Rhetoric School Curriculum

Ninth Grade

Theology & Philosophy
Theology I: Origins of the Way 

Literature
Epic Literature

Shakespeare / Poetry
Shakespeare’s Sonnets

History
Western Civilization I

Mathematics
Geometry

Science & Nature Studies
Biology

Foreign Language
Latin I or Latin II

Trivium Courses
Classical Rhetoric

Fine Arts
Art I, Architecture, Chamber Choir, Chorus, Theatre Arts, Yearbook

Tenth Grade

Theology & Philosophy
Theology II: Faith and Truth

Literature
British Literature

Shakespeare / Poetry
The Tempest & William Wordsworth

History
Western Civilization II

Mathematics
Algebra II

Science & Nature Studies
Chemistry

Foreign Language
Latin II or Latin III

Fine Arts
Art II, Architecture, Chamber Choir, Chorus, Creative Writing, Theatre Arts, Yearbook

 


 

Eleventh Grade

Theology & Philosophy
Theology III: Ethics: The Good Life

Literature
American Literature

Shakespeare / Poetry
Walt Whitman

History
U.S. History

Mathematics
Pre-Calculus

Science & Nature Studies
Physics

Foreign Language
Latin III, Latin IV, Spanish I

Trivium Courses
Rhetoric

Fine Arts
Art III, Architecture, Chamber Choir, Chorus, Creative Writing, Theatre Arts, Nature of Beauty, Yearbook

Twelfth Grade

Theology & Philosophy
Theology IV: Rhetoric

Literature
Modern Literature

Shakespeare / Poetry
Hamlet & T.S. Eliot

History
Economics/Government

Mathematics
Calculus, Statistics, or Scientific Revolution (Integrated Pre-Calculus & Physics)

Science & Nature Studies
Environmental Science, Anatomy & Physiology, Physics, or Scientific Revolution (Integrated Pre-Calculus & Physics) 

Foreign Language
Latin IV, AP Latin (Virgil), Spanish I, Spanish II

Trivium Courses
Rhetoric/Senior Thesis

Fine Arts
Art IV, Architecture, Chamber Choir, Chorus, Creative Writing, Theatre Arts, Nature of Beauty, Yearbook