Asynchronous Courses

Our asynchronous courses use the same format as the QHA scheduled online courses, but in-lieu of live classes, recorded sessions are provided so the student can view them at a convenient time. Since correspondence type courses have a high failure rate, QHA asynchronous courses counteract that failure rate by requiring due dates for homework, quizzes, discussion, and assessments. Teachers are available for help via email, and if needed, teachers and students can arrange to meet using live video conferencing.

Included in each course are the following:

• Lesson plans
• Assessments with specific due dates (quizzes, chapter tests, and quarterly exams)
• Teacher-guided discussion boards with specific due dates
• Once or twice weekly prerecorded class sessions 
• Communication with teachers via email

ASYNCHRONOUS COURSE OFFERINGS

1. History of World War II
2. Business Consumer Math
3. Art History
4. Civil War

History of World War II

Credit: .5
Date: Sept - January  or January - May
Tuition: $250
Instructor: Dr. Steve O'Brien

After years of requests for military history courses, Dr. O'Brien is now kicking off our maiden program in September with a filmed course on World War II. The course will be taught in a 16-week "topics" format rather than a standard linear history. Some of the topics to be covered are the legacy of Versailles, rise of the dictators, propaganda, military chaplains, the role of Pius XII, the looting and destruction of artworks, and others.

There will be a brief discussion post each week and two objective tests, one each quarter. We will be reading a concise history and two monographs, with a paper assigned to each book. The student is also required to watch a few films, which will be embedded.

This is a new and exciting format for delivering material to our superlative students here at Queen of Heaven. The video program is by no means meant to replace our traditional live classes but to supplement them by offering different courses which may be accessed to accord with a student's individual schedule. So round up the usual suspects and, as Rick would say, "Here's looking at you, kid."

Prerequisites: History 1, 2 and 3. Concurrent enrollment is permitted.

Business Consumer Math

Credit: 1
Date: Sept - May
Tuition:  $450
Instructor: Mrs. Katie O'Brien

Students often ask "why they have to learn certain subjects because they believe they will never use the information later in life." This is one class in which that question will not come up; In this business/consumer math course students will put their math skills to practical use and learn about checking accounts, loans, investments, insurance, annuities, and securities. They will be required to start a hypothetical business and manage taxes, inventory control, discounts, markups/markdowns and payroll, and share their ideas with fellow students. 

Students will be using Mathxl, a companion site to the required textbook Mathematics in Business. Access to a scanner is also required as students will occasionally be asked to scan some of their business documents to be shared with the class.

History - Honors

Credit: 1
Date: Sept - May
Tuition: $450
Instructor: Dr. Steve O'Brien

This is a course in art history including painting, sculpture, and architecture. There will be a focus on monuments and artwork from Ancient Egypt, the Near East, Greece and Rome, Byzantium, the Medieval world and the West from Renaissance to the modern age. There will be an emphasis on understanding the visual arts through their historical and cultural contexts.

This is an honors-level course with a commensurate workload and would be appropriate for those planning on taking the AP exam in Art History.

Student Power Point Presentations:

Andrea Del Sarto

Alessandro Filipepi

Prerequisites: History 1, 2 and 3. Concurrent enrollment is permitted.

Civil War

Credit: .5
Date: Jan - May
Tuition: $250
Instructor: Dr. Steve O'Brien

In addition to the World War II asynchronous class, Dr. O'Brien will also be offering a course on the Civil war. It will be taught in a 16-week "topics" format rather than as a linear history. Some of the topics to be covered are antebellum causes, the role of the political parties, recruiting and composition of the armies, medical care and prisoners, post-war settlement, and more.

There will be a discussion post each week and two objective tests, one each quarter. We will read a general text and two monographs, with a paper assigned to each book. The student is also required to watch a few films, which will be embedded.

Prerequisites: History 1, 2 and 3. Concurrent enrollment is permitted.