Whether it's by unearthing forgotten cultures, analyzing classic works of literature, learning a second language, or creating images or music, the NCSSM Humanities programs enable our students to discover new ways to explore the world around them.

HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
The History and Social Science Discipline seeks to introduce students to a broad range of cultures, ideologies, and ideas while encouraging constructive attitudes toward conflict, diversity, and change. By providing insights into the structures, functions, and historical developments of political, economic, and social institutions around the globe, the discipline aims to increase the depth of students' understanding of worlds past and worlds present.

ENGLISH
The NCSSM English curriculum mixes everything from explorations into classic works of European, Asian, and American literature to the more modern literature of these areas as well as Africa and Latin America. Designed to stress the fundamentals of analytical thought and the importance of expository and descriptive written communication, our English program engages students’ minds in ways that will benefit every facet of their scholastic experience.

ART
Albert Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” That is what the NCSSM art discipline is all about: invigorating the imagination. A hub for creative expression, the art department plays a tremendous role in the dynamics of our academic environment, allowing students the freedom to discover new sides of themselves and balance the analytic with artistic in ceramics, photography, painting, clay sculpture, silkscreen printing or by studying past masters.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Learning new languages opens doors to new cultures. And with many alumni living and contributing throughout the world, NCSSM holds firm to that notion. Our language program investigates not just the fundamental and advanced levels of its languages, but their histories, literature, and people. With multiple course levels in Spanish, French, Japanese, German, and Latin, our students often leave NCSSM fluent in a second language and with knowledge about other areas of the world.

MUSIC
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NCSSM’s course offerings in music provide students the opportunity to study music through the medium of performance. Performance is seen, not as an end in itself, but as a means of understanding the fundamental makeup of music’s ideas, origins, and legendary performers. Many of our students shine as brightly in the music hall as they do in the classroom, winning scholarships, performing in multiple concerts and events, and competing in national competitions. The music discipline also offers courses in Recording Technology, Beginning Piano and Guitar and Music Appreciation: Western Music and World Music. Our students excel at a great deal more than science and math.