PTHS Curriculum Guide 2024-2025

WORLD GEOGRAPHY: (730) Class Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1/2 Prerequisite: Juniors and Seniors will only be admitted with instructor approval. This course builds upon the foundations of Global Studies and the skills of social studies thinking. The course begins by developing concepts critical to the study of Geography (Five Themes of Geography and elements of Physical and Human Geography). Using these concepts, students will study regions in the developed world (Europe, U.S.A., and Canada) and developing world (Africa, Middle and South America, Southwest Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific), placing emphasis on understanding the various political, economic, and social/cultural aspects of those regions.

SOCIOLOGY (735) Class Level: 11, 12 Credit: 1/2 Prerequisite: Students must have a 3.0 GPA or receive instructor approval

Sociology is the study of human society and group behavior. The science of sociology seeks to define issues that affect larger groups and societies in our world. Students will work in an interactive classroom setting while studying the origins of sociology along with the specific topics of culture, social structure, deviance and related sociological perspectives and theories. This course is open only to juniors and seniors that are in the top half of their class.

PSYCHOLOGY (736) Class Level: 11, 12 Credit: 1/2 Prerequisite: Students must have a 3.0 GPA or receive instructor approval

This course deals with the study of human behavior and personality. Students will examine several theories designed to understand the personality and the determinants of a personality. Areas emphasized include behaviorism, memory, learning theories, motivation, psychology through the life cycle, personality theories, and stress.

ECONOMICS (740) Class Level: 11, 12 Credit: 1/2 Prerequisite: Students must have a 3.0 GPA or receive instructor approval

This is a survey course of the American capitalistic system in terms of production of goods and services; types of business organizations; money, credit, and banking; how prices are determined; distribution of income and goods; economic aspects of government; and saving and investing. The point of view of the course is based upon economics as the study of the way people attempt to make a living within the rules called an economic system.

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