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LAW US HISTORY
Course ID: SST4012 Course ID: SST2011-2012
Prerequisite: World History and US History/AP US History Prerequisite: World History
Credit: 1/2 (Semester 2) Credit: 1.0 (Semester 1 and 2)
Grades: 12 Grades: 10
Description: Prepares students for some of the practical legal Description: US History traces the development of the United States
situations that they will face from the time they graduate through from the period of European exploration through the 20th Century.
adulthood. Topics include personal finance, contract, and consumer It considers the problems involved in setting up a state sufficiently
law, introductory Constitutional law (including the US court system), rigid to withstand changing conditions as well as sufficiently flexible
civil law, criminal law, and family law. Students will analyze and apply to cope with structural changes in American society. The course
concepts to a variety of legal situations, and relate legal topics to emphasizes the importance of the individual today in relation to
current situations in the US. Deliberation and communication skills will other members of society, in regard to his/her role in government,
also be key foci of this course. and in helping to formulate government policy.

MODERN GLOBAL STUDIES WORLD HISTORY
Course ID: SST2061 Course ID: SST1011-1012
*2019-20 School Year Offering (Alternating Years) Prerequisite: None
Prerequisite: None Credit: 1.0 (Semester 1 and 2)
Credit: 1/2 (Semester 1) Grades: 9
Grades: 10-12 Description: This is a required class for freshmen. The emphasis is on
Description: Students will investigate current situations facing our the establishment of civilizations and empires throughout the world.
world and evaluate their causes and options for resolution. This We will study early civilizations in Africa, Asia, the America’s, India,
course addresses aspects of political science and will have intensive Middle East, and Europe during first semester. Second semester will
readings and research. have a greater focus on European civilizations, and historical time
frames of the medieval world, Renaissance and Reformation.
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Course ID: SST3011
Prerequisite: US History or AP US History
Credit: 1/2 (Semester 1)
Grades: 11-12
Description: Social Problems studies the issues people face when
interacting with and living amongst one another. Studying Social
Problems will give insight into how sociologists study and make
conclusions about society and how people function within society.
Social Problems also equips students with the skills to make
important decisions about issues that are currently facing the United
States. Topics include basic sociology, poverty, racial and gender
inequality, crime, and drug abuse.

SPORTS (& OPTIMAL HUMAN PERFORMANCE)
PSYCHOLOGY |*NEW
Course ID: SST3071 OR SST3072
Prerequisite: Issues in Psychology or AP Psychology
Credit: 1/2 (Semester 1 or 2)
Grades: 11-12
Description: This unique course will provide students with knowledge
about psychological factors that affect human performance in sports,
exercise, and optimizing human performance in other aspects of
students’ lives (i.e., work, music, and school). The goal of this course
is to not only teach but have students apply psychological
scientifically rooted mental skills and training techniques that will
enhance and optimize their performance. This course will address
the interactions between psychology and performance in the three
areas of sports, exercise, and performance psychology which focuses
on other professions that demand excellence in psycho motor
performance (i.e., performing arts, surgery, firefighting, law
enforcement, military operations, etc.) and applying the same
underlying psychological skills training as sports and exercise.