World History Course #: 4101, 4102

Full Year Credit: 1

Pre-requisite: Typically a sophomore course but open to freshmen as an elective – completing as a

freshman will allow students to complete 4 years of social studies and the 4th year can be used as the flex

credit needed for graduation.

Fee: $5 Social Studies Department Fee

This course focuses on World History from approximately the mid-1300s to the modern day. Students will examine

important concepts in geography, history, and culture pertaining to regions around the globe. Students will analyze

significant events, individuals, developments and processes across the world from the perspective of multiple and varied

voices for a vivid and complex picture of history. This course is global in nature, with a multicultural, rather than

Eurocentric, approach. Students will engage in historical thinking, robust academic discussions, and informational and

argumentative writing. Some of the topics of study will include, but are not limited to, the following: the Middle Ages, the

Renaissance and Reformation, global expansion, empires and kingdoms of the world, the Enlightenment and revolutions,

the rise of nation states, imperialism, industrialization, WWI, 20th Century revolutions, global depression, WWII,

decolonization, the Cold War, globalization, and modern issues.

U.S. History 1-2 Course #: 4131, 4132

Full Year Credit: 1

Pre-requisite: 11th grade course

Fee: $5 Social Studies Department Fee

This course focuses on the history of the United States from the turn of the century to the present day. American

founding documents and democratic principles will provide for the foundation referenced throughout this course while

maintaining focus on the multicultural history, economics, civics, and geography of the modern era. This course includes

multiple and varied voices and perspectives for a vivid and complex picture of U.S. History. Students in the course will

engage in historical thinking, robust academic discussions, and informational and argumentative writing. Some of the

topics of study will include, but are not limited to, the following: Nativism/Populism, Imperialism, the Gilded

Age/Industrial Revolution, Progressivism, WWI, the 1920s, the Great Depression, WWII, the Civil Rights Movement, the

Cold War, the rights movements of the 1970s, globalism, terrorism, and modern issues.

Advanced Placement U. S. History Course #: 4145, 4146

Full Year Credit: 1 /Honors

Pre-requisite: 11th grade standing. Student signature and/or Teacher signature to indicate student

has picked up Class Information Packet

Fee: AP Exam Fee (About $95.00) (Exam is required)

$5 Social Studies Department Fee

This course is aligned to a two-semester introductory college U.S. history survey course. In AP U.S. History, students

investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historical periods from approximately 1491

to the present. Students develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods employed by historians. The course

framework organizes U.S. history into nine periods and presents key conceptual understandings that students should

explore in that period. The framework also organizes U.S. history into eight themes, or large-scale topics of historical

inquiry that students explore throughout the course, including: American and National Identity; Politics and Power; Work,

Exchange, and Technology; American Regional Culture; Social Structures; Migration and Settlement; Geography and the

Environment; and America in the World. These themes help students connect the historical content they study to broad

trends and processes that have emerged over centuries. The learning objectives within each theme clearly state what

students should know and be able to do by the end of the course. Students are required to take the AP exam in May. All

AP exams have a cost associated with them.

American Government Course #4161

One Semester = 0.5 American Government credit

Productive civic engagement requires knowledge of the historical foundations and principles of American democracy,

understanding the unique processes of local, state, and national institutions, and the skills necessary to apply civic

dispositions and democratic principles. In this semester long course, students will analyze the powers and civic

responsibilities of citizens and examine the origins, functions, and structure of the U.S. government. Content will include

multiple historical eras and the various changing perspectives in America’s past, as well as connections between historical

events. Some of the topics of study will include, but are not limited to, the following: founding documents, the federal

system, the legislative process, the judicial system, the executive branch, elections, political parties, interest groups,

rights and responsibilities of citizens, international relations, public policy, economic policies, media literacy, and

contemporary issues.

Economics and Financial Literacy Course #4205

One Semester = 0.5 Economics credit

The Economics and Financial Literacy course is grounded in knowledge about how people access and choose to use

resources. Economic decision making involves setting goals and identifying the resources available to achieving those

goals. Students will examine concepts and tools necessary to foster an economic way of thinking to better understand the

interaction of buyers and sellers in markets, workings of the national economy, and interactions within the global

marketplace. Some of the topics of study will include, but are not limited to, the following: supply and demand, financial

institutions, labor markets, globalization, standard of living, economic indicators and policy, financial decision-making,

saving and spending, credit and debt, and college and career preparedness.

PSC 101, American Politics: Process and Behavior (taught at Galena) Course #: 14228

UNR Concurrent Enrollment Course Requires Enrollment and fees associated with UNR, approximately $75 $5 Social Studies Department Fee

1 Credit (GHS)

Fall only

America government and the discipline of political science; surveys participation, pursuit and use of power, constitution

formation, and contemporary political issues. Satisfies the U.S. and Nevada Constitution requirements. Credit not allowed

in both PSC 101 and PSC 103.

PSC 101, American Politics: Process and Behavior/ We the People (taught at Galena)

Course #: 4013

UNR Concurrent Enrollment Course Requires Enrollment and fees associated with UNR, approximately $75 $5 Social Studies Department Fee

1 Credit (GHS)

Fall only

America government and the discipline of political science; surveys participation, pursuit and use of power, constitution

formation, and contemporary political issues. Satisfies the U.S. and Nevada Constitution requirements. Credit not allowed

in both PSC 101 and PSC 103.

The "We the People" instructional program provides students with a course of instruction on the historical development of

the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the basic principles of constitutional democracy. The program is designed to foster

civic responsibility through the development of an understanding of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the

fundamental principles and values that students embody. The program also helps the student gain an understanding of

the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our constitutional democracy. The "We the People" curriculum examines the

following topics at levels appropriate for students at the senior high school/college level: political philosophy, history and

experience, writing the Constitution, establishing the government, protection of basic rights, and the responsibilities of

citizenship. Students in this course will be competing in simulated congressional hearings on the Constitution and the Bill

of Rights and will be giving oral presentations before a panel of judges from the community. Students will be required to

do research work in the school library and at UNR. Students will also be required to give unit presentations before other

classes, community organizations, and community professionals.

ECON 100, Intro to Economics (taught at Galena) Course #: 14101

UNR Concurrent Enrollment Course Requires Enrollment and fees associated with UNR, approximately $75 1 Credit (GHS)

Spring only

$5 Social Studies Department Fee

Selected microeconomic and macroeconomic principles applied in a non-technical manner to improve understanding of

everyday problems and social issues. Credit may not be received for ECON 100 if credit has already been awarded for

ECON 102 or above.

ECON 100, Intro to Economics/We the People (taught at Galena) Course #: 4014

UNR Concurrent Enrollment Course Requires Enrollment and fees associated with UNR, approximately $75 1 Credit (GHS)

Spring only

$5 Social Studies Department Fee

Selected microeconomic and macroeconomic principles applied in a non-technical manner to improve understanding of

everyday problems and social issues. Credit may not be received for ECON 100 if credit has already been awarded for

ECON 102 or above.

The "We the People" instructional program provides students with a course of instruction on the historical development of

the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the basic principles of constitutional democracy. The program is designed to foster

civic responsibility through the development of an understanding of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the

fundamental principles and values that students embody. The program also helps the student gain an understanding of

the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our constitutional democracy. The "We the People" curriculum examines the

following topics at levels appropriate for students at the senior high school/college level: political philosophy, history and

experience, writing the Constitution, establishing the government, protection of basic rights, and the responsibilities of

citizenship. Students in this course will be competing in simulated congressional hearings on the Constitution and the Bill

of Rights and will be giving oral presentations before a panel of judges from the community. Students will be required to

do research work in the school library and at UNR. Students will also be required to give unit presentations before other

classes, community organizations, and community professionals.

Advanced Placement Human Geography Course #: 4181, 4182

Full Year Credit: 1 /Honors

Pre-requisite: Sophomore or above standing, Student signature and/or Teacher signature to indicate

student has picked up Class Information Packet

Fee: AP Exam Fee (About $95.00) (Exam is required)

$5 Social Studies Department Fee

This course is equivalent to an introductory college-level course in human geography. The course introduces 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 socioeconomic organization and its

environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their research and

applications. This course is organized around seven units that students explore throughout the course: thinking

geographically, population and migration patterns and processes, cultural patterns and processes, political patterns and

processes, agriculture and rural land-use patterns and processes, cities and urban land-use patterns and processes, and

industrial and economic development patterns and processes. The curriculum reflects the goals of the National

Geography Standards (2012). Students are required to take the AP exam in May. All AP exams have a cost associated

with them.

NOTE: This course will fulfill the state World History requirement.

Psychology 101, General Psychology (Taught at Galena) Course #: 14153, 14154

UNR Concurrent Enrollment Course Requires Enrollment and fees associated with UNR, approximately $75 1 Credit (GHS)

Full Year

Presents psychology as a science concerned with the actions of organisms in a social and cultural context. (Credit may not

be earned in both PSY 10 and PSY 103).