Havergal's Uncalendar, 2016-2017 Academic Year

HHG4Me – Issues in Human Growth and Development, Grade 12, University/College Preparation 1 CREDIT This course offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of human development throughout a lifespan. Students will learn about a range of theoretical perspectives on human development. They will examine threats to healthy development as well as protective factors that promote resilience. Students will learn about physical, cognitive and social-emotional development from the prenatal period through old age and will develop their research and inquiry skills by investigating issues related to human development. (Plus AP Psychology Preparation) Prerequisite: Any University or University/College or College Preparation course in Social Sciences and Humanities, English or Canadian and World Studies This full AP course will prepare students to write the AP Psychology exam in May. HSB4Ue – Challenge and Change in Society, Grade 12, University/College Preparation, eLearning 1 CREDIT This online course examines the theories and methodologies used in anthropology, psychology and sociology to investigate and explain shifts in knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour and their impact on society. Students will analyse cultural, social and biological patterns in human societies, looking at the ways in which those patterns change over time. Students will also explore the ideas of classical and contemporary social theorists, and will apply those ideas to the analysis of contemporary trends. Prerequisite: Any University, University/College, or College Preparation Course in Social Sciences and Humanities, English or Canadian and World Studies 1 CREDIT Charles Schultz, the creator of the enduring comic strip Peanuts , once had his beloved worrier Charlie Brown tell his reader to, “never lie in bed at night asking yourself questions you can’t answer.” That the comedic impossibility of this request should strike the reader with surprise is assured— Peanuts is one of the most philosophic works of art of the 20 th century—but to the philosopher it would appear unacceptable: life is about asking unanswerable questions. What is the purpose of life? Who am I? Out of what material and from where did everything come from? How can I be good? How can I be sure about my most fundamental beliefs? How can I even be sure that I exist at all, or that this isn’t just a dream? These are just some of the questions that might keep us up at night. For this reason, we will draw them out into the daylight and interrogate them on their own grounds in our course. To reflect on and to find answers to these questions, philosophy has established a long tradition of disciplined thinking. Philosophical inquiry assumes that if we are really going to know or, at least, begin to understand something, then we must be prepared to think as clearly and thoroughly as possible about it. In this tradition, this course will serve as a broad survey of Western philosophy: from the time of the Pre-Socratics, through to the enlightened Europe, up until our present day. Through the task of close reading, reflection and debate we will test the limits of our knowledge and break new ground of philosophical discovery together in HZT4U. Prerequisite: Any University or University/College Preparation course in Social Sciences and Humanities, English or Canadian and World Studies HZT4U – Philosophy: Questions and Theories, Grade 12, University Preparation

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