Main Course Topics
College Essay Boot CampIn our first project of the year, we will be tackling the very real problem of how to make colleges like you in 300-500 words. For the first two weeks of class, we will engage in a college-essay boot camp. This will allow me to get a baseline assessment on your writing skills, and will allow you to knock a major task off your college application to-do list.
For those overachievers (who have already finished their essays) and iconoclasts (who are taking a different path) out there, you will have the option to write a scholarship essay, or to work on a piece of narrative non-fiction to hone your writing skills. |
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Class and Inequality in the USPerhaps the last forbidden topic of conversation in the United States is social and economic class. We are, as a society, profoundly uncomfortable discussing this issue, which is unfortunate, as it lies at the heart of many of our societal beliefs and political policies.
In this project, we will learn to live with this discomfort, as we interrogate the realities of socioeconomic class and inequality in the United States. We will be looking at what defines class, what the experiences are the shape the attitudes, values, and actions of people in different classes, and ultimately, examining the complex interplay between individual choices and structural factors that create the US class system. |
Senior ProjectOkay, this is the big one! For the entire second semester, you will exploring a topic of your choosing, both through academic research and writing, and through a self designed project. Your senior project will have three main parts:
Start thinking of ideas now, because you will cycle through many of them before you end up on your final topic. Don't be like the plant guy |
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