Design Your Own Course
Design Your Own Course
The Design Your Own Course is a semester length, one-credit course intended for seniors who have a particular interest he/she may want to explore. Design Your Own Course falls within MASH’s “Alternative Pathways to Graduation” program. It is a self- directed course for responsible and eager seniors to – with the aid of a faculty mentor – explore a field, research a topic and /or to produce some kind of final product in an area of particular interest, hopefully one that may fuel a future career or valuable skill set.
Students will meet with their mentor regularly, and it is possible that they would also meet with other students working on a project to share and reflect. At the end of the semester, youstudents will likely be asked to share their findings with a panel of MASH faculty members. The Design Your Own Course offers boundless opportunities but requires a great deal of self-discipline. The Design Your Own Course should be connected to one of the four core content areas: English, Math, Science, or Social Studies. Building administration coordinates the program along with a counselor who helps facilitate the beginning and end of the Course, but the real work is done between the mentor and student, with the responsibility for the project’s fulfillment ultimately falling on the student.
Applications are available from counselors and, upon review, will be approved, disapproved, or asked to be reworked. Once an application is approved, student, parent, and mentor will draft and sign a contract and begin at the beginning of the semester. (Page 78, 2024-2025 MASH Course Registration Booklet).
Design Your Own Course
8965 Grade 12 1 Credit Semester 1 Weight of 1.2
The Design Your Own Course is a semester length, half-credit course intended for seniors who have a particular interest he/she may want to explore. Design Your Own Course falls within MASH’s “Alternative Pathways to Graduation” program. It is a self- directed course for responsible and eager seniors to – with the aid of a faculty mentor – explore a field, research a topic and /or to produce some kind of final product in an area of particular interest, hopefully one that may fuel a future career or valuable skill set.
Students will meet with their mentor regularly, and it is possible that you will meet with other students working on a project to share and reflect. At the end of the semester, you will likely be asked to share your findings with a panel of MASH faculty members. The Design Your Own Course offers boundless opportunities but requires a great deal of self-discipline. The Design Your Own Course should be connected to one of the four core content areas: English, Math, Science, or Social Studies. Building administration coordinates the program along with your counselor who helps facilitate the beginning and end of the Course, but the real work is done between the mentor and student, with the responsibility for the project’s fulfillment ultimately falling on the student.
Applications are available with your counselor and, upon review, will be approved, disapproved, or asked to be reworked. Once an application is approved, student, parent, and mentor will draft and sign a contract and begin at the beginning of the semester.