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Elective AP Social Studies Classes
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AP Human Geography
9th Grade elective, two- semester course. This course serves as an elective. AP Human Geography is the study of people from a spatial perspective. People are central to geography in that their activities help shape the earth’s surface largely through their interaction with the physical environment. Human settlements and structures are part of that tapestry of interaction. It is in that setting that humans either compete for control of space and resources or work out systems of social, economic, and political cooperation.
AP Comparative Government
11th or 12th Grade one-semester elective. This does NOT meet the Political Systems requirement. This course examines the current government and political systems in various countries. Each country will be compared in terms of: sovereignty, authority, and power; political institutions; citizens, society and the state; political and economic change and public policy. This is not a history course but rather a study of how the world is today.
AP European History
11th or 12th Grade two-semester elective. This does NOT meet the World History requirement. This class strives to develop (a) an understanding of some of the principle themes in modern European History and (b) an ability to analyze historical evidence. The major themes to be covered are: political and diplomatic history, intellectual and cultural history, and social and economic history.
AP Psychology
AP Psychology is a two-semester elective for 11th and 12th graders. It is designed to introduce students to the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings and animals. Students are exposed to the psychological facts, principles, and phenomena associated with each of the major subfields within psychology. The topics covered include the brain, life span, sensation, perception, states of consciousness, learning, memory, thinking and language, intelligence, motivation, emotion, personality, psychological disorders, therapy and social psychology.