Action — that’s what all of history’s great thinkers, artists, achievers, and innovators have in common. They took action, stepping (sometimes literally) into the unknown.

For three weeks each May, Hun Upper School students — in ninth, tenth, and eleventh grades — participate in a ground-breaking immersion learning experience designed to offer intensive exploration of real-world topics. NextTerm courses are project-based, credited courses that fall outside the constraints of traditional disciplines. They are team-taught, informed by a variety of environments and real-world practitioners, and utilize resources both on and off campus. Student teams then produce a culminating project that is shared with professional advisors, parents, and faculty during the NextTerm project exhibition event.

What is perhaps most unique about NextTerm is the opportunity Hun students have to examine some of the more pressing topics of our time from multiple angles. They are afforded the time and the resources to follow the information and their budding interest wherever it takes them. The result is empowering, invigorating, and transformative. 

Different than traditional travel programs that focus primarily on culture, NextTerm courses explore a specific topic or issue, in the environment RELEVANT TO THAT TOPIC.

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