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SOCIAL STUDIES ELECTIVES

American Popular Culture AP Psychology A, B
Course Numbers: 076300 Course Number: 077571 + 077572
Prerequisites: None 2 trimester course, must register for both trimesters.
Fulfills Graduation Requirement for: Elective Note: Advanced Placement Course, designed for students
Grade Level: 9-12 academically talented and gifted.
Course Description: This course explores the may aspects of Prerequisite: None
American Cultures and will help you develop an understanding Fulfills graduation requirement for: Elective
and appreciation of life in the United States. Grade Level: 9-12
Course Description: In this course you will be introduced to the
systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental
AP Human Geography A, B, C processes of human beings and other animals.
Course Number: 072471 + 072472 + 072473
Must register for all 3 trimesters
Prerequisites: None AP U.S. Government & Politics A, B
Grade Level: 9-12 Course Number: 074271 + 074272
Fulfills Graduation Requirement for: Elective (Human 2 trimester course, must register for both trimesters.
Geography is a required class for class of 2020 and beyond) Prerequisites: None
Course Description: Students will be introduced to the Grade Level: 9-12
systematic study of human geography. Topics covered in this Fulfills Graduation Requirement for: Government &
course include population, movement, culture, language, religion, Citizenship
industrialization, and land use. Students will learn and employ
the methods of geographers and will develop a geographic Course Description: In this course, you will get an analytical
perspective with which they view the landscape and understand perspective on government and politics in the United States. The
current events. following topics will be covered: Constitutional Underpinnings of
the United States Government, Political Beliefs and Behaviors,
Political Parties, Interest Groups and Mass Media, Institutions of
AP Macroeconomics National Government, Public Policy, and Civil Rights and Civil
Course Number: 074070 Liberties.
Prerequisites: None
Grade Level: 9-12
Fulfills Graduation Requirement for: Economics
Course Description: In this course, you will explore the
monetary and fiscal policies as well as International Economics.
Examine the determination of economics aggregates, such as
total output, total employment, and the price level. Students are
encouraged to take the AP Exam.

AP Microeconomics
Course Number: 074170
Prerequisites: None
Grade Level: 9-12
Fulfills Graduation Requirement for: Economics
Course Description: In this course, you will develop a thorough
understanding of the principles of economics, learning basic
economic concepts, the nature and functions of product markets,
factor markets, market failure and the role of the Government.
Students are encouraged to take the AP Exam.

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