AP Psychology
1 Credit • Grades 11 & 12 Prerequisites: Teacher ecommendation for AP level
AP Psychology is designed to introduce students to the scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings. To accomplish this, the course provides instruction in several major content areas; these include history and approaches, research methods, biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning and cognition, motivation and emotion, developmental psychology, personality, testing and individual differences, abnormal psychology, treatment of psychological disorders, and social psychology. Students in this challenging college-level course will learn the analytical, reading, and critical thinking skills necessary to develop an advanced understanding of psychology and succeed on the AP Psychology exam. At the AP level, students should expect significant outside of class reading, writing, and research, similar to that of an introductory psychology or social science course at the collegiate level. Students are required to take the AP Psychology exam.
Sociology
0.5 Credit • Grades 11 & 12
In this course, students will explore how human behavior is shaped considering groups to which individuals belong and the society in which they live. Students will examine personal experiences and gain insights into society and the larger world order. Students will be challenged to develop a new understanding of human behavior and American society through topics such as the sociological imagination, socialization, race, gender, class, crime, and deviance.
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