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 Civics
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This course has two major focal
points: career investigation and U.S. citizenship. Civics is
designed to teach the students the basic information concerning our government
and the opportunities and problems that face us. Students will gain an
appreciation about our democracy's many privileges and an awareness of the
obligations that accompany these privileges. Besides education in the
government, they will also get information on careers. This career
education puts an emphasis on exploratory experiences necessary in career
decision making.
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American History 11
American History 11 requires students to read and work on assignments covering a
designated area and time period. Students will frequently be questioned
about the material they read in order to check if they understand and comprehend
it. Lectures will be given to fully explain
concepts and events. This course is aimed at the past, present, and future
of the U.S., showing the significance of the past to the present and the future.
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World Cultures World Cultures is a course that will inform students about other
cultures and help provide students with a multicultural and global perspective.
They will also learn cultural, political, and social developments in both the
east and west which will help students understand global viewpoints. This
is a course that relates the current world to that of the past.
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World Geography
This course examines physical and cultural geography and helps students
understand how people interact with their environment.
A few of the aims of this course are:
To know and understand how to use maps
To know and understand the physical and human characteristics of place.
To know and understand that culture and experience influences people's perception of places and regions.
To know and understand the forces of cooperation that shapes the divisions of
the earth's surface.
To know and understand the consequences of the interaction between human and
physical systems.
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Sociology
Life is often more complex than we realize. We live in a
complex social environment and it is within this environment that our
relationships with other human beings take place. This is what is looked
at in sociology. Topics covered include: education, religion, crime
minorities, and others.
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Psychology This
course focuses on the study of human behavior. Students will have the
chance to study what psychologists have learned about why people do what they
do. Such topics as perception, intelligence, creativity, growing up, and
personality will be covered.
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Economics
Economics is designed to
connect high school economics to the business world. The students will
have a chance to make and run their own company. Other hands on activities
and computer simulations will be used to build management skills.
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Political
Science Political science is the study
of American political systems with the emphasis also on different governments.
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Criminal & Civil Law
Criminal and Civil Law is aimed at trying to
provide the basic knowledge of the law and legal processes. The student
will be able to analyze, evaluate, and discover the paths that are
open to them to resolve legal disputes.
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College Psychology This course is the study of what
psychologists have learned about why people do what they do. Students will
meet 3 days a week for discussion of assigned chapters and testing.
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