ONLINE COURSE CATALOG SUMMER 2022 - GRADES 9-12 - Phillips Academy Andover
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ONLINE COURSE CATALOG
SUMMER 2022
GRADES 9-12CREATIVE ARTS
Digital Photography Graphic Design
Grades 9–12 Grades 9–12
Start seeing the world around you in new ways and After going virtual for school and so many other
explore the ways in which you can use your own activities, it’s about time you learned how to really use
device to document the art that surrounds you. In this it! This course introduces students to the fundamentals
course students will learn the basics of photography of graphic design on the computer and concentrates
and how to use the cameras on their own devices, on using commonly-available software programs to
then transfer their images into Adobe Photoshop, enhance their skills. Using the computer as a creative
where they can transform them by adding color and tool, students in this course will blend photography,
using the program’s many altering techniques. Through type, sound, video, animation, and interactivity. While
this class, students will gain an understanding of studying artists who utilize different media to
photography and how technology can improve their understand the elements of design, students will
images. The ultimate challenge is for students to push develop computer skills to express themselves visually.
their creative limits. Students will work on various projects, creating digital
collages, a short movie, and a website that
incorporates animation and sound.
Intensive Film Workshop
Grades 9–12
This course is designed for students interested in
making a serious commitment to expressing
themselves through the motion picture. This intensive
program leads students through an exploration of each
aspect of filmmaking, from the conception of an idea to
the final steps in editing. The course is segmented to
include film development, pre-production scheduling,
production, and editing. Students will explore the genre
of the fiction film, studying the styles and techniques of
various filmmakers. Students gain a greater film/video
vocabulary as well as a technical background allowing
them to continue with filmmaking.
eSUMMER at PHILLIPS ACADEMY 2022 9-12 COURSE CATALOGCOMPUTER SCIENCE Programming in Java Web Development Grades 9–12 Grades 9–12 Intended as an introduction to computer programming Making modern content for the web can be a using traditional coding methods, this course rewarding challenge, whether you are designing a emphasizes methodology, algorithms, data structures, personal portfolio site, a web-based game, or an code style, and the Java programming language, as advanced web-app experience. In this course, you’ll suggested by the College Board for the Advanced start from whatever knowledge you currently have Placement (AP) Computer Science exam. Students about web development and grow from there: maybe learn to design and implement computer-based you’ve never written a line of code and you would like solutions to a variety of problems. In addition, students to start from scratch, or perhaps you’re looking to design programs that are expandable and make the next best app complete with servers and understandable, and they learn how and when to write databases. We’ll learn how to build sites with HTML, code that is reusable. Although this is not an official AP CSS, and JavaScript, and then you’ll each dive into course, students are exposed to most of the topics projects that take you wherever your creativity goes. covered on the AP Computer Science exam and will learn how to create small, structured programs using the Java language. Prerequisite: successful completion of Algebra II eSUMMER at PHILLIPS ACADEMY 2022 9-12 COURSE CATALOG
ENGLISH
Digital Journalism Writing for Success: Creative Writing
Grades 9-12 Grades 9–12
This course is for students who want to explore the This course is for students who think of writing as an
intersection between storytelling, technology, and art, not just a useful skill. Students read and write in
traditional reporting – something that has become all several genres—short story, poetry, and nonfiction
the more important in recent months. Students will memoir—using the readings as models for their own
engage a variety of digital platforms—from social media work. In their writing, students are expected to develop
to podcasts to online magazine articles—to develop mastery of fundamental techniques of good writing,
stories that engage both reason and emotion. Daily from basic grammar and usage to metaphorical
reading and writing exercises will help students expand language and plot structure. Required to write daily,
their repertoire of rhetorical strategies, learn to analyze revise, and produce polished final drafts as well as
audiences, and determine which digital platforms are share in class, students begin to transform raw talent
most appropriate for various situations. Students will into true skill.
gain experience in field reporting and conducting
research, and they will build a digital portfolio of work Writing for Success: Expository
over the course of the program. Writing
Grades 9–12
Worldbuilding: Crafting Science
The most important writing course students will ever
Fiction, Fantasy and Speculative take and the most sought-after writing course at
Fiction Andover, Writing for Success emphasizes essay
Grades 9–12 composition as a craft and exposes students to
Immerse yourself in another world for the summer different uses and combinations of rhetorical modes,
– or many different worlds! In this class, we will including definition, description, narration, process,
comparison, and analysis. Over the course of the
read, analyze, and discuss a variety of science
program, students practice constructing effective
fiction and fantasy short stories in order to inspire sentences and paragraphs to suit a variety of topics,
different planets, magic systems, and creatures. audiences, and aims. By writing every day as well as
We'll get our own creative juices flowing, reading and discussing the style and mechanics of
extrapolating geography, languages, political published essays, students experience writing as a
systems, social structures, and scientific rewardingly rigorous, recursive, and creative process
discoveries, as we write stories based on the that involves brainstorming, planning, composing,
worlds we build. editing, reverse outlining, and constructive peer review.
Writing the College Essay
Grades 10–12
This course will move students through the
brainstorming, drafting, and revision process to create
a set of polished essays that can be used during the
college application process. Focusing on the prompts
released by the Common Application as well as
addressing common short-answer questions, this
course will support students in creating essays that
represent their individual personalities and ambitions.
Students will be required to write daily, participate in
workshop activities and critiques, and reflect on their
own life experiences.
eSUMMER at PHILLIPS ACADEMY 2022 9-12 COURSE CATALOGENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING INSTITUTE
ELL Core Course ELL: Speak Up!
Grades 9–12 Grades 9–12
Students in the ELL core course are divided into levels In this ELL course, students engage in a variety of
according to the results of an online placement exercises to improve their proficiency in conversational
process. Classes are offered to meet the needs of English, requiring the development of their own and
students who are highly proficient in English as well as viewing of peers’ videos on a regular basis. Recitation
those who need more practice and support. (A of poetry, argumentative debates, and
beginner-level course is not offered; students should extemporaneous and prepared speeches place
have scored above 450 on the paper-based TOEFL, students at the center of the learning process and
above 133 on the TOEFL CBT, or above 45 on the expand both the breadth and depth of their spoken
TOEFL iBT.) While all classes stress the development English. In order to increase students’ comfort in a
of competencies in the skills of reading, writing, broad range of situations, topics for the various
listening, and speaking, close attention is paid to activities range from the mundane to the profound.
individual needs. Students are exposed to a wide Some exercises revolve around practical everyday
variety of English materials and are expected to situations, while others involve discussing topics on a
understand and respond to course materials that deeper intellectual level. Students are challenged to
include, but are not limited to, American literature– employ new vocabulary, converse using complex
based texts across a broad range of genres, films, sentence structures, and express difficult ideas. They
articles, and nonfiction. Classes are small and highly work on pronunciation skills. Recognizing the key role
individualized, with substantial interaction scheduled of listening in any meaningful conversation, the course
over the summer with teachers and peers. also focuses extensively on listening skills. This course
is designed for students who are not comfortable
ELL: Preparing for the TOEFL speaking with native speakers of English and/or those
Grades 9–12 who have not had many opportunities to speak
English.
The purpose of this class is to help students improve
their performance on the Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL). Four different means of language
skill acquisition and improvement are utilized: reading,
writing, listening, and speaking. After a general
introduction to the test format, each section of the
TOEFL (Listening Comprehension; Written Expression
and Speaking Ability; and Reading Comprehension) is
considered in detail. Students will read selections from
various newspaper and magazine sources and
practice extensively in a test preparation text. This
course is designed for high-intermediate–level students
whose goals include studying at a U.S. college or
university.
eSUMMER at PHILLIPS ACADEMY 2022 9-12 COURSE CATALOGHUMANITIES Money, Economy, and Society Grades 9–12 Our lives are impacted by economic forces in surprising and powerful ways. Learn to appreciate these forces and you’ll make smarter personal decisions and better sense of the world around you. What constitutes a “fair price” when you purchase a new iPhone? Why is LeBron James paid forty million dollars a year to play basketball when a nurse or firefighter is paid forty thousand dollars a year to save human lives? Is it possible to bring manufacturing jobs back to America by placing tariffs on Chinese imports? Can we reduce income inequality by taxing the rich and writing checks to the poor? Why is a stay-at- home-mom who cares for her children and cleans the house classified by economists as “unproductive”? To answer these and many more questions, we trace the main currents of economic thought from Adam Smith and Karl Marx to Marilyn Waring and Thomas Piketty. eSUMMER at PHILLIPS ACADEMY 2022 9-12 COURSE CATALOG
MATHEMATICS
Topics in Intermediate Algebra and
Calculus Precalculus*
Grades 10–12 Grades 10-12
This course is designed for students who have This course reviews and reinforces math skills found in
successfully completed two years of algebra and a the Algebra II curriculum, providing an appropriate
yearlong precalculus course that includes trigonometry. selection for students seeking both to supplement their
It is an accelerated mathematics course for strong Algebra II instruction or prepare for their upcoming Pre-
math students and covers many of the topics in the Calculus or Calculus courses. Individualized instruction
Advanced Placement curriculum, including limits and based on performance on an online placement test will
continuity, derivatives and their applications, indefinite address topics including linear systems of equations,
and definite integrals, techniques and applications of linear functions, quadratic functions, polynomial
integration, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. functions, logarithmic functions, and radical functions.
This course will lay the foundation for future study of Additional topics may include sequences and series,
mathematics, physics, engineering, and other STEM counting and probability, matrices, and partial fractions,
fields. The course is organized with an eye toward based on students’ progress over the course of the
providing support for students to work at their own summer.
pace. After completing a set of 7 modules, each of
Prerequisite: successful completion of one year of
which is assessed through an online quiz designed to
algebra
provide immediate feedback to both students and the
instructor, students will take a culminating exam
consisting of multiple-choice and free-response
*PLEASE NOTE: All students registering for a math
questions designed to prepare them for the level of
course will be required to take an online placement
rigor of the Advanced Placement exam. Successful
exam to assess math level & ability, and to ensure
students will be well-prepared to complete the study of
appropriate placement
Calculus during the 2022-23 school year.
Prerequisite: successful completion of two years of
algebra and one year of trigonometry
Topics in Algebra*
Grades 9-10
A perfect choice for students in the first two years of
their high school careers, this course will provide a
deep introduction to the necessary algebraic concepts
that will support future mathematical success. Topics
will include fundamental concepts of Algebra, graphing
and solving linear and quadratic functions, solving
systems of linear equations and properties of
exponents. Utilizing an individualized approach based
on student performance on an initial baseline
assessment and subsequent gateway assessments,
instruction and practice will lead students through the
content at their own pace.
eSUMMER at PHILLIPS ACADEMY 2022 9-12 COURSE CATALOGSCIENCE Applied Physics: Astronomy The Art of Biological Form & Grades 9–12 Function Modern astronomy is a quest for a greater Grades 9–12 understanding of the evolution and diversity of the A remote learning course that merges the formal study universe, as well as an application of critical thinking of biology with artistic expression. Students will be skills to broader questions in physics, chemistry, introduced to major biological themes and develop an biology, and environmental science. This class understanding of cell structure and function, cellular examines the current state of the science as well as energetics, cell communication and cell cycle, and future avenues of research and discovery. Topics gene expression and regulation. Following a general include traditional areas of emphasis, such as the introduction of concepts, creative teams will be electromagnetic spectrum, light, telescopes, navigating assembled, and content of specific interest will be the night sky, solar system formation, the planets, selected and explored more comprehensively. global climate change, comets and asteroids, the sun, Ultimately, using various techniques and mediums, a and the lifecycle of stars. We also apply a critical mastery of biological interconnectedness will be analysis to the broader questions that include the communicated through the creation of polished artistic search for life in the universe and connections to life on works and written perspectives. this planet. We keep a close eye on current research and examine the history of science through the eyes of non-conventional thinkers, including Einstein and Galileo. Lastly, we examine some of the more exotic subjects that are stretching the limits of modern science, such as black holes, ion propulsion, dark energy, and life in extreme environments. Throughout the session, students engage the science critically and capture a snapshot of this emerging field of science. eSUMMER at PHILLIPS ACADEMY 2022 9-12 COURSE CATALOG
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