This course is also designed to prepare students for the Advanced Placement Exam administered at the end of the year. Demands are equivalent to those of a full year introductory college course. Government, constitutional, and economic issues are particularly emphasized through Reconstruction in order to integrate with the American Studies course offered the senior year. This one-semester course is a survey of major socialogical concepts including socialization, culture, social stratification, deviance, collective behavior, social change, and current issues. Students learn the various methods of sociological research including the survey, which includes field trips, conducting original survey work and concepts in the light of biblical principles.
Topics vary from year to year.
Recent Topics have included World Geography, International Affairs and Cultural Anthropology.