MULTI-SUBJECT OPPORTUNITIES

Prerequisite: None Grade(s): 11,12 Semester Course

Credit: 0.5 English AND/OR 0.5 Fine Arts (students choose one or both)

Students in Audio, Visual, and The Narrative will spend an entire semester dedicated to film musicology. Students will use motion pictures to study the narrative and musical elements of storytelling. Learn how audio and visual elements move an audience in certain directions, as well as heighten our senses and emotional responses.  Students will experience the beginning of silent films, classics such as Jaws and Westside Story, and contemporary films such as Star Wars, Black Panther, Interstellar, and more. This course offers a deeper analysis of the films you already enjoy through discussion topics of sound design, music as a narrative, history of film, synthesis of narrative, and the psychology of storytelling across a variety of genres.  Qualified students may receive college credit for the music portion of the class for UW-Oshkosh. All dual credit options are dependent upon teacher certification.

NOTE: To register, please sign up for: 

ENG7915 AUDIO, VISUAL, & THE NARRATIVE

Prerequisites: None Grade(s): 9,10,11,12

Credit: 1.0 TBD Semester Course (Two daily quarter-long seminars)

Are you looking to challenge yourself in new and unique ways?  Do you want to stand out from the crowd on your post secondary applications?  Do you want to ensure you have the skills for success in whatever you choose to do after high school?  If you answered yes to these questions, an interdisciplinary seminar at CSCS might be the answer.  At CSCS our interdisciplinary seminars and personalized projects allow students to dig into learning that matters to them and their community while developing all of the skills outlined in our district’s Portrait of a Graduate: Academic Mindset, Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Compassion, and Cultural Competence.

Beginning in the 25-26 school year, MHS students in all grades, will be able to choose to enroll for one block in an interdisciplinary, place-based seminar for one or both semesters.  While the final seminar offerings will be determined based on the interest of students who sign up, all of the seminars will earn credit at MHS.  You will also have the opportunity to complete a competency based transcript which can be submitted along with your traditional transcript to colleges and universities.  Admissions officers from around the country have consistently reported that these competency based transcripts stand out and can help students really tell their own story as a learner.  

NOTE: Students who express interest in this option will have a voice in which seminars are offered. See Sample Seminar Descriptions at this link:     https://issuu.com/clarkstreetcommunityschoolmiddletonwi/docs/cscs_2024-2025_information_booklet