Spring Electives

In the spring term, 11th and 12th grade students replace their required English and World Religion courses with dynamic elective courses offered by the English and Religion department faculty.

The elective program allows students a chance to experience a rich variety of thematically-oriented courses which expose them to areas of faculty expertise, interdisciplinary focus, or contemporary issues that bridge the world of reading, writing, and theory to the contemporary world.

The course list below is a sample of the offerings from previous years. Students register for spring electives at the end of the winter term.

English Electives
  • Poetry Speaks
  • Essay Boot Camp
  • The Big Fix: A Hollywood History of Heterosexuality
  • Tightrope Walkers
  • Story Core!
  • Schooled in Diversity Action Research on Gender@Westtown
  • The Inward Journey: The Gospel of Thomas and T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets
  • Essays of Gay and Lesbian Liberation
  • Shakespeare: the Page and the Stage
  • Reading Circles: Wish I had more time to read
  • Journalism Practicum
  • Jane Austen

Religion Electives

  • Liberation Theology
  • Mysticism
  • Ethics and Business: Right Livelihood
The elective program allows students a chance to experience a rich variety of thematically-oriented courses.
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