NCSSM COURSE CAtAlOG - North Carolina School of Science and ...

participating in the coinciding drama board theatrical production in some
capacity. No prerequisites or previous experience is required. Repeatable for
credit.
CROSS-LISTED COURSES
Courses listed below are interdisciplinary courses in drama and at least one
other subject area. Full course descriptions and credit information may be found
in the areas indicated.
IE318 Shakespeare in Performance
Read description under Interdisciplinary Elective Courses.
IE320 Science, Math, and Theater
Read description under Interdisciplinary Elective Courses.
COURSE OFFERINGS: English
Graduation requirement in English
All junior students must complete the three-trimester, interdisciplinary AS303
Writing and American Studies or AS305 American Studies, or be exempt. All
students must complete an additional two trimesters of core English credit.
Students who exempt the American Studies requirement must complete four
units of core English credit and at least two units of history or social science.
AS303a/AS303b/AS303c Writing and American Studies
One year
Credit: Two units core English credit, two units core history/social science credit,
two units core elective credit.
Prerequisite: Placement by the Dean of Humanities.
Meeting pattern: Five periods per week including lab (trimester 1), four periods
per week including lab (trimesters 2 and 3).
Writing and American Studies is a team-taught, interdisciplinary course that
teaches students to read, write, and think about history, literature, and the visual
arts as strands within the cultural fabric of the American past. The course begins
with the first European encounters with “new” lands and peoples in the late
fifteenth century. It concludes with the global economies and virtual
communities of the present. In examining the American experience from
multiple perspectives, students develop a more nuanced sense of what
America is and what it means to be an American. This course in American
Studies focuses on developing basic skills in reading, writing, and interpretation.
Working collaboratively in small groups and theirt their teachers, students hone
their skills in reading, in analyzing what they read, and in planning, developing,
and writing the academic essay with precision, insight, and eloquence. Though
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