Nixa High School Course Description Book 2024-2025 (3) - Flipbook - Page 75
AP PSYCHOLOGY - 1552
1 Year = 1 Credit
AP
Grade Level: 11-12
Optional AP Exam Est Fee: $96
The AP Psychology course introduces students to the systematic and scientific study of
human behavior and mental processes. While considering the psychologist and studies
that have shaped the field, students explore and apply psychological theories, key
concepts, and phenomena associated with such topics as the biological bases of behavior,
sensation and perception, learning and cognition, motivation, developmental psychology,
testing and individual differences, treatment of abnormal behavior, and social psychology.
Throughout the course, students employ psychological research methods, including
ethical considerations, as they use the scientific method, analyze bias, evaluate claims and
evidence, and effectively communicate ideas. Advanced Placement courses require a
higher level of commitment than a regular class. AP coursework is college level work.
Students will have the option to take the AP exam at the end of the course to gain
college credit. NCAA Approved Course
SOCIOLOGY - 1560
1 Sem = 0.5 Credit
Grade Level: 11-12
Sociology is the study of society and issues within society. It deals with how people relate
to others and how individual behavior is influenced by other people. Topics include
cultural conformity and adaptation, social development, social status, deviance,
stratification, and education. NCAA Approved Course
AP/DC U.S. HISTORY – 1590
(Grades 11 & 12 only)
1 Yr = 1 Credit
Grade Level: 11-12
DC AP
Optional College Est Fee: $210
Optional AP Exam Est Fee: $96
The AP U.S. History course focuses on developing students' understanding of American
History from approximately 1491 to the present. The course has students investigate the
content of U.S. History for significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in
nine historical periods, and develop and use the same thinking and methods (analyzing
primary and secondary sources, making historical comparisons, chronological reasoning,
and argumentation) employed by historians when they study the past. The course also
provides seven themes (American and national identity; migration and settlement; politics
and power; work, exchange, and technology; America in the world, geography and the
environment; and culture and society) that students explore throughout the course in
order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places.
Qualifying students may take this class as HST 121 first semester and HST 122 second
semester through Missouri State University dual credit program. Advanced Placement
courses require a higher level of commitment than a regular class. AP coursework is
college level work. Students will have the option to take the AP exam at the end of the
course to gain college credit. This class will be taught as a hybrid class. Students will
formally meet on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Tuesdays and Thursdays will be
gap days where students work independently in the classroom or in the library. Students
will be required to check in with the instructor prior to the tardy bell on the gap days. The
instructor reserves the right to require a student to stay in the classroom on a gap day if
he or she is falling behind or needs to make up class work. Students will meet with the
teacher every day for the first week of school to cover all class requirements and
expectations. NCAA Approved Course
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Prerequisite
Dual Credit
Advanced Placement
Virtual Course
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