Students in Economics pursue in-depth study of economic reasoning skills, fundamental concepts and microeconomic concepts to equip them with the knowledge and skills required for success in postsecondary education, the skilled workplace and civic life. 

Credits: 2

Grade Level: 12th 

Students in U.S. Government learn concepts, content and skills necessary for the post-secondary education, the skilled workplace and most importantly, civil life. Students can expect to review principles of democracy while deepening their understanding of rights and responsibilities. This course also focuses on learning how governmental institutions operate and political processes.

Credits: 2

Grade Level: 12th 

This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore, discuss, and learn more about current issues and events.  We will focus on current events happening in our world at the local, national, and international level in a meaningful, active, and engaging way.

Credits: 2

Grade Level: 10th, 11th, & 12th 

This course will allow students to identify their strengths and interests, investigate career clusters, look at post-secondary education options, and research careers.

Credits: 2

Grade Level: 10th, 11th, & 12th

Sociology stresses the social contexts in which people live, how we choose friends, what we understand about the thoughts behaviors of the opposite sex, how inequalities shape our world and what social institutions shape us most. In this class, we will examine how relationships result from and sometimes change our social environment and ourselves. This course will emphasize making healthy individual decisions and how we can change the world through each person. This course will include a project on initiating social change.

Credits: 2

Grade Level: 10th, 11th, & 12th

“SPPS students deserve respectful learning environments in which their racial and ethnic diversity is valued and contributes to successful academic outcomes” (101.00, 2013).  Additionally, “each school shall teach a multicultural, intercultural, non-racist, non-sex-biased, gender and disability-fair curriculum in all subject areas”( 602.01, 1978).  In SPPS, studies courses are multidisciplinary, identity focused, and culturally responsive.

The LGBTQ Studies course focuses on the LGBTQ experience within the U.S. experience.  The course builds on understanding the social construction of gender, invisibility & visibility of LGBTQ Americans in American history and current events.  Students can expect to use materials from multiple voices, arts, literature, and history to learn about identity, systems of power, resistance and resilience, and transformation, continuity and change.

Credits: 2

Grade Level: 10th, 11th, & 12th