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SOCIAL STUDIES ELECTIVES

American Popular Culture Psychology
Course Numbers: 076300 Course Number: 076900
Prerequisites: None Prerequisite: None
Fulfills Graduation Requirement for: Elective Fulfills graduation requirement for: Elective
Grade Level: 9-12 Grade Level: 9-12
Course Description: This course explores the may aspects of Course Description: In this course you will be introduced to the
American Cultures and will help you develop an understanding and scientific study of behavior and the mental process. You will explore
appreciation of life in the United States. and analyze human behavior.

Comparative Religions AP Psychology A, B *
Course Number: 076800 Course Number: 077571 + 077572
Prerequisite: None 2 trimester course, must register for both trimesters.

Fulfills graduation requirement for: Elective Note: Advanced Placement Course, designed for students
Grade Level: 9-12 academically talented and gifted.
Course Description: In this course you will cover the major religions Prerequisite: None
of the world by examining the history, diversity, functions and impact. Fulfills graduation requirement for: Elective
This course is about religion, it will not promote beliefs. Grade Level: 9-12

Constitutional Law Course Description: In this course you will be introduced to the
systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of
Course Number: 076600 human beings and other animals.
Prerequisites: None
Grade Level: 9-12 Race and Culture
Fulfills Graduation Requirement for: Elective Course Number: 004100
Course Description: In this course you will study past and current Prerequisite: None
Supreme Court cases as you will read, discuss and evaluate the Fulfills graduation requirement for: Elective
majority and minority opinions in their historical settings and
perspectives. Grade Level: 9-12
Course Description: This course develops students’ critical thinking
Crime and Justice and analytical skills to understand and evaluate the construction of race
in the United States. This class explores subjugated knowledges by
Course Number: 077200 amplifying multidimensional resilience in the presence of racism. Topics
Prerequisite: None to be covered in this course include: Identifying and Investigating
Fulfills graduation requirement for: Elective Personal Racial Identities, Introduction to Race and Culture, Race,
Privilege and Power, Critical Race Theory and Historical Anthropology.
Grade Level: 9-12
Course Description: You will be introduced to the study of the Race and Culture in Literature
American criminal justice system, and examine constitutional rights and Course Number: 037600
responsibilities within the system.
Prerequisite: None
People on the Move: Immigration and Identity in the Fulfills graduation requirement for: Elective
United States Grade Level: 9-12
Course Number: 077600 Course Description: See English/Language Arts, page 18

Prerequisite: None
Fulfills graduation requirement for: Elective Sociology
Grade Level: 9-12 Course Number: 077100
Prerequisite: None
Course Description: This one trimester elective will explore
immigration in the United States - both immigration history and Fulfills graduation requirement for: Elective
contemporary immigration. Students will learn about context that helps Grade Level: 9-12
us understand current issues related to immigration and refugees. This
course will use tools from history and sociology to explore national, Course Description: In this course you will study of human social
historical and local case studies. behavior and its origins, development, organizations, and institutions.

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