The High School of American Studies at Lehman College

 

HSAS: Academics

Seminar

Seminars meet once a week and allow students across all four grades to explore special areas of common interest or to pursue particular projects. In seminar, the emphasis is on learning for its own sake. Seminar topics change each semester, based on student and teacher interest.

Fall 2007

Contemporary Issues in Sports
Famous/Infamous Sports Figures/Events
Introduction to Irish Gaelic
Memoir Writing: Family History
Speech Seminar
The Story of Baseball
Writing the College Application Essay
Dance Seminar
Horticulture
Jazz / Vocal Seminar
Moot Court Seminar
Stepping
Why Terrorism?

Spring 2008

African Dance
Calculus Lab
Foreign Films
Italian Language, Music, and Film
Origami
Science and History of Running
Student Government
Yearbook
Get-Your-Math-Homework-Done-Before-the-Weekend-So-You-Can-Relax Seminar
Band
Conversational French
Irish Dance
Math Team
Pursuit of Trivia
Sports Film Underdogs
Tennis as a Lifetime Activity
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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