English The English curriculum
teaches students to read perceptively, write clearly,
and speak confidently. Students study a variety of classic
and contemporary texts in different genres by authors
from around the world.
For our international
students, English as a Second Language courses are offered
in English, history, and religion.
English 9 – Introduction
to Literature and Composition English 10 – Literature
and Composition II English 11 – American Literature
American Studies (Interdisciplinary English and History)
AP English Language
English 12 – Senior Seminars:
Adolescence in
Psychology, Literature,
Philosophy, and Film
Classics of Continental Literature
Getting Outdoors: The American Nature Essay Writing the
Future: Science Fiction as Cultural Criticism
Good and Evil in Philosophy and Literature
Hamlet and King Lear
Memorable Women in Literature
Narrative Craft: Short Story Writing
Poetry: Writing and Analysis
Shock of the New: Modernist Literature and
Artistic Culture
Southern Literature
Tolstoy or Dostoevsky?
The Senior Project The Shakespearean Wiseguys:
The Fool, The Braggard, and the Cynic
AP English Literature
Journalism
Twentieth-Century Cultures (Interdisciplinary Drama, Art,
and Film)
English as a Second Language (Three levels)
Reading and Composition
Literature and Composition
Advanced Literature and Composition