WHEELER HIGH SCHOOL ' S
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Course Name : AP Microeconomics Type of Course : Core Course Available to : 12th grade
Prerequisites : H . US History ( 95 %+) OR AP US History ( 85 %+)
Description : This course is an introductory college-level microeconomics course . Students cultivate their understanding of the principles that apply to the functions of individual economic decision-makers by using principles and models to describe economic situations and predict and explain outcomes with graphs , charts , and data as they explore concepts like scarcity and markets ; costs , benefits , and marginal analysis ; production choices and behavior ; and market inefficiency and public policy . This course will be taken as a full semester , and the course will involve extensive readings , independent study , and frequent written / graphical analysis to prepare students for the AP Microeconomics Exam . This course will be completed in one semester and is paired with AP United States Government and Politics during the same or other semester . Students will earn a 1.0 credit for this course . Students earn an additional 1.0 quality point towards their GPA for this course .
Course Name : AP United States Government and Politics Type of Course : Core Course
Available to : 12th grade
Prerequisites : H . US History ( 95 %+) OR AP US History ( 85 %+)
Description : This course is an introductory college-level course in U . S . government and politics . Students cultivate their understanding of U . S . government and politics through analysis of data and text-based sources as they explore topics like constitutionalism , liberty and order , civic participation in a representative democracy , competing policy-making interests , and methods of political analysis . This course will be taken as a full semester , and the course will involve extensive readings , independent study , and frequent written / document analysis to prepare students for the AP US Government and Politics Exam . This course will be completed in one semester and is paired with AP Microeconomics during the same or other semester . Students will earn a 1.0 credit for this course . Students earn an additional 1.0 quality point towards their GPA for this course .
Course Name : Dual Enrollment ECON 1101 : Principles of Economics Type of Course : Core Course
Available to : 12th grade
Prerequisites : Acceptance into Chattahoochee Technical College Dual Enrollment program
Description : This course is provides a description and analysis of economic operations in contemporary society . An emphasis is placed on developing an understanding of economic concepts and policies as they apply to everyday life . Topics include basic economic principles ; economic forces and indicators ; capital and labor ; price , competition , and monopoly ; money and banking ; government expenditures , federal and local ; fluctuations in production , employment , and income ; and United States economy in perspective . This is a Dual Enrollment class through Chattahoochee Technical College that is taught on Wheeler ' s campus concurrently with POLS 1101 : American Government . Students will earn a 1.0 credit for this course .
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