Download Social Studies Electives

Social Studies Electives
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Civil War and
Reconstruction
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Global Studies
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Economics and Personal
Finance
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Geographic Information
Systems
Contemporary Issues
Law and Justice
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Examines the foundations of economic thought from the macroeconomics
perspective.
Students will study various economic concepts, including personal finance.
Course meets the personal finance credit required by the State of Missouri.
This course focuses on training students to use mapping and planning software for
environmental conservation, disaster planning, and business.
The semester generally consists of a quarter of software training and a quarter
dedicated to developing a real-world solution for a problem using the software.
The study of current issues facing the United States and the world, which are
examined through the use of primary and secondary sources.
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Examines the structure and function of the Criminal Justice System.
Topics include the foundation of Law, Missouri Statutes, Law enforcement,
Corrections, and Court System.
A typical semester includes guest speakers, research projects, mock trial, and field
trip
The course focuses on the study of what influences international conflict and U.S.
foreign policy in the post-Cold War era.
Topics include World War II, the Cold War, and U.S. foreign policy toward Asia,
Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, including the Global War on Terror.
The course is a social science that examines the mental processes and emotional
behaviors of individuals.
Areas of emphasis include methods of research, history, biological bases of
behavior, learning, intelligence, testing, personality theories, and psychological
disorders.
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Psychology
Provides students with the opportunity to learn about various political, social, and
economic aspects of the world that impact our global society.
A regional study of geography, current events, culture, and issues facing the world.
Issues: Genocide, Overpopulation, Hunger, Government.
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Politics and Conflict
Provides students with the opportunity to focus on a period in history that had a
tremendous impact on our society today.
The course begins with the events leading up to the Civil War and concludes during
the Reconstruction period.
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Sociology
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Historical Inquiry
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AP Psychology
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AP Economics
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AP US History
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The course is a study of group behavior with an emphasis on the activities, habits,
and beliefs of various groups of people.
Topics include: sociology as a science, culture and transmission of culture, the place
of the individual within the family, friendship group, community, school or job
group, and current national or international problems as seen from the sociological
view point.
The course is an in-depth study through which students pursue a historical topic of
their choice to explore in greater depth.
Throughout the course of the semester, students will research, conduct interviews,
and report their findings regarding a historical topic.
This course is designed 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.
There are five content domains which include: Methods, Bio-psychological,
Cognitive, Developmental, and Sociocultural.
Students also learn the ethics and methods psychologists use in their science and
practice.
Students are expected to take the AP exam.
Are you interested in possibly majoring in business or journalism in college? Would
you like to potentially earn 6 hours of college credit? Are you interested in learning
how wealth is generated? Would you like a weighted-grade option to fulfill the
MOPFA State graduation requirement?
Marquette’s AP Economics course syllabus has been approved by the College
Board. All business majors are required to take principles of economics course.
The course includes both principles of macroeconomics and microeconomics and is
geared to prepare students to take both exams in May.
The most popular AP course in the nation, tracing the development of the multifaceted American character.
The class is discussion-oriented and covers mainly political & social topics from
colonization to the present.
Almost all college degrees require students to take a U.S. History course, and this
class allows students to earn up to six hours of credit that is widely accepted at most
universities.