Social Sciences

Featured Courses

AP United States History

In AP U.S. History, students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historical periods from approximately 1491 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills 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. The course also provides eight themes that students explore throughout the course to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: American and national identity; work, exchange, and technology; geography and the environment; migration and settlement; politics and power; America in the world; American and regional culture; and social structures.

AP Micro & Macro Economics

AP Microeconomics is a one-semester, college-level course that examines how individuals and firms make economic decisions and how markets allocate resources. Students study supply and demand, consumer and producer behavior, market structures, and the effects of government intervention. In AP Macroeconomics, students analyze national income, inflation, unemployment, and economic growth while exploring how fiscal policy, monetary policy, and international trade shape economic outcomes. These courses emphasize economic modeling, graphical analysis, data interpretation, and applying economic reasoning to real-world market outcomes.

AP Psychology

This one-year survey course offers an introductory collegelevel course survey of the major topics in psychology and preparation and the Advanced Placement examination in the spring. Through the five units of study students apply concepts, theories, perspectives, and explain behavior in authentic contexts, analyze research data, interpret quantitative data and practice AP style questions.

Accounting and Personal Finance

This course will introduce students to the basic principles of accounting. Students will be exposed to the terminology, concepts, and applications of accounting principles in practice. Students will also study the practical elements of personal finance. The course will be interactive - offering important lessons in accounting and real-world examples of personal finance applications. Upon completion, this course will provide students with the basic fundamentals of accounting concepts necessary for students planning to study accounting, finance, or business in college. Additionally, this course will provide a foundation for personal financial literacy.

Full Course Catalog

The Social Science Department offers a wide range of courses, encompassing the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual tradition of humankind. The department seeks to inspire students to think critically and creatively by asking historical questions about themselves, their communities, other cultures, and society as a whole. Students are encouraged to participate in their own society, to apply historical knowledge to the situations they encounter, and to value the privileges and responsibilities inherent in their own lives. Armed with these skills, students are able to view their world in complex ways, not to be swayed easily by simple answers, to critically evaluate information provided by the media, government, or special interest groups. Through a solid background in history, these students become citizens who will think carefully, seek to better their understanding of the world, and have the confidence to act upon their convictions.