Class Roster (2008-09)

[Bobby Drake]

Department	Course	Year	Status	Teacher	Students
English	Composition	1	Mandatory	Arthur	Veronica
English	Literature	2-4	Mandatory	Arthur	Tobias, Laurie (3)
English	ESL	Any	Elective	Arthur
Math	Algebra	1	Mandatory	Silas	Veronica
Math	Geometry/Trig	2 or 3	Mandatory	Silas	Tobias, Laurie (3)
Math	Calculus	4	Mandatory	Silas
Social Studies	US History	1	Mandatory	Bernie
Social Studies	World History	2	Mandatory	Bernie
Social Studies	Civics	3	Mandatory	Warren	Laurie, Guthrie, Staten
Social Studies	Ethics	Any	Mandatory	Ororo	Laurie
Social Studies	Mutants and Politics	Any	Elective	Warren
Social Studies	Military history	Any	Elective	Bernie
Social Studies	Psychology	Any	Elective	Jake
Social Studies	Applied Psychology	Any	Elective	Jake	Bobby, Guthrie, Kitty
Social Studies	Economics	Any	Elective	Warren
Science	Biology	1	Mandatory	Josh	Veronica
Science	Chemistry	2	Mandatory	Toni
Science	Advanced Chem	Any	Elective	Toni	Veronica, Tobias, Laurie, Guthrie
Science	Advanced Bio	Any	Elective	Josh
Science	Advanced Physics	Any	Elective	Silas
Science	Genetics	Any	Elective	Hank
Science	Physics	3	Mandatory	Silas
Science	Blowing Things Up	Any	Elective	Toni	Veronica
Science	Computer Science	2-4	Elective	Chris
Science	Computer Programming	1-4	Elective	Chris
Science	Thermo	3	Elective	Hank	Bobby (victim),
Science	Mechanics	Any	Elective	Silas
Science	Electronics	Any	Elective	Silas
Science	Meteorology	Any	Elective	Ororo
Phys Ed	Athletics	All	Mandatory	Toni	Veronica
Phys Ed	Power Use (physical)	All	Mandatory	Ororo	Bobby (TA), Veronica
Phys Ed	Power Use (mental)	All	Mandatory	Josh	Laurie
Phys Ed	Martial Arts	Any	Elective	Bernie	Bobby (TA)
Phys Ed	Team combat tactics	Any	Elective	Bernie	(all the X-Men), Guthrie, Zip
Phys Ed	Telepathic resistance	Any	Elective	Josh
Phys Ed	Power Use (Flight)	Any	Elective	Warren	Guthrie
Phys Ed	Pistol/Rifle	Any	Elective	Bernie
Phys Ed	Piloting	Any	Elective	Josh
Foreign Language	Japanese	Any	Elective	Warren
Foreign Language	French	Any	Elective	Warren	Laurie, Veronica
Foreign Language	German	Any	Elective	Bernie	Warren
Foreign Language	Arabic	Any	Elective	Ororo	Warren
Art	Music Appreciation	Any	Mandatory	Arthur
Art	Music Composition	Any	Elective	Arthur

[Josh Dalton Worthington]

This is a fun idea! I should point out that the Institute is accredited - and an impressive prep school to put on a resume to boot, so most classes can be taken for college credit.


Social Science - Jake teaches a Psychology class. Ororo could probably take that... looks like she's not got a ton of classes, really.

Science - Probably add Advanced Physics if we have Advanced Chemistry. Maybe Anatomy and Physiology?

Foreign Language - Ororo speaks French and Arabic.

Does the Institute have actual art classes? They should!


Finally, this was going to come up later, but since we're altering the class roster for 07-08, we might as well do it now. Josh is going to be moved to the faculty section shortly, and he'll be working out a deal with Columbia to get credits for teaching at Xavier's. He's going to be part grad student, part student teacher... *handwave* but it keeps him around and a part of the Institute still. Chatted with Toni and he'll be taking over Biology and Genetics - if Hank's too attached to Genetics, he could do the aforementioned A&P.

Josh is also interested in helping out with power training somehow...

[Josh Dalton Worthington]

Oh, and I have another idea.

It might not be a bad idea to have students who are still at the Institute decide which classes they're taking and post that somewhere. Just as RPG fodder. :)

[Laurie Collins]

Which makes me wonder, do classes go year round at the Institute or is there a summer vacation? I assume most PCs stay at the Institute over the summer even if there are no classes.

[Bobby Drake]

OK.
Modified as follows:
Added Psychology and Applied Psychology (aka “Con man 101”), courtesy of Jake.
Added Advanced Bio and Advanced Physics, courtesy of Toni and Silas. I figure Advanced Bio can include anatomy & physiology if it wants to.
Added Arabic, courtesy of Ororo. Warren will wrestle her for the French class, he needs the money.
Which reminds me… added Warren teaching an Economics seminar, aka Investing for Dummies.
Swapped Josh in for Bio and Genetics. My guess is Hank still wanders in and does guest lectures from time to time for Josh’s Genetics class, though.

Re: student schedules – yah, note the “Students” column. If students post their rosters, I’ll update. For that matter, teachers can sit in on classes if they want, too… Warren might take ‘ro’s Arabic class, for example.

Re: summer classes, etc. – my basic theory about the Institute is that by its nature it demands a lot of personal investment in each student, which means it can afford to offer a very personalized schedule. So, basically, classes run whenever we want them to. Handwave, handwave, handwave.

Re: art – sure. There’s plenty of classes not on this list. Who teaches art, though?

[Bobby Drake]

And Josh just took over the mental power use and telepathic resistance classes from Jake, because Jake is just that convincing.

[Bobby Drake]

Bobby's schedule (Some of these are summer classes, some are next semester; he's trying to catch up)
English lit
Calculus
Applied Psych
Physics
Economics
Comp Sci
Team Combat Tactics
Telepathic Resistance

He's also helping TA Physical Power Use and Martial Arts
And Hank forces him to give demonstrations in his Thermo class. In fact, Bobby is convinced Hank only teaches Thermo in order to hound him.

[Manslaughter]

This might not mean anything, but, realistically, wouldn't it make lots of sense for the school to offer Spanish? xD Just a suggestion considering the rate at which the US is starting to become bilingual.

[Bobby Drake]

A general note re: Spanish, Art, Typewriter Repair, AP English, C Programming, and all other classes not on the above list -- my answer is "yes, the Institute offers it if somebody wants it, but who teaches it?"

Cause it's hard to RP about a class if you don't know who is teaching it.

This can be NPCs, of course, so feel free to make up an NPC Institute teacher who teaches a particular class and add it to the NPC board.

[Tobias Smith]

Well, Can't help but agree. nice idea here. So, might as well throw Toby's up here. And as far as Silas is involved...I'm gonna have to brush up in those topics so I OOC know what the hell I'm saying. XD.

English Lit
Geometry
World History
Mutants and Politics
Chemestry
Blowing Things Up
Power Use Physical/Mental (whichever applies)
Music Appreciation
Martial Arts
Pistol/Rifle
Team Combat Tactics IF Allowed.

[Bobby Drake]

Toby -- added. Also, a note about "Mutants and Politics" -- we kinda dropped that thread, but I'm assuming the Tobester got his letter published and got his A, and is sticking around for a second term of the same seminar... which is fine with Warren, who makes it all up as he goes along anyway.

Incidentally, just to clarify something for everyone about "mandatory"... what I meant was that everyone has to take a semester of it at some point, not that everyone should take it every semester. Y'all probably knew that, though.

[Laurie Collins]

Laurie's Year 2 schedule

English Literature
World History
Geometry/Trig
Chemistry
Power use (mental)
French
Ethics
Civics

[Bobby Drake]

heh.
Laurie and Tobias have a lot of classes together.
I foresee expensive upgrades to the Institute's ventilation system.

[Tempero]

Alright, here goes (if I happen to be just blubbering nonsense please do slap me, everyone- I tend to be shockingly uninformed, or simply stupid on certain RL topics ((and most of yez have had more school to deal with)))

Christopher will be offering to teach:

Computer Programming (levels: basic, intermediate, advanced; years: 2-4)

Digital Video (levels: basic, intermediate, advanced, AP [only years 3 and 4]; years: 1-4)

Introduction to digital communication tools and basic computer software (levels: basic; years: 1-4)

The years category signifies when a student can take the class, any level above basic requires the previous level's completion.

Really, he is qualified, and willing, to teach anyone anything about computers, but these would be the classes he would initially teach, any student is allowed to request a computer-related class.

Additionally, he will be tutoring French, seeing how he is French, but has not obtained a degree required to teach it.

P.S.
Seeing how Chris has already been added (what did I say about the talent of not being in the know?), I guess it would be a good idea to call it all one thing, and then just decide which sub-class or whatever the student wishes to take. The above ones are really just guidelines...

[Bobby Drake]

oh... heh... right, I forgot I'd already put Chris up there.
(hides, embarassed)