Core AP Social Studies Classes
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 World History
10th Grade, two-semester course meets World History requirement. AP World History focuses on the past thousand years of global experience; this course builds on an understanding of cultural, institutional, and technological foundations that, along with geography, set the human stage prior to the year 1000. Specific time-periods form the organizing principle for dealing with change and continuity from that point to the present. Historical themes provide further organization to the course, along with the consistent attention to contacts among societies that form the core of World History as a field of study.
AP Unites States History
11th Grade, two- semester course meets US History requirement. AP United States History is designed to provide students with factual knowledge and analytical skills in the interpretation of the history of the U.S. from 1492 until the present. Students examine and analyze significant themes throughout various time-periods.
AP Macroeconomics
12th Grade, one- semester course meets Economics requirement. AP Macroeconomics gives students a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to national income and price determination, economic performance measures, economic growth, and international economics. The course focuses on the four main players in the economy: the household, business, the government, and the international sector.
AP Microeconomics
12th Grade elective, 1 semester course meets the Economics requirement. Students that take this class must take AP Macroeconomics second semester. This course gives students an understanding of the principles of economics that apply to functions of individual decision makers, consumers and producers, within the larger economic system. It places emphasis on the nature and function of product markets, and includes the study of factor markets and the role of the government in promoting greater efficiency and equity in the economy.
AP Government
12th Grade, one- semester course meets Political Systems requirement. AP Government provides an overview of government, politics, and political behavior at the local, state, and national levels. Topics include an examination of the structure, functions, and inter-relationships of various levels of government; political socialization; elections; the party system; and the role of the individual in American government. Students will be exposed to specific information about government and how government affects their daily lives.