Discover New and Unique Courses (You Don’t Want To Miss)

TPS has hundreds of courses, including many unique courses not found anywhere else. We often hear “I wish I had known about that course!” Here are new or unique courses you want to know about and consider for your education plans.

• African American History – This course is fully titled Climbing the Mountain – African American History from Africa to Present Day. This course is designed to introduce students to the rich and diverse history and culture of African Americans, tracing their accomplishments and struggles. Students develop an understanding of the African American culture through its history within the broader context of United States history…
• American History in Fashion – How did the Puritan’s beliefs impact laws about clothing for men and women? Why did women in the 18th century pin their garments while men used buttons? Even in the poverty-stricken 1930s, why did styles still change? Fashion and its cultural and political contexts are inseparable, as this course will demonstrate by progressing through American history and fashion from early colonization to the present…
• Business Fundamentals – Your path to understanding business ownership and management starts here. This survey course explores current business and industry examples to introduce the students to key business concepts. Students examine a wide range of business matters, including: types of businesses (sole proprietor, partnership, corporations, limited liability company), factors unique to small business and entrepreneurship, the basics of Marketing, Accounting, Finance, and Management…
• Children’s Literature Analysis – This course uses beloved children’s literature as the media for mature literary discussion and analytical essay. The course develops advanced analytical reading and composition skills by studying works including The Wind in the Willows, Watership Down, Treasure Island…
• Constitutional Law – Constitutional law deals with the fundamental principles by which government exercises its authority. This area of law focuses on what the Constitution says, what specific laws mean, and what limitations exist. Students will also analyze how legal and historical precedent influences current debates on the freedoms of speech, press, and religion; rights to vote, assemble, bear arms, due process, privacy; protection from unreasonable searches and seizures…
• Creative Writing – Language is God’s gift to his people to help us know him deeply, reveal his truths to the world, and bring Him glory. This course develops the study and use of language, story, and image in becoming effective communicators. In this course students will read and compose original poetry, memoir, fiction, and creative non-fiction. Students will examine and discuss work from published writers to deepen their understanding of the ways writers create both meaning and pleasure for readers. They will also practice writing in various genres to refine their own skills and grow their creative voice…
• Electronics – Electronics are used in virtually every tool, appliance, or device we use today. In this course, we will explore the world of electronics from basic concepts (such as voltage, current, and power), to resistors and capacitors, electrical schematics, and microcontrollers. This course will also include hands-on projects using a digital multimeter, breadboard, microcontroller, wires, resistors, and other components. This course provides an introduction to the field of electronics and a foundation upon which to build further study and experience.
• High Scholars (24 college credits in Lit, History, Composition) – High Scholars is a “classics” (“Great Books”) program that integrates western history, literature, and art from ancient to contemporary times. The integrated nature of this program allows students to dive deep into the events and ideas that have shaped the modern world: students study not only the literature, art, and history of western civilization, but also the intellectual and philosophical movements – the ideas and modes of thought – that lie behind these. These trends and developments are analyzed and considered from a distinctly biblical worldview.
• Holocaust History Through Lit and Film – Through this course, students will gain a better understanding of the history of the Holocaust through primary sources including photographs, newspaper articles, and survivor testimonies in addition to a variety of films like Schindler’s List, Life is Beautiful, and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and works of nonfiction literature including Night by Elie Wiesel. Students will gain a foundational understanding of the events and factors leading up to the Holocaust…
• How to Get Away with Murder (Trial Law) – Alexander Hamilton once described the Constitutional right to a trial by jury as a “valuable safeguard to liberty” and “the very palladium of free government.” Why is this right considered a crucial safeguard to our free society? What happens if we lose it? Using skills from the TPS Street Law course, this course delves into the tantalizing inner workings of a criminal trial. In this interactive class, students will learn how a case is proven and how a criminal can get away with a crime…
• Introduction to Videography – This engaging course introduces students to video production and the many varied uses of motion pictures. The course is hands-on start to finish, and with shoots nearly every week. Shoots include shorts (various subjects), tutorials, commercials, and more. Students will work on writing, lighting, editing, special effects, animation, sound design…
• Leadership and Management Principles – People often talk about leaders and leadership or managers and management, but may know little about the complex aspects and processes of leadership and management. Sometimes we unexpectedly find ourselves in positions of leadership without any preparation. This course examines the functions and purposes of both leadership and management, and explores various approaches of effective leaders and effective managers…
• Sports Medicine and Athletic Training – This course equips you with an understanding of the functional concepts of the human body and then teaches you how to apply that knowledge to real-life practice. It combines coverage of Nutrition, Sports Psychology, Kinesiology and therapeutic topics modalities with the latest research, concussion protocols and guidelines for First Aid, CPR and AED. There is also consideration of athletes with disabilities and special challenges that athletes face…
• Street Law (Fundamentals of Law) – This course is an engaging survey of the major areas of the law, including criminal law (crimes against persons and property, criminal procedure), civil law (torts, contracts, family law) and civil rights (freedom of speech, press, religion). Its goal is to give students a better understanding of the laws that govern our daily lives and social interactions. Students will learn the law and its implications through case studies of current legal issues. Students will analyze legal questions in discussion and in writing, as well as engage in debate and some mock trials…
• Works of C.S Lewis – Though well-known for The Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis was also a renowned lecturer, essayist, apologist, and theologian. Through this course, students will explore the rich array of works and ideas that Lewis has to offer. We will analyze theological concepts and see how those ideas are also presented in works of allegorical fiction like the science fiction novel Out of the Silent Planet, the epistolary novel The Screwtape Letters, and the novella The Great Divorce. We will revisit a classic myth retold with a twist in Till We Have Faces and delve into rhetoric and apologetics with Mere Christianity…