What’s App! Innovation and App Design
Have you ever wondered how the apps you use every day are made? Want to bring your ideas to life by designing your own app? Unleash your creativity through this launchpad and enter the app design and development world! You will learn the secrets behind the creation of apps, from user-friendly interfaces to eye-catching graphics, and you will dive into programming techniques to learn the basics of app design. No prior experience needed; just bring your creativity!
Project Lab: Design Your Future
Have you ever wanted to work on your own project(s) or design your own idea? Do you crave the freedom to explore your own passions and create your own future? Or maybe you want to do an SDP but prefer the structure of a class? Imagine a class where you are the architect of your learning journey, a class where YOUR ideas are the curriculum. This BVR-X course is an opportunity to push boundaries and create what matters to you. No limits.
Honors and standard levels
Art of Navigating Life: The skills you will need
You may feel confident writing a paper, 3-D printing and laser cutting, or making an oral presentation. How about managing finances, changing a flat tire, cooking and baking, writing a resume, or doing self-care? From housekeeping to repairing and from survival skills to money management, this class will help you build a “how-to guide to everyday life.” We will also analyze how some of those important skills have been historically gender- and class-assigned. We will look at cooking, managing finances, basic first aid, negotiation skills, among many others. Students will also participate in brainstorming skills they want to learn and add to this course. This class will be co-taught by different faculty/staff members and will involve collaborating with experts in these areas.
Student Directed Project – SDP
Interests:
Architecture,
Business,
Design,
Engineering,
Film,
Hands On,
Health,
Law,
Literature,
Politics,
Psychology,
Research,
Social Justice,
Social Sciences,
Sports
A Student-Directed Project empowers students to do an in-depth exploration of a topic of interest throughout the term.
The student designs, plans, and leads their research project in collaboration and with the guidance and support of a coach (faculty advisor). It allows students to delve deeper into their passion and to be the designer of their own learning. There is a wide range of Student-Directed Projects; they are multi-disciplinary, non-linear, and most importantly, student-created and led.
That’s what makes them so interesting.
Here are some examples of past projects:
- Creating an architectural model using 3D architectural software
- Through their eyes: Photo and interview series of veterans
- Robosub electromagnetic linear accelerator
- Acoustic pinger for Robosub
- Virtual Reality game for visually-impaired persons
- Creating a concept album
- Dispute: Landlord-tenant board game
- Multimedia journalism: Producing a podcast series
- Perplex: English and Theater Study
- Sensors and fiber optics: Building a fiber optic dress
- Haptic technologies: Force-Feedback Virtual Reality
- Applications of integrals to analytical continuation of functions
Introduction to Investing
Should you invest in the common stock of Apple Inc. or Exxon Mobil? How do you decide whether to get a car loan or a lease? How do you determine how much a small business is worth? In this course, we will learn about (a) the fundamentals of the stock market, investment vehicles, and basic principles of investing, (b) key aspects of personal finance, including budgeting, credit cards, and investing for retirement, and (c) the time value of money and risk as it applies to analyzing these personal finance questions. Students will learn to create and maintain a diversified portfolio through a virtual stock exchange, and there will be opportunities for research and other projects based on student interest.