Open to grade 12

Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation

One Year - 10 Credits

(College Prep) / (Honors) / (Advanced Placement)

This course provides a college-level, nonpartisan introduction to key political concepts, ideas, institutions, policies, interactions, roles, and behaviors that characterize the constitutional system and political culture of the United States.  Students will study US foundational documents, Supreme Court decisions, and other texts and visuals to gain an understanding of the relationships and interactions among political institutions, processes, and behavior.   They will also engage in disciplinary practices that require them to read and interpret data, make comparisons and applications, and develop evidence-based arguments.  In addition, they will complete a political science research or applied civics project.

Open to grade 12

Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation

One Year - 10 Credits

(College Prep) / (Honors) / (Advanced Placement)

The course entails a study of business firm theory, cost and price structures and how they relate to consumer behavior.  Emphasis is placed upon understanding supply and demand, reasons for change in consumer behavior and how business firms make decisions regarding price and output.  Students will make extensive use of graphs and understand their relationship to business and consumer interaction.  Students enrolled in this course are required to take the A.P. Microeconomics Exam.  Students who pass this test will qualify for college-level credit.

Open to grade 10

Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation

One Year – 10 Credits

(College Prep) / (Honors) / (Advanced Placement)

The AP World History course focuses on developing students’ understanding of world history from approximately 8000 B.C.E. to the present. The course has students investigate the content of world history for significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in six historical periods, and develop and use the same thinking skills and methods (analyzing primary and secondary sources, making historical comparisons, chronological reasoning, and argumentation) employed by historians when they study the past. The course also provides five themes (interaction between humans and the environment; development and interaction of cultures; state building, expansion, and conflict; creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems; development and transformation of social structures) that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places encompassing the five major geographical regions of the globe: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

Open to grade 12

Prerequisite: None

One Semester - 5 Credits

(College Prep)

This course is designed to further the understanding of the institutions of American Government by analyzing the changing interpretations of the Constitution and Bill of Rights as they apply to American life including our relationships and interdependence with other forms of governments in the world today.

Open to grade 11

Prerequisite: None

One Year - 10 Credits

(College Prep)

This course surveys the political, social, economic, and cultural development in America during the twentieth century.  The class pays particular attention to major events that have influenced the United States and made it a world power.

Open to grades 9 and 10

Prerequisite: None

One Year - 10 Credits

(College Prep)

World History/Culture is a course that encourages students to analyze the historical development of the modern world focusing on major events, trends, and development. Students develop knowledge of world geography and its impact on world events. Emphasis is placed on the contributions, diversity, and historical progression of various world cultures.

Open to grade 9

Prerequisite: None

One Year – 10 Credits

(College Prep) / (Honors) / (Advanced Placement)

The AP Human Geography course introduces students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth’s surface. Students learn to employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine human socioeconomic organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their research and applications.

Open to grades 11-2

Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of two year of Language Arts coursework (recommended)

One Year – 10 Credits

(College Prep) / (Honors) / (Advanced Placement)

The AP Psychology course is designed to introduce students to the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings and other animals. Included is a consideration of the psychological facts, principles, and phenomena associated with each of the major subfields within psychology. In this year-long course, students also learn about the ethics and methods psychologists use in their science and practice.

*This class fulfills the A-G College Requirement for “g” College-Preparatory Elective Credit.

Open to grades 10, 11, and 12

Prerequisite: None

One Semester - 5 Credits

(College Prep)

Anthropology is designed to help students understand the diversity that exists in cultures today, and, using that knowledge, to understand cultures of the past.

Open to grades 10, 11, and 12

Prerequisite: None

One Year - 10 Credits

(College Prep)

The Ethnic Studies course is designed to develop an understanding of how race, ethnicity, nationality, and culture have shaped and continue to shape individuals and society in the United States. It is designed to provide students with the knowledge to achieve an understanding of and an appreciation for the various cultures in their community and the nation. This course aims to educate students to be politically, socially, and economically conscious about their personal connections to local and global histories. By studying the histories of race, ethnicity, nationality, and culture, including the legacy of social movements and mass struggles against injustice, students will cultivate respect and empathy for individuals and solidarity with groups of people locally, nationally, and globally to foster active social engagement and community building.

*This class fulfills the A-G College Requirement for “g” College-Preparatory Elective Credit.

Open to grades 9 & 10

Prerequisite: None

One Semester - 5 Credits

(College Prep)

This introductory Ethnic Studies course takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of race, ethnicity, and gender relations in the United States.  This course takes an emphasis on the struggles and development of four main groups in America: Latinos, African American, Asian-American and Native Americans.  Students will develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of various cultures and ethnicities that shape our modern American society.

*This class is an A-G College Requirement for “g” College-Preparatory Elective Credit.

Open to grades 10, 11, and 12

Prerequisite:  None

One Semester - 5 Credits

(College Prep)

Physical Geography develops the basic themes of geography, including place-name geography, so that students develop a sense of the major physical features of the earth.  These studies will enable students to develop an understanding of the constraints and possibilities that the physical environment places on human development, as well as the nature of natural resources and their relation to physical geography.

*This class is an A-G College Requirement for “g” College-Preparatory Elective Credit.

Open to grades 10, 11, and 12

Prerequisite:  None

One Semester - 5 Credits

(College Prep)

Psychology students will strive to gain an understanding of human behavior, social and personal adjustment, and the problems of interpersonal relationships. Topics discussed include thinking, intelligence, emotions, personality, psychological disorders, and methods of therapy.

*This class is an A-G College Requirement for “g” College-Preparatory Elective Credit.

Open to grades 10, 11, and 12

Prerequisite:  None

One Semester - 5 Credits

(College Prep)