, Emeritus (2015) Lincoln Davis Hammond Director of Studies, Chair of the — Appointed 1989; A.B., Ph.D., Instructor in Modern Barton Toby Chartof Department of History, Emeritus Appointed Principal 2009 Languages, Emeritus (1999) B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Instructor in (2009) Tyler Chapman Tingley — Appointed 1973 Mathematics and Scheduling Ofcer, — Appointed 1973 Emeritus (2007) A.B., Ed.M., Ed.D., Principal Henry Prescott James Douglas Gerson Rogers — Appointed 1984 Instructor and Instructor in English, B.F.A., M.A., Instructor in Art, B.A., M.A., M.Ed., Ph.D., Cowles Emeritus (2009) Emeritus (1999) Mariá Nieves Fernández Professor in the Humanities, Director — Appointed 1997 — Appointed 1972 M.A., M.A., Instructor in Modern of Summer School, Chair of the Languages, Emerita (2007) Department of English, Emeritus Kendra Stearns O’Donnell Barbara L. James — Appointed 1986 (2009) B.A., M.A., Ph.D., L.H.D., L.H.D., Director of Student Activities, — Appointed 1977 Principal Instructor and Instructor Emerita (2000) John Joseph Kane in English, Emerita (1997) — Appointed 1993 A.B., M.A., Instructor in English, Denis O. Brochu — Appointed 1987 Emeritus (2007) B.S., M.A., Instructor in Modern Mary Spruill Kilgore — Appointed 1973 Languages, School Year Abroad B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Vira I. Heinz Coordinator, Associate Dean of Professor and Instructor in Harvard Vaughan Knowles EMERITI FACULTY Academic Afairs, Dean of Academic Mathematics, Emerita (2002) A.B., M.A., Thomas S. and Elinor Afairs, Emeritus (2010) Colin Franklin Newell Irving — Appointed 1972 B. Lamont Professor of English and — Appointed 1983 A.M., Treasurer and Instructor in Chair of the Department of English, Werner Brandes History, Emeritus (1987) Emeritus (2007) Joseph Edward Fellows B.A., Ph.D., Wheaton J. Lane ’21 — Appointed 1946 — Appointed 1974 B.A., M.A., M.B.A., Counselor, Bicentennial Professor in the Treasurer, Chief Financial Ofcer, Clarence Robert Clements Humanities and Instructor in Kathy Nutt Nekton Emeritus (2010) Ed.M., C.A.S., George Albert Modern Languages, Emeritus (2004) B.S., M.S., Vira I. Heinz Professor — Appointed 1976, 1986 Wentworth Professor and Chair of — Appointed 1964 and Chair of the Department of the Department of Mathematics, Physical Education, Emerita (2008) John Y. Hou Christopher Townsend Emeritus (1990) — Appointed 1973 Harper B.A., M.A., M.L.S., Ph.D., — Appointed 1969 Instructor in Modern Languages, B.Sc., D.Phil., Instructor in Science Roger Armas Nekton Emeritus (2010) André Richard Vernet and Director of the Grainger B.S., M.S., Instructor in Physical — Appointed 1997 M.A., 1959 Independence Observatory, Emeritus (2004) Education, Emeritus (2008) Foundation Professor and Chair — Appointed 1984 — Appointed 1963 Jacquelyn Harvey Thomas of the Department of Modern B.A., M.Ed., James H. Ottaway William Henry Hagen Jr. John David Herney Languages, Emeritus (1994) Jr. ’55 Professor