Personal Finance ( final year offered as an elective ) 0.5 Credit • Grades 11 & 12
Psychology
AP Psychology
Sociology
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Personal Finance ( final year offered as an elective ) 0.5 Credit • Grades 11 & 12
This course will prepare students to become fiscally responsible citizens . Students will gain an understanding of the banking and credit system ; retirement plans ; the power of investing in stocks , mutual funds , CDs , and bonds ; and real estate . Course experiences include researching investment plans and learning about local and federal governmental processes and its application to everyday life .
Psychology
0.5 Credit • Grades 11 & 12
In this overview course , students will be introduced to major themes in psychology , such as research methodologies , biological basis of behavior , sensation and perception , altered states of awareness , sleep and dreams , learning and memory , feelings and emotions , personality , and abnormal behavior . Students will consult a variety of materials and sources to explore the many dimensions of human behavior . They will work independently and collaboratively in an effort to understand key concepts and vocabulary of psychology . By exploring the different perspectives used in the study of psychology , students will learn to analyze and evaluate new ideas .
AP Psychology
1 Credit • Grades 11 & 12 Prerequisites : School counselor and teacher recommendation
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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