Teachers: Mr. Mertel, Mr. Duster, and Mr. Kennelly
Credits: 1.0 credit (.5 per semester). This is a year long class. Passing this class is a graduation requirement.
Availability: Grade 9
Course Description: World Studies is a required course that focuses on major events and themes in the world from prehistory to the present. Students will consider the influence of geographic settings, cultural perspectives, economic systems, and various forms of government on human events from multiple regions and time periods. The course emphasizes the historical background of major issues in the world today. Please contact chad.kennelly@rimsd41.org if you have any questions about this course.
Teachers: Ms. Randolph, Mr. Trenary, and Ms. Miley
Credits: 1.0 credit (.5 per semester). This is a year long class. Passing this class, or AP US History, is a graduation requirement.
Availability: Grade 10
Course Description: This required course will provide an overview of the events, people, values, innovations, etc., which shaped our nation’s history. The time period up to the Civil War will be the subject of a short review; while the remainder of the year will focus on the Reconstruction era onward. Key historical concepts like cause and effect, chronological order, primary document use/interpretation, and standard inquiry (who, what, where, when, and why) will be used. Students will learn how present institutions, conditions, etc., relate to the past. Please contact dan.trenary@rimsd41.org if you have any questions about this course.
Teachers: Ms. Randolph and Mr. Trenary
Credits: 1.0 credit (.5 per semester). This is a year long class. Passing this class, or US History, is a graduation requirement.
Availability: Grade 10
Course Description: Having a C or higher in World Studies is strongly recommended for taking this course. Following the College Board’s approved curriculum designed to parallel college-level US History courses, AP US History provides students with the analytical skills and factual knowledge necessary to address critical problems and materials in US history. Students must possess strong reading and writing skill, have the ability to do independent study, and have good attendance. The course provides coverage of major historical topics with emphasis on political history, foreign affairs and economic/social development. Attention is also given to literature and culture in American History. Students will use a college level textbook. Students enrolled in this course are expected to take the AP exam in May and are expected to remain in the course for the entire year. Teacher, parent/guardian, and administrative approval are required to drop this course at semester. Please contact dan.trenary@rimsd41.org if you have any questions about this course.
Teachers: Ms. Young and Mr. Hains
Credits: .5 credit. This is a semester long class. Passing this class is a graduation requirement.
Availability: Grade 11
Course Description: Consumer Economics includes units on an analysis of the American economy, distribution of the national income, prices, supply and demand, American business organization, production, marketing, labor-management relations, advertising, and consumer protection. Also included are units on financial planning, money and banking, investing, the use of credit, insurance, real estate, and public welfare. Please contact kelly.young@rimsd41.org if you have any questions about this course.
Teachers: Mr. Hammer, Ms. Miley, and Mr. Hains
Credits: .5 credit. This is a semester long class. Passing this class, or AP US Government and Politics, is a graduation requirement.
Availability: Grade 11
Course Description: This course provides a basic study of the Presidency, Congress, the judicial process, the criminal justice system, the United States Constitution, citizenship rights and responsibilities, federal national politics, and the Bill of Rights. Please contact ben.hammer@rimsd41.org if you have any questions about this course.
Teachers: Mr. Hains
Credits: .5 credit. This is a semester long class. Passing this class, or US Government and Politics, is a graduation requirement.
Availability: Grade 11
Course Description: Following the College Board’s approved curriculum designed to parallel college-level US Government and Politics courses, this course provides students with an analytical perspective on government and politics in the United States, involving both the study of general concepts used to interpret US politics and the analysis of specific case studies. The goal of the course is to increase understanding of the American government and political system, its processes, framework, traditions, and values. Students will use a college level textbook. Students enrolled in this course are expected to take the AP exam in May and are expected to remain in the course for the entire year. Teacher, parent/guardian, and administrative approval are required to drop this course at semester. Please contact andrew.hains@rimsd41.org if you have any questions about this course.
Teachers: Ms. Randolph and Mr. Dyer
Credits: .5 credit. This is a semester long class.
Availability: Grades 10-12
Course Description: Students will be challenged to examine the events, issues, and personalities that are part of the national and international news. These events and associated issues will be studied from a historic, political, economic, cultural, legal, and geographic perspective. Course assignments will center on weekly newspaper and periodical articles. Documentaries, news reports, investigative photojournalism, and occasional pertinent television series episodes will supplement the curriculum. Course discussion, written assignments, daily reading, map work, and visual projects make the course unique in approach, but very demanding. Please contact amanda.randolph@rimsd41.org if you have any questions about this course.
Teachers: Mr. Dyer
Credits: .5 credit. This is a semester long class.
Availability: Grades 10-12
Course Description: This course will focus on how people behave and relate in group settings. It involves the use of the scientific method in dealing with human interaction. In addition to vocabulary development, it uses a multicultural approach to analyze sociological concepts found in case studies. Students will encounter information and knowledge, which can be applied to future life situations. Please contact scott.dyer@rimsd41.org if you have any questions about this course.
Teachers: Mr. Dyer
Credits: .5 credit. This is a semester long class.
Availability: Grades 10-12
Course Description: This elective course will provide students a general understanding of the basic tenets of psychology. It will emphasize the relationship of psychological theories and techniques. It will cover some of the most basic components of psychology including a general history, research methods, well-known individuals, sleep, dreams, hypnosis, and psychological disorders. It is a subject for students with an interest in the why and how behavior affects them and others around them. Please contact scott.dyer@rimsd41.org if you have any questions about this course.
Teachers: Mr. Dyer
Credits: .5 credit. This is a semester long class.
Availability: Grades 10-12
Course Description: This elective course is designed to give students an in-depth scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings. Topic include the biological basis of behavior, the brain, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, motivation and emotion, developmental psychology, personality, and abnormal psychology. This course will provide an opportunity for students that want to gain a deeper understanding of psychology. Please contact scott.dyer@rimsd41.org if you have any questions about this course.
Teachers: Mr. Dyer
Credits: 1.0 credit (.5 per semester). This is a year long class.
Availability: Grades 11-12
Course Description: This elective course is designed to give students a thorough scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings. Topics include the biological basis of behavior, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, motivation and emotion, learning and cognition, developmental psychology, personality, and abnormal psychology. This course will help students prepare for college level course work. Students enrolled in this course are expected to take the AP exam in May and are expected to remain in the course for the entire year. Teacher, parent/guardian, and administrative approval are required to drop this course at semester. Please contact scott.dyer@rimsd41.org if you have any questions about this course.
Teachers: Mr. Duster
Credits: 1.0 credit (.5 per semester). This is a year long class.
Course Description: This is an elective Advanced Placement course that covers modern European history from 1400 to the present. Emphasis is on: Renaissance, Reformation, Louis XIV, Age of Absolutism, English Civil Wars, French Revolution, the Century of “Ism’s”, the Balance of Power, World War I, Russian Revolution, Rise and Fall of Nazism, and the Post-War World. The course will provide the college bound student with a head start. Students enrolled in this course are expected to take the AP exam in May and are expected to remain in the course for the entire year. Teacher, parent/guardian, and administrative approval are required to drop this course at semester. Please email jeffry.duster@rimsd41.org if you have any questions about this course.