Courses

Art Appreciation

Apex Learning
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0.5 Unit
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Fine Arts
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Art Appreciation is a survey of the history of Western visual arts, with a primary focus on painting. Students begin with an introduction to the basic principles of painting and learn how to critique and compare works of art. Students then explore prehistoric and early Greek and Roman art before... Read More
  • State Certified

Geography

Apex Learning
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0.5 Unit
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Social Studies
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Geography and World Cultures offers a tightly focused and scaffolded curriculum that enables students to explore how geographic features, human relationships, political and social structures, economics, science and technology, and the arts have developed and influenced life in countries around the world. Along the way, students are given rigorous instruction... Read More
  • NCAA Eligible
  • State Certified

Music Appreciation

Apex Learning
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1 Unit
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Fine Arts
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Music Appreciation is a streamlined course that introduces students to the history, theory, and genres of music, from the most primitive surviving examples, through the classical to the most contemporary in the world at large. The course is offered in a two-semester format. The first semester covers primitive musical forms... Read More
  • State Certified

Sociology

Apex Learning
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0.5 Unit
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Social Studies
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Sociology examines why people think and behave as they do in relationships, groups, institutions, and societies. Major course topics include individual and group identity, social structures and institutions, social change, social stratification, social dynamics in recent and current events, the effects of social change on individuals, and the research methods... Read More
  • NCAA Eligible
  • State Certified