Bishop Dunne Accelerated Courses

Bishop Dunne Catholic School
3900 Rugged Drive
Dallas, TX 75224-9911

Tel. 214-339-6561
Fax. 214-339-1438

For more information contact:
Mr. Hill Copeland - hcopeland@bdhs.org
To register and for payment information contact:
Ms. Sandy Brooks - sbrooks@bdhs.org

Summer Camps

Summer Enrichment Courses

The following accelerated courses are offered online for credit:

Online Accelerated Courses
All of the following courses are for .5 credit.

• 831 ACT/SAT Prep
  ACT/SAT Prep is designed to prepare students for standardized tests such as the SAT, ACT, and PSAT, with primary focus on the SAT administrations in December and May. Students will study vocabulary and test-taking techniques and strategies in order to improve test scores. Additionally, students will prepare for college application and admissions through intensive writing and resume’ building. Prerequisite: student must provide PSAT or SAT scores prior to course start.
• 051 Speech Communication
  This course will give the student the tools to become a more effective public speaker. Practice in the various forms of speechwriting and delivery will enable the student to develop poise and confidence when faced with oral presentations. Students will also gain a clearer understanding of what is involved in formal and informal public speaking.

• 423 Health
  This course is designed to assist individuals in analyzing health problems in their own school-community situation with a view toward working out a well-coordinated health program to meet school and community needs. This course covers general physical, mental and social health areas.

• 344 Psychology
  The purpose of this course is to offer a college level introduction to the field of psychology. What is psychology? It is the scientific study of behavior and the mental processes. We will attempt to describe, to explain, and to understand behavior through the following areas:
  
  
  1. Historically- structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, Gestalt, psychoanalysis
  2. Contemporary-biological, cognitive, humanistic, psychoanalytic, learning-theory, etc. The areas covered will include: memory, thinking, learning, sensation and perception, sleep and dreaming, intelligence, motivation, emotion, development, abnormal behavior, personality, stress, health, therapy, social psychology, applied psychology, education, and more.

For more information please contact Mr. O'Sullivan at posullivan@bdhs.org

• 630 Intro to Film I
  This course focuses on the various aspects of filmmaking, ranging from writing to directing. Students will explore and analyze various film genres ranging from musicals, to science-fiction fantasy to comedy. The course will provide the informed student with valuable insight into the film industry while also giving him/her the tools for film analysis and knowledge for any future media-related courses. The course will be taught via email, blogs, online podcasts and articles, and through individual viewings of films. Grade levels: 11 and 12. Instructor: Daniel Wilson dwilson@bdhs.org
• Lost in Literature:
  Instructor: Christine Voigt
  Course Description:
  This course will be an exploration of literary archetypes through the study of
  the Lost television series as a work of modern mythology and the various works of literature that
  influence it. Throughout the course, students will develop their own class definition of literary
  archetypes by exploring examples from the works studied. Satisfactory completion of this course
  will also meet the summer reading requirements for regular Senior English. Course Outline Recommended grade levels: Juniors and Seniors
  
  For more information, please contact Mrs. Voigt at cvoigt@bdhs.org

• America in the '60s
  Instructor: Michael Alfers
  Overview of the Course:
  The purpose of “America in the 1960s” is to learn about significance of individuals, movements, cultures, and events that shaped the decade. The 1960s was a truly unique decade in American history that was greatly influenced by the time before it and has greatly influenced the time after it. This course will investigate this distinguished, unique, fun, colorful, and volatile decade to show its importance in the history of the United States.
please contact malfers@bdhs.org for more information
• Latin America History and Economy
  Instructor: Mr. Alex Meza
  E-mail: ameza@bdhs.org
  Course Description:
  Using a dependency theory approach, we will examine how poverty is a human creation that did not have to happen. We will examine the process of colonization, neo-colonialism, and other economic political forces which impoverished the region and continue to keep it so. We will examine attempts to alter these fundamentally unequal social and economic relations. In doing so, we will examine a variety of themes including the role of indigenous people, the land tenure system, religion, education, imperialism, and revolutions.
  Course Content:
  The basic structure of this course is primarily chronological, as well as geographic, and thematic. The first two weeks we will focus on pre-Hispanic Indigenous civilizations in the Americas and the European conquest. The third and fourth weeks we will look at European colonial structures and the creation of economic dependencies. The fifth and sixth weeks we will examine revolutionary responses to foreign domination in the twentieth century in four Latin American countries. The seventh and eighth weeks we will examine thematically a series of social movements including Indian, student, and women's movements.