In this course, students examine patterns and variations of human behavior and the process of individual human development. They examine the emotional, intellectual, and physical factors that influence the development of human beings. Students distinguish among the major schools or perspectives, systems of psychology, and methods of investigations. Students also analyze the mental processes and…

This course consists of an overview of general economic reasoning skills, macro and micro topics, and connections to current events. Students also explore topics in personal finance, such as goal setting, budgets, investing, and taxes. This course is open to students in 10th-12th grade. (Semester, .50 credit)

This course is focused on the nature of the American political system, its development over the past 200 years, and how it works today. It examines the principal processes and institutions through which the political system functions as well as the policies that these institutions establish and how they are implemented. This course is designed…

This course follows the guidelines of the College Board by examining 14 different areas of the discipline of psychology. The class introduces students to the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings and other animals. The topics covered in the class range from biological psychology and basic statistics to…

The purpose of this course is to give students a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to the functions of individual decision makers (both consumers and producers) within the economic system. The course places primary emphasis on the nature and functions of product markets, and includes the study of factor markets and…

The purpose of any course in economics is to teach students how to calculate the benefits and costs of making tough choices with scarce resources. Macroeconomics uses tools to assess the behavior of the economy as a whole. Students learn about the world created when land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial activity become universally marketable. The…

AP® Human Geography presents high school students with the curricular equivalent of an introductory college-level course in human geography or cultural geography. Content is presented thematically rather than regionally, and is organized around the discipline’s main subfields: economic geography, cultural geography, political geography, and urban geography. The approach is spatial and problem-oriented. Case studies are…