• To provide an educational program that integrates subject knowledge and concepts, fundamental skills, and ideals of American and global society. 

• To foster in students an appreciation of and a commitment to basic ideals of American and global society. 

• To develop in students the ability and inclination to employ critical thinking and decision-making strategies, in order to better read the world and be agents within it. 

• To enable students to apply social scientific methods toward understanding human experiences as they relate to societies. 

• To encourage students to actively participate in society by exercising skills and habits of mind appropriate for a pluralistic democracy. 

• To enable students to apply knowledge and concepts from history, civics, economics, geography, and the social sciences toward understanding human experiences as they relate to societies. 

• To develop in students an understanding of the uniqueness and interdependence of regions and nations in a global age. 

• To foster in students a desire for continued learning and curiosity about their world.