The emphasis will be on structure, political thought, and theoretical interpretation as each relates to the American federal system. An AP examination is required in the spring. Students must take the advanced placement test to be considered for the 5 point grading scale. Students may receive college credit depending on their test results and the college they plan to enter. This course examines the study of group behavior.
Emphasis is placed on basic sociological concepts and methodology.
Topics of study are social institutions like family, socialization, group dynamics, social stratification, ethnic and racial groups, collective behavior, and social change. Special topics may be religious cults and perspectives on death. This is a course which deals with the science that studies the behavior of organisms, especially human organisms. Such important topics as learning, thinking, personality, intelligence and its measurement, heredity and environment, maintaining mental health, emotional problems of high school students, and mental illness are discussed. This course is designed to review skill objectives necessary to pass the Ohio Ninth Grade Proficiency Test in citizenship.