Intensive Courses

This course combines two great topics, economics and U.S. government.  This course is a great introduction to the foundational principles of world economics and an overview of U.S. government.

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Topic Highlights:

• US Supreme Court cases
• The Constitution & Bill of Rights
• Structure of U.S. Congress
• GDP & Trade
• Aggregate Supply & Demand
• Inflation calculation

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*  B2 + level of English or higher required

Details:

• Duration: 8 weeks
• Classes: 2.5 hours, M-F
• Credits: 1 Social Studies credit 
• 72 hours of live instruction 

This course provides a detailed investigation of literary techniques and devices using classics from American and English literature as examples. It explains how to recognize these techniques and to incorporate them into writing.  It also presents strategies for expanding vocabulary through reading and skills for advanced writing.

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*  B2 + level of English or higher required

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Details:

• Duration: 8 weeks
• Classes: 2.5 hours, M-F
• Credits: 1 English credit 

High School English II provides tools for students to achieve college-readiness in understanding and correctly using the conventions of standard English, with focus on literary techniques, vocabulary, and grammar. The course draws from literature classics to give students practice in identifying and incorporating these conventions.

Course topics include:

• Elements of Short Story
• Writing Science Fiction and Mystery
• Writing Biography, Autobiography, and Memoirs
• Grammar and Vocabulary
• Writing Personal, Expository, and Persuasive Essays
• Writing Persuasive Speeches
• Form, Language, Imagery, and Sound Devices in Poetry
• Drama – Comedy and Tragedy
• English II is A-G Approved through the University of California.

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Details:

• Duration: 8 weeks
• Classes: 2.5 hours, M-F
• Credits: 1 English credit 
• 72 hours of live instruction 

American Literature-English III uses the works of the masters to give the student a well-rounded look at American Literature, beginning with Native American lore and continuing on through the Modernist Movement. Sprinkled with strategically-placed morsels of grammar and style, this course enhances the student’s ability to enjoy and produce literature.

Course topics include:

• Early America
• Genres of Writing
• American Romanticism
• (The Transcendentalists)
• American Romanticism (Gothic Literature)
• Regionalism and Realism
• The Modernist Movement
• Annotated Bibliography 

American Literature-English III is A-G Approved through the University of California.

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Details:

• Duration: 8 weeks
• Classes: 2.5 hours, M-F
• Credits: 1 English credit 
• 72 hours of live instruction 

This course provides a detailed investigation of literary techniques and devices using classics from American and English literature as examples. It explains how to recognize these techniques and to incorporate them into writing.  It also presents strategies for expanding vocabulary through reading and skills for advanced writing.

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*  B2 + level of English or higher required

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Details:

• Duration: 8 weeks
• Classes: 2.5 hours, M-F
• Credits: 1 English credit
• 72 hours of live instruction