The integrated Humanities course gives students the experience of each of the following four Humanities courses:
Business and Economics
Geography
Global Perspectives
History
Business and Economics, Geography and History are taught as courses on rotation. Each course is twelve weeks in length.
The course aims to make students more aware of the key personal, social and global issues inherent in the UWC philosophy. Designed to strengthen critical thinking skills this course teaches students to consider issues from a variety of perspectives and formulate educated opinions on a wide variety of issues. Students should also become more aware of the import of the UWC philosophy and be better prepared to serve as representatives of its ideals.
Course content
The course is made up of the following units:
personal identity and viewpoints
popular culture and popular media
cultural oppression and stereotyping
ethics and value systems
world religion
human rights
Skills developed
In addition to developing critical thinking skills, students have opportunities to experience inter-disciplinary connections between subjects and to practice and strengthen vital academic skills, including:
research and enquiry skills and the ability to correctly cite sources through footnotes and bibliographies
collaboration and presentation skills including formal debate
ability to formulate reasoned arguments both in essays and debates
Assessment
There are no tests or exams in Global Perspectives, instead we employ a wide variety of assessment tasks including:
creation of a personal mandala
written reflections
a formal research paper
group presentations
debates