Students acquire understandings equivalent to those gained in a college level introductory course. An emphasis is placed on a general narrative of European history from 1450. The course also includes an examination of the political, diplomatic, intellectual, cultural, social, and economic history of Europe. The course prepares students to take the European History AP examination. This course provides a behavioral study of one's self as an individual and his relationship to his social environment.
Instruction emphasizes methods, concepts and the analysis of various social phenomena.
Specific units of study include the concept of culture, social stratification, minorities, interpersonal relationships, marriage and the family, and death and dying. These courses provide a behavioral study of one's self in relationship to human group behavior. Both semester courses must be taken to satisfy the state consumer education education requirement. In this course the student will be introduced to the terms and concepts psychologists use. Areas of study will include, but not be limited to the self, perception, memory and thought, theories of learning development, personality, and emotions and feelings.