WORLD HISTORY I
1 hour/1 unit                     2341                   Grades 9-12
This course includes topics from ancient times to 1500 A.D.

WORLD HISTORY II
1 hour/ 1 unit                   2342                    Grades 9-12
This course includes topics from 1450 A.D. to the present.

VIRGINIA AND U.S. HISTORY
1 hour/1 unit                   2360                     Grade 11
This course includes the study of the United States and Virginia from the Colonial Period to the present.  Students are advised to take this course in the junior year.

VIRGINIA AND U.S. HISTORY, PART I
1 hour/ 1 unit                2361                      Grade 11
This course includes the study of the United States and Virginia from the Colonial Period to 1877.  To enroll in this course, the student must be working toward a Modified Standard Diploma.

IB HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS / VIRGINIA AND U.S. HISTORY
1 hour/ 1 unit               2319                      Grade 11
This class presents in in-depth study of Virginia and United States History from the Colonial Era to the present, combined with key topics from Canadian and Latin American History.  Students are expected to take the International Baccalaureate exam in the spring of their senior year.
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation

VIRGINIA AND U.S. GOVERNMENT
1 hour/ 1 unit             2440                       Grade 12
Virginia and United States Government is the study of the principles, institutions, powers, and functions of national, state, and local governments in the United States.
Prerequisite: Students are encouraged to take this course in the senior year and to have completed U.S. History prior to enrolling in U.S. Government.

AP GOVERNMENT
1 hour/ 1 unit           2445                         Grade 10-12
Advances Placement Government presents an in-depth study of the principles, institutions, powers, and functions of national, state, and local governments in the United States.  Students are expected to take the AP exam in May.
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation

IB TWENTIETH CENTURY TOPICS
1 hour/ 1 unit          IB2361                    Grade 12
This senior honors class focuses on international history and events in the twentieth century.  The course will concentrate on the causes, practices, practices, and effects of war, single party states, and the Cold War. In May students sit for the IB History exam.
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation

ECONOMICS
1 hour/ 1/2 unit      2800                      Grades 11-12
This elective includes a study of how people, businesses and governments use scarce resources to fill needs and wants. Concepts such as business models, opportunity cost, fiscal and monetary policies as well as supply and demand will be analyzed. Students must take the economics and sociology classes of 1/2 unit each. The grades will average for a final semester grade.

SOCIOLOGY
1 hour/ 1/2 unit    2500                        Grades 11-12
Sociology is the study of human relationships and institutions.  In this course students will focus on such things as romantic love, racial and gender identity, deviant behavior, crime and punishment, prejudice, discrimination, various religious beliefs and poverty and wealth. Students must take the economics and sociology classes of 1/2 unit each. The grades will average for a final semester grade.

PSYCHOLOGY                                                                                  
1 hour/1 unit         2900                       Grade 11-12
This course examines the physical and perceptual development of newborns and children, the role of the family and peers during adolescence, and changes that occur in health and life situations during old age. Students also learn about altered states of consciousness such as sleep, dreams, hypnosis, biofeedback, meditation, and medication. The course includes the ways in which people receive, process, store, retrieve, and analyze information, and the physical and mental factors that cause people to act a specific way at a specific time. Students will investigate the characteristics of psychological tests and explore various types of psychological tests.

THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE                                                             
1 hour/1 unit         4491                      Grades 11-12
Theory of Knowledge is a class where students examine philosophic systems in order to apply them to knowledge questions. Relationships among the ways of knowing in various disciplines and the value of knowledge from different sources will be analyzed.