This course is designed to prepare for intermediate and advanced history courses in college by making demands equivalent to those of introductory college courses. The course itself is an in-depth study of American history in which students will learn to assess historical materials, their relevance to a given interpretive problem, their reliability and their importance, and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship. Students will also be required to take the New York State Regents Examination in United States History and Government. Students are expected to achieve a minimum average of 85 to remain in the course. If a student’s average drops below an 85, a conference will be held to discuss the student’s placement. AP Courses offer students an opportunity to take a course taught on a college level. Both enrichment and college credit are available to the dedicated student. Intensive classroom work, independent study and research are an integral part of the classroom. Students must take the AP exam to receive weighted course credit: If a student doesn’t take the exam, it’s not possible to tell if he/she learned the content one would expect of an AP course. Requiring a student to take the exam ensures that the grade in the class is aligned with the student’s mastery of the course content knowledge. Students are expected to pay the associated College Board for fee for the exam.

• NCAA Approved
• Prerequisites: Have a minimum of 90% average in Social Studies or 85% average in AP Social Studies, Social Studies teacher recommendation.

Social Studies Department

Standardized Grading policy

The Social Studies Department has adopted a department wide grading policy which is broken down into two categories. The two categories are Major assignments and Minor assignments.

Major assignments will count as 60% of the average.

Minor Assignments will count as 40% of the average.

The field of psychology studies the behavior of organism’s internal conditions, as well as in relationship to others and to their environments. This course introduces the student to the various theories and approaches that psychological research has adopted during the years of its existence and provides the student with some of the results of that research. Upon completion of this course, students should better be able to understand, explain and predict human behavior. Students are expected to achieve a minimum average of 85 to remain in the course. If a student’s average drops below an 85, a conference will be held to discuss the student’s placement. AP Courses offer students an opportunity to take a course taught on a college level. Both enrichment and college credit are available to the dedicated student. Intensive classroom work, independent study and research are an integral part of the classroom. Students must take the AP exam to receive weighted course credit: If a student doesn’t take the exam, it’s not possible to tell if he/she learned the content one would expect of an AP course. Requiring a student to take the exam ensures that the grade in the class is aligned with the student’s mastery of the course content knowledge. Students are expected to pay the associated College Board for fee for the exam.

• NCAA Approved
• Prerequisites: Have a minimum of 90% average in Social Studies or 85% average in AP Social Studies, Social Studies teacher recommendation.

Social Studies Department

Standardized Grading policy

The Social Studies Department has adopted a department wide grading policy which is broken down into two categories. The two categories are Major assignments and Minor assignments.

Major assignments will count as 60% of the average.

Minor Assignments will count as 40% of the average.

This course is the first year of a two-year chronologically organized study of the history of the world. The course begins with a study of ancient civilizations and concludes with the Age of Discovery. While a traditional historical approach is emphasized, the course also incorporates other social studies disciplines such as geography, economics, sociology, and political science into the curriculum. There is an emphasis on critical thinking, writing, reading, formal research, map and graph analysis and the interpretation of historical documents. The course concludes with a cumulative final examination that is consistent with NYSED Regents Standards.

Social Studies Department

Standardized Grading policy

The Social Studies Department has adopted a department wide grading policy which is broken down into two categories. The two categories are Major assignments and Minor assignments.

Major assignments will count as 60% of the average.

Minor Assignments will count as 40% of the average.