Explore Our Curriculum
Active, participatory learning is central to the CSW experience. In each department, students learn through debate, hands-on experiences, experiments in laboratory-like settings, service-based learning, studio work and rehearsals, and off-campus research.
Each department strives to give students a solid academic foundation for college—and for life—by encouraging deep-subject matter knowledge beyond rote memorization and helping them develop high-level critical thinking and analytical skills. Visit individual department pages to learn more about each discipline and see the hundreds of courses we currently offer at CSW.
* Note on course availability: We refresh course offerings every year to ensure that our curriculum continually evolves and resonates for students. This catalog offers a representative sampling of courses recently offered. CSW cannot guarantee that each course listed here will be offered every year.
Each department strives to give students a solid academic foundation for college—and for life—by encouraging deep-subject matter knowledge beyond rote memorization and helping them develop high-level critical thinking and analytical skills. Visit individual department pages to learn more about each discipline and see the hundreds of courses we currently offer at CSW.
* Note on course availability: We refresh course offerings every year to ensure that our curriculum continually evolves and resonates for students. This catalog offers a representative sampling of courses recently offered. CSW cannot guarantee that each course listed here will be offered every year.
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CSW—a gender-inclusive day and boarding school for grades 9-12—is a national leader in progressive education. We live out our values of inquiry-based learning, student agency, and embracing diverse perspectives in every aspect of our student experience. Young people come to CSW to learn how to learn and then put what they learn into action—essential skills they carry into their futures as doers, makers, innovators, leaders, and exceptional humans who do meaningful work in the world.