Due to the extensive reading and writing the course requires, it is recommended that only students who have shown exceptional performance in these 11th grade classes enroll in A.P. Economics. Sociology Sociology is a one semester course offered to seniors. There are two clear and dominant goals of this course. A second aim is to provide the student with an organized, supervised, free and respectful environment in which to confront issues and to express ideas concerning matters that are important to human beings. To further this goal, student participation, discussion, and feedback are strongly encouraged.
Students learn by means of questioning and involvement.
Rather than a survey of the entire subject, the course focuses on social psychology and various aspects of social deviance or disorganization and proposals for control. Students also are confronted with current issues in sociology relevant to today's society. The course will critically examine the history of and the core tenets of the world's major religions. These include Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam and Christianity and how each religion has become subdivided. An additional focus will be to compare and examine the similarities of the core beliefs.