Septima P. Clark Corporate Academy

     This course is designed to give students a basic understanding of world geography and world history from the time of earliest civilization through the Renaissance. Students will study the political, economic, cultural, and social events that shaped the world in their geographic context. Students will create individual and group projects throughout the course and develop their writing skills. This course will prepare students for the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test Exit Exam required of all tenth graders. All students should strongly consider taking Global Studies II as a sequel to Global Studies I.

     This course gives students a basic understanding of world geography and world history from the Renaissance to the present. Students will study the political, economic, cultural, and social events that shaped the world in their geographic context. Students will create individual and group projects throughout the course and develop their writing skills. This course will prepare students for the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test Exit Exam required of all tenth graders.

     This college-level course is a survey of the history of the United States from the colonial period to the present. Students enrolled must be able to analyze primary sources including documentary materials, maps, statistical tables, graphs, and photographs, take notes from both printed materials and class discussions, write clearly, and express themselves precisely. Independent research and outside reading are course requirements. Each student must take the advanced placement examination for possible college credit.

     Students will continue their research and reading in American History and must have completed U.S. History AP in the fall term.

     This course is designed to give students an in-depth understanding of government, its origins and functions, civic life, and politics. The course includes the foundations of American democracy and the American political system, the role of the U.S. Constitution in American democracy, the relationship of the United States to other nations and to world affairs, and an understanding of the role of the citizen in American democracy. Students will develop individual and group projects and improve their writing skills.

     This course is designed to acquaint students with those principles and concepts to an understanding of the American economic system. The course emphasizes economic policies and decision making, the free enterprise system, market structure, macroeconomics, microeconomics, money and banking, non-banking financial institutions, business organizations, the role of government in market operations, principles of trade and economical development, and consumer skills. Students will develop individual and group projects throughout the course.

     This course is designed to introduce students to the major concepts and principles of psychology with an emphais on human growth and development, cognitive processes, personality, mental health and behavioral disorders, and social psychology. Students will learn the basic skills of psychological research, develop research projects, and apply psychological concepts to their own lives. Students will also develop individual and group projects throughout the course and develoop their writing skills.

     This course is designed to introduce students to the major concepts and principles of sociology with an emphasis on sociological inquire, socialization, social organization, deviance and social control, collective behavior, social stratification, the family, education, and social change. Students will study gender roles, adolescence, personal relationships, social movements, and culture. Students will also analyze sociological data, study trends, test hypotheses, develop research projects, and apply sociological concepts to their own lives.

     This course is an introduction to law and the legal system. It includes criminal law and juvenile justice, torts, consumer law, family law, housing law, as well as individual rights and liberties. Emphasis is placed upon major constitutional issues, the guarantees of civil rights, and the responsibilities of citizenship. Students will explore contemporary legal issues using case studies, mock trials, role-plays, debates, and small group exercises. Students will also learn how to analyze, evaluate, and resolve legal disputes.    

     This course acquaints the students with contemporary local, state, regional. national and world affairs. Students will analyze and evaluate political and economical events by accessing information from various sources, discussing it in class, preparing presentations, holding debates, producing projects and simulating news programs.

     This course is a study of the history, development, organiztion and practices of preschool, elementary, and secondary education. Students will reseach the history and development of education in the public schools and particpate in an extended field experience assisting a teacher.