NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE

Course #: 982000

Grades: 11, 12

Credit: 1 (no additional weighting is applied to this course)

Prerequisite: This course is designed for the student enrolled in 3 or more AP courses.

This course is designed for students who want to explore the relationship between the various fields of knowledge and to examine how we learn. Students make connections between their classroom and non-classroom knowledge and experiences by examining four ways of thinking -- analytical, empirical, moral, and aesthetic.  Students will develop an understanding of the role of language, logic, sense perception, and emotion in acquiring knowledge in the various fields, including mathematics, natural science, human science, history, arts, and ethics as well as the effect of value judgment, bias, and culture across the disciplines.

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