社会研究
社会研究课程和教学培养了终身学习的愿望,并鼓励我们的学生成为我们世界的公民。以州为基础的标准课程辅以大学预科选修课程,为学生在大学取得成功奠定必要的基础。
课程
学术
健康研讨会所有大一新生都必修这门长达一年的课程。学生将学习人与环境的相互作用,包括物质和文化。学生将学习各种文化,分析文化关系和特征的起源和本质。每个学生将在一个学期的学习中利用图书馆研究技术深入分析一种文化,并以学期论文和ppt演示结束。本课程还将与咨询部门、校园部和教育技术部门合作授课,内容涉及SM学生和教师的健康、执行功能、学习习惯和常用技术沙巴体育等问题。本课程将满足国家健康课程要求课程长度:一年开放到年级:94220a世界历史(a) UC批准,NCAA批准本课程是所有二年级学生的必修课程。涵盖的主题包括古希腊、民主思想的兴起、大航海时代、启蒙时代、法国大革命、工业革命、帝国主义的兴起、第一次世界大战、现代世界的极权主义和第二次世界大战。每个单元都将利用各种原始材料进行深入研究,特别强调地理关系,大屠杀和冷战的发展。课程长度:学年开放至年级:104400a美国历史(a) UC认可,NCAA认可在回顾了国家的起源和内战时期之后,这门课程引导学生理解20世纪的美国。本书深入研究了外部和内部关系,包括早期成为世界强国的努力、两次世界大战、冷战和最近的冲突,以及进步运动、大萧条、经济增长和民权运动。学生将使用各种资源来获得对重要概念的理解,并培养以下技能:批判性思维,小组互动,口头和书面沟通。*注:从学术班转到荣誉班需要两个学期都达到“A”,并在5月的分班考试中获得及格分数。4500AS美国政府(A) UC批准,NCAA批准这是所有高年级学生都需要的一个学期的大学预科课程。学生们将研究这个国家的政府所依据的原则,以及政府的结构。仔细研究美国公民的权利和责任,正如我们在两个世纪的发展中逐渐理解的那样,也将包括在内。系统地研究当前的政府问题,以及我们社会中的政治,将是课程的常规部分。课程长度:学期对年级开放:12注:与经济学配对。4600AS经济学(g) UC批准,NCAA批准这是所有高年级学生需要的一学期的大学预科课程。学生将学习微观经济学、宏观经济学和国际经济关系。本课程将使学生具备理解经济问题所需的词汇和技术知识,包括媒体和大学水平的研究。该课程还将为学生提供有用的信息和分析工具,以发展有关经济问题的个人价值体系。课程长度:学期对年级开放:12注:与美国政府配对。
模拟联合国
4110C CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY MUN HONORS
(g) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
This year-long course for academically talented Freshmen combines the study of physical and cultural environments with the hands-on work of representing nations at Model United Nations conferences. Here the student will develop an understanding of current world problems and the research, speaking, writing and thinking skills needed to represent a nation effectively in interscholastic competitions. Fund raising and participation fee are required to cover some of the costs of team travel and supplies for MUN courses. Students enrolled are required to remain in class for the entire year. The required Health course, which would normally be taken as a semester course Freshman year, must be completed in summer school prior to Freshman year or taken as an elective. Requires work out of class including attending 4 conferences, 2 per semester. |
Length of Course: Year
Open to Grade: 9
Prerequisite: A minimum standard score of 550 on the HSPT Composite. Students will need to take Health before graduation
Note: Fund raising and a participation fee are required to cover some of the costs of team travel and supplies in MUN courses. Enrollment may be subject to approval
4220C WORLD HISTORY MUN HONORS
(a) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
This class is for academically talented sophomores. Topics covered include Ancient Greece, the Rise of Democratic Ideas, the Age of Exploration, the Age of Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the Rise of Imperialism, World War I, Totalitarianism in the Modern World, and World War II. The writings of a Variety of historians are studied as well as original source materials. Interpretation of source material and analysis of historians’ points of view will be emphasized.
Length of Course: Year
Open to Grade: 10
Prerequisites: Placement in World History MUN Honors is based on successful completion of the Freshman MUN course and teacher recommendation based on the following criteria: 1) Grades and behavior met expectations in Freshman/MUN class; 2) Attended MUN conferences as required. Note: Fund raising and a participation fee are required to cover some of the costs of team travel and supplies in MUN courses. Enrollment may be subject to approva
4400C UNITED STATES HISTORY MUN HONORS
(a) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
This class is for academically talented, Juniors. Following review units on the nation’s beginnings and on the Civil War period, this course interprets the historical survey of the United States. Both external and internal relationships are studied in-depth from Reconstruction to the 1980s.
Length of Course: Year
Open to Grades: 11
Prerequisite: Placement in United States History MUN Honors is based on successful completion of the Sophomore MUN course and teacher recommendation based on 1) grades and behavior met expectations in Sophomore MUN class and 2) attended MUN conferences as required. Note: Fund raising and a participation fee are required to cover some of the costs of team travel and supplies in MUN courses
4500MS UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MUN HONORS
(a) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
This is a semester long college preparatory course for academically talented Seniors. Students will examine the principles on which this nation’s government is based, as well as the structures of that government. Careful study of the rights and responsibilities of American citizens, as we have come to understand them over two centuries of development, will be included. Systematic study of current issues in government, and politics in our society, will be a regular part of the course. As part of the course, students are required to participate in MUN conferences and activities.
Length of Course: Semester
Open to Grade: 12
Prerequisite: Placement in United States Government MUN Honors is based on successful completion of the Junior MUN course and teacher recommendation based on 1) grades and behavior met expectations in Junior MUN class and 2) attended MUN conferences as required.
Note: Fund raising and a participation fee are required to cover some of the costs of team travel and supplies in MUN courses
4600MS ECONOMICS MUN HONORS
(g) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
This is a semester long college preparatory course for academically talented Seniors. Students will study microeconomics, macroeconomics, and international economic relationships. The course will equip the student with both the vocabulary and the technical knowledge needed for an understanding of economic issues, both in the media and at the collegiate level of study. The course will also provide the student with information and analytical tools useful in developing a personal system of values in regard to economic issues. As part of the course, students are required to participate in MUN conferences and activities.
Length of Course: Semester
Open to Grade: 12
Prerequisite: Placement in Economics MUN Honors is based on successful completion of the Junior MUN course and teacher recommendation based on 1) grades and behavior met expectations in Junior MUN class and 2) attended MUN conferences as required.
Note: Fund raising and a participation fee are required to cover some of the costs of team travel and supplies in MUN courses
4927F GLOBAL POLITICS IB SL (for MUN)
(g) UC Approved
This course explores fundamental political concepts such as power, equality, sustainability and peace in a range of contexts. It allows students to develop an understanding of the local, national, international and global dimensions of political activity and processes, as well as to explore political issues affecting their own lives. The course helps students to understand abstract political concepts by grounding them in real-world examples and case studies. It also invites comparison between such examples and case studies to ensure a wider and transnational perspective.
Length of Course: Year
Open to Grade: 12
Prerequisites: Completion of AP US History or US History.
Note: This course fulfils our Government/Econ requirement.
大学先修课程(AP)
4220E AP WORLD HISTORY: MODERN
(a) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
This college level World History course is designed to develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts, in interaction with different types of human societies. This understanding is advanced through a combination of selective factual knowledge and appropriate analytical skills. The course highlights the nature of changes in international frameworks and their causes and consequences, as well as comparisons among major societies. The course emphasizes relevant factual knowledge deployed in conjunction with leading interpretive issues and types of historical evidence. The course builds on an understanding of cultural, institutional, and technological precedents that, along with geography, set the human stage. Periodization, explicitly discussed, forms an organizing principle for dealing with change and continuity throughout the course. Specific themes provide further organization to the course, along with the consistent attention to contacts among societies that form the core of World History as a field of study.
Length of Course: Year
Open to Grades: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: An A in English 1 or a B+ in English 1 Honors. Juniors and Seniors may take this course as an elective provided that they received A’s in prior History courses.
*Note: To move from Academic to Honors classes requires an “A” both semesters & a passing score on the placement exam in May.
4300E AP EUROPEAN HISTORY
(a) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
This college level course in European History is designed to prepare students for the AP examination. The chronological scope of the course ranges from the Renaissance - approximately 1450 to the present, recent past. The course will cover a variety of political, cultural, economic and social themes in the history of modern Europe. Students will develop their ability to analyze different types of historical evidence including visual and statistical materials and evaluate key historiographical questions.
Length of Course: Year
Open to Grades: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: An A in English 1 or a B+ in English 1 Honors. Juniors and Seniors may take this course as an elective provided that they received A’s in prior History courses.
*Note: To move from Academic to Honors classes requires an “A” both semesters & a passing score on the placement exam in May.
4400E AP UNITED STATES HISTORY
(a) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
This is a college level survey course in United States History designed for the academically accelerated student. This course also fulfills the first year requirement of History HL IB. Topics from Pre-Columbian America to the first decade of the 21st century will be covered. In addition to the course text, the student will be required to read and interpret the writings of historians and historical documents. Emphasis will be placed on further developing the student’s critical thinking skills. A student will be required to organize and analyze historical information and data. Additionally, each student will be called upon to demonstrate the accomplishment of that objective through the writing of interpretive and analytical essays. Seniors may enroll in the United States History AP course as an elective provided that they received an A in academic United States History.
Length of Course: Year
Open to Grades: 11, 12
Prerequisites: An A in World History or B in AP World History or AP European History. For HL 1, acceptance into the IB Program, either full diploma or courses.
*Note: To move from Academic to Honors classes requires an “A” both semesters & a passing score on the placement exam in May.
4510E AP UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
(a) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
AP Government and Politics US is designed to prepare students for the AP exam in United States Government and Politics. This is a university level course which will address basic concepts used to analyze the American political environment. The course will familiarize students with the philosophical, cultural, and ideological beliefs of different groups within the US political system. Students will also learn how to interpret political, demographic, and economic graphs, tables and data to better prepare them for the AP exam. In addition to these fundamental ideas, the students will endeavor to apply these principles to the real world through critical writings on current political affairs.
Length of Course: Year
Open to Grade: 12
Prerequisites: Completion of AP US History or US History.
*Note: To move from Academic to Honors classes requires an “A” both semesters & a passing score on the placement exam in May.
4600ES AP MACROECONOMICS
(g) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
This college level course will prepare the student to take the AP Macroeconomics examination, offered in the month of May. The students will be introduced to the basic elements of economics and study market theory. Students will study the topics of national economic performance, the analysis of the national income and the price determination and many other macroeconomic models. The students will investigate international economics so that the students will have an awareness of the internationalism of economics and be able to have a better understanding of the global economy.
Length of Course: Semester
Open to Grade: 12
Prerequisite: An A in US History (or B in AP US History. Must take with AP Microeconomics.
Note: Students are required to take one or both AP exams. This class also fulfills our Government/Econ requirement. This course is also Paired with Microeconomics.
4610ES AP MICROECONOMICS
(g) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
The purpose of the course is to give students a thorough understanding of the principles of the economics that apply to economic systems as a whole. AP Macroeconomics emphasizes the study of national income, economic performance measures, economic growth and international economics. Students will learn to think like economists: to question, to evaluate marginal costs and marginal benefits, and to explore the many ways in which one action causes secondary actions. AP Microeconomics will give students a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to the functions of individual decision makers, both consumers and producers, within the economic system. The course places primary emphasis on the nature and functions of product markets, and includes the study of factor markets and of the role of government in promoting greater efficiency and equity in the economy. Taking this course will prepare students to take both the AP Macroeconomics and AP Microeconomics exam.
Length of Course: Semester
Open to Grade: 12
Prerequisite: An A in US History (or B in AP US History. Must take with AP Macroeconomics Note: Students are required to take one or both AP exams. This class also fulfills our Government/Econ requirement. This course is also Paired with Macroeconomics.
国际文凭(IB)
4410F HISTORY IB HL 1 (a) UC批准,NCAA批准这是一门为学术加速学生设计的美国历史大学水平调查课程。本课程也满足历史HL IB的第一年要求,涵盖前哥伦布时期的美洲到21世纪的第一个十年的主题。除了课程文本,学生将被要求阅读和解释历史学家和历史文献的著作。重点将放在进一步发展学生的批判性思维能力。学生将被要求组织和分析历史信息和数据。此外,每个学生将被要求通过写解释性和分析性的文章来证明这一目标的实现。高年级学生可以选修美国历史AP课程,前提是他们在美国历史学术方面获得A。课程长度:一年开放年级:11、12先决条件:世界历史A或AP世界历史或AP欧洲历史B。对于HL 1,接受进入IB项目,无论是完整的文凭或课程。*注意:从学术班转到荣誉班需要两个学期都达到“A”,并且在5月份的分班考试中获得及格分数。4927F全球政治IB SL (MUN) (g) UC批准本课程探讨了一系列背景下的基本政治概念,如权力,平等,可持续性和和平。它使学生能够了解政治活动和过程的地方、国家、国际和全球层面,并探索影响他们自己生活的政治问题。本课程沙巴体育 学生理解抽象的政治概念,将他们根植于现实世界的例子和案例研究中。它还邀请对这些例子和个案研究进行比较,以确保更广泛的跨国观点。课程长度:一年开放年级:12先决条件:完成AP美国历史或美国历史。注:本课程符合我们的政府/经济要求。*注意:从学术荣誉类需要一个“A”两个学期考试&位置上的合格分数。4411 f历史IB HL 2 (A)加州大学批准本课程满足更高层次的第二年历史IB。本课程主题是由IB课程,包括原因、实践和战争的影响,一党国家的崛起和规则,冷战和其它话题的重要意义重大事件在20世纪。除了课程文本,学生将被要求阅读和解释历史学家和历史文献的著作。本课程的一些目标将使学生能够提出清晰,简洁,充分证实的论点,以及批判性地评估,解释和使用原始材料,评估不同的方法,以及对历史事件和主题的解释。最后,学生将能够解释历史的连续性和变化的原因和影响。一项重大研究项目(内部评估)将于二月前完成。课程长度:一年对年级开放:12先决条件:完成AP美国历史/历史HL 1。接受IB项目,无论是完整的文凭或课程。*注意:从学术课程转到荣誉课程需要两个学期都达到“A”,并在5月份的入学考试中获得及格分数。4600F ECONOMICS IB SL (g) UC批准,NCAA批准这门大学水平的课程将为学生参加经济学标准水平(SL)的国际学士学位考试和AP宏观经济学考试做准备,这两门考试都在5月份提供。学生们将首先被介绍经济学的基本要素。然后学生将学习微观经济学,包括市场理论的研究。然后,学生将学习宏观经济学,包括研究国民经济绩效、分析国民收入和价格决定以及许多其他宏观经济模型。最后,学生将调查国际经济学和发展经济学,这样学生将有一个经济学的国际主义意识,能够更好地了解全球经济。课程长度:一年开放年级:12先决条件:完成AP美国历史或美国历史。注意:本课程也符合我们的政府/经济要求。*注意:从学术班转到荣誉班需要两个学期都达到“A”,并且在5月份的分班考试中取得及格分数。
选修课
7533A SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
(g) UC Approved
Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, and LinkedIn have become an extensive part of our daily lives. These social media channels provide remarkable pathways to interact with friends and loved ones, but they can also become powerful and dynamic marketing tools. Learn how to utilize some of your favorite and entertaining pastimes to promote yourself or your business to increase likes, views, and subscribers, while maintaining an ethical and responsible code of conduct that will protect you and your brand’s reputation.
Length of Course: Year
Open to Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
4800AS PSYCHOLOGY
(g) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
This course is a semester long elective at the Junior and Senior levels. Students will study approaches to psychology, the life span, workings of mind and body, learning and cognitive processes, personality and individuality, adjustment and breakdown, social psychology and positive psychology. Both practical and philosophical evidence will be examined during the study of various schools of thought. This semester course must be taken in conjunction with the semester course Sociology.
Length of Course: Semester
Open to Grades: 10, 11, 12
Note: Paired with Sociology.
4820AS SOCIOLOGY
(g) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
This course is a semester long elective course at the Junior and Senior levels. The five main focuses will be on sociological perspectives, culture and social structures, social inequality, social institutions and social change. Students will study how groups and individuals relate to one another in our society. This semester course must be taken in conjunction with the semester course Psychology.
Length of Course: Semester
Open to Grades: 10, 11, 12
Note: Paired with Psychology.
4910AS INTRODUCTION TO LAW
(g) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
Introduction to Law is a semester long course offered to juniors and seniors designed to introduce students to the American legal system. Students will be introduced to a basic legal vocabulary, criminal and civil processes, and the concept of justice. Students will study the State and Federal court systems and examine the rights of the individual, balancing collective rights with social responsibility. Students will also analyze cases that have contemporary significance and understand the dynamics and impact of the law. An understanding of the roles that law, lawyers, law enforcement officers, and the legal system play in our society will be introduced. This semester course must be taken in conjunction with the semester course Fundamentals of Business Ownership. Length of Course: Semester
Open to Grades: 11, 12
Note: Paired with Fundamentals of Business Ownership.
4920AS FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS OWNERSHIP
(g) UC Approved
Fundamentals of Business Ownership is a semester long course offered to Juniors and Seniors and is designed to address the needs of students who plan to major in Business Administration at the college level and/or intend to pursue business interests. It is a comprehensive course that emphasizes the basic fundamental operations of small and large businesses. Concepts, terms, economic relationships to business operations, key elements involved in owning and operating a business, marketing and business plans, legal requirements, and human resources will be emphasized. The students will have the opportunity to create a business plan for their own business. This semester course must be taken in conjunction with the semester course Introduction to Law. Length of Course: Semester
Open to Grades: 11, 12
Note: Paired with Introduction to Law.
4932AS AMERICA’S CIVIL WAR: PRESERVE THE UNION
(g) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
This one semester course is offered to juniors and seniors who are interested in exploring the historical events that surrounded America's Civil War. This survey of the nation's most tragic conflict will focus on the events and ideas that led to the division of the Union, the battles, key actors, and the results of this war. Students will use historical narratives, diaries, and documentaries to complete a research project on a class related topic of their choice. This course must be taken in conjunction with the semester course World War II: American Involvement. Length of Course: Semester
Open to Grades: 11, 12
Note: Paired with World War II: American Involvement
4930AS WORLD WAR II: AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT
(g) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
World War II: American Involvement is a one-semester course open to students in eleventh and twelfth grade who have an interest in examining, in more depth, the most influential event of the 20th Century. The course will focus on the involvement of the United States from the home front to major battles involving American troops. Students will learn from a variety of primary and secondary sources in order to better understand the impact of the war on individuals, nations, and international relations. This course must be taken in conjunction with the semester course America’s Civil War: Preserve the Union
Length of Course: Semester
Open to Grades: 11, 12
Note: Paired with America’s Civil War: Preserve the Union
4933A INTRO TO FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
(g) UC Approved, NCAA Approved
This semester long introductory course explores the differing, yet varied facets of the field of forensic psychology and will cover landmark legal cases relevant to the field of forensic psychology, potential careers in forensic psychology, police psychology, expert testimony, legal consultation, forensic assessment in the justice system, psychological profiling, ethics, correctional psychology, and issues in working in the juvenile justice system. Careers in forensics are noted to have a 27% increase between 2014 and 2024 per the Bureau of Labor Statistics and it is being added as a major at many universities due to an increased demand for professionals trained in the field.
Length of Course: Year
Open to Grades: 11, 12
Prerequisites: Teacher recommendation from current Social Studies teacher. Introduction to Psychology or A.P. Psychology are recommended but not required. Note: This course may present material triggering to some students.
Note: Paired with Forensic Science
选择性的荣誉
7530C现当代沙巴体育荣誉(f) UC批准对西方经典沙巴体育的详细考察,重点是现代时代(1848年至今),特别强调现代性,现代主义和前卫的主题。采用跨学科的方法,现代和当代沙巴体育荣誉将呈现为沙巴体育和历史的综合,不仅强调沙巴体育作品的正式美学品质,而且强调其历史背景。绘画,素描,雕塑,建筑,摄影以及流行文化,戏剧沙巴体育和设计将在风格,意义和社会经济背景方面进行探索,特别关注性别,功能和赞助,以及品味,技术和真实性的哲学/美学问题。通过“定向观看”练习视觉分析,学生将采用沙巴体育史学家的基本方法和词汇,同时获得对现代沙巴体育,流行文化和文化素养的理解和欣赏。课程长度:一年开放年级:10,11,12先决条件:教师和辅导员推荐
高级先修课程(AP)
AP沙巴体育史(AP ART HISTORY)是一门严谨而有益的大学水平课程,涵盖了从古代世界到21世纪近25000年的沙巴体育传统。采用跨学科的方法,沙巴体育史将作为沙巴体育和历史的综合呈现,不仅强调沙巴体育作品的形式美学品质,而且强调其历史背景。西方和非西方经典的绘画、素描、雕塑、建筑和摄影将在风格、意义和社会经济背景方面进行探索,特别关注性别、功能和赞助。通过“定向观看”练习视觉分析,学生将被介绍到沙巴体育史学家的基本方法和词汇,同时获得对沙巴体育的理解和欣赏。AP沙巴体育史课程是为学生准备5月份的AP考试而设计的。课程长度:一年开放年级:10,11,12先决条件:教师和辅导员推荐4800E AP心理学(g) UC批准,NCAA批准心理学是行为和心理过程的系统研究。心理学在自然科学和社会科学中都有其根源,导致了各种各样的研究设计和沙巴体育,并提供了一种独特的方法来理解现代社会。课程长度:一年对年级开放:11年级,12年级先决条件:英语A-或以上,历史A-或以上。学生还应该熟悉生物学。老师和辅导员的推荐信。
国际文凭(IB)
商务与管理课程是一门严谨而充满活力的课程,探讨商业决策过程如何对内部和外部环境产生影响。反过来,它将探讨决策过程本身是如何受到内部和外部环境的影响。课程内容包括:企业组织与环境、人力资源、会计与金融、市场营销、运营管理、企业战略。学生将加深对商业理论的理解,以及沙巴体育商业原则、实践和技能的能力,在商业中遇到更广泛的国际背景,在各种技术和社会工具中积累经验,并培养21世纪雇主急需的时间管理、沟通和数字素养等技能。课程长度:2年世界历史A(或AP世界历史或AP欧洲历史B),英语2 A(或英语2H B)和老师/辅导员推荐。接受IB课程,无论是全文凭课程还是证书课程。*注:本课程符合我们的政府/经济要求。