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Course Work
Course Work
Students earning the Global Scholars Endorsement program must complete a minimum of seven courses throughout their high school career that have been identified by the Global Education Team as having a strong global focus aligned with the four Domains of Global Competence.
Students can begin engaging in these courses as soon as their 9th grade year, and are encouraged to complete their final course: Global Scholar's Capstone during their senior year.
Explore our Globally Focused Courses and potential student schedules below!
Explore our Globally Focused Courses
Explore our Globally Focused Courses
Identified here are 25+ courses that encourage students to engage in developing global competence on a regular basis. Each of these courses can be used to fulfill one of the seven minimum courses that must be completed. All students are required to engage in the Global Scholars Capstone course.
Arts
Arts
Acapella
Art Survey* New for SY 25-26
AP Art and Design
Drama 1
Women's Chorale
Career Tech+ Family Consumer Sciences
Career Tech+ Family Consumer Sciences
Culinary II
Hospitality and Tourism
English
English
Advanced Newspaper Journalism
AP Literature and Composition
Humanities
Poetry
Math
Math
Intro to Probability and Statistics
AP Statistics + Probability * New for SY 25-26
Science
Science
AP Environmental Science
Earth Science
Environmental Science* New for SY 25-26
Social Studies
Social Studies
AP Comparative Government
Global Issues and Current Events
Philosophy
Social Issues
Sociology
TED-Ed
World Religions
Global Scholars Capstone- REQUIRED
Global Scholars Capstone- REQUIRED
What is the Global Scholars Capstone?
The Global Scholars Capstone course serves as an opportunity for students to embody all that it means to be a Highlander. Students will engage in authentic experiential learning and develop social awareness as they investigate the world and recognize perspectives that are different from their own. Collaborating with their teacher mentor and experts from a variety of fields, students will design and implement their action research project to address an issue of global importance. Students may take the lens of global issues, global action; or global issues, local action.
Throughout the course, students engage in a self-selected semester long action-oriented research project adressing issues of global concern.
Students engage in rigorous reserach to develop a deep understanding of the problem, before drawing conclusions and proposing potential solutions.
Scholars then meet with experts to review their solution plan and revise it before putting their hard work into action. Please note, snce these are issues of global importance, many experts live outside of the US, most of these will be done virtually.
And finally, it's time to take action! Students will deploy their project into the world to have a real and lasting global impact.
Scholars wrap up their year with a Flash Talk, in which they present the highlights of their project to the broader community.
Interested in Earning the Endorsement?
Interested in Earning the Endorsement?
Sample Schedule: 9th
Sample Schedule: 9th
Global 9th Grade: 0-1 Globally Focused Courses
Global 9th Grade: 0-1 Globally Focused Courses
In your 9th grade year, concentrate on:
Completing all pre-requisite core classes
Include a World Language level 1 or 2 in your schedule- this sets you up to take levels 3 and 4 to count toward the endorsement!
Take an Art and PE course to be eligible for those electives your sophomore year.
Consider Adding in these Global courses as your "Electives":
Drama 1
Global Studies and Current Events
Sample Schedules: 10th
Sample Schedules: 10th
10th Grade: Select 2-3 Globally Focused Courses
10th Grade: Select 2-3 Globally Focused Courses
In your 10th grade year, concentrate on:
Completing your core classes
World Language Level 2 (or 3!)
Consider Adding these Global Courses as your "Electives"
Earth Science
Global Issues and Current Events
Women's Chorale
Yoga 1
Sample Schedules: 11th
Sample Schedules: 11th
11th Grade: Select 3 Globally Focused Courses
11th Grade: Select 3 Globally Focused Courses
In your 11th grade year, concentrate on:
Completing Core Courses
World Language Level 3 or 4
Consider Adding in these Global courses as your "Electives":
Suggested English Electives: Advanced Newspaper Journalism, Poetry
Suggested Social Studies Electives: World Religions, Sociology, Social Issues, Philosophy
Suggested Music Electives: Acappella
Enroll in Cultural Studies to prepare for the Global Scholars Capstone
Sample Schedules: 12th
Sample Schedules: 12th
12th Grade: Earn remaining 2-3 Globally Focused Courses
12th Grade: Earn remaining 2-3 Globally Focused Courses
In your 12th grade year, you may complete:
Remaining core coursework
Suggested English Course: AP Literature and Composition or Humanities
Suggested Math Course: Intro to Probability and Statistics
Suggested Science Electives: AP Environmental Science
Suggested Social Studies Electives: World Religions, Sociology, Social Issues, Philosophy
Suggested Electives: Culinary II
Suggested Art: AP Art and Design
In order to earn your endorsement, during your senior year you will complete:
Global Scholars Capstone
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