HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES

 

v  ECONOMICS

v  PSYCHOLOGY

v  SOCIOLOGY

 

 

Listed below are the courses that are available for Economics, Psychology, and Sociology:

ECONOMICS

 

PSYCHOLOGY

 

5 CREDITS

 

5 CREDITS

 

Description: This course gives students an

 

Description: This course gives students a basic

 

overview of the field of economics, with special

 

understanding of psychology, the study of human

 

attention to the workings of the American free

 

behavior. It provides students with a foundation

 

enterprise system.

 

in the basic theories and principles of

 

TOPICS:

 

psychology. It also guides students toward a

 

--Introduction to Economics

 

greater understanding of their own capacity

 

--What is Economics?

 

for growth.

 

--Economics Systems

 

TOPICS:

 

--Elements of Microeconomics

 

--Introduction to Psychology

 

--Demand; Supply; Prices; Market Structures

 

--What is Psychology?

 

--Free Enterprise at Work

 

--Body and Mind

 

--Business Organizations

 

--Biology and Behavior

 

--Labor and Unions

 

--Sensation and Perception

 

--Sources of Capital

 

--Consciousness

 

--Elements of Macroeconomics

 

--Learning and Cognition

 

--Economics Performance

 

--Learning

 

--Economics Challenges

 

--Memory

 

--Government and the Economy

 

--Thinking and Language

 

--Role of Government

 

--Intelligence

 

--Money and the Banking System

 

--Development

 

--The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy

 

--Infancy and Childhood

 

--Fiscal Policy

 

--Adolescence

 

--International Economics

 

--Adulthood

 

--Comparing Economic Systems

 

--Personality

 

--Developing Countries

 

--Motivation and Emotion

 

--International Trade

 

--Theories of Personality

 

 

 

--Psychological Tests

 

 

 

--Gender Roles

 

 

 

--Health and Adjustment

 

 

 

--Stress and Health

 

 

 

--Psychological Disorders

 

 

 

--Methods of Therapy

 

 

 

--Social Psychology

 

 

 

--Social Cognition

 

 

 

--Social Interaction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOCIOLOGY

 

 

 

5 CREDITS

 

 

 

Description: This course helps the student to

 

 

 

discover the meaning behind behavior and

 

 

 

society’s impact on the individual.

 

 

 

TOPICS:

 

 

 

--Culture and Social Structure

 

 

 

--The Sociological Point of View

 

 

 

--Cultural Diversity

 

 

 

--Cultural Conformity and Adaptation

 

 

 

--Social Structure

 

 

 

--The Individual in Society

 

 

 

--Socializing the Individual

 

 

 

--The Adolescent in Society

 

 

 

--The Adult in Society

 

 

 

--Deviance and Social Control

 

 

 

--Social Inequality

 

 

 

--Social Stratification

 

 

 

--Racial and Ethnic Relations

 

 

 

--Gender, Age, and Health

 

 

 

--Social Institutions

 

 

 

--The Family

 

 

 

--The Economy and Politics

 

 

 

--Education and Religion

 

 

 

--Science and Sports

 

 

 

-- The Changing Social World

 

 

 

--Collective Behavior and Social Movements

 

 

 

--Populations and Urbanization