Class Overviews

🧠  Intro to Psych 🧠

This course provides a general understanding and application of the basic principles of psychology. Topics will include history of psychology, scientific methods, physiological basis of behavior, development, principles of learning, personality theory and assessment, abnormal behavior, psychotherapy, and social psychology.  Students will also study current research and theory and will be prepared for further study at the collegiate level.

🌎  12th Grade Modern World History 🌎 

Modern World History focuses on global developments from the onset of World War I until present day. Students will examine historical, geographic, political, economic, and sociological events and discuss how those events have shaped the world in which we live. Topics covered in this course include global warfare and regional conflicts, nationalist and revolutionary movements, the emergence of new nations, and issues faced by the developing world. Students will analyze information from primary and secondary sources, identify cause and effect relationships, and provide tenable explanations for global events. Outside readings and research are course focuses as well. The expectations of student work are high. Content and skills of the course are designed to enable students to demonstrate an understanding of chronological development and historical comprehension. The students are asked to articulate issues and ideas orally as well as in writing. 

👶 Human Development 👵

Human Development is the study of the systematic processes of growth, change, and stability that occur throughout a person’s life. It explores how people develop physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially from conception through late adulthood. In this course, we will examine the many ways individuals change over time, including how they think, learn, communicate, form relationships, and respond to the world around them. We will also explore characteristics and traits that tend to remain stable throughout life, such as aspects of personality, temperament, and identity.

By studying human development, students will gain a better understanding of themselves and others while learning how biological, psychological, social, cultural, and environmental factors influence development across the lifespan.