SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
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Junior 2 |
AP Human Geography |
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Senior 3 |
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AP Human Geography: The course will introduce students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth's surface. Students employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine human social organization and its environmental concequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their science and practice. On successful completion of the course, the student should be able to: Use and think about maps and spatial data, understand and interpret the implications of associatiions among phenomena in places, recognize and interpret at different scales the relationship among patterns and processes, define regions and evaluate the regionalization process, and characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places.AP Psychology: The course introduces the systematic and scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of human beings and other animals. Included is a consideration of the psychological facts, principles, and phenomena associated with each of the major subfields within psychology. Students also learn about the ethics and methods psychologists use in their science and practice.Anthropology: This course covers the entirety of the human experience from biological and cultural perspectives. Students will study genetics and mechanisms of evolution, non-human primates, human evolution and modern biological variation, worldwide cultural diversity and social structure, archaeology and linguistics. Students will work with fossils of human ancestors and view ethnographic footage as a component of the course.Sociology: Students will focus on human social behavior and interaction in groups and in society at large. Topics covered include social institutions such as the family and education systems, individual status and roles in society, and theoretical perspectives including functionalism, interactionism and conflict theory.
