School of Rhetoric

The course of study is to serve as a guide for what a student may take during 4 years of online Christian high school at Wilson Hill Academy. Please see the Graduation Requirements for a list of required courses. Advanced Placement^® courses are marked with AP^®.  Note also that there are two “tracks” in Math and Science, determined primarily by whether the student has completed Algebra 1 before the 9th grade.

	Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11	Grade 12
Humanities
Integrated History, Literature & Theology	The Great Conversation 3	The Great Conversation 4	The Great Conversation 5	The Great Conversation 6
	The Great Conversation 1+4 *
Composition **	Advanced Composition 1 (one day per week)	Advanced Composition 2 (one day per week)	(integrated with Rhetoric)
	Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Logic & Rhetoric	Logic 1 (along with Composition)	Logic 2 (along with Composition)	Rhetoric 1	Rhetoric 2/ Senior Thesis
Electives
	Literature		Get to Know Fyodor Dostoevsky Modern Literature & Thought
	History ***		AP US History US Government & Economics
	Fine Arts	AP Art History
Math
‣ Advanced	Geometry	Algebra 2	Pre-Calclulus/ Trigonometry and/or AP Statistics	AP Calculus and/or AP Statistics
‣ Basic	Algebra 1	Geometry	Algebra 2	AP Statistics
Science
‣ Advanced	Physics 1 (Honors)	Chemistry (Honors)	AP Chemistry and/or Biology (Honors)	AP Physics and/or AP Biology
‣ Basic	Physics 1	Chemistry	Biology
Languages
‣ Latin	Latin 3	AP Latin	Greek 1
‣ Spanish	Spanish 1	Spanish 2	Spanish 3	AP Spanish
‣ French	French 1	French 2	French 3	French 4
‣ Greek	Greek 1	Greek Readings (can be repeated for credit)

* The Great Conversation 1+4 is recommended for students who are new to Wilson Hill Academy and have not been exposed to Homer and other writers from the classical period.  Note that it is a year long course to be taken in either 9th OR 10th grade. It is not a 2 year course.

** Advanced Composition 1 & 2 constitute the recommended sequence for continuing students.  These classes meet once weekly and focus on the writing process. Fundamentals of Academic Writing is recommended for students who are new to the Wilson Hill Academy composition sequence or who have completed LA4 but need more confidence and practice. Composition is integrated into the Rhetoric 1 & 2 sequence in grades 11 & 12.  See individual course description pages for more detail.

*** Note that the US Government & Economics is a combination class intended to satisfy state requirements for one semester for each area.  The two subjects are taught in a unified manner, but the focus is on government in the fall and economics in the spring. AP^® US History will replace the previously-offered US History Survey course beginning 2024.  For purposes of meeting graduation requirements, AP^®Art History is counted as a Fine Arts elective (not History).

July, 2024

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