社会研究

这是一门针对大一新生的课程，遵循西方文明课程，追踪政治, 社会, 塑造了现代西方世界的经济和知识模式和制度.  课程从较小的单元开始，逐渐增加所涵盖的材料和所需的技能, building on what has been learned.   The units are used to teach the skills required for high school, emphasizing reading comprehension, 批判性思维, understanding primary sources and writing.  The course begins with Ancient Greece and continues through World War II.  地理被纳入课程，单元包括书面项目和活动.

Homework requirement: 2 hours per week

Western Civilization is required of all freshmen. 这门课程追溯了政治, 社会, 塑造了现代西方世界的经济和知识模式和制度. 重点放在批判性思维技能，理解第一手资料和写作. Geography is incorporated into the course and current events are discussed. While the focus is on Europe, the course includes a unit on Africa and Asia. Specific units include the Rise of Civilization, 古希腊和罗马, 中世纪, 文艺复兴与宗教改革, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, 工业化, World War I and the Russian Revolution, and World War II and its aftermath. Units include written projects and activities such as essays and news论文, debates and creating political cartoons.

Homework requirement: 2 hours per week

在犹太历史上, 主要目标是建立在大一所学的技能之上，重点强调批判性思维技能, 研究方法, and the analysis of primary sources and documents. 在本课程中, 学生通过民族主义的兴起和第一次世界大战来分析古希腊和罗马的犹太历史事件. 本课程主要研究犹太人的政治、社会、经济和宗教历史. 主要使用的文本是劳伦斯·希夫曼的《ladbrokes立博亚洲》和拉比犹太教以及乔恩·布隆伯格的《ladbrokes立博亚洲》. 犹太人的历史 is a survey course offered sophomore year.

作业要求:1.每周5 -2小时

U.S. 历史课程遵循时间顺序，涵盖了殖民时期到现在. 学生了解美国的政治、经济和社会历史. Classroom activities include lecture, 讨论, and debate in order to demonstrate the societal importance of historical study. This course emphasizes cultural development and diversity, 使用文章, 地图, 图表和原始资料. 成功完成本课程满足宪法测试要求(伊利诺伊州公法195). This survey course is offered junior year.

作业要求:1.每周5小时

Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation
大学预修课程.S. 历史课程旨在将对历史有浓厚兴趣、有学术才华的大三学生引入大学本科历史课程. 在使用教科书时, 学生也将在很大程度上依赖于第一手资料的分析，以鼓励批判性思维和冲突的政治审查, 经济, 以及美国的社会解释.S. 历史. Classroom activities include lecture, 讨论, and debate in order to empower students to engage U.S. 历史 at an in-depth, analytical level. 学生专注于以大学为导向的历史写作方法来表达他们的分析和发现. This class is designed to prepare students for the Advanced Placement Examination. 成功完成本课程满足宪法测试要求(伊利诺伊州公法195).

Homework requirement: 3-4 hours per week

Prerequisite: Department Chair approval is necessary
大学先修课程现代欧洲历史是开放的学术才华的前辈，对历史有浓厚的兴趣. 它涉及从1400年到当代欧洲的欧洲历史的深入研究. 这门课的重点是政治, 经济, 社会文化观念, with emphasis on the changes and the patterns for each period. Critical thinking and analysis are necessary for document interpretation. 此外，艺术史被纳入，因为它适用于所涵盖的不同历史时期. 本课程要求学生做大量的阅读和写作，以及几个项目. Daily class participation is expected. 学生准备并鼓励参加欧洲现代史的大学学分先修考试.

Homework requirement: 4-6 hours per week

《ladbrokes立博亚洲》涉及从第一次世界大战到以色列建国及其历史的欧洲犹太人的研究. 该课程是在二年级完成的犹太历史课程的延续, while complementing the United States 历史 course completed during junior year. 它还提供了对现代以色列和今天中东问题的深入了解. The required texts are: A 历史 of the Jews by Solomon Grayzel, and The Jew in the Modern Worldly Mendes-Flohr and Reinharz. Student access to the Internet is required, as this class is web-enhanced through a Modern Jewish history website. This semester long course is required for graduation.

Homework requirement: 4-6 hours per week

心理学1为学生提供了心理学领域主要领域的基本概述, how to apply this knowledge to their own lives, 以及在日常生活中如何识别心理学原理. 本课程第一学期包括各种主题的单元，包括心理学观点, 研究方法, 行为的生物学基础, 感觉和知觉, 动机和情绪, 学习, 记忆和思考. Second semester units of study include human development, 压力, 应对和健康, and psychological disorders and treatments. The topics in this class are covered through assigned readings, 讲座, 讨论, demonstrations and group activities. This elective course is offered to 12th grade students.

作业要求:1.每周5小时

Problem solving and 批判性思维 skills are an integral part of Business Law.
The course focuses on the law and related issues arising in a business environment. While the rights and duties arising from contractual situations are emphasized, the course also includes the areas of ethics, 民事和刑事错误, 就业法, 公司及财产. Actual cases are briefed and discussed in class. 除了, 在整个课程中，我们将邀请法律界的客座讲师为学生们演讲，学生们将创建一份商业计划. 商业法对12年级学生开放，对计划从事商业或法律职业的学生有兴趣.

前提条件:这是一门大学水平的课程，面向对心理学感兴趣的学术才华和高度上进心的大四学生. Advanced Placement Psychology is designed to introduce students to psychology, 包括对人类和其他动物的行为和心理过程的科学研究吗. The course emphasizes the psychological facts, 原则, and phenomena associated with each of the major subfields within psychology. 学生还学习心理学家在科学和实践中使用的方法. Topics of study include history and approaches to psychology; 研究方法; biological bases of behavior; 感觉和知觉; states of consciousness; 学习; memory; thinking and language; 动机和情绪; developmental psychology; testing and individual differences; personality; psychological disorders; treatment of psychological disorders; 压力, 应对和健康; and 社会 psychology. Advanced Placement Psychology is a challenging, 全年, college-level course offered to 12th grade students.

Homework requirement: 2-3 hours per week

This course is an elective open to seniors, 它为学生提供了经济学理论和实践的全面概述. Students will learn the foundations of macro经济s, including a survey of competing 经济 systems, 货币的功能, the cycles of the national economy, 以及全球化的趋势. The course will also present students with the fundamentals of micro经济s, from understanding wages to discussing small businesses and government regulations. 项目, 学生演讲, 论文, 讲座将确保学生掌握重要的概念，他们可以作为独立的成年人使用, 投资者, 或者企业家. 分析现实世界现象, including an examination of the iPod and the NFL draft, 这门课程能让学生更好地理解经济世界并与之互动，会吸引学生的注意力吗.

作业要求:1-2 hours per week