Civics: This class is a survey of government principles and applications, which covers four units of study: Civic Skills and Values, Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens, Government Institutions and the Political Process, and Foreign Relations. The course objectives are for students to obtain an overview of the United States governmental powers, gain an understanding and awareness of national and international affairs, and develop a knowledge of the U.S. Constitution, the three main branches of the government, and its application at the international and state level, and to have an awareness of our individual role in the democratic process.

Race and Identity Studies: This class centers around four main units of study: Identity, Critically Unpacking Race, Resistance and Resilience, and Transformation and Liberation. The unit of study on identity asks students to explore how their racial identity intersects with other aspects of their identity and impacts their experience in the world. In critically unpacking race, students examine how race and ethnicity have been constructed and evolve over time. Students will examine resistance and resilience in unit 3 and explore how these ideas have been a part of the U.S. experience and how groups have come together across identity categories in their struggle for liberation. Lastly, students will examine what justice looks like in our communities and in our nation as well as explore how race and ethnicity continue to shape the United States and contemporary issues.