WORLD HISTORY
Course #: 234004
Grade: 10
Credit: 1 (weighted +.5)
Advanced Placement World History 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. Focused primarily on the past thousand years of the global experience, the course builds on an understanding of cultural, institutional, and technological precedents that, along with geography, set the human stage prior to 1000. All students are required to take the Advanced Placement World History exam. This course may be used to satisfy the World History and Geography II requirement. Note: When taken as the World History and Geography 2 substitute course, the World History and Geography 2 SOL Test is required. The SOL Test is not given when AP World is taken as an elective. Students are required to take the Standards of Learning End of Course Test.
UNITED STATES HISTORY
Course #: 231904
Grades: 11
Credit: 1 (weighted +.5)
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to take the Advanced Placement examination in American History for which college credit and/or placement may be given if a qualifying score is made. Students develop the factual knowledge and analytical skills necessary to deal with the issues and problems of American History. They do in-depth analysis of major developments; become familiar with primary sources; assess historical materials, evidence, and interpretations; and learn to write research papers. The course is equal to a full-year introductory college course. Completion of this course fulfills the graduation requirement for one credit in Virginia and United States History. All students are required to take the Advanced Placement United States History exam. Students are required to take the Standards of Learning End of Course Test.
GOVERNMENT and POLITICS
Course #: 244504
Grades: 12
Credit: 1 (weighted +.5)
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to take the Advanced Placement examination for which college credit and/or placement may be given if a qualifying score is made. In the study of American government, students interpret national, state, and local government and politics through a study of both general concepts used to interpret U.S. politics and the analysis of specific examples. Completion of this course fulfills the graduation requirement for one credit in Virginia and United States Government. All students are required to take the Advanced Placement Government exam.
MACRO and MICROECONOMICS
Course #: 280204 and 280304
Grades: 11, 12
Credit: one-half/weighted +.25
ADVANCED PLACEMENT MACROECONOMICS
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to take the Advanced Placement examination, for which college credit and/or placement may be given if a qualifying score is achieved. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the economic principles which apply to an economic system as a whole. Primary emphasis is placed on industries, national economics, performance indicators, and international economics. All students are required to take the Advanced Placement Macroeconomics exam.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT MICROECONOMICS
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to take the Advanced Placement examination, for which college credit and/or placement may be given if a qualifying score is achieved. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the principles of economics which apply to the functions of decision-makers, both consumers and producers, within the larger economic system. Primary emphasis is placed on the nature and functions of product markets, and includes the study of factor markets and the role of government in promoting greater efficiency and equity in the economy. All students are required to take the Advanced Placement Microeconomics exam.
PSYCHOLOGY
Course#: 290104
Grades: 11, 12
Credits: 1 (weighted +.5)
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings and other animals. Students are exposed to the psychological facts, principles, and phenomena associated with each of the major subfields within psychology. They also learn about the methods psychologists use in their science and practice. The aim of Advanced Placement Psychology is to provide the students with a learning experience equivalent to that obtained in an introductory college psychology course. College credit and/or placement may be given if a qualifying score is made on the Advanced Placement examination. The rigorous course syllabus and college level texts both suggest that students who enroll should be highly motivated and intellectually curious. All students are required to take the Advanced Placement Psychology exam.
