This course consists of sociology and general psychology. Students deal with social relationships which are experienced daily. Students also study and discuss the family, forming relationships, social problems, and other relationships that play a vital role in life. Students also examine psychology, its fields of differences, the dynamics of behavior, individual differences, emotions and social psychology. This course is ideal for college bound students with an interest in liberal arts, government, sociology, politics and law.
Political science is the systematic, objective study of government in all forms.
The course will delve into political theory and the concept of Locke, Rousseau, Hobbes and Marx. The course will compare and contrast the different forms of societies and governments as they exist in the world today such as democracies, monarchies, socialist states and communism. This course studies the history of Old Dartmouth, which became New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Acushnet, and Westport. It also includes the study of geography of the area along with many of the events that have influenced the region. The course will include the study of the invasion of Bedford Village, the Indian Wars, the trial of Lizzie Borden, the whaling industry and the industrial revolution.