Havergal's Uncalendar, 2020-21 Academic Year

HSB4UP – Challenge and Change in Society (AP Seminar), Grade 12, University/College Preparation, e-Learning 1 CREDIT This course focuses on the use of social science theories, perspectives and methodologies to investigate and explain shifts in knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour and their impact on society. Students will critically analyze how and why cultural, social and behavioural patterns change over time. They will explore the ideas of social theorists and use those ideas to analyze the causes of and responses to challenges such as technological change, deviance and global inequalities. Students will explore ways in which social science research methods can be used to study social change. The AP Seminar course is integrated into the HSB4U content and is a foundational course that engages students in cross- curricular conversations that explore the complexities of academic and real-world topics and issues by analyzing divergent perspectives. Using an inquiry framework, students practise reading and analyzing articles, research studies and foundational literary and philosophical texts; listening to and viewing speeches, broadcasts and personal accounts; and experiencing artistic works and performances. Students learn to synthesize information from multiple sources, develop their own perspectives in research-based written essays and design and deliver oral and visual presentations, both individually and as part of a team. Ultimately, the course aims to equip students with the power to analyze and evaluate information with accuracy and precision in order to craft and communicate evidence-based arguments. Prerequisite: Any University, University/College, or College Preparation Course in Social Sciences and Humanities, English or Canadian and World Studies Students interested in the AP Capstone Diploma program must complete HSB4UP (AP Seminar) prior to enrolling in IDC4UP (AP Research).

HZT4U – Philosophy: Questions and Theories, Grade 12, University Preparation 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 20th century. In other words, the philosopher knows this command to be unacceptable, when the very purpose of life is to ask unanswerable questions. Who am I? What do I strive for? From where and out of what material 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. Together we will explore a diverse syllabus of philosophers and their theories across 2500 years of intellectual history—from existentialism to Hellenistic ethics, from the Pre-Socratics up until the social and political theory of our day. Through the tasks of close reading, reflection and discussion, we will test the limits of our knowledge and break new ground of philosophical discovery together in HZT4U. Students need not have taken HZB3M in order to take this course. Prerequisite: Any University or University/College Preparation course in Social Sciences and Humanities, English or Canadian and World Studies

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