Launching in the 2026-27 school year, AP Business with Personal Finance is a yearlong high school business and personal finance course that aligns closely with a college-level introduction to business course. Students explore the business disciplines of entrepreneurship, marketing, finance, accounting, and management through real-world business applications, case studies, and project-based learning. In addition, students learn and apply all the National Standards for Personal Financial Education created by the Council for Economic Education and the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy.
There is no required 9th grade Social Studies course for graduation. However, students interested in attending a four-year university are encouraged to register for AP Human Geography. Additionally, the Personal Finance and Money Management course is required for graduation beginning with the Class of 2027.
SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES
2102371 PERSONAL FINANCE AND MONEY MANAGEMENT
2102373 PERSONAL FINANCE AND MONEY MANAGEMENT HONORS
GRADES: 9-12
.5 CREDIT
Why do we pay taxes? How do credit cards work? Learn proper money management skills and how to achieve financial success in this one-semester course. Find out how to avoid common financial mistakes, how to invest in your future, and how to manage personal and family finances effectively.
2103400 AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
GRADES: 9-12
1 CREDIT
As a college-level course, AP Human Geography course introduces students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth’s surface. Students learn to employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine human socioeconomic organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their research and applications. Coursework for AP Human Geography is similar to that assigned at the collegiate level; therefore, strong writing, comprehension and analytical reading skills are essential to student success. Based on the Advanced Placement exam, credit may be awarded by participating colleges.
2109310 WORLD HISTORY
2109320 WORLD HISTORY HONORS
2109420 AP WORLD HISTORY
GRADES: 10-12
1 CREDIT
In AP World History: Modern, students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes from 1200 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical connections; and utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change over time. The course provides a thematic approach to history which allows students to explore the historical process in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and regions. AP World History: Modern is designed to be the equivalent of an introductory college or university survey of modern world history. Based on the results of the AP Exam, college credit may be awarded at participating colleges.
2100310 UNITED STATES HISTORY
2100320 UNITED STATES HISTORY HONORS
2100330 AP UNITED STATES HISTORY
GRADE: 11
1 CREDIT
Designed by College Board to provide the rigor of a college course, students will explore events of US History through the use and analysis of documents, images, cartoons, quantitative data, and other primary sources. Students will develop an understanding of major themes in US History: American identity, economics, political change and shifts and the United States historical role in world affairs and conflicts. Students will critically analyze historical events and materials, weigh evidence and interpretations as they master factual knowledge, draw conclusions, and use informed reasoning to present arguments clearly and persuasively in a written format. Based on the Advanced Placement exam, credit may be awarded by participating colleges.
2106310 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
2106320 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT HONORS
2106420 AP UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT/POLITICS
GRADE: 12
.5 CREDIT
This course provides students the opportunity to develop the analytical skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal with the problems, content and materials of the American government. Emphasis is placed on content and interpretation of the Constitution, Federalism, Congress, Presidency, political traditions, and responsibilities of citizens. Based on results of the AP exam, college credit may be awarded by participating colleges.
2102310 ECONOMICS
2102320 ECONOMICS HONORS
GRADE: 12
.5 CREDIT
2102370 AP MACROECONOMICS
GRADE: 12
.5 CREDIT
Students will receive a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to an economic system as a whole. Macroeconomics places particular emphasis on the study of national income and price-level determination, and also develops students’ familiarity with economic performance measures, the financial sector, stabilization policies (fiscal and monetary) and long-term consequences, macroeconomic theory, economic growth, and international trade.
2102360 AP MICROECONOMICS
GRADE: 12
.5 CREDIT
Students will receive a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to the functions of individual decision-makers, both consumers and producers, within the economic system. Microeconomics places primary emphasis on the nature and functions of product markets and includes the study of factor markets, and of the role of government in promoting greater efficiency and equity in the economy.