History & Social Science Electives

This class will include a full survey of Western art with a significant component devoted to non-Western styles and themes. Focused on visual understanding and analysis, this class is intended for seniors who are both first time and experienced AP students. The required course work will demand significant work outside of class, while in-class work will focus on discussion, student presentations, and comparative writing and analysis.

This course satisfies one of the three required years of History/Social Science classes.

All students enrolled are required to take the AP exam in May for which there is a fee of $95.00.

This course offers a broad examination of the principles of micro-economic theory.

After introducing opportunity costs, the concepts of scarcity and the law of comparative advantage, the course focuses on marginal utility analysis, the laws of supply and demand, the law of diminishing return, the costs of production, profit maximization, the theory of the firm in perfect and imperfect competition, the factor markets, and finally international trade. Selected topics in macroeconomics will also be covered.

This course satisfies one of the three required years of History/Social Science classes.

This college level course prepares students to take the Advanced Placement

examination in microeconomics.

All students enrolled are required to take the AP exam in May for which there is a fee of $95.00.

This course offers an intensive study of the formal and informal structures of government and the processes of the American political system. The objectives of the course go beyond a basic understanding of how our government works by exploring five AP required topics: Students develop a critical understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the American political system as well as their rights and responsibilities as citizens.

I. Foundations of American Democracy

II. Interaction among the Branches of Government

III. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

IV. Political ideologies and beliefs

V. Political Participation

This is a college-level course that requires a substantial amount of daily reading and preparation. There is a heavy emphasis on writing, debate, and discussion.

This course satisfies one of the three required years of History/Social Science classes.

All students enrolled are required to take the AP exam in May for which there is a fee of $95.00.

AP Comparative Government and Politics introduces students to the rich diversity of political life outside the United States. The course uses a comparative approach to examine the political structures; policies; and the politics, economic, and social challenges among six selected countries: Great Britain, Mexico, Russia, Iran, China, and Nigeria.

Students examine how different governments solve similar problems by comparing the effectiveness of approaches to many global issues.

Topics include:

• • • • • Political Systems, Regimes, and Governments

        • Political Institutions

        • Political Culture and Participation

        • Party and Electoral Systems and Citizen Organizations

        • Political and Economic Changes and Development

This is a college-level course that requires a substantial amount of daily reading and preparation, with a heavy emphasis on writing, analysis, and discussion. This course satisfies one of the three required years of History/Social Science classes.

All students enrolled are required to take the national AP Exam in May for which there is a fee of $95.