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Course Offerings
Social Studies
Geography
Credit 1
Description: Through World Geography Honors, an elective, students acquire understanding of the interrelationships between people and their natural and cultural environments and between nations and people in a geopolitical context. Appropriate concepts and skills will be developed through study of physical geography, natural resources, and contemporary problems and conflicts stressing the economic, political, social, cultural, religious and historic aspects of human activity in and among selected world regions.
Honors course available on request with teacher approval.
World History
Credit 1
Description: World History will provide students the opportunity to acquire an understanding of the chronological development of civilization by examining the political, economic, social, religious, military, dynastic, scientific, and cultural events that have affected humanity. Specific content to be covered will include, but not be limited to, an understanding of geographic-historic and time space-relationships, a review of pre-history, the rise of civilization and cultural universals, the development of religion and the impact of religious thought, the evolution of political systems and philosophies, the development of nationalism as a global phenomenon, the origin and course of economic systems and philosophies.
PREREQUISITE:
Completion of Geography Honors course available on request with teacher approval.
U.S. History
Credit 1
Description: American History will provide students with the opportunity to acquire an understanding of the chronological development of the American people by examining the political, economic, social, religious, military, scientific, and cultural events that have affected the rise and growth of the nation. Content to be covered will include, but not be limited to, an understanding of geographic-historic and time-space relationships, the synthesizing of American culture through the centuries, the origin of American ideals, the American colonial experience, the American Revolution and the Federal System, the Civil War as the solution to the secession issue, the technological and urban transformation of the country, and American foreign policy development.
PREREQUISITE:
Completion of World History Honors course available on request with teacher approval.
U.S. Government
Credit 1
Description: American Government will provide students the opportunity to acquire an understanding of American government and political behavior. Content to be covered will include, but not be limited to, an analysis of those documents which shape our political traditions (the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights), a comparison of the roles of the three branches of government at the local, state, and national levels, an understanding of the evolving role of political parties and interest groups in determining government policy, how the rights and responsibilities of citizens in a democratic state have evolved and been interpreted, and the importance of civic participation in the democratic political process. This course is paired with a semester of Economics.
PREREQUISITE:
Completion of U.S. History Enrollment Admissions Requirements.
Economics
Credit 1
Description: Economics will provide students the opportunity to acquire an understanding of the way in which society organizes its limited resources to satisfy unlimited wants. The student will be introduced to the major characteristics of the mixed market economic system in the United States and how the basic economic questions are answered. Content will include, but not be limited to using economic principles and reasoning in reaching decisions in the market place. Necessary to that understanding are the roles and impact of economic wants, productive resources, scarcity and choices, opportunity costs and trade-offs, economic incentives, comparative advantage, division of labor, interdependence, how markets work, savings and investment, specialization, the role of the citizen as producer, consumer, and decision-maker, the role and function of government policy, the role of money, financial institutions and labor, distinctions between micro and macro economic problems, and the similarities and differences of other economic systems. This course is paired with a semester of American Government.
PREREQUISITE:
Completion of U.S. History Honors course available on request with teacher approval.
GEB 2011 College Intro to Business Dual Enrollment
Credit 3
Description: Looks at the business arena by examining the role/function of business, types of businesses, managerial functions, marketing principles, financial management, technology, ethics and global influences.
PREREQUISITE:
Completion of FIU's Dual Enrollment Admissions Requirements.
ENT 1000 College Intro to Entrepreneurship Dual Enrollment
Credit 3
Description: Introduction to how to start and run a new enterprise. How to write business plans. Obtaining loans, copyrights, permits, and other resources. Tools and experience that can be utilized professionally.
PREREQUISITE:
Completion of FIU's Dual Enrollment Admissions Requirements.
ECO 1000 College Intro to Economics Dual Enrollment
Credit 3
Description: Introduction to economics. Includes microeconomics: the economics of individual units in the economy, like households and firms; and macroeconomics: the economics of aggregate problems like inflation, unemployment, and growth.
PREREQUISITE:
Completion of FIU's Dual Enrollment Admissions Requirements.