Guiding Common Vision
MRI’s vision is to provide a profound college or professional preparatory experience based on deep background exploration in an area of high interest of the individual student.
Overview
History and Literature
Writing/poetry
Application of history
Majors and/or Minors
Pure Science
Chemistry
Marine Science
Biology
Physics
Courses
Freshmen will take two one semester classes that will focus on process skills for finding, reading, interpreting, carrying out, and communicating investigations specific to each area of interest. These skills will be taught in the context of three of the research tracks in an exploratory project format. The second class will expose them to the other three tracks.the five majors/minors listed above.
Fine Arts
Film
Drawing/Paint
Sculpture
Applied Science/Engineering
Mechanical, electrical, and software
Health Sciences
Practical Medical Sciences
Practical Arts
Marketing
Business
Entrepreneurial
Sophomores will then select an area of interest in which they would like to perform their research. They will then take a one credit Research class for the next three years along with at least 4 classes within their chosen major. The Research classes will be designed to provide exposure to topic relevant experiences in a sequential building format. Teachers will direct ongoing research with older students in charge and younger students learning the process by joining and doing. The students will have the opportunity to spin their own investigations off or start their own project.
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