Overview of Curriculum at UAIS
UAIS students follow a 4x4 block format of 90-minute classes, rotating
every other day, for a total of eight classes during each year. Academy students will graduate with 32 total
credits, compared to 24 credits at a traditional high school. Curriculum falls into 6 groups and the IB
core, and the embedded links provide course overviews for IB classes (11th/12th grade). Individual course descriptions--as well as a list of works studied--can be found be toggling on the "Academics" bar and clicking on each group.
Group 1: English Language Arts
IB English Literature Course Overview (Updated 2016)
Group 2: Language of Acquisition (Foreign Language)
IB French Course Overview (Updated 2016)
IB Japanese Course Overview (Updated 2016)
IB Spanish Course Overview (Updated 2016)
Group 3: Individuals and Societies
IB History Course Overview (Updated 2016)
IB Psychology Course Overview (Updated 2016)
Group 4: Sciences
IB Biology Course Overview (Updated 2016)
IB Physics Course Overview (Updated 2016)
IB Chemistry Course Overview (Updated 2016)
Group 5: Mathematics
IB Maths HL Course Overview (Updated 2016)
IB Maths SL Course Overview (Updated 2016)
IB Maths Studies SL Course Overview (Updated 2016)
Group 6: Arts
IB Music Course Overview (Updated 2016)
IB Theater Course Overview (Updated 2016)
IB Visual Arts Course Overview (Updated 2016)
Core: Theory of Knowledge
IB TOK Course Overview (Updated 2016)
For more specific information about our curriculum, including course
descriptions, please click on the drop-down arrow to the left of the "Academics" header tab in the upper
left-hand side of this page.